02422nam 22005534a 450 991077887060332120230422041035.00-511-05134-40-511-14916-60-511-00307-2(CKB)111004366730672(EBL)201653(OCoLC)707917643(SSID)ssj0000161708(PQKBManifestationID)11151999(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000161708(PQKBWorkID)10199493(PQKB)10186320(MiAaPQ)EBC201653(Au-PeEL)EBL201653(CaPaEBR)ebr10015004(EXLCZ)9911100436673067219990304d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGenius explained[electronic resource] /Michael J.A. HoweCambridge, U.K. ;New York Cambridge University Press19991 online resource (233 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-521-64018-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-215) and index.""Cover""; ""Half-title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Dedication""; ""Preface""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The young Charles Darwin""; ""3 The long ascent of George Stephenson""; ""4 Michael Faraday""; ""5 Manufacturing genius""; ""6 Einstein and the prodigies""; ""7 The expertise of great writers""; ""8 Inventing and discovering""; ""On giants� shoulders""; ""Collaborating with others""; ""Building on recent progress""; ""Struggling against difficulties""; ""9 Born to be a genius?""; ""Appendix: Personalia""; ""References""; ""Index""Genius Explained addresses the belief that genius is born not made. Controversially, it suggests genius is not a mysterious gift but the product of environment, personality and hard work and looks at the lives of, amongst others, Charles Darwin, George Eliot, the Bronte sisters, Michael Faraday and Albert Einstein.GeniusGeniusCase studiesGenius.Genius153.9/8Howe Michael J. A.1940-124360MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778870603321Genius explained3854572UNINA