The exciting new series of books that explores the life, times and ideas of the world's greatest thinkers.

Who the hell is...? takes these ground breaking individuals and...

Gets to know who they really were as a person!

What happened in their life that led them in a particular direction? How and why did they come up with their ideas, and how did those ideas develop?

Finds out who and what their key influences were.

Intellectuals don't pluck their great ideas from thin air. They were prompted by the people they met, their experiences in life, and specific paths they decided to take.

Explains three of their key theories in detail, in plain English!

When you want to really understand an idea, you need depth and explanation! So we choose three of the thinker's most important theories and explore each one in detail.

Makes it enjoyable, informative and, above all, accessible.

When studying something complicated, you don't want academic jargon, you want to really get to grips with what the hell each great thinker is on about.