The Wiley Handbook of Genius

With contributions from a multi-disciplinary group of expert contributors, this is the first handbook to discuss all aspects of genius, a topic that endlessly provokes and fascinates. The first handbook to discuss all aspects of genius with contributions from a multi-disciplinary group of experts Covers the origins, characteristics, careers, and consequences of genius with a focus on cognitive science, individual differences, life-span development, and social context Explores individual genius, creators, leaders, and performers as diverse as Queen Elizabeth I, Simn Bolvar, Mohandas Gandhi, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Leo Tolstoy, John William Coltrane, Georgia OKeeffe, and Martha Graham. Utilizes a variety of approachesfrom genetics, neuroscience, and longitudinal studies to psychometric tests, interviews, and case studiesto provide a comprehensive treatment of the subject