Life is unfair. Money, power, fame and success are distributed among people extremely unevenly. But why are some all, and others nothing? Is it right to reduce the reasons for success only to personal qualities bestowed by nature? Malcolm Gladwell is the first to discover the hidden laws behind what has always seemed purely by chance. These laws explain why outstanding hockey players are born, as a rule, in January and almost never - in October, why Asian schoolchildren are given mathematics easier than others, why to become a prestigious New York lawyer, you need to be Jewish. The book shows what Bill Gates, the Beatles and Mozart have in common and why they managed to surpass their peers. "Geniuses and Outsiders" is not a guide to "how to become successful." It's a fascinating journey into the world of the laws of life from which you can benefit.