curios lang ko ani nila? unsa man naa sa ilang utok nga wala sa ako? why they can already solve complicated problems at their age?
any child prodigy here or inyong anak nga bright kaayo?
like ani nila?
Mathematics
- Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz (1606-1682) was a Spanish scholastic philosopher, ecclesiastic, mathematician and writer. He was a precocious child, early delving into serious problems in mathematics and even publishing astronomical tables in his tenth year.
- Akshay Venkatesh (born 1981) Won a bronze medal at the International Physics Olympiad at 11 years of age. Won a Bronze medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) at 12. Graduated university at age 15 with a double major in mathematics/physics. Finished his PhD at 20 from Princeton University. Associate Professor at 23.
- André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836) wrote a treatise on conic sections at the age of 13 and mastered much of known mathematics by the age of 18.
- Jason Levy: Born 1972 : Began York University in Toronto in 1982 at age 10. Graduated with Specialized Honours B.A. in Mathematics at 14.[1] Received his M.Sc.( Mathematics ) from the University of Toronto in 1987 at age 15. Completed his PhD in Mathematics at University of Toronto in 1993 at age 20.
- March Tian Boedihardjo (born 199
, at 9 became the youngest student to enroll in a Hong Kong university.[2] - Ted Kaczynski (born May 22, 1942), the "Unabomber", was a child prodigy who excelled academically from an early age. Kaczynski was accepted into Harvard University at the age of 16, where he earned an undergraduate degree, and later earned aPhD in mathematics from the University of Michigan. He became an assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley at age 25, but resigned two years later.[3]
- Evan O'Dorney - Solved two Open Problems in mathematics at the age of 17 winning the Intel Science Talent Search in 2011. Also 2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion.
- Gabriel Carroll, a prodigy who earned the highest SAT score in the state of California, including a perfect 800 in math, in seventh grade.[4][5]
- Erik Demaine (born 1981) Became an assistant professor at MIT at 20 years of age.
- Per Enflo (born 1944) Swedish mathematician, also a piano prodigy[6]
- Anne-Marie Imafidon is one of youngest students to graduate from the University of Oxford.[7][8][9]
- Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887–1920) - was an Indian mathematician and autodidact who, with almost no formal training in pure mathematics, learned college-level mathematics by age 11, and generated his own theorems in number theory and Bernoulli numbers by age 13 (including independently re-discovering Euler's identity).[10]
- Evariste Galois (1811–1832) learned college-level mathematics by age 15.
- Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855) made his first ground-breaking mathematical discoveries while still a teenager.[citation needed] Also could perform complicated arithmetic at age 3.[11]
- Francis Galton (1822-1911), was an English Victorian polymath: anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor,meteorologist, proto-geneticist, psychometrician, and statistician. He was knighted in 1909.
- William Rowan Hamilton, (1805–1865) a mathematician, read Hebrew at seven years old, and studied Arabic, Persian, Greek, Latin,Syriac, Sanskrit and four other continental languages at 12 years old.[12]
- Jay Luo (born 1970), received his B.Sc. from Boise State University with honors in mathematics at the age of 12 to become the youngest university graduate in United States history.[13][14]
- Jacob Barnett (born 199 attended University math courses at age 8 and published research on the Big Bang and Special Relativity at age 13 giving him extensive media coverage.
- Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher who wrote a treatise on vibrating bodies at nine years old; his first proof, on a wall with a piece of coal, at 11 years old, and a theorem by 16 years old. He is famous for Pascal's theorem and many other contributions in mathematics, philosophy, and physics.[citation needed]
- Raúl Chávez Sarmiento (born 1997), second youngest medalist in International Mathematical Olympiad history, at age 11 (bronze medal).[15]
- William James Sidis (1898–1944) set a record in 1909 by becoming the youngest person to enroll at Harvard College, at 11 years old.[16]
- Terence Tao (born 1975), youngest medalist in International Mathematical Olympiad history, at age 10.[17]
- Norbert Wiener (1894–1964) began graduate studies at age 14 at Harvard and was awarded Phd at 18 for dissertation onmathematical logic.[citation needed]
- Sufiah Yusof (born 1984) a Malaysian girl, gained entry into St. Hilda's College, Oxford University, in 1997, to study mathematics at 13 years old.[18]
- Cameron Thompson (born 1997) began studying with the Open University at the age of 11. He gained the Cert.Math(Open) qualification at the age of 13 and will obtain his B.Sc(Hons) at 15.[19][19][20][21] Cameron is the subject of the BBC Documentary "Growing Pains of a Teenage Genius".[22]
[edit]Mental calculators
Note: Several mathematicians were mental calculators when they were still children. Mental calculation is not to be confused with mathematics. This section is for child prodigies largely or primarily known for calculating skills.
- Zerah Colburn (born 1804) had a major display of his ability at age eight.[23][24]
- Daniel Tammet (born 1979) is a savant who can perform complex calculations in his head, doing so since the age of four.
- Shakuntala Devi (born 1939) Her abilities were first recognized at three years old.[25]
- Ettore Majorana (1906-193 could multiply two 3 digit numbers in his head in seconds at the age of 4.[26][27]
- John von Neumann (1903–1957) A "mental calculator" by six years old, who could tell jokes in classical Greek.[28][29]
- Priyanshi Somani (born 199 won 1st place in the 2010 Mental Calculation World Cup at age 11.
- Jerry Newport, (born 194 Autistic calculating savant at age seven, already using calculus to compute third and higher roots, title holder of "Most Versatile Calculator, won in 2010. Self-discovered much number theory in elementary school—perfect numbers, Fibonacci, etc.
- Truman Henry Safford (1836–1901) could square 18 digit numbers at ten years old; later in life, he became an astronomer.[30]
[edit]Physics
- Enrico Fermi In 1918, Fermi enrolled at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa. In order to enter the Institute, candidates had to take a difficult entrance exam which included an essay. The given theme was Specific characteristics of Sounds (Italian: Caratteri distintivi dei suoni).[31] The 17-year-old Enrico Fermi chose to derive and solve the partial differential equation for a vibrating rod, applying Fourier analysis. The examiner, Prof. Giuseppe Pittarelli, interviewed Fermi and concluded that his entry would have been commendable even for a doctoral degree. Enrico Fermi achieved first place in the classification of the entrance exam.
- Mikaela Fudolig (born 1991), finished college at 16 years old with a degree in physics, summa cum laude and class valedictorian (Class of 2007), at the University of the Philippines. She entered the university at 11 years old. Currently, she is studying physics at the same university for the Master's degree.[32]
- Christopher Hirata (born 1982) Youngest American (at 13) to win a gold medal in the International Physics Olympiad (1996). EnteredCaltech at the age of 14, earned PhD in Physics from Princeton at age 22.
- Abdus Salam (1926–1996) At the age of fourteen, Salam scored the highest marks ever recorded for the Matriculation Examination at the Punjab University. A Nobel laureate in Physics for his work in Electro-Weak Theory, Salam holds the distinction of being the first Pakistani and Muslim Nobel Laureate to receive the prize in the Physical Sciences.
- Wolfgang Pauli (1900–195 had an understanding of advanced mathematics by the age of 13 and graduated with a PhD in Physics at the age of 21.[33]
- Tathagat Avatar Tulsi (born 1987) received an undergraduate degree at 10 years old,[34] got a Ph.D. at 21 & was offered a position of assistant professor at IIT B at 22.
- Kim Ung-Yong (born March 8, 1962) graduated with a Ph.D. in physics at the age of 15.
- Taylor Wilson (born 1994), nuclear scientist and engineer who built a bomb at age 10, and a nuclear fusion reactor at age 14. Improved nuclear technology and made a low-cost cherenhov particