Limits of Genius

Cod : 9781472294081

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A hilarious look at how the line between ''genius'' and ''extremely lucky idiot'' is finer than we''d like to admit. The more you delve into the stories behind history''s greatest names, the more you realise they have something in common: a mystifying lack of common sense. Take Marie Curie, famous for both discovering radioactivity and having absolutely zero lab safety protocols. Or Lord Byron, who literally took a bear with him to university. Or James Glaisher, a hot-air balloon pioneer who nearly ended up as the world''s first human satellite... From Nikola Tesla falling in love with a pigeon to non-swimmer Albert Einstein''s near-fatal love of sailing holidays, The Limits of Genius is filled with examples of the so-called brightest and best of humanity doing, to put it bluntly, some really dumb shit. These are the stories that deserve to be told but never are: the hilarious, regrettable and downright baffling lesser-known achievements of the men and women who somehow managed to bungle their way into our history books.

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A hilarious look at how the line between 'genius' and 'extremely lucky idiot' is finer than we'd like to admit. The more you delve into the stories behind history's greatest names, the more you realise they have something in common: a mystifying lack of common sense. Take Marie Curie, famous for both discovering radioactivity and having absolutely zero lab safety protocols. Or Lord Byron, who literally took a bear with him to university. Or James Glaisher, a hot-air balloon pioneer who nearly ended up as the world's first human satellite... From Nikola Tesla falling in love with a pigeon to non-swimmer Albert Einstein's near-fatal love of sailing holidays, The Limits of Genius is filled with examples of the so-called brightest and best of humanity doing, to put it bluntly, some really dumb shit. These are the stories that deserve to be told but never are: the hilarious, regrettable and downright baffling lesser-known achievements of the men and women who somehow managed to bungle their way into our history books.

Specificatii

Anul publicarii	2023
ISBN	9781472294081
Format coperta	Brosata
Numar pagini	352
Limba	Englezã
Domeniul	Antropologie
Autor	Katie Spalding
De aceeasi editura	Headline Publishing Group
Goodreads	https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=9781472294081
Dimensiuni	height: 197 mm, length: 129 mm, width: 26 mm, weight: 250 g