Adventures in Genius
Author: Will Durant
Publisher: New York : Simon and Schuster
Published: 1931
Total Pages: 482
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Will Durant
Publisher: New York : Simon and Schuster
Published: 1931
Total Pages: 482
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Sean B. Carroll
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2014-09-23
Total Pages: 594
ISBN-13: 0307952347
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The never-before-told account of the intersection of some of the most insightful minds of the 20th century, and a fascinating look at how war, resistance, and friendship can catalyze genius. In the spring of 1940, the aspiring but unknown writer Albert Camus and budding scientist Jacques Monod were quietly pursuing ordinary, separate lives in Paris. After the German invasion and occupation of France, each joined the Resistance to help liberate the country from the Nazis and ascended to prominent, dangerous roles. After the war and through twists of circumstance, they became friends, and through their passionate determination and rare talent they emerged as leading voices of modern literature and biology, each receiving the Nobel Prize in their respective fields. Drawing upon a wealth of previously unpublished and unknown material gathered over several years of research, Brave Genius tells the story of how each man endured the most terrible episode of the twentieth century and then blossomed into extraordinarily creative and engaged individuals. It is a story of the transformation of ordinary lives into exceptional lives by extraordinary events--of courage in the face of overwhelming adversity, the flowering of creative genius, deep friendship, and of profound concern for and insight into the human condition.
Author: Arika Okrent
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2009-05-19
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 0385529716
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Here is the captivating story of humankind’s enduring quest to build a better language—and overcome the curse of Babel. Just about everyone has heard of Esperanto, which was nothing less than one man’s attempt to bring about world peace by means of linguistic solidarity. And every Star Trek fan knows about Klingon. But few people have heard of Babm, Blissymbolics, Loglan (not to be confused with Lojban), and the nearly nine hundred other invented languages that represent the hard work, high hopes, and full-blown delusions of so many misguided souls over the centuries. With intelligence and humor, Arika Okrent has written a truly original and enlightening book for all word freaks, grammar geeks, and plain old language lovers.
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Publisher: Oni Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 90
ISBN-13: 9781929998005
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Over-intelligent and unfailingly sarcastic, Barry Ween and his friend Jeremy survive a variety of bizarre adventures.
Author: Donald Lemke
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 12
ISBN-13: 1479584010
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →BOOTS! LASSO! PLANE! In this digital book, follow WONDER WOMAN, the Amazon Princess, on an exciting, colorful adventure in first words. This DC Comics board book guides children on a point-and-learn story, teaching them everyday words with their favorite (or soon-to-be-favorite) super hero! Comic book lovers and kids of all ages will enjoy this distinctive, shelf-worthy book. Also look for Superman: A Word Adventure!
Author: Will Durant
Publisher:
Published: 2008-01
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780973769814
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Will Durant once lamented that, "philosophy is no longer loved today because she has lost the spirit of adventure." "Adventures in Philosophy" is Durant's attempt to recapture that spirit. In actual debates, symposiums, and personal discussions, topics such as the meaning of life, politics, religion, history, and the nature of humanity are all explored by Durant and some of the leading minds of the 20th century. Also included are fictional dialogues, written by Durant, which bring together many of history's greatest minds in a discussion of philosophy's most challenging questions. In these symposiums, the scope and breadth of Durant's erudition is at once apparent, yet done so in wonderful, often epigrammatic, prose that (as Max Schuster once commented) "begs to read aloud."
Author: David Adam
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Published: 2018-02-08
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 1509805044
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Man Who Couldn't Stop. 'Witty, sharp and enlightening . . . This book will make you smarter' Adam Rutherford. What if you have more intelligence than you realize? What if there is a genius inside you, just waiting to be released? And what if the route to better brain power is not hard work or thousands of hours of practice but to simply swallow a pill? In The Genius Within, bestselling author David Adam explores the ground-breaking neuroscience of cognitive enhancement that is changing the way the brain and the mind works – to make it better, sharper, more focused and, yes, more intelligent. Sharing his own experiments with revolutionary smart drugs and electrical brain stimulation, he delves into the sinister history of intelligence tests, meets savants and brain hackers and reveals how he boosted his own IQ to cheat his way into Mensa. Going to the heart of how we consider, measure and judge mental ability, The Genius Within asks difficult questions about the science that could rank and define us, and inevitably shape our future.
Author: Edward Packard
Publisher: Skylark
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780553281552
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The reader has just finished graduate school at the age of 14 and must decide what to do with a genius-level IQ. Will the reader go into business and make a fortune or work for the government designing spaceships?
Author: Alfred North Whitehead
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1933
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 0029351707
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →History of the human race from the point of view of mankind's changing ideas--sociological, cosmological, philosophica.
Author: Mike Ashley
Publisher: Hachette UK
Published: 2011-09-01
Total Pages: 540
ISBN-13: 1780333587
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A hundred years after the death of Jules Verne, the founding father of science fiction, The Mammoth Book of New Jules Verne Adventures celebrates his amazing vision. A host of top science fiction authors pay homage to Verne's genius with a series of breathtaking stories using as a springboard his iconic ideas and characters. Collected in this anthology of Extraordinary Voyages are stories of intrigue and adventure set in the four corners of the globe, and even within it. Stories set in the past, present and future - tales that will delight with the same sense of wonder conjured by Jules Verne in such novels as Around the World in Eighty Days, Journey to the Center of the Earth and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea..