William James Sidis

William James Sidis was an American child prodigy with mathematical and linguistic skills. He was active as a mathematician, linguist, historian, and author. He wrote the book The Animate and the Inanimate, published in 1925, in which he speculated about the origin of life in the context of thermodynamics.

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Who was born first?

• William James Sidis and Leó Szilárd were born the same year
• William James Sidis and Berenice Abbott were born the same year
• William James Sidis and Trofim Lysenko were born the same year
• William James Sidis was born 1 year after Ana Aslan
• William James Sidis was born 1 year before László Bíró

Timeline

1. Ana AslanJanuary 1, 1897 – May 21, 1988
2. Berenice AbbottJuly 17, 1898 – December 9, 1991
3. Leó SzilárdFebruary 11, 1898 – May 30, 1964
4. Trofim LysenkoSeptember 17, 1898 – November 20, 1976
5. William James Sidis (this page)April 1, 1898 – July 17, 1944
6. László BíróSeptember 29, 1899 – October 24, 1985

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