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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: Svante Arrhenius, Lise Meitner, Andreas Papandreou, Per Martin-Lof, Nils-Axel Morner, Herbert Tingsten, Vilhelm Bjerknes, Tommy Moller, Carol Rumens, Tom R. Burns, Lennart von Post, Ivar Otto Bendixson, Bjorn von Sydow, Mordecai Ehrenpreis, Gustav Cassel, Jan Hoem, Jan Glete, Borje Langefors, Torbjorn Tannsjo, Hans von Euler-Chelpin, Helge von Koch, Ebbe Schon, Johnny Roosval, Torsten Husen, Oscar Levertin, Kjell Samuelson, Ulf Hannerz, Anders Knutsson Angstrom, Osvald Siren, Hilding Faxen, Gunnar von Heijne, Sven Hessle, Anders Martin-Lof, Gosta Werner, Bjorn Bjerke, Peter Hedstrom, Theodor Kallifatides, Geir Ellingsrud, Lars Edvard Phragmen, Thorild Wulff, Wibjorn Karlen, Torsten Persson, Kjeld Philip, Torgny Segerstedt, Gunnar Heckscher, Jerzy Sarnecki, Sten Malmquist, Kjell Lars Berge, Lars Calmfors, Aud Talle, Kjell Espmark, Per Krusell, Hans Ragnemalm, Ronald Stade, Harry Flam, Birgitta Fritz, Anita Nyberg. Excerpt: Andreas G. Papandreou (Greek: ); 5 February 1919 - 23 June 1996) was a Greek economist, a socialist politician and a dominant figure in Greek politics. He served two terms as Prime Minister of Greece (21 October 1981, to 2 July 1989, and 13 October 1993, to 22 January 1996). In 1999, Papandreou was posthumously awarded the Swedish Order of the Polar Star. A truly charismatic leader, he remains one of the most popular and esteemed politicians in modern Greek history. In two separate polls, conducted in 2007 and 2010, he was voted by the Greek people as the best Prime Minister since the restoration of democracy in 1974. Papandreou was born on the island of Chios, Greece, the son of the leading Greek liberal politician George Papandreou. His mother, born Zofia (Sofia) Mineyko, was half Polish. Before university, he attended Athens College a leading private school in Greece. He attended the National an...
