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020			_a9781472294074
082			_a920.02 _bSPA
100			_aSpalding, Katie
245			_aLimits of genius : the surprising stupidity of the world's greatest minds
260			_bWildfire, _c2023 _aLondon :
300			_a342 p.; _bill., _c23 cm
365			_b899.00 _cINR _d01
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThe 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.
650			_aAnecdotes
650			_aEccentricities
650			_aGenius History
650			_aHumour
650			_aEinstein
650			_aKarl Marx
650			_a Marie Curie
650			_aErnest Hemingway
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