PHL 458 Week 4 DQ 1 Consider the following famous thinkers: Bill Gates, James Cone, Daniel C. Dennett, Peter Singer, Jean-Paul Sartre, &Nelson Mandela. What components of their creativity &critical thinking played a prominent role in their contributions to society or their scientific breakthroughs? Out of all the thinkers I know a lot more about Bill Gates then any of them. I think Bill Gates contributed to society the most by inventing Windows for PC's. In 1975 he co-founded Microsoft, a private company for the manufacture &sale of computer software. (New Zealand Oxford Dictionary). In 1975 he co-founded Microsoft Corporation, which in the 1980s became the leading computer software producer. Gates is noted for his innovative thinking, aggressive business tactics, &immense wealth. In...