Product Description: For years, criminologists have studied the relationship between crime and below-average intelligence, concluding that offenders usually possess IQ scores of 8 to 10 points below those of nonoffenders. Little, however, is known about the criminal behavior of those with above-average IQ scores...read more

Long held to be among the world's greatest filmmakers, Ingmar Bergman shaped international art cinema from the 1950s to the 1980s. Among his many works, Persona is often considered to be his masterpiece and is often described as one of the central works of Modernism. The essays collected in this volume use a variety of methodologies to explore topics such as acting technique, genre, and dramaturgy. Also included are translations of Bergman's writings that have never before been available in English.

An analysis of Abraham Lincoln's political talents identifies the character strengths and abilities that enabled his successful election, in an account that also describes how he used the same abilities to rally former opponents in winning the Civil War.

Product Description: Genius can seem incomprehensible even to seasoned researchers. Einstein's theory of special relativity, Rutherford's glimpse into the invisible heart of the atom--such astonishing breakthroughs seem almost magical--like bolts of insight arising from nowhere...read more

A sweeping survey of more than four thousand of history's most significant thinkers, achievers, and creators cites the contributions and influence of key figures in such areas as science, mathematics, philosophy, music, literature, and art. Reprint. 35,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

A sweeping survey of more than four thousand of history's most significant thinkers, achievers, and creators cites the contributions and influence of key figures in such areas as science, mathematics, philosophy, music, literature, and art.

Product Description: The cherished view of genius is that it is a special inborn gift: something mysterious, even miraculous. In Genius Explained, psychologist Michael Howe traces the lives of some exceptionally creative men and women, including Charles Darwin, the Brontë sisters, George Eliot, Michael Faraday, Albert Einstein and the railway inventor George Stephenson...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A tribute to the many talented individuals who possess dignity, self-discipline, determination, bravery, and focus combines a spirited text with breathtaking personal photographs and includes famous people as well as lesser known individuals--all of whom inspire greatness.

Product Description: Into the Open is a philosophical and literary inquiry into the deeper meanings of genius. What precisely do we mean when we describe someone this way? What legacy do we invoke when we apply this term? To address this question, Benjamin Taylor here explores how three great minds—Walter Pater, Paul Valry, and Sigmund Freud—viewed a figure widely considered the first great modern genius, Leonardo da Vinci...read more

Product Description: Through portraits of the lives of child prodigies and their families, Feldman illuminates the delicate balance of forces he calls "coincidence", a "general process of development" characterized by the melding of developmental and environmental forces that is revealed with particular clarity in the case of the child prodigy...read more