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Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
dredmorbius@toot.cat ("Doc Edward Morbius ⭕") wrote:
Edit: Answer seems to be Willima James Sidis, though I'm having trouble turning up a citation.
I'm trying to remember the name of the young prodigy who'd been bullied as a child, somewhere in the US (Cleveland sticks in my mind though I may be wrong on that), took refuge in the library, read Principia Mathematica, and corresponded with Bertrand Russelll over errata. Russell mistook the youth for a maths professor initially.
Obviously early 20th century.
Ring any bells for anyone?
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