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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › William_James_SidisWilliam James Sidis - Wikipedia

    William James Sidis (/ ˈ s aɪ d ɪ s /; 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).

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      Boris Sidis (/ ˈ s aɪ d ɪ s /; October 12, 1867 – October...

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      Martha Foley (March 21, 1897 – September 5, 1977) cofounded...

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      Norbert Wiener (November 26, 1894 – March 18, 1964) was an...

  2. es.wikipedia.org › wiki › William_James_SidisWilliam James Sidis - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre

    William James Sidis ( Nueva York, 1 de abril de 1898 - Boston, 17 de julio de 1944) fue un niño prodigio estadounidense. Sus padres eran judíos de origen ucraniano. Desde niño demostró poseer sorprendentes habilidades intelectuales de memorización, especialmente en las matemáticas y en el dominio de múltiples lenguas.

    • 17 de julio de 1944 (46 años), Boston (Estados Unidos)

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  4. medium.com › lessons-from-history › the-tragic-storyThe Tragic Story of the Smartest Man in History | by The ...

    Jan 18, 2024 · Jan 18, 2024. 13. 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...

  5. simple.wikipedia.org › wiki › William_James_SidisWilliam James Sidis - Simple English Wikipedia, the free ...

    William James Sidis - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.

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  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › English_WikipediaEnglish Wikipedia - Wikipedia

    The English Wikipedia is the primary [a] English-language edition of Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia. It was created by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger on 15 January 2001, as Wikipedia's first edition. English Wikipedia is hosted alongside other language editions by the Wikimedia Foundation, an American nonprofit organization.

    • 15 January 2001; 22 years ago
    • 46,310,640 users, 881 administrators as of 15 October 2023

  8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ten_percent_of_the_brain_mythTen percent of the brain myth - Wikipedia

    A likely origin for the "10% myth" is the reserve energy theories of Harvard psychologists William James and Boris Sidis. In the 1890s, they tested the theory in the accelerated raising of the child prodigy William Sidis .

  9. kids.kiddle.co › William_James_SidisWilliam James Sidis Facts for Kids - Kids encyclopedia

    William James Sidis (/ ˈ s aɪ d ɪ s /; 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 .