The Price of Greatness : Resolving the Creativity and Madness Controversy

E a Edwards Professor of Psychiatry Arnold M Ludwig
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Exploring the lives and achievements of over 1,000 extraordinary men and women, this book offers answers to the age-old questions about the relationship between mental illness and greatness, and also reveals.

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factors that predict creative achievement. The book is filled with colorful stories about many of the most eminent artists, scientists, social activists, politicians, soldiers, and business people of our time.