Founder of prestigious scientific and humanitarian prizes, Alfred Nobel seemed able to ignore the way his powerful inventions were used.

President Woodrow Wilson is probably most remembered for his devotion to the cause of world peace in the forming of the League of Nations.

Pioneering genius, quintessential capitalist and one of the richest men in the world, Bill Gates has left his mark on the 20^th century.

As a result of Gutenburg’s invention, books could be printed cheaply and in huge numbers. Thus he touched off a knowledge explosion.

Without question, John Paul II has been one of the most influential leaders of the 20^th century.

Martin Luther had a profound impact on traditional Christianity. Though he sought only to reform his church, he wound up rejecting it and establishing a new one.

After hundreds of attempts, scientists in Edinburgh, Scotland, have successfully cloned a sheep.

The life of Benjamin Spock, who was instrumental in a child-rearing revolution, is a story of public success that hid private family dysfunction.

Can the life of a humble teacher of botany who lived at a much simpler time offer insight for a world caught up in the fast-paced information age?

Machiavelli’s Il Principe features at times stark, emotionless evaluations and prescribes actions that grant little or no feeling of a leader toward his subjects.