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- catalog abstract ""Unveiling the hidden secrets of a number of the most intelligent and prolific real-life mad scientists, Pickover delights us with unexpected stories of their obsessive personalities and strange phobias. These common threads lead us to wonder if creativity and genius are inextricably linked to madness." Includes profiles of: nikola Tesla, Oliver Heaviside, Samuel Johnson, Richard Kirwan, Jeremy Bentham, Henry Cavendish, Francis Galton, Geoffrey Nathaniel Pyke, Theodore Kaczynski.".
- catalog contributor b10773826.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description ""Unveiling the hidden secrets of a number of the most intelligent and prolific real-life mad scientists, Pickover delights us with unexpected stories of their obsessive personalities and strange phobias. These common threads lead us to wonder if creativity and genius are inextricably linked to madness." Includes profiles of: nikola Tesla, Oliver Heaviside, Samuel Johnson, Richard Kirwan, Jeremy Bentham, Henry Cavendish, Francis Galton, Geoffrey Nathaniel Pyke, Theodore Kaczynski.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Profiles: The pigeon man from Manhattan ; The worm man from Devonshire ; The rabbit-eater from Lichfield ; The fly man from Galway ; The rat man from London ; The mutton man from London ; The sprained brain from Birmingham ; The ice man from Cornwall Gardens ; The hermit from Montana ; Obsession -- Curiosity smorgasbord: The brain shelter ; Where on Earth is Einstein's brain? ; Do we really only use 10 percent of our brain? ; The human mind questionnaire -- Finale: Epilogue ; A touch of madness.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 332 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0306457849".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Plenum Trade,".
- catalog subject "509.2 21".
- catalog subject "Eccentrics and eccentricities.".
- catalog subject "Genius.".
- catalog subject "Q147 .P53 1998".
- catalog subject "Scientists Biography.".
- catalog subject "Scientists Psychology.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Profiles: The pigeon man from Manhattan ; The worm man from Devonshire ; The rabbit-eater from Lichfield ; The fly man from Galway ; The rat man from London ; The mutton man from London ; The sprained brain from Birmingham ; The ice man from Cornwall Gardens ; The hermit from Montana ; Obsession -- Curiosity smorgasbord: The brain shelter ; Where on Earth is Einstein's brain? ; Do we really only use 10 percent of our brain? ; The human mind questionnaire -- Finale: Epilogue ; A touch of madness.".
- catalog title "Strange brains and genius : the secret lives of eccentric scientists and madmen / Clifford A. Pickover.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".