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Top Ten Unsung Geniuses
For these scientists, success and fame did not come in equal measure.
From Isaac Newton to the Genius Bar
Why it’s time to retire the concept of genius.
From Isaac Newton to the Genius Bar
Why it’s time to retire the concept of genius.
Super-Intelligent Humans Are Coming
Genetic engineering will one day create the smartest humans who have ever lived.
The Artist of the Unbreakable Code
Composer Edward Elgar still has cryptographers playing his tune.
The Intelligent Life of the City Raccoon
Adapting to the urban jungle has made Rocky smarter.
Shakespeare’s Genius Is Nonsense
What the Bard can teach science about language and the limits of the human mind.
The Art of Painting
Stanley Kubrick and Johannes Vermeer try to see eye-to-eye.
The Man Who Invented Modern Probability
Chance encounters in the life of Andrei Kolmogorov.
Cooperation Is What Makes Us Human
Where we part ways with our ape cousins.
