Born in 1933 and educated at Yale, **David McCullough** transformed American popular history by bringing the past to vivid life through masterful storytelling.

Walter Seff Isaacson is an American journalist who has written biographies of Henry Kissinger, Benjamin Franklin, Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, Jennifer Doudna, and Elon Musk.

Jonathan David Haidt is an American social psychologist and author.

Rachel Ignotofsky is a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator based in California. Known for creating illustrated books that highlight women throughout history and explore science and technology, she has described herself as an illustrator and designer. Her works include *The History of the Computer*, inspired in part by her own early experience with computers at age seven.

William James Durant was an American historian and philosopher, best known for his eleven-volume work, The Story of Civilization, which contains and details the history of Eastern and Western civilizations.

Jonathan Balcombe is an ethologist and author.