Murray identifies 4002 eminent figures in arts and sciences using 163 sources. Leading geniuses are Europeans like Newton, Shakespeare, Beethoven, Michelangelo. Britain, France, Germany, Italy vastly outproduce all other nations combined. China and India contribute little to sciences despite early civilizations. United States contributions to arts and sciences remain slight. Dead White Males perform nearly all heavy lifting. Women like Sappho and Curie appear but are rare. Accomplishment rates per population plummet since 1800 despite rising wealth and freedom. Central Europe dominates progress for centuries. Christianity fosters peaks by providing purpose and transcendental values. Nihilism and individualism without purpose hinder genius. Autonomy and freedom boost individual creativity over familism in Asia. Rich organizing structures like scientific method drive bursts of innovation. Transcendental goods of truth, beauty, goodness essential for highest achievement. Picasso ranks anomalously high due to historical influence not pure merit. Schoenberg outranks Brahms from academic bias toward novelty. Europe spreads intellectual influence via Germany across continents. Religion ignites great art absent in modern irony. Genius derives pleasure from exercising capacities to excellence.