Jacques Inaudi
Giacomo Inaudi
Giacomo Inaudi (13 October 1867[1] – 10 November 1950), also known as Jacques Inaudi in France, was an Italian calculating prodigy.
He was born in Onorato, Piedmont, Italy. As a child he was a shepherd but showed aptitude for mental calculation. Inaudi's abilities attracted interest of showmen and he toured around the world.
French scientists like Jean-Martin Charcot investigated his abilities, French astronomer Camille Flammarion praised him in strong terms, and Alfred Binet wrote a book on him. Inaudi would repeat the numbers he was given before he began his mental calculations.[2]
References
- ↑ Cnum.cnam.fr
- ↑ Nicholas, S.; Gounden, Y.; Levine, Z. (2011). "The memory of two great mental calculators: Charcot and Binet’s neglected 1893 experiments". American Journal of Psychology. 124 (2): 235–242. doi:10.5406/amerjpsyc.124.2.0235.
- Serge Nicolas & Alessandro Guida, Charcot and the Mental Calculator Jacques Inaudi, in The European Yearbook of the History of Psychology 1 (2015), p. 107-138
- Burman, J. T.; Guida, A.; Nicolas, S. (2015), "Hearing the inaudible experimental subject: Echoes of Inaudi, Binet’s calculating prodigy.", History of Psychology, 18 (1): 47–68, doi:10.1037/a0038448
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