{"product_id":"the-limits-of-genius-by-katie-spalding-9781472294081","title":"The Limits of Genius","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA hilarious look at how the line between 'genius' and 'extremely lucky idiot' is finer than we'd like to admit.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\nThe more you delve into the stories behind history's greatest names, the more you realise they have something in common: a mystifying lack of common sense. Take Marie Curie, famous for both discovering radioactivity and having absolutely zero lab safety protocols. Or Lord Byron, who literally took a \u003ci\u003ebear\u003c\/i\u003e with him to university. Or James Glaisher, a hot-air balloon pioneer who nearly ended up as the world's first human satellite...\n\nFrom Nikola Tesla falling in love with a pigeon to non-swimmer Albert Einstein's near-fatal love of sailing holidays, \u003ci\u003eThe Limits of Genius\u003c\/i\u003e is filled with examples of the so-called brightest and best of humanity doing, to put it bluntly, some really dumb shit. \n\nThese are the stories that deserve to be told but never are: the hilarious, regrettable and downright baffling lesser-known achievements of the men and women who somehow managed to bungle their way into our history books.\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46855015858412,"sku":"9781472294081","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781472294081.jpg?v=1759261044","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-limits-of-genius-by-katie-spalding-9781472294081","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}