William James Sidis
(1898-1944)
American prodigy
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William James Sidis (April 1, 1898 – July 17, 1944) was an American child prodigy with exceptional mathematical and linguistic skills. He is notable for his 1920 book The Animate and the Inanimate, in which he speculates about the origin of life in the context of thermodynamics.
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William James Sidis 1 April 1898 Manhattan, New York City, New York USA
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17 July 1944 (aged 46) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
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