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Genius: A Very Short Introduction

Author : Andrew Robinson
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191611441
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Genius: A Very Short Introduction written by Andrew Robinson and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-02-24 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Homer, Leonardo da Vinci, Mozart, Shakespeare, and Tolstoy; Curie, Darwin, Einstein, Galileo, and Newton. What do these world-famous artists and scientists have in common?- apart from the fact that their achievements predate our own time by a century or more. Most of us would probably answer: all ten possessed something we call genius, which in each instance permanently changed the way that humanity perceived the world. But pressed to be more precise, we find it remarkably hard to define genius. Genius is highly individual and unique, of course, yet it shares a compelling, inevitable quality for professionals and the general public alike. Darwin's ideas are still required reading for every working biologist; they continue to generate fresh thinking and experiments around the world. So do Einstein's theories among physicists. Shakespeare's plays and Mozart's melodies and harmonies continue to move people in languages and cultures far removed from their native England and Austria. Contemporary 'geniuses' may come and go, but the idea of genius will not let go of us. Genius is the name we give to a quality of work that transcends fashion, celebrity, fame, and reputation: the opposite of a period piece. Somehow, genius abolishes both the time and the place of its origin. This Very Short Introduction uses the life and work of familiar geniuses-and some less familiar-to illuminate both the individual and the general aspects of genius. In particular: the roles of talent, heredity, parenting, education, training, hard work, intelligence, personality, mental illness, inspiration, eureka moments, and luck, in the making of genius. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Divine Fury

Author : Darrin M. McMahon
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465069916
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Divine Fury written by Darrin M. McMahon and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genius. With hints of madness and mystery, moral license and visionary force, the word suggests an almost otherworldly power: the power to create, to divine the secrets of the universe, even to destroy. Yet the notion of genius has been diluted in recent times. Today, rock stars, football coaches, and entrepreneurs are labeled 'geniuses,' and the word is applied so widely that it has obscured the sense of special election and superhuman authority that long accompanied it. As acclaimed historian Darrin M. McMahon explains, the concept of genius has roots in antiquity, when men of prodigious insight were thought to possess -- or to be possessed by -- demons and gods. Adapted in the centuries that followed and applied to a variety of religious figures, including prophets, apostles, sorcerers, and saints, abiding notions of transcendent human power were invoked at the time of the Renaissance to explain the miraculous creativity of men like Leonardo and Michelangelo. Yet it was only in the eighteenth century that the genius was truly born, idolized as a new model of the highest human type. Assuming prominence in figures as varied as Newton and Napoleon, the modern genius emerged in tension with a growing belief in human equality. Contesting the notion that all are created equal, geniuses served to dramatize the exception of extraordinary individuals not governed by ordinary laws. The phenomenon of genius drew scientific scrutiny and extensive public commentary into the 20th century, but it also drew religious and political longings that could be abused. In the genius cult of the Nazis and the outpouring of reverence for the redemptive figure of Einstein, genius achieved both its apotheosis and its Armageddon. The first comprehensive history of this elusive concept, Divine Fury follows the fortunes of genius and geniuses through the ages down to the present day, showing how -- despite its many permutations and recent democratization -- genius remains a potent force in our lives, reflecting modern needs, hopes, and fears.

Elementa universalis linguae Slavicae

Author : Jan Herkel
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3985541132
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book Elementa universalis linguae Slavicae written by Jan Herkel and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-09-25 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1826, as nationalism first began percolating through the Habsburg lands, Ján Herkel published a Latin-language Slavic grammar. Herkel, a lawyer and amateur linguist, came from the northern counties the Kingdom of Hungary which now form the Slovak Republic. Though he was inspired by a romantic love of his native language, Herkel imagined a single "Slavic language," divided into various "dialects." He proposed a single grammar for the whole Slavic world, attempting to encompass and yet restrain the diversity of orthography, morphology, phonology, and so forth found across Slavic varieties. Herkel was also the coiner of the term "panslavism", which he used to describe his efforts. This book provides the first English translation of Herkel's noteworthy grammar, with short notes. The book also contains a preface and explanatory essays by co-translators Raf Van Rooy and Alexander Maxwell. The preface introduces the topic of the book. Maxwell then gives a biography of Herkel, discusses linguistic nationalism in Slavic northern Hungary, and the legacy of panslavism. Van Rooy explores Herkel's key notion of the "genius" of the Slavic language as the legacy of early modern linguistic thought.

The Moral Prism

Author : NA NA
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349814210
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (498 download)

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Download or read book The Moral Prism written by NA NA and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-25 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Genius Explained

Author : Michael J. A. Howe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521008495
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Genius Explained written by Michael J. A. Howe and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-05-31 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study controversially suggests genius is made not born by tracing the lives of famous figures.

