DUIGNAN, Brian, ed. The 100 Most Influential Philosophers of All Time 367p. ISBN 978-1-61530-009-9 . LC 2009029773. GORLINSKI, Gini, ed. The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time 361p. ISBN 978-1-61530-006-8 . LC 2009029076. KUIPER, Kathleen, ed. The 100 Most Influential Painters & Sculptors of the Renaissance 373p. ISBN 978-1-61530-004-4 . LC 2009023697. KUIPER, Kathleen, ed. The 100 Most Influential Women of All Time 358p. ISBN 978-1-61530-010-5 . LC 2009029761. LUEBERING, J. E., ed. The 100 Most Influential Writers of All Time 351p. ISBN 978-1-61530-005-1 . LC 2009029207. MCKENNA, Amy, ed. The 100 Most Influential World Leaders of All Time 382p. ISBN 978-1-61530-015-0 . LC 2009030358. ROGERS, Kara, ed. The 100 Most Influential Scientists of All Time 351p. ISBN 978-1-61530-002-0 . LC 2009026069. ea vol: (The Britannica Guide to the Worlds Most Influential People Series). photos. reprods. further reading. glossary. index. Britannica Educational Apr. 2010. PLB $53. Gr 9 Up This ambitious series corrals world historys major doers and thinkers whose work challenges and inspires people consistently, or incites change or reform on a large scale. People of many races and nationalities are represented. Careful wording bridges one chronologically arranged article to the next, enhancing the idea that one persons work builds on an earlier individuals accomplishments. The style of writing varies some from article to article. Some pieces are written in an accessible, straightforward style, while others are convoluted. Painters and Sculptors states, for example, that the complex culture of late Medicean Florence, which was simultaneously infused with the romantic sentiment of courtly love and with the humanist interest for Classical antiquity and its vanished artistic traditions, employed these mythological figures more fully and in more correctly antiquarian fashion. That aside, this series is a goldmine. A few black-and-white illustrations appear throughout.