Abstract
We can hardly hope to define genius with precision when we start investigating its nature. If, alternatively, we defined it broadly as a (limited) capacity for independent thinking and invention, perhaps we should all qualify as geniuses. Instead we can study biographically the lives of those whose works have long been acclaimed, acknowledging provisionally that there could be more than one kind of genius but seeking common factors nevertheless. This article is a digest of such a study (originally one hundred times longer) and is particularly angled towards educational factors.
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