Publisher's Synopsis
Many landmarks are passed on the road to greatness, some of them giants. What secret writing is written there, that shows how they grew to such heights? In this volume, insurpassable for its insights into true genius, the author, who himself dabbled in such areas as absolute knowledge, relativity, a Theory of Everything, and the workable mechanics of perpetual motion machines, describes the essence of genius for numerous historical figures, always using as few words as possible, distilling the exact essence that makes each genius great. For the inventor, this project is necessary, to establish an equilibrium in which the greatest ideas can continue to emerge. Learn of history's great intelligences in this subtle and elegant book, it may even help you make amazing new discoveries like relativity or perpetual motion machines.