From historical figures such as Marie Curie to contemporaries like Steve Jobs, a handful of innovators have changed the world. What made them so spectacularly inventive? Melissa A. Schilling, one of the world's leading experts on innovation, looks at the lives of seven creative geniuses, plus we'll hear from other modern day innovators in the areas of autonomous travel and food recovery and healthcare.

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