The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places From Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley (67 page)

Calcutta and,
188
,
192
–94,
201
,
207
,
210
,
212
–13

Vienna and,
220
,
229
,
252
,
259
,
269
,
272
–73,
277
,
281
,
284

Xenophon,
33

Yalow, Rosalyn,
241

Yeats, William Butler,
194

Zeigarnik effect,
161
–62,
164

Zimmern, Alfred,
47

Zuckerberg, Mark,
146
,
301
,
304
,
309
–10,
314

Zuckerman, Harriet,
110

Zumba, Guilo,
129

Zweig, Stefan,
220
,
226
,
252
–54,
256
–57,
265

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Weiner, Eric.

The geography of genius : a search for the world’s most creative places from ancient Athens to Silicon Valley / Eric Weiner. — First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

pages cm

1. Genius—Miscellanea. 2. Geography—Psychological aspects. 3. Cities and towns. 4. Weiner, Eric—Travel. 5. Voyages and travels. I. Title.

BF412.W395 2016

153.9'809—πdc23

2015004798

ISBN 978-1-4516-9165-8

ISBN 978-1-4516-9168-9 (ebook)