Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The young Charles Darwin -- 3 The long ascent of George Stephenson -- 4 Michael Faraday -- 5 Manufacturing genius -- 6 Einstein and the prodigies -- 7 The expertise of great writers -- 8 Inventing and discovering -- On giants' shoulders -- Collaborating with others -- Building on recent progress -- Struggling against difficulties -- 9 Born to be a genius? -- Appendix: Personalia -- References -- Index.