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  Statue of Unity 　　 　　Statue of Unity The world's tallest statue at the time of its construction in the Narmada River valley, Gujarat state, India, the Statue of Unity depicts India's first deputy prime minister and “Iron Man of India” Vallabhbhai Patel. (more) Statue of Unity statue, Gujarat, India Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/topic/Statue-of-Unity Share Share Share...
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  List of Chinese Philosophers 　　 　　Confucius Portrait of Confucius from the Yuan dynasty (early 13th century–1368) album Half Portraits of the Great Sage and Virtuous Men of Old, ink and color on silk, anonymous artist. National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan. (more) List of Chinese Philosophers Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/topic/List-of-Chinese-Philosophers Share Share Share to social media Facebook X...
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  Stanley Tucci 　　 　　Stanley Tucci American actor, filmmaker, and writer Stanley Tucci in 2017. (more) Stanley Tucci American actor, filmmaker, and screenwriter Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stanley-Tucci Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stanley-Tucci Also known as: Stanley Oliver Tucci Written by Laura Payne Laura Payne is a freelance writer whose work covers...
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  Nihon Hidankyo 　　 　　Terumi Tanaka at a media meeting Nagasaki survivor and Nihon Hidankyo member Terumi Tanaka meeting the media in Niiza, Japan, after the organization won the 2024 Nobel Prize for Peace. (more) Nihon Hidankyo Japanese grassroots movement Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/topic/Nihon-Hidankyo Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/topic/Nihon-Hidankyo Also known...
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  Demis Hassabis 　　 　　Demis Hassabis Demis Hassabis, chief executive officer and cofounder of DeepMind and winner of 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. DeepMind's artificial intelligence program AlphaFold2 has calculated the structure of almost all known proteins. (more) Demis Hassabis British computer scientist Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Demis-Hassabis Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL...
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  disability rights movement 　　disability rights movement Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/topic/disability-rights-movement Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/topic/disability-rights-movement Written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for...
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  John M. Jumper 　　 　　John M. Jumper John M. Jumper was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in using AI to solve the long-standing problem of three-dimensional protein structures. (more) John M. Jumper American computer scientist Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-M-Jumper Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-M-Jumper Written by...
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  Heat 　　 　　Al Pacino in Heat (1995) Al Pacino as Lieut. Vincent Hanna in Michael Mann's crime film Heat (1995). The film is considered to be one of the greatest of its genre. (more) Heat film by Mann [1995] Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/topic/Heat-film-by-Mann Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/topic/Heat-film-by-Mann Written...
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  The Book of Margery Kempe 　　 　　The Book of Margery Kempe A page from the manuscript of The Book of Margery Kempe, written in the late 1430s and discovered in 1934. (more) The Book of Margery Kempe work by Kempe Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Book-of-Margery-Kempe Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Book-of-Margery-Kempe Written by Denise Imwold...
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  Hair 　　 　　The musical Hair A scene from the Broadway musical Hair, performed in 1968. (more) Hair musical by MacDermot, Rado, and Ragni Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hair-musical Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hair-musical Written by Jordana Rosenfeld Jordana Rosenfeld is a copy editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica. Jordana Rosenfeld Fact-checked by...
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  John J. Hopfield 　　 　　John J. Hopfield American physicist John J. Hopfield was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on neural networks. (more) John J. Hopfield American physicist Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-J-Hopfield Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-J-Hopfield Also known as: John Joseph Hopfield Written by Tara Ramanathan...
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  Ten Depictions of Hell 　　 　　Giotto: detail of The Last Judgment Detail of The Last Judgment showing the damned in hell, fresco by Giotto, c. 1305–06; in the Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy. (more) Ten Depictions of Hell Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ten-Depictions-of-Hell Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ten-Depictions-of-Hell Written by Michelle Castro Michelle Castro...
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  Shubhanshu Shukla 　　 　　From pilot to astronaut: Shubhanshu Shukla Shown here in 2024, Shubhanshu Shukla is a test pilot and fighter combat leader in the Indian Air Force who has been chosen as the primary mission pilot for Axiom Mission 4 to the International Space Station and as one of four astronauts for India's Gaganyaan mission to low Earth orbit. (more) Shubhanshu...
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  Uma Thurman 　　 　　Uma Thurman American actress Uma Thurman, 2020. (more) Uma Thurman American actress Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Uma-Thurman Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Uma-Thurman Also known as: Uma Karuna Thurman Written by Fred Frommer Fred Frommer is a sports historian, author, and writer who has written for a host of...
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  Han Kang 　　 　　Han Kang, 2024 Nobel Prize winner for literature South Korean writer Han Kang, 2016. (more) Han Kang South Korean writer Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Han-Kang Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Han-Kang Written by René Ostberg René Ostberg is an associate editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica. René Ostberg Fact-checked by The...
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  Angela Alsobrooks 　　 　　Angela Alsobrooks Prince George's County Executive and candidate for the United States Senate Angela Alsobrooks spoke at the Democratic National Convention on August 20, 2024. (more) Angela Alsobrooks American politician Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Angela-Alsobrooks Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Angela-Alsobrooks Written by Tracy Grant Tracy Grant is editor-in-chief...
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  4-methylthioamphetamine 　　4-methylthioamphetamine drug Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/science/4-methylthioamphetamine Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/science/4-methylthioamphetamine Also known as: 4-MTA Written by Kara Rogers Kara Rogers is the senior editor of biomedical sciences at Encyclopædia Britannica, where she oversees a range of content from medicine and genetics to microorganisms. She joined Britannica in...
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  Robin Wall Kimmerer 　　 　　Robin Wall Kimmerer Indigenous plant ecologist and essayist Robin Wall Kimmerer in 2002. (more) Robin Wall Kimmerer Potawatomi writer and scientist Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robin-Wall-Kimmerer Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robin-Wall-Kimmerer Written by Stephanie Triplett Stephanie Triplett is a freelance writer and academic editor based in Chicago. Stephanie...
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  David Baker 　　David Baker American biochemist and computational biologist Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Baker-biochemist Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Baker-biochemist Written by Kara Rogers Kara Rogers is the senior editor of biomedical sciences at Encyclopædia Britannica, where she oversees a range of content from medicine and genetics to microorganisms. She joined Britannica...
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  Eric Adams 　　Eric Adams American politician Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eric-Adams Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eric-Adams Written by Nick Tabor Nick Tabor is a freelance journalist and the author of Africatown: America's Last Slave Ship and the Community It Created. Nick Tabor Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's...

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