Geniuses at Work

John Vacca interviews many of people highly regarded for their wisdom, unique contributions and abilities to solve complex problems, in Geniuses at Work, offering a brand-new companion volume to Apress's highly acclaimed best-seller Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston and Peter Seibel's best-selling Coders at Work. As the words "at work" suggest, Vacca focuses on how his interviewees tackle their day-to-day work while revealing much more. How they go about solving problems, their work environment, and traits that they find in other smart people. Surveying a variety of individuals from a wide spectrum of skills, you will get a great sense of how these very unique individuals function. What you'll learn Learn the secrets of how the super smart got to be that way. Learn how they solve complex problems. Learn how to identify people who are quite intelligent. Who this book is for

Anyone interested in how people think about complex problems, how the super smart get that way, what they did to get there and how they think.