I was a rabid Heinlein fan a couple decades ago. Interesting to see the reviewers compare the style and subject matter of this Palmer book. I'm intrigued!

Austin, unfortunately, there isn't a lot of information available about gifted babies. Miraca Gross has done a bit of research, but it is still an area relatively unexplored. Early walking and talking do correlate with giftedness, but there are also many gifted kids who walk and talk at a more average age or even later. There are also a few regular kids who do this stuff early, but parents tend to be pretty accurate about assessing their children's abilities.

You can look at my web site here for a few articles: http://www.bellaonline.com/subjects/10599.asp

My most precocious walker started walking independently at seven months. It wasn't long before she was running...