Awaken the Genius in Your Child

Shakuntala Devi

Orient Paperbacks

Táto e‑kniha

Genius is not a mysterious quality possessed by a few.

Educators, psychologists and scientists acknowledge the value of early experience in shaping a lifetime of genius. The seeds of a great mind are sown in the talents and qualities parents nurture during infancy and childhood.

This book will help you — the caring parent — combine the unique knowledge of your child's personality with the latest research on how children learn at each age, to enable you help your children achieve his full potential. From infancy, pre-school and through school, at every stage, the book is designed to enhance your child's concentration skills, problem-solving abilities, creativity, and honest motivation — the complex dynamics which will translate your child's potential into a brilliant legal mind, a gifted surgeon or a path-breaking physicist.

O autorovi

Shakuntala Devi (4 November 1929 – 21 April 2013) was an Indian writer popularly known as the "human computer". Her talent earned her a place in the 1982 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records.

She was born in a well-known family of Brahmin priests in Bangalore. She received her early lessons in mathematics from her grandfather. By the age of five, she was recognised as a child prodigy and an expert in complex mental arithmetic.