He could read the New York Times when he was 18 months old and went to Harvard when he was 11 – the youngest person ever to go there.
He was a mathematical prodigy and linguist – speaking 25 languages.When he was 12 he lectured the Harvard Mathemarical Club on four-dimensional bodies.
He spent most of his life in seclusion because people were hostile to him.
Moral: Brains can be a burden
William James Sidis of course … according to google
I read his s sad story before
Spot on DontAgree, Sidis it was.
I’ve always thought the idea of a reciculating everlasting universe restoring entropy worked well. Didn’t realise he was first with the idea.
Not FE surely 😉
Ha Ha, Fred, very droll. Although he does seem to think he knows the answer to everything, it’s not FE.
I graduated from an engineering school that produces 20% of all engineers in the USA. I know engineers. I taught a senior in Mechanical Engineering how to change the oil in his car.
Ha! That’s nothing. I’ve taught my wife how to reset the TPMS warning light on her 2011 Honda Civic. And she ain’t even an engineer…