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The brilliant, unique world of child prodigies

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Suborno Bari , a 12-year-old math prodigy, started college at New York University this year .

He has skipped multiple grades, scored a 1500 on his SAT , and started college after high school.

Psychologist Ellen Winner : Prodigies exhibit something she calls a "rage to master" She says abstract art prodigies are overlooked because they excel at something a lot murkier.

Being a prodigy doesn't guarantee future greatness, Ellen Winner says.

Being a child prodigy means you are mastering something that's already been invented.

August is in good company with Picasso and Mozart .

He's got his eye on a Ph.D. by 16 and wants to leave a mark that people will remember for.

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