I saw this too and found it interesting, especially since my son does not have an IQ score and the educational psychologist who tested him several years ago only gave us an estimate of what he might score on an IQ test based on his score on the WIAT. "A mature scientist with an adult IQ of 130 is as likely to win a Nobel Prize as is one whose IQ is 180."

I think the neurosurgeon who wrote Gifted Hands did not have an extremely high IQ but it was certainly high enough. I think his work ethic, social skills, and outside the box thinking, and natural ability enabled him to outperform some people who might have had higher IQ scores.