How would you define a genius? Most say that Beethoven was a genius due to the musical work he produced. Nowadays however, if someone like Beethoven would release his own classical music, he'd get little publicity or attention. I guess it is relative to a character in his/her time period.
Although I agree that Einstein was a genius, he did fail Maths in school... Anyway, definitely an interesting concept you've got going. Any idea how many editions you'd make? There were and are quite a few genii/geniuses to this day that you'd have to feature (myself included)