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This week's featured author pages

Virginia Woolf (1882 - 1941) -- notable novelist and feminist critic

Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691) -- scientist and philosopher who emphasised the importance of experimentation over theorisation

Isaac Asiomv (1920 - 1992) -- Asimov is best know for dealing with the realm of possible Futures characterised by the proliferation of technology.

Ivan Turgenev (1818 - 1883) -- Russian novelist and playwright; leading stylist in the genre

Edmund Husserl (1859 - 1938) -- German philosopher; founder of phenomenology