{"product_id":"9781472294067-limits-of-genius","title":"The Limits of Genius","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Surprising Stupidity of the World's Greatest Minds\u003cbr\u003eA hilarious look at how the line between 'genius' and 'extremely lucky idiot' is finer than we'd like to admit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA hilarious look at how the line between 'genius' and 'extremely lucky idiot' is finer than we'd like to admit.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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 \u003ci\u003ebear\u003c\/i\u003e with him to university. Or James Glaisher, a hot-air balloon pioneer who nearly ended up as the world's first human satellite.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Nikola Tesla falling in love with a pigeon to non-swimmer Albert Einstein's near-fatal love of sailing holidays, \u003ci\u003eThe Limits of Genius\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40839944339553,"sku":"9781472294067","price":25.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_26671401.jpg?v=1721212273","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472294067-limits-of-genius","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}