William Sidis -A forgotten genius(Jane Henderson) William James Sidis was an American child prodigy, who was born in April 1, 1898, in Manhattan, New York City, USA. His parents were Jewish Americans, and they both were very intelligent. His dad, Professor Boris, was Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. William soon shows that he was talented. By the time he was 18 months, he can read the newspaper obviously and regularly. At the age of 2 and 3, he can speak Greek and writing mails by himself. As soon as he was 8, he shows that he was a Genius mathematical talent by making a new Logarit board with the numbers 12. When he was 11, he was honored to be the youngest student in Harvard University! Also some professors who gave him IQ test, were surprised when they see he got 250-300, the highest IQ in the world now and then!

He wrote many sciences books which have high value.

But life wasn't easy. At the age of 16, William was caught when he joined demonstrations in Boston. His parents were frightened that he'll be a bad person, so they forbid him from playing with bad friends.

William never had a best friend in his whole life! So he was depressed, and when he met a genuine woman, he started to tell her all his story. Unfortunately, the woman was a journalist and she wrote bad things about him. William was in disbelief, when he knows the story. After that, he caught a disease and died in 1944. No one publicly mourned for him - an intelligent genius who used his life to contribute for Mathematics and Science.

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