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  1. 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).

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  2. 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).

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  4. Aug 9, 2021 · News. THE PRODIGY: A BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM SIDIS. By Chicago Tribune. PUBLISHED: July 13, 1986 at 1:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 9, 2021 at 6:24 a.m. In 1909 and 1910 one could scarcely pick up a...

  5. William James Sidis was an American child prodigy with exceptional mathematical and linguistic skills who is known for his 1920 book The Animate and the Inanimate, in which he speculates about the origin of life in the context of thermodynamics.

  6. Apr 8, 2023 · William James Sidis, the Man who Knew Everything. In the early 20th century, a child prodigy captured the world’s attention with his exceptional intellect and early accomplishments. His name was William James Sidis, and his remarkable abilities in various fields of study, including mathematics, language, and history, earned him a reputation ...

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  7. May 26, 2021 · William James Sidis Is Likely the Smartest Man to Have Ever Lived. William "Billy" Sidis was the son of two Ukrainian Jews, Sarah and Boris, who insisted that everything Billy did, he did in pursuit of knowledge. Wikimedia/ (CC BY-SA 2.0) When William (Billy) Sidis was barely 3 years old, the story goes, he taught himself a language: Latin. By ...

  8. Nov 24, 2021 · The unheard life of William James Sidis William James Sidis. Source: The Sidis Archive/Wikimedia Commons. Born in New York on April 1, 1898, to Russian immigrants, Sidis could easily read the ...

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