As implied by the prefix "bio," biographies deal with our lives' stages of birth, childhood, education, relationships, career ups and downs, the infirmities of old age, and death. This collection of short biographies advances the theme of genius being close to madness. None of the people featured in these pages enjoyed carefree lives. Well-educated Homer and Langley Collyer inexplicably turned into neurotic recluses who collected and hoarded...