Creative Breakthroughs That Came During Sleep   We know sleep
helps us solve problems and live longer. Sometimes it
even heralds a stroke of genius.  Wikimedia Commons  You know
what visions I get in my dreams? Visions of falling off of
buildings (and doing the full body spasm thing when I hit the
ground). Some people, though, have the sort of dreams that
change the world. Or at least result in Arnold Schwarzenegger
films.  The Periodic Table     Paul McCartney was just 22 when
he "woke up with a lovely tune in my head" and thought, "That's
great, I wonder what that is?'" He got up and easily picked the
tune out on the piano, but was convinced that it must have been
something he heard years ago and subconsciously remembered.
After further investigation revealed that it was a McCartney
original, he jotted down some lyrics: "Scrambled eggs, oh, my
baby, how I love your legs." The real words came later,
obviously.  Frankenstein's Monster  Mary Shelley was hanging out
with her husband (Percy Bysshe, of course), L