How to Be a Genius: A Handbook for the Aspiring Smarty-Pants

By André de Guillaume

Book Overview

Everyone thinks they are smarter than everyone else, but only a precious few have the mental fortitude to be an actual genius. In this clear guide, aspiring smarty-pants will get hands-on advice,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556526733
• ISBN13: 9781556526732
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

Step Two

This is Andre's follow-up book to How to Rule the World: A Handbook for the Aspiring Dictator. It's a light-hearted look at the aspiring smarty-pants written in the same fashion as the previous text. There's a decent smattering of tongue-in-cheek humor mixed into the actual history lessons you'll get on past and present geniuses. You get some interesting facts and guidelines on what you need to do to join the ranks of the likes of Plato, Mozart, Curie, Einstein, and Stephen Hawking. You'll take cues on how to dress, act in public, how to date, and which line of genius you want to follow (science, music, philosophy). It's fun and you'll read it in a matter of hours.

True!! It does actually make you cleverer...

Although this book is probably meant to be just harmless fun (and it really is fun!), I can categorically state that reading it has made me at least five times more intelligent. It's funny, witty, entertaining, and it's a great gift for anyone who thinks they're cleverer than they are. Or for anyone who needs help in the brain department. In other words, pretty much everyone.