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Beschreibung

Two separate studies of children who are exceptionally bright, and at the same time exceptionally late in beginning to speak, provide the background for this dramatic story of these children and their often anguished parents. In the short time that these children have been studied, examples have turned up all over the world. Numbers of these children have grown into renowned adults: pianists Clara Schumann and Arthur Rubinstein; Julia Robinson, the first female president of the American Mathematical Association; and Nobel Prize winners Gary Becker, Richard Feynman, and Albert Einstein.

The Einstein Syndrome is a follow-up to Late-Talking Children, which established Thomas Sowell as a leading spokesman on the subject, but here Sowell goes much farther. The scientific question as to why these children are behind schedule in developing speech is explored here with the help of findings from an autopsy of the brain of Einstein himself. This book also explores the more immediate question of how parents can cope with problems arising from a late-talking child-at home, and outside in a world that too often refuses to grasp the issue.

Two separate studies of children who are exceptionally bright, and at the same time exceptionally late in beginning to speak, provide the background for this dramatic story of these children and their often anguished parents. In the short time that these children have been studied, examples have turned up all over the world. Numbers of these children have grown into renowned adults: pianists Clara Schumann and Arthur Rubinstein; Julia Robinson, the first female president of the American Mathematical Association; and Nobel Prize winners Gary Becker, Richard Feynman, and Albert Einstein.

The Einstein Syndrome is a follow-up to Late-Talking Children, which established Thomas Sowell as a leading spokesman on the subject, but here Sowell goes much farther. The scientific question as to why these children are behind schedule in developing speech is explored here with the help of findings from an autopsy of the brain of Einstein himself. This book also explores the more immediate question of how parents can cope with problems arising from a late-talking child-at home, and outside in a world that too often refuses to grasp the issue.

Über den Autor

Thomas Sowellis a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. For more than half a century, his writings have appeared in both popular and scholarly publications, on both sides of the Atlantic, and his books have been translated into a dozen foreign languages. After a career as an economist in the government, academia and the corporate world, hehas since 1980been a scholar in residence at the Hoover Institution, devoting his efforts to research and writing, on subjects ranging from the history and influence of intellectuals to education and social policies in countries around the world.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
Fachbereich: Erziehungsratgeber
Genre: Erziehung & Bildung, Importe
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780465081417
ISBN-10: 046508141X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Sowell, Thomas
Hersteller: Basic Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 202 x 134 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Thomas Sowell
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.12.2002
Gewicht: 0,231 kg
Artikel-ID: 121022141

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