Science & invention · 1904–2007Rudolf Arnheimart and film theorist, psychologistGerman-born theorist of art and visual perception, author of Art and Visual Perception, who spent his last three decades in Ann Arbor and taught at the University of Michigan.DETROIT / A living lexicon / ¼
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People who were born here, moved here or built their careers in Detroit: musicians, carmakers, athletes, writers, inventors, civil-rights leaders and a few notorious names. With their dates, their Detroit story and the places where they lived, worked and played, closed ones included.
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Clear filtersScience & invention · 1904–2007Rudolf Arnheimart and film theorist, psychologistGerman-born theorist of art and visual perception, author of Art and Visual Perception, who spent his last three decades in Ann Arbor and taught at the University of Michigan.
Science & invention · born 1967Dominic A. Antonelliastronaut, naval aviatorNASA astronaut and Navy fighter pilot who piloted two Space Shuttle missions to the International Space Station; born in Detroit.
Science & invention · 1919–2009Russell L. Ackofforganizational theorist, operations researcherPioneer of operations research and systems thinking in management, who began his academic career at Wayne State University in Detroit (1947–1951).The lexicon keeps growing. Every entry lists its sources at the bottom. Dates were checked against Wikidata and Wikipedia. The texts are our own.