The Beginnings of the Christian Church

Author : Hans Lietzmann
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3112399463
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book The Beginnings of the Christian Church written by Hans Lietzmann and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-06-21 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "The Beginnings of the Christian Church".

The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity

Author : James C. Kaufman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107188482
Total Pages : 783 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity written by James C. Kaufman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-25 with total page 783 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The largest and broadest-ranging Handbook of creativity yet, presenting comprehensive, rigorous, and up-to-date scientific scholarship on creativity.

On Modern Origins

Author : Richard Kennington
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739108147
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book On Modern Origins written by Richard Kennington and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Kennington (1921-1999), a professor for many years at Pennsylvania State University and the Catholic University of America, was renowned for his insight in reading and teaching early modern philosophy. Although he published articles and spoke widely, never before have his writings been collected in a book. On Modern Origins deftly shows how modern thinkers assessed the errors of the classical tradition and established in its place a philosophy that fuses a new meaning of nature and of theory with humanitarian goals. This volume is an essential source for scholars seeking to understand the contemporary significance of the dawning of the modern era.

A Dictionary of the English Language

Author : Samuel Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 964 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of the English Language written by Samuel Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1827 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Shakespeare

Author : Andrew Lang
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare written by Andrew Lang and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Shakespeare, Bacon and the Great Unknown

Author : Andrew Lang
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare, Bacon and the Great Unknown written by Andrew Lang and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Genius

Author : Roberto Manzocco
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031270924
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book Genius written by Roberto Manzocco and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-04-02 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genius is a fascinating topic. Everyone has an opinion on it, but not a lot of clarity. Much has been written on the subject - biographies, autobiographies, technical books, popular science books, and practical manuals - but genius in all of its dimensions has yet to be addressed. This book seeks to remedy that. What follows is a work of significant breadth that hopes to facilitate a nuanced popular understanding of the definition of genius, examining all of the main theories and approaches regarding the nature and origin of brilliance, the cognitive path that geniuses follow, and the difference that exists between “geniuses” on one side and “normal people” on the other. Pragmatic indications surrounding this issue are also examined, regarding such questions as: is it possible to become a genius or is genius innate? If it is possible, what is the path – no doubt long and difficult – that one must take? Is there a method for becoming a genius that can be taught and learned? This book will appeal to anyone who has ever contemplated great ideas and works and wondered how they came into being.

The Criminal Spectre in Law, Literature and Aesthetics

Author : Peter J. Hutchings
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317797515
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book The Criminal Spectre in Law, Literature and Aesthetics written by Peter J. Hutchings and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-23 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the legal and aesthetic discourses that combine to shape the image of the criminal, and that image's contemporary endurance. The author traces the roots of contemporary ideas about criminality back to legal, philosophical and aesthetic concepts originating in the nineteenth century. Building on the ideas of Foucault and Walter Benjamin, Hutchings argues that the criminal, as constructed in places such as popular crime stories or the law of insanity, became an obsession which haunted nineteenth century thought.

The English Religious Tradition and the Genius of Anglicanism

Author : Geoffrey Rowell
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 172522352X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book The English Religious Tradition and the Genius of Anglicanism written by Geoffrey Rowell and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book twelve distinguished scholars explore the character of the English Church through the remarkable individuals who have played a part in its long history. Over the centuries thee outstanding personalities have made an enduring contribution to the development of the Anglican spirit. That so many of them have a place in the history of our literature too, demonstrates that the English religious tradition has been a source of inspiration and a living relationship between the Church and the Word. This book is more than a celebration of our religious heritage. The English Church has been shaped by its island nation and people, yet it has grown bigger than its island home with churches in over 160 countries, But how can Anglicanism survive in a spiritually diminished world, where Christianity itself is under threat? In the final chapter, Stephen Sykes, the Bishop of Ely, takes an unflinching look at Anglicanism today. The twelve chapters in this volume were originally given as a series of lectures in the Chapel of Keble College, Oxford in 1992 to mark the bicentenary of the birth of John Keble (1792-1866). Sermons given by the Bishop of Oxford and by the Chaplain of Keble College to mark the anniversary are also included and there is a Foreword by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Littell's Living Age

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Littell's Living Age written by and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Mediaeval Mind

Author : Henry Osborn Taylor
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3732626873
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book The Mediaeval Mind written by Henry Osborn Taylor and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.

Erasing Public Memory

Author : Joseph A. Young
Publisher : Mercer University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780881460582
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Erasing Public Memory written by Joseph A. Young and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the Race in the Humanities conference, held in Nov. 2001 at Univ. of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin.