SYNOPSIS: Figuring (2019) traces the intricate web that connects important figures from human history, from German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and inventor Nikola Tesla to America\'s first female astronomer Maria Mitchell and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson.
These Summary pick up the tapestry of these different lives, trace the impact that they had on the course of history, and reveal the secret driving force that unites them all.
ABOUT AUTHOR: Maria Popova is a Bulgarian-born American author famo.
SYNOPSIS: Figuring (2019) traces the intricate web that connects important figures from human history, from German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and inventor Nikola Tesla to America\'s first female astronomer Maria Mitchell and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson