Spark

how genius ignites from child prodigies to late bloomers
Claudia Kalb
Book - 2021

Offers thirteen linked biographies of individuals from history and the present who are considered to be geniuses and tracking when and why at certain points in their lives they seem to have developed their spark of talent--from child acting star Shirley Temple to Peter Mark Roget, the famous thesaurus compiler who got his start in his seventies. Explores the relationships of willpower, brains, talent, and circumstance in these thirteen genius individuals.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kalb, Claudia (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Partners, LLC, [2021]
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505 0 |a Pablo Picasso: the modern artist (1881-1973) -- Shirley Temple: the child star (1928-2014) -- Yo-Yo Ma: the cellist (1955-) -- Bill Gates: the software pioneer (1955-) -- Isaac Newton: the physicist (1642-1727) -- Sara Blakely: the entrepreneur (1971-) -- Julia Child: the French Chef (1912-2004) -- Maya Angelou: the memorist (1928-2014) -- Alexander Fleming: the microbiologist (1881-1955) -- Eleanor Roosevelt: the humanitarian (1884-1962) -- Peter Mark Roget: the wordsmith (1779-1869) -- Grandma Moses: the painter (1860-1961) -- Leonardo da Vinci: eternal genius. 
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