.... a universal genius by his contemporaries. His work encompasses not only mathematics and philosophy but also theology, law, diplomacy, politics, history, philology, and physics. Mathematics Leibniz's contribution in mathematics was to discover, in 1675, the fundamental principles of infinitesimal calculus. This discovery was arrived at independently of the discoveries of the English scientist Sir Isaac Newton, whose system of calculus was invented in 1666. Leibniz's system was published in 1684, Newton's in 1687, and the method of notation devised by Leibniz w .....

.... he wanted more; vice-president was the next goal. He was voted in with President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He went through many political high points, such as the Caracas Mob incident, where Nixon was taken hostage. The "Kitchen Debate", noted as a high point for Nixon, where he and the Russian leader discussed issues in a kitchen. With Eisenhower, he served two terms. Nixon's next goal was to become the President of the United States. In 1960, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon ran for the presidency. As it turned out, Kennedy and Johnson won by a mere 120,000 v .....

.... and his sister Fanny. (Kipperman 246). As an orphan, he became a surgeon's apprentice before enrolling, in 1815, as a student at Guy's Hospital. He registered for a sixth-month course of study required for him to become a licensed surgeon and apothecary. Soon after he had came to a conclusion that he was not going to be a doctor as a profession, his true passion was in poetry (computer). Though some of his early poetry which was written when he was twenty just six years before his death, the poetry didn't seem “top-notch.'' As his life played out his poetry b .....

.... eventually as he got older fizzle, as the public would grow tired of him. From there on he would live in poverty until he died in Vienna. Wolfgang would write nearly a thousand works in his lifetime, with the significant ones to include over fifty symphonies, twenty seven piano concertos, and seven of the greatest operas of all time (). Some say that he was not an original composer because he never actually did invent a form or style, and his work leaned heavily on his predecessors. One can argue though that through his original contributions he changed the f .....

.... by Picasso: Artists by Themselves, there seemed to be no doubt that Picasso would become a painter. In order to better hone his prodigious abilities, Picasso attended the Academy in Barcelona for a brief period of time. He spent most of his early years painting in Paris, where he progressed through various periods - including a Blue period from 1900 to 1904 and a Rose period in 1904 - before creating the Cubist movement that lasted until the beginning of the First World War. Picasso initiated Cubism at the age of twenty-six after he already had established .....

.... to Prescott Sheldon Bush and Dorothy Walker Bush. Prescott Bush worked in an investing firm, but ended up moving his family to Connecticut where he later on developed a strong interest in politics which led to his position as Senator of Connecticut. Bush had three brothers and one sister who were all brought up strictly and well-mannered. He attended private Greenwich Day School and exclusive Phillips Academy where he was indeed popular. Along with his good grades, Bush was president of the senior class, captain of the baseball and soccer teams, and a .....

.... was very profound in his struggle against Socialism. Later he supported Soviet positions but criticized their policies. In the 1950’s he wrote many pieces of literature on political problems. In 1964 Sartre won the Nobel Prize in literature, saying that he refuses to compromise his integrity as a writer, he refuses to accept the prize. He then becomes an outcast in society, for having turned on Existentialism and lives out his life in poor health and a few radical followers. In the dictionary the translation of Existentialism is a branch of philosophy base .....

.... writers Walter Pater and John Ruskin. He found the aesthetic movement's notions of "art for art's sake" and dedicating one's life to art suitable to his temperament and talents. As an aesthete, Wilde wore long hair and velvet knee breeches, and became known for his eccentricity as well as his academic ability. His rooms were filled with various objets d'art such as sunflowers, peacock feathers, and blue china. Wilde frequently confided that his greatest challenge at University was learning to live up to the perfection of the china. Wilde won numerous academ .....