Genius Explained

by Michael J.A. Howe

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 Bront sisters, George Eliot, Michael Faraday, Albert Einstein and the railway inventor George Stephenson. Their biographies reveal how the extraordinary capabilities of these people were clearly rooted in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521008492
• ISBN13: 9780521008495
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"