It I would have read this prior to reading Geoff Colvin's Talent is Over-Rated, I would have really enjoyed this book. However, it is so similar--using a number of the same examples even--that I kept wondering why it was written. For the record, I think Colvin's is a better and more interesting...
People have been doing it for more than 1300 years. James Bond did it. So did Kirk and Spock. Ben Franklin was addicted to it. Harry Potter did it the wizard way, but never once did Doyle ever directly say Sherlock Holmes did. I picked up The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, expecting it to b...