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The Limits of Genius
- The Surprising Stupidity of the World's Greatest Minds
Engelsk Paperback
The Limits of Genius
- The Surprising Stupidity of the World's Greatest Minds
Engelsk Paperback

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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.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
352
ISBN-13:
9781472294081
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1472294084
Udg. Dato:
9 nov 2023
Længde:
25mm
Bredde:
198mm
Højde:
129mm
Forlag:
Headline Publishing Group
Oplagsdato:
9 nov 2023
Forfatter(e):
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