Title:
Genius : a very short introduction
Very short introductions ;
Author:
Robinson, Andrew, 1957-
ISBN:
9780199594405
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Physical Description:
xiv, 135 p. : ill., ports. 18 cm.
Series:
Very short introductions ; 259
Very short introductions ; 259.
Contents:
Defining genius -- Family affairs -- The schooling of genius -- Intelligence and creativity -- Genius and madness -- Chameleon personalities -- Arts versus sciences -- Eureka experiences -- Perspiration and inspiration -- Genius and us.
Abstract:
The first concise study of genius in both the arts and the sciences, using the life and work of famous geniuses to illuminate this phenomenon.-publisher description.
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