Limits of Genius: The Surprising Stupidity of the World's Greatest Minds
Katie Spalding
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...
Author: Spalding, Katie
Publication date: 25/05/2023
Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Dimension: 232mm X 152mm
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.
ISBN: 9781472294074Author: Spalding, Katie
Publication date: 25/05/2023
Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Dimension: 232mm X 152mm