Child Prodigies and Geniuses

Child Prodigies and Geniuses

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1 Video View·Jun 1, 2025

A collection of profiles on remarkable young prodigies:

From 2017, Scott Pelley profiles 12-year-old music prodigy Alma Deutscher.

From 2012, Morley Safer reports on math and science prodigy Jake Barnett.

From 2013, Safer interviews Jack Andraka, a teenage science student who may have developed an early test for pancreatic cancer.
And from 2012, Bob Simon profiles 21-year-old chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, often called ""The Mozart of Chess.""

Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction
00:11 – Alma Deutscher
13:14 – Jake Barnett
26:35 – Jack Andraka: ""Boy Wonder""
40:04 – Magnus Carlsen: The Mozart of Chess