In any field of endeavor, it is impossible to make a significant contribution without first being strongly influenced by past achievements within that field.

Creativity and innovative ideas are the foundation of achievements in any field. To achieve excel or success in any field, innovative thinking is necessary. Our thought process is greatly influenced by past achievements and after observing the established facts a person can think in a more optimistic way. It also depends on type of field of discovery, that whether past establishment will be helpful to achieve new success or not. So the stated argument 'it is impossible to make a significant contribution without first being strongly influenced by past achievements within that field' cannot be true in all cases.

In some fields, study of past discoveries contributes a lot in making further achievement. let us take the example of discovery of JAVA language whose discovery has platform of C Language ddiscovery. Research and advancement in the fields like software development, medical science are continuous and step by step process and strongly dependent on past discoveries. By exploring the past discoveries, a researcher can better understand the theory and concepts, can know the obstacles and hurdles to achieve the past achievements and after finding the limitations of past research, he can make a novice achievement with his own critical thinking.

But in some fields, influence of past discoveries does not play a significant role. Fields like art, music, are renown for their versatile nature. For the flourishment of these field, a completely new and innovative idea is essential to make subsequent progress in the field. For example James Cameron was a pioneer in the film industry and he has made a lot of many Oscar winning creations. His all creations were outcome of novice ideas and were not influenced by any past movies. This nobility was the remarkable reason behind his glory and success.

So In any field of endeavor, the knowledge of past discoveries contributes a lot for further research and inventions in that field. By getting the experience of past discoveries, a person can build his own critical and innovative thinking on a particular field and can make his own creations. But it is not a necessary condition to achieve excel in particular field. Some discoveries are result of an unpredicted idea and process, like discovery of drug penicillin, which was discovered by just a random and intermediate result of experiment. So achievements can be influenced by past discoveries but it is not an essential condition.