Identifying genius is a dicey venture. Consider, for example, this ranking of “The Top 10 Geniuses” I once stumbled across on Listverse.com. From first to last place, here are the honorees: Johann ...

There’s a reason why The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson is considered “a living genius of pop music.” He is the big brain behind the legendary and still-influential rock outfit, and he dished out hit after ...

If you close your eyes and picture an artistic genius, chances are that the portrait will be framed by a Romantic ideal that took shape 200 years ago: an artist dedicated solely to his (almost always ...