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Does anyone have any book recommendations for a gifted young teen? My nephew is 13, and he recently blew the lid off of a school-administered IQ test.
For his birthday, I want to give him some books that will inspire him to achieve great things and live a happy life full of hard work. At the very least, I want to give him some good math and science books. He has already has taken algebra, geometry and introductory calculus, so he knows some math already.
The Heinlein Juveniles. 'have space suit will travel' and others have the whole self-reliance, work hard and achieve things strongly ingrained. I cannot judge how well the integrate with your current culture, but in the 50s they sold well, and still do. But those are not specific for über-bright kids, more for the normal bright types. If he hasn't done so yet, just introducing him to the next big library might help a lot.
Another all-purpose book: Bill Brysons: short history of almost everything. It is not aim at kids, but very accessible, well written and deal with lots of the history of sciences, including the ignoring of great achievements, misleading pathways and such.
A great overview.