During a four-hour interview at his home, Mattis--a restless, intense live wire of a man--doesn't sit down even once (nor does he offer his visitor a chair).

FORBES: Red Eye

His face is arresting, a long, narrow brow over almond eyes lit by youth and restless ambition, high cheekbones and a cool jazz man's trimmed mustache.

WSJ: The Night Wilt Chamberlain Made History

Wayne Miller's exhaustively researched, novel-like account of Walt Lillehei, a restless, hard-living surgeon who as a young man survived World War II and a deadly case of lymphatic cancer.

FORBES: Brave heart