If the mind is the last frontier, those who push at its bounds and sift
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raw deal. Precocious children are often seen as brats hothoused by obsessive
parents, but Ellen Winner’s Gifted Children (Basic Books, $28, ISBN 0 465
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children driven by a “rage to learn”. A book that grips— and leaves you
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