![]() novilist.hr (fair use: no CC images available illustrative purposes only), 18. (fair use: no CC images available illustrative purposes only), 20. (fair use: no CC images available illustrative purposes only), 21. (fair use: no CC images available illustrative purposes only), 22. ![]() Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-00652 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, Bundesarchiv Bild 102-00652, Richard Loeb und Nathan Leopold, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, 23. Photos: Feature: wikimedia commons (public domain), 24. His life is a cautionary tale to parents who want to push their children too hard. He was said to be very child like and unhappy and died of a stroke at just 46 years old. He wrote several books, most of which are terrible and boring, but one touches on what we now know as black hole theory. He was accepted by Harvard at 9, but they would not allow him to attend until 12 years old due to “emotional immaturity.” As an adult he traveled from city to city taking random jobs and changing his name often. Unfortunately, this left no time for William to be a child. By age 7, he spoke seven different languages and was studying High School level subjects. William was speaking in simple words like “door” by six months old. ![]() ![]() Boris and Sarah starting grooming their child to be a prodigy. His mother, Sarah, was a doctor (female doctors being nearly unheard of in the late 1800’s), and his father, Boris, was a college professor. Sidis’ parents set out to make a genius child, and a genius child they made with an IQ over 250.
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