The Talanian Way

Charles M. Talanian started school in the 1950s, and it quickly became evident that he wasn’t the best student. In fact, his teachers considered him intellectually challenged.
Even so, he was insatiably curious about mechanical things—how a bicycle worked, for instance, and why a lamp went on when you flicked the switch. In his free time, he’d dig stuff out of the trash and build things. Later, he began tinkering with hammers, nails, and wood and built forts and treehouses.
As frustrated as h...