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Boris
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Bibliography of the Works of Boris Sidis
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for The Sidis Story  (Contains more biographical information about the Sidises than any other source found so far.) The Sidis Story by Sarah Sidis, M.D. (1952) "Most thoughtful people today have come to realize that all effective psychologists must be as much artist as scientist. They must have a perception so delicate and acute that they can follow instantly along the twisting paths of the subwaking mind. Boris had the delicacy, the perception and the artistry that that takes. It made him not only a great scientist, but a great teacher and a great man, and it made him a marvelous husband." "But his college teachers did not want him to be a college teacher. 'I am in a rut', said James. 'I teach the same thing over and over again year after year. I have too little time to really study, or really contribute anything to the world. It is a question to me whether my teaching means anything at all to 90 per cent of my students. You mustn't teach, for you can do greater things'." "...so Boris said to Morton Prince, who had inherited a million dollars, 'Look here, Prince, let's have a Journal of Abnormal Psychology'. Prince said, 'If you think it's a good idea, let's do it'." [Photo:
Boris, Helena, Sarah, ca. 1920 in Los Angeles]
Leon Hansen's Insightful Remarks Concerning William Sidis. "I just browsed through your article on human intelligence, i.e. the sections featuring William Sidis. |
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Appreciation Harold Addington Bruce Most of the articles were written by journalists who never met him, never interviewed family members or friends, and most of all, never read his writings....... |
S O C I E T Y / E D U C A T I O N Saving the Smart Kids Are schools leaving the most gifted children behind if they don't allow them to skip ahead? By JOHN CLOUD/THORNBURG Sep. 27, 2004 Americans don't seem to have any problem with teenagers who show genius in sports (LeBron James) or entertainment (Hilary Duff). But we have a deeply ambivalent relationship with intellectually gifted kids. For every lovable Doogie Howser, M.D., we fear there's also a William James Sidis. Little William was born in 1898 to an experimentally minded psychologist, Boris Sidis.
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