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Nicholas Maxwell

Nicholas Maxwell, English philosopher and academic
Nicholas Maxwell (born 3 July 1937) is a British philosopher.

Maxwell taught philosophy of science at University College London, where he is now Emeritus Reader. In 2003 he founded Friends of Wisdom. He has published fifteen books. He has published over eighty papers in scientific and philosophical journals on problems that range from consciousness, free will, value, and art to the rationality of science, simplicity, scientific realism, explanation, time and quantum theory.

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    Leon Trotsky

    The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime.
  • 21Feb

    Spanish Civil War

    The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
  • 12May

    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

    The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
  • 27May

    Golden Gate Bridge

    In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
  • 22Jul

    Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937

    New Deal: The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.