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He is the Principal at the Army Institute of Management, Kolkata. He teaches courses on leadership, brand management, philosophy of language and philosophy of cities. In his writings he generally explores the fertile spaces between personalities and disciplines, as can be seen in his articles on Gaston Bachelard, Roland Barthes and Herbert Marcuse. His doctoral thesis on the in-betweenness of Human Resources (HR) and marketing helped him in developing a scale to measure brand personality.

Abhishek Kumar

He is the Principal at the Army Institute of Management, Kolkata. He teaches courses on leadership, brand management, philosophy of language and philosophy of cities. In his writings he generally explores the fertile spaces between personalities and disciplines, as can be seen in his articles on Gaston Bachelard, Roland Barthes and Herbert Marcuse. His doctoral thesis on the in-betweenness of Human Resources (HR) and marketing helped him in developing a scale to measure brand personality.

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Of Newtons and Apples – front cover
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Of Newtons and Apples

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Evocatively titled, Of Newtons and Apples: Insights into 50 Great Minds in Human History does exactly what it promises. It gives us a glimpse into the professional and personal lives of 50 great personalities whose names, in some cases, are a part of everyday conversation, while in others, they are familiar names about whom we know little.

 

Just the way the falling of an apple led to major discoveries by Newton, this work tries to identify sources of the genius of the personalities across human history. These men and women were either creators or those who redefined the course of history in their field of work. Interestingly, each article focuses on a major achievement and one aspect of their personal lives. Such sharpness makes the articles short, engaging and, in many cases, poetic.

 

The classification of personalities into Building, Doing and Thinking gives us new eyes to look at them once again and debate within ourselves, the fuzzy boundaries that exist between these three primary human activities.

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