A list of the one hundred most influential people in history features descriptions of the careers, contributions, and accomplishments of the political and religious leaders, inventors, writers, artists, and others who changed the course of history. Simultaneous.
Michael H. Hart (born April 28, 1932 in New York City) is an astrophysicist who has also written three books on history and controversial articles on a variety of subjects. Hart describes himself as a Jeffersonian liberal, while his critics call him a conservative and a racial separatist.
Hart, a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science who enlisted in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, received his undergraduate degree at Cornell University in mathematics and later earned a Ph.D. in astrophysics at Princeton University. He also holds graduate degrees in physics, astronomy, and computer science, as well as a law degree. He was a research scientist at NASA before leaving to be a professor of physics at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. He has also taught both astronomy and history of science at Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Maryland. His published work in peer-reviewed scientific journals includes several detailed computer simulations of atmospheric evolution. Among Hart's articles was one, published in 1975, that gave scientific support for the conclusion that the only intelligent life in the Milky Way Galaxy resides on the planet Earth.
His first book was The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History, which has sold more than 500,000 copies and been translated into 15 languages. What mainly surprised readers in this book was the first person on Hart's list (Hart, 1992). Hart decided to choose Muhammad over Jesus or Moses. Hart attributes this to the fact that Muhammad was "supremely successful" in both the religious and secular realms. He also accredits the authorship of the Qur'an to Muhammad, making his role in the development of Islam far more influential than Jesus' collaboration in the development of Christianity. He attributes the development of Christianity to St. Paul, who played a pivotal role in the dissemination of Christianity. His third book, A View from the Year 3000, published in 1999, is a history of the future which includes both technological advances and political developments. His fourth book, Understanding Human History, is a history of humanity. One of Hart's articles disputed the authorship of the literary works of Shakespeare, asserting that the famous plays and poems were in fact written by Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford rather than the man from Stratford-on-Avon who is credited with them. Another paper suggested that a future of Yugoslavia-type ethnic conflict in the United States could be avoided by a voluntary partition of the country into three states: an integrated mixed-race state, a white state, and a black state.[1]
In 1996, Hart addressed a conference organized by Jared Taylor's race-realist organization, American Renaissance, on the need for a racial partition of the United States.[2] Hart proposed a three-way division with one part for white separatists, one part for black separatists, and one part left as multiracial nation. He said that a peaceful, voluntary partition is the only way to prevent violence.[3] At the 2006 American Renaissance conference, Hart had a public confrontation with David Duke, the former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and former Louisiana state representative, over Duke's "antisemitic" remarks.[4][5] Hart organized a conference held in Baltimore in 2009 with the title, Preserving Western Civilization. It was billed as addressing the need to defend "America鈥檚 Judeo-Christian heritage and European identity" from immigrants, Muslims, and African Americans.[6] Invited speakers included: Lawrence Auster, Peter Brimelow, Steven Farron, Julia Gorin, Lino A. Graglia, Henry C. Harpending, Roger D. McGrath, Pat Richardson, J. Philippe Rushton, Srdja Trifkovi膰, and Brenda Walker.[7]
I am really surprised to see that one of the hottest discussions about this book is on Hart's religion since he listed Mohammed as the most influential people in the world. As for me, I don't think I would care less about his religion. I think, his reasonings are more important than his original religion. He listed Mohammed first because he had influences on political and economic aspects of his people as well as the Middle Eastern people at that time. Meanwhile Jesus, I suppose as Christian myself, only influenced the political aspect and of course religious life of his people. So even as a Christian, I would agree with Hart, putting Mohammed as the most influential people in the world. My personal opinion is that St. Paul made Jesus more important in this world than His own life story. I am so sorry if my review would angry other Christians, but I honestly think so.
