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SPARK: WHEN GENIUS IGNITES, FROM CHILDHOOD PRODIGIES TO LATE BLOOMERS

Pub Date: April 27, 2021

Advance Praise for Spark:

“With insight and fluidity, the great Claudia Kalb plumbs the dimensions and dynamics of genius in a sparkling book that illuminates and inspires. This is a wonderful achievement.” —Jon Meacham, historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author
“Spark is an intelligent, condensed history of humanity. In a book that constantly surprises and delights, Claudia Kalb studies brilliantly the origin and nature of creativity—from innate abilities to environmental influences—to provide an overall pictures of this fascinating area.” —Diana Widmaier Picasso, art historian, curator, and granddaughter of Pablo Picasso
“Claudia Kalb is a masterful storyteller who weaves science with biography to reveal new insights into how passion and purpose emerge. Rigorously and thoroughly readable, Spark is both captivating and enlightening.” —Richard Kogan, concert pianist and clinical professor of psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College