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  1. Nov 15, 2021 · 6 minutes. The most intelligent man in the world had a prodigious mind and an IQ between 250 and 300. William James Sidis was a human calculator and a linguistic genius. Because he was so intelligent, great things were expected of him. However, he had a problem that he was never able to solve and led him to an early death: sadness.

  2. Dec 26, 2023 · William James Sidis (/ˈsaɪ dɪs/; April 1, 1898 – July 17, 1944) was an American child prodigy with exceptional mathematical abilities and a claimed mastery of many languages. After his death, his sister made the unverifiable claim that his IQ was "the very highest that had ever been obtained," but any records of any IQ testing that Sidis ...

  3. Aug 21, 2023 · The Incredible Story Of William James Sidis The 11-Year-Old Who Went to Harvard. The audience at Harvard is listening to a lecture. It is a complicated topic, something about complex mathematics. Everyone is paying close attention to the speaker, in awe of his genius.

  4. A Review of Amy Wallace's The Prodigy, The Prodigy is Amy Wallace's biography of William James Sidis, Given IQ is a purely anthropocentric means of assessing intelligence, Sidis' IQ is crudely estimated at 250-300, but Albert Einstein came up with the theory of relativity while working in a patent office, I had a feeling Sidis was up to more than most people thought, Amy compares Norbert ...

  5. Jan 18, 2024 · In a world that celebrates genius, the story of William James Sidis unfolds a different narrative. His IQ, estimated between 250 and 300, eclipses even Einstein’s reputed 200.

  6. William James Sidis. William James Sidis was a child prodigy. At 18 months old, he could read The New York Times and understand everything. At 6 years, he could calculate any date that fell in the last 10,000 years. At 11 years, he applied for Harvard University and got accepted, while being able to speak 25 separate languages. His IQ was ...

  7. A Review of Amy Wallace's The Prodigy, The Prodigy is Amy Wallace's biography of William James Sidis, Given IQ is a purely anthropocentric means of assessing intelligence, Sidis' IQ is crudely estimated at 250-300, but Albert Einstein came up with the theory of relativity while working in a patent office, I had a feeling Sidis was up to more than most people thought, Amy compares Norbert ...

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