This book is so worth reading. i read it over time. taking 3-4 persons aweek as it has so many names-which a lot of them was new to me- . it made me know about people i never knew about and those guys were REALLY important for our development nowadays. what really made me so happy that there were two arabs in the list "Muhammed PBUH ranked 1st/Umr Ibn Al-khatab ranked 52nd". the bad thing about this book it may get a little boring having a lot of details of scientific things that i dont get and less about the person's own life-which you really want to know about- another thing made me read this book on several months that it was about INFLUENTIAL persons not FAMOUS. so there were a lot of them weren't familiar to me and that makes you not very interesting in knowing who is next :/ does that make sense to you :D . but that is what is reading all about KNOWING NEW STUFF. In general it was a good book. I rated it not in every single information presenting in there but for the effort the author put to write such an encyclopedia may i say. he obviously studied those characters for long time, analysed their achievements and compared them to each other. another thing i'd give a thumb up is that the author explained why he ranked this person in that ranking. in the end of the book he mentioned a couple of famous persons explaining why he hadn't put them in his ranking. Leonardo Da Vinci wasn't on the list #Disappointing. you aren't obligate to this list but it can help you make yours ;). last but not least what really thrilled me he ranked Menes in his list "ranked 96th". he is an EGYPTIAN pharaoh who is also named Narmer. #proud# If you wanna know a little bit about influential people who made our world as we know now, definitely check that book out.
My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world's most influential persons may surprise some readers and may be questioned by others, but he was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular level." -- Michael H. Hart
賮賷賯賵賱 賲丕賷賰賱 賴丕乇鬲 賲孬賱丕 : 賲丨賲丿 兀鬲賶 亘賮賰乇丞 丕賱廿賱賴 丕賱賵丕丨丿 賲賳 丕賱賷賴賵丿 賵丕賱賲爻丨賷賷賳 丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳賵丕 賮賷 丕賱亘賱丕丿 丕賱毓乇亘賷丞. "Most Arabs at that time were pagans, who believed in many gods. There were, however, in Mecca, a small number of Jews and Christians; it was from them no doubt that Muhammad first learned of a single, omnipotent God who ruled the entire universe."
兀賳 毓丿丿 兀鬲亘丕毓 丕賱賳亘賷 鬲囟丕毓賮 賮賷 丕賱賲丿賷賳丞 賵 卮亘賴賴 亘丕賱丿賰鬲丕鬲賵乇 : " In Mecca, he had had few followers. In Medina, he had many more, and he soon acquired an influence that made him a virtual dictator."
亘賱 賵卮亘賴 睾夭賵丕鬲 丕賱賳亘賷 亘丨乇賵亘 噩賳賰賷夭 禺丕賳: "The only comparable conquests in human history are those of the Mongols in the thirteenth century, which were primarily due to the influence of Genghis Khan."
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I have read this book about six years ago, but I still remember the feeling of excitement associated with reading it. I kept it with me for a long while & read sections of it several times.
I am not going to explain what the book is about, I think it is obvious from its title. What is not obvious though is the tremendous effort the author put in his work, which shows in two aspects: The first_is normally in collecting the data and presenting the information, Where the author showed profound knowledge & understanding for historical events, and for cultural, scientific & other subjects.The second_is in the comparison he made based on research, study and analysis. I liked how convincing he was in arguing the order he finally chose for the hundred.
What's great about this book (and especially for a teenager) is that it introduces the reader not only to iconic figures, but also to worlds of possibilities. It is after all a hundred success stories regarding all life's aspects.
I was so curious to read this book done by Dr. Michael after I heard that he ranked prophet Mohammad (PBUH) as the most influential person ever in human history "NO WONDERMENT". once I finished the book I read some opinions of non-Muslims , to say the truth it was nice to see how a lot of people changed their thoughts and judgment about the prophet after reading this book, although I bet a non-small number still disagree and argue about it I would say the book is more likely to be an educational book; it's full of valuable information. It includes 98 men and 2 women most of them are scientists, inventors, politicians and philosophers. One thing didn't make sense to me is; the author's ranking of Beethoven who was at no.42 and ranking other important inventors at lower ranks!! What I didn't like about this book is that there are some unnecessary ((in my opinion)) elaborations in some scientific theories.