Product Description: We all know the autistic genius stereotypes. The absentminded professor with untied shoelaces. The geeky Silicon Valley programmer who writes bullet­proof code but can’t get a date. But there is another set of (tiny) geniuses whom you would never add to those ranks—child prodigies...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.

The author of How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci profiles ten of history's most recognized thinkers--Plato, Brunelleschi, Copernicus, Queen Elizabeth I, Darwin, Jefferson, Gandhi, Einstein, Shakespeare, and Columbus--to reveal how special characteristics, from the love of wisdom to emotional intelligence, can be applied to everyday life. Reprint. (view table of contents)

The author of How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci profiles ten of history's most recognized thinkers to reveal how special characteristics, from the love of wisdom to emotional intelligence, can be applied to everyday life. Simultaneous.

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.

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A leading psychologist takes a close-up look at what makes a human being extraordinary, drawing on the lives of four remarkable individuals--Mozart, Virginia Woolf, Freud, and Gandhi--to identify three characteristics that transform exceptional human beings.

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: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact...read more