Norbert Wiener-A Life in Cybernetics: Ex-Prodigy: My Childhood and Youth and I Am a Mathematician: The Later Life of a Prodigy (Mit Press)
ISBN: 0262535440
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cma · 2024-06-24 · Original thread
Norbert Weiner was explicitly raised by his father to be a prodigy as well:

https://www.amazon.com/Norbert-Wiener_A-Life-Cybernetics-Mat...

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