"Leon Chua is a foreign member of the Academia Europea and a recipient of eight USA patents and 12 docteur honoris causa. He has received numerous international awards, including the first IEEE Kirchhoff Award, the Neural Networks Pioneer Award, and the Top 15 Cited AuthorsA"" Award based on the ISI Citation Index in Engineering from 1991 to 2001. When not immersed in science, he relaxes by searching for Wagner's leitmotifs, musing over Kandinsky's chaos, and contemplating Wittgenstein's inner thoughts."