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His father, political science professor Brian Silver, attributes his son’s success to a two-pronged drive: “He’s driven by a need to get the answers to a problem, but he also is very concerned with the narrative, with telling the story,” said the elder Silver, who teaches at Michigan State University.
The father recalls his son at 2 years old, already revealing himself as a prodigy with numbers — his mother asked him to count to three, and he went to 20. By four, he understood negative numbers, and could multiply in his head.
Needless to say he was a math whiz, but he also was a debating champion, winning competitions in high school. “On the debate team, it was OK to be a geek,” Brian Silver explained. Nate then went off to the University of Chicago, where he earned a degree in economics.
The father recalls his son at 2 years old, already revealing himself as a prodigy with numbers — his mother asked him to count to three, and he went to 20. By four, he understood negative numbers, and could multiply in his head.
Needless to say he was a math whiz, but he also was a debating champion, winning competitions in high school. “On the debate team, it was OK to be a geek,” Brian Silver explained. Nate then went off to the University of Chicago, where he earned a degree in economics.
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