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This week's featured author pagesGalilei Galileo (1564 - 1642) -- astronomer, physicist, who pioneered the mathematical approach to physics and promoted independent scientific inquiry
John Robert Fowles (1926 - 0) -- novelist whose works combine psychological with social and philosophical aspect of human behaviour
Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922) -- French writer of a mammoth multi-volume life's work that explored human sensations and attempted to chart the whole of a life's experience.
Alphonse Daudet (1840 - 1897) -- French writer, remebered for his descriptions of Provence
Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) -- writer who is remembered in philosophy for his rejection of sceptical metaphysics