“Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is attributable to science, which achieved its most spectacular triumphs in the seventeenth century.”

British philosopher and logician of the early 20th century, Russell is best known for pioneering formal logic and his influential work in analytic philosophy. His writings on ethics, politics, and the dangers of war—particularly his 1950 Nobel Prize in Literature acceptance speech—remain widely cited for their clarity and moral urgency.