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William James Sidis ( / ˈsaɪdɪs /; April 1, 1898 – July 17, 1944) was an American child prodigy with exceptional mathematical and linguistic skills, for which he was active as a mathematician, linguist, historian, and author (whose works were published covertly due to never using his real name). He wrote the book The Animate and the ...
- John W. Shattuck, Frank Folupa, Parker Greene, Jacob Marmor
- July 17, 1944 (aged 46), Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
- April 1, 1898, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
William James Sidis ( / ˈsaɪdɪs /; April 1, 1898 – July 17, 1944) was an American child prodigy with exceptional mathematical and linguistic skills. He is notable for his book The Animate and the Inanimate published in 1925 (written around 1920), in which he speculates about the origin of life in the context of thermodynamics.
Aug 14, 2022 · William James Sidis spoke 25 languages and had an IQ 100 points higher than Albert Einstein's, but the smartest man in the world just wanted to live his life in seclusion. In 1898, the smartest man who ever lived was born in America. His name was William James Sidis and his IQ was eventually estimated to be between 250 and 300 (with 100 being ...
William James Sidis was born on April 1, 1898 in Manhattan, New York City to Boris Sidis, a psychologist, physician, psychiatrist, and philosopher of education, and Sarah Mandelbaum, a Boston University School of Medicine graduate. Both his parents were Jewish emigrants from Ukraine; while Boris had emigrated in 1887 to escape political and ...
Amy Wallace’s book, The Prodigy: a Biography of William James Sidis, America’s Greatest Child Prodigy, was the basis of the script for a movie about Sidis’s life released in 1997 — Good ...
Nov 24, 2021 · Though no scorecards or test reports concerning his intelligence exist today, considering Sidis’ age and academic brilliance, his IQ score is estimated by some to be somewhere between 50 and...
Jan 18, 2024 · His IQ, estimated between 250 and 300, eclipses even Einstein’s reputed 200. Hailed as the brightest mind ever, his life was a complex combination of unparalleled intellect and profound...
