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In Malcom Gladwell’s book titled “Outliers” in the chapter "The
Trouble with Geniuses," Parts 1 and 2, Gladwell continues to evolve his thesis that there are certain people that are given considerable advantage over others through an assortment of means.
Those means could include when you were born, where you went to school, your wealth status, how hard you practiced or engaged in practicing your field.
In "The Trouble with Geniuses," Parts 1 and 2, Gladwell focuses on
“genius”, and how it may play a roll in a person’s success.

In this section, he compares two individuals who are both believed to have a very high intelligence quotient (IQ). The first individual is Robert
Oppenheimer, sometimes referred to as the “Father of the Atomic bomb”.

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