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1,000 Years, 1,000 People



1,000 Years, 1,000 People
Ranking the men and women who shaped the millennium
By Agnes Hooper et al
Publishers: Flywell
Price: Rs 795

With the contenders ranging from Martin Luther and Isaac Newton to Charles Darwin, Beethoven and Bach how does one establish the greatest of them all in the past millennium. The book grades them on five criteria: lasting influence, contribution to wisdom and/or beauty, influence on contemporaries, singularity of contribution, and charisma. Spanning centuries and thousands of people, it provides a mosaic of world history.

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