How to Raise a Genius: Lessons from a 45-Year Study of Supersmart Children
by Tom Clynes, Nature Magazine
September 7, 2016
Scientific American

The article opens with an introduction to Johns Hopkins Professor Julian Stanley in 1968, the longitudinal Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY), and "student zero," 12-year-old brilliant but bored Joseph Bates.

Reread in the context of today's educational climate (almost 5 years after publication) IMO this article and the SMPY longitudinal study illustrate the ludicrousness of the current trend to try to achieve "equal outcomes" among all pupils.

Article archived on the WayBack Machine, here.