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Where does talent come from? How easy is it to discover talent? - Alexey Guzey

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Where does talent come from? Trying to answer this question, I looked at the backgrounds of all Nobel laureates in Physics in years 1901-1925 and 2000-2009. Do remember that most parents of 2000-2009 laureates were born in early and mid-20th century, when being a high school teacher or a civil servant were completely different professions from today, in terms of prestige. I hope to have gone though enough laureates to alleviate any concerns about cherry-picking. Here are possible conclusions you can take from this data: I’m glad to have confirmed whichever of these you believed prior to reading this post. I don’t claim to be a genius but I’m always curious about other people’s relatives and my own family tree is rather interesting: Sam Walton J. K. Rowling John D. Rockefeller When winning a Nobel Prize seems to run in the family: … there are at least seven parent–child pairs of Nobel laureates. Four of these were in physics: the Thomsons (J. J. in 1906 and George in 1937), Braggs (Will

Where does talent come from? How easy is it to discover talent? created: 2018-12-08 ; modified: 2020-09-18 Table of Contents 5 random top posts > Links > Research Ideas > It Is Your Responsibility to Follow Up > Theses on Sleep > Matthew Walker's "Why We Sleep" Is Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors Where does talent come from? Trying to answer this question, I looked at the backgrounds of all Nobel laureates in Physics in years 1901-1925 and 2000-2009. 1901-1925 Nobel laureates in Physics Year Person Father Mother 1901 Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen a merchant in, and manufacturer of,

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