Edison's ghosts : the untold weirdness of history's greatest geniuses
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Author
Published
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2023.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780316529525, 0316529524
Physical Desc
342 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Status
Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Conway Public Library - Nonfiction Section | 920.02 Spald, K. | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780316529525, 0316529524
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-332) and index.
Description
"Overturn everything you knew about history's greatest minds in this raucous and hilarious book, where it turns out there's a finer line between "genius" and "idiot" than we've previously known"--
Description
"As Albert Einstein almost certainly never said, everyone is a genius - but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." So begins Katie Spalding's spunky takedown of the Western canon, and how genius may not be as irrefutably great as we commonly understand. While most of us may never become Einstein, it may surprise you to learn that there's probably a bunch of stuff you can do that Einstein couldn't. And, as Spalding shows, the famous prodigies she explores here were quite odd by any definition. Profiled persons include Mozart, Napoleon, Freud, Darwin, and Maya Angelou.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Spalding, K. (2023). Edison's ghosts: the untold weirdness of history's greatest geniuses (First edition.). Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Spalding, Katie. 2023. Edison's Ghosts: The Untold Weirdness of History's Greatest Geniuses. Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Spalding, Katie. Edison's Ghosts: The Untold Weirdness of History's Greatest Geniuses Little, Brown and Company, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Spalding, Katie. Edison's Ghosts: The Untold Weirdness of History's Greatest Geniuses First edition., Little, Brown and Company, 2023.
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