
20a. Genius Explained [Darwin, Stephenson & Faraday] by Michael Howe
Education Bookcast
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Is George Stevenson a Genius?
George Stevenson was born into poverty and he never had a single day of schooling. His efforts were opposed by many as he was trying to develop these railways. He would spend his leisure hours rather than call chief engineer, fixing the engine himself. At 15 he became a full fireman so age 14 he was an assistant fireman at 15 he was a full firemen this mine and later he did become an engine man. We can ask whether we should consider George Stevenson to have been a genius some people use words like mechanical genius because they don't think that it's the same as being intellectual genius.
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