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The Emperor’s Old Clothes

By Tony Hoare · 1981

Tony Hoare reflects on his career designing programming languages and software, arguing that reliability depends on simplicity rather than complexity or elaborate features.

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Ideas and Opinions

Essay collection · 1954

A collection of non-technical writings by Albert Einstein on science, religion, ethics, politics, pacifism and education, drawn from across his career.

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Marie Curie

Physicist and chemist · 1867-1934

Pioneering researcher on radioactivity who discovered polonium and radium and won two Nobel Prizes.

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