This book is about the genius of men, about those whose achievements had a huge impact on the destinies of the world and humanity and outlived (or will outlive) themselves. Unlike the authors of other books on similar topics, Valentin Badrak does not so much talk about great people of the past and present (although he examines in some detail the biographies of 27 brilliant men from Alexander the Great to Bill Gates), but rather reflects on what distinguishes a genius from an ordinary person how circumstances help or hinder...