The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World’s Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley Audiobook (Free)

Tag along upon this New York Occasions bestselling “witty, entertaining romp” (THE BRAND NEW York Times Book Review) while Eric Winer moves the world, from Athens to Silicon Valley-and back through background, too-to display how creative genius flourishes in particular places at particular times.

With this “intellectual odyssey, traveler’s journal, and comic novel all rolled into one” (Daniel Gilbert, writer of Stumbling on Happiness), acclaimed travel writer Weiner pieces out to examine the bond between our about The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World’s Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley surroundings and our most innovative ideas. A “superb travel guide: funny, educated, and self-deprecating” (The Washington Post), he explores the history of areas like Vienna of 1900, Renaissance Florence, ancient Athens, Melody Dynasty Hangzhou, and Silicon Valley showing how certain urban configurations are conducive to ingenuity. With his trademark insightful laughter, this “big-hearted humanist” (The Wall Street Journal) walks the same pathways as the geniuses who flourished in these settings to find out if the soul of what influenced statistics like Socrates, Michelangelo, and Leonardo remains. In these places, Weiner asks, “That which was in the atmosphere, and can we container it?”

“Fun and idea provoking” (Miami Herald), The Geography of Genius reevaluates the need for tradition in nurturing creativity and “offers a practical map for how we can all turn into a bit more inventive” (Adam Give, author of Originals).