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Newsthink | The Mathematician Forced to Become a Genius

Norbert Wiener’s father molded him into a genius...

00:00 - A Father’s Experiment

01:44 - Homeschooling Through Tears

03:06 - A Lonely Genius

04:08 - A Shocking Discovery

04:33 - Undermined by His Father

05:45 - Intellectual Awakening in Europe

06:47 - War, Rejection & Finding Purpose

07:57 - The Telegram That Changed Everything

08:35 - Opportunity at MIT & Brownian Motion

09:55 - Finding Love & Personal Freedom

10:27 - Ethical Dilemmas & The Nuclear Age

11:19 - The Breakthrough: Cybernetics

12:22 - Final Reflections

14:07 - Today’s Sponsor: Brilliant

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