One of the most important thinkers Canada has produced, Charles Taylor (BA 鈥52) is that rare philosopher who attempts to put his ideas into practice. His writings have been translated into 20...
When Ernest Rutherford was told, while working on his family's farm in New Zealand, that he had won a scholarship to Cambridge University, his reaction was to stand straight and declare, "I've just...
Wilder Penfield, Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at 91社区, revolutionized our understanding of the human brain. With help from collaborators, Penfield refined and extended a daring...
Referred to William Osler as a patient, poet Walt Whitman revealed remarkable clairvoyance in 1888 when he observed, "As for Osler: he is a great man 鈥 one of the rare men. I should be much...
A professor in 91社区's Desautels Faculty of Management, Henry Mintzberg has been called a lot of things over his career - influential, innovative, iconoclast. Business magazine Fast Company even...
For thirty years, Brenda Milner, a neuropsychologist with the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI), worked with a patient known as HM. Through her encounters with him, Milner would establish her...