Self-Driven 12 Year Old Is A Maths Genius.

More than one generation of scientists is struggling with the riddle of genius. Some believe that the whole point is in the features of genes and the structure of the brain. Others are sure that talent manifests itself only in the presence of a rare disease. “Genius is 99 percent labor to the point of exhaustion and one percent a game of the imagination,” said Thomas Edison. And the Soviet geneticist Vladimir Efroimson has a different point of view: “Studying the biographies and pathographies of geniuses of all times and peoples leads to an inexorable conclusion: geniuses are born.” And what of this is true, no one can say yet …

Geeks, as a rule, show their abilities at an early age. These abilities can relate to any intellectual field of activity: mathematics, physics, music, encyclopedic knowledge, and so on. Already at an early age they can go to college, finish it and defend a dissertation, while their peers are still in school; gifted children with musical ability write operas; with the ability to chess – become champions. Contrary to popular belief that nothing special comes out of child prodigies, they often keep their genius to themselves even in adulthood …