Genius

Genius is a thing of mystery. We call it a gift, and yet we have never been able to identify the giver, and often the beneficiary would rather be without it. It can make you a millionaire, or render you destitute and unable to connect with the world. It’s not quantifiable or even traceable, and yet the evidence of it is all around us, in the museums we visit, the books we read, the cars we drive and the household technology we take for granted.  Friedrich Nietzche once said that all geniuses were in fact criminals, since they operate outside all conventional standards. This book offers you access to the 50 brilliant modern minds that comprise our line-up. Usual suspects such as Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking rub shoulders with enfant terribles like the unorthodox economist Emily Oster and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, making for an explosive and often controversial look at this fascinating topic.