This is the "beginning" few pages of the book "Smartest Kids in The World: and how they got that way" by Amanda Ripley, Simon and Schuster press, (c) 2013. The list on this web page is of the "Principle Characters," students, teachers, administrators, whom Ms. Ripley interviewed for the book. On the Amazon Kindle eBook's web page there is a "Try a Sample" link to other excerpts from the book. The samples are FREE to read. But they are of unknown length and chapter selections at this writing. See also the PBS Newshour interview of 13.09.23 with Ms. Ripley in the "Trends in Education" web link category.