From the rear cover of this 362 page book: "This entertaining and revealing book is an entirely original study of the parentage, education, and early environments of hundreds of eminent people. Based on years of research, it provides startling answers to many far-reaching and fundamental questions about the nature of creativity. The Goertzels avoid technical psychological language, and illustrate their findings with such intriguing fillips of biographical information about the famous as the fact that, while trying to emulate birds, Edison sat on eggs and ended up smashing them, and that Albert Einstein made up his own religion and went about chanting hymns he'd composed. The result is a book that is at once highly engaging and an invaluable resource for anyone interested in children, in the components of fame, and in the development of human creativity."

Cradles of Eminence: A Provocative Study of the Childhoods of over 400 Famous Twentieth-Century Men and Women

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Goertzel, Victor

Goertzel, Mildred G.

Psychology & Counseling

Little,Brown

Cradles of Eminence: Childhoods of More Than 700 Famous Men and Women

Read about the fascinating childhoods of more than 700 famous people! The 1962 provocative classic by Victor and Mildred Goertzel is printed here in its entirety, and is updated for the 21st Century to include additional information from "Three Hundred Eminent Personalities" (1978) and from new biographies published in the last six years.

Biographies & Memoirs

Goertzel, Mildred George

Goertzel, Ted George

Hansen, Ariel

Community & Culture

Great Potential Pr., Inc.

What were the common childhood experiences of 700 eminent adults? Among things, they disliked school; their families valued education; they had strong mothers; and they grew up feeling "different" from others. This exciting update of the 1964 classic includes information from "Three Hundred Eminent Personalities" (1978), as well as from new biographies published in the last six years. Key findings include: 
-Most had at least one ambitious parent who was striving and driving. 
-Their parents were highly opinionated 
-Their parents often held unconventional opinions that were shocking, even antagonistic, to others. 
-Many of the parents--especially mothers--dominated their children's lives. 
-As children, few liked school, and still fewer liked their teachers. 
-Nearly all showed the characteristics used today to identify gifted children.

Goertzel, Mildred

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