theoretical arguments with extensive case studies of a wide range of individuals, including Einstein, Elvis, Monet, Mozart, da Vinci, Abraham Lincoln, Watson and Crick, basketball great Bill Russell, Louis Armstrong, Bill Gates, Alfred Hitchcock, Woody Guthrie, and Norma Jeane/Marilyn Monroe. See also Great man theory Genius Giftedness Notes References Albert R. S. 1980. Family position and the attainment of eminence: a study of special family position and special family experience. Gifted Child Quarterly, 24, 87–95 Albert, R.S. 1983. Genius and Eminence: The Social Psychology of Creativity and Exceptional Achievement. New York: Pergamon Press. Bloom, B.S. (ed). 1985. Developing Talent in Young People. New York: Ballantine Books. Cox, C. 1926. Genetic Studies of Genius, Vol 2. The Early Mental Traits of Three Hundred Geniuses. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. Dorris. B. 2009. The Arrival of The Fittest: How The Great Become Great. (Lulu Url in Note 38 above) Eysenck, H. 1995. Genius: The Natural History of Creativity. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Galton, F. 1869. Hereditary Genius. London: Macmillan. Kroeber, A.L. 1944. Configurations of Cultural Growth. Berkeley: University of California Press. Martindale, C. 1990. The Clockwork Muse: The Predictability of Artistic Change. New York: Basic Books. Simonton, D.K. 1994. Greatness: Who Makes History and Why. New York: The Guilford Press. Simonton, D.K. 2009. Genius 101. New York: Springer Walls, Jerry L. 2007. The Wizard versus The General. in Jerry L. Walls, Gregory Bassham, and Dick Vitale. Basketball and philosophy. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 129. . Zuckerman, H. 1977. Scientific Elite: Nobel Laureates in the United States. New York: The Free Press. Herzog, B. 1994. "greatness was created" Further reading – available in translation as: External links Sociological theories Quality