the prodigy - biography of William James Sidis in book reviews

author: Amy Wallace

I'd never heard of this man, but could feel for what he went through. I think he would've been an interesting person to know. He was a math genius in his early years, learned languages in a DAY, went to Harvard at age 11!

There were many newspaper and magazine articles about him - with MUCH falsified information. Those articles made him want to hide himself away. In his later years (he died young, at age 46), he denied any intellectual superiority just to avoid being singled out.

Sad all around.