Chris Makepeace, Kevin Harrison, Martin Jervis, Andrew Jones, Russell Norton,  Alan Sennett This course examines the significant figures (for better or worse) within their own times, enabling us to assess their political and cultural impact upon the 20th Century and beyond. April 25      Isaac Newton [AJ] May 2           Edward Gibbon [KH] May 9           Michael Faraday … Continue reading IN THEIR OWN TIME. Part Three: Thinkers and Ideas in Historical Context