What it takes to become a genius: 9 paradox lessons. Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Alexander Fleming, Henry Ford, Friedrich Nietzsche, Arthur Conan Doyle, Theodore Dreiser, John Lennon, Gustav Mahler, Sergei Prokofiev... These people went down in history. Their abilities were unique. Their lives were amazing. They were called not just outstanding - they were called geniuses. But what do we know about geniuses? Are they born or made? What do Albert Einstein, Vincent Van Gogh and Virginia Woolf have in common? And is it possible to help your child become a genius? The answers to these questions are in the book by emeritus professor of psychology Dean Keith Simonton. For more than four decades, he studied this topic, researching the biographies of famous personalities and comparing their IQs. And in the end he wrote a book in which he answered the most exciting questions about genius. He explains whether it is possible to raise your own genius, whether IQ level is so important, distinguishes between artistic and scientific genius and gives examples of the lives of the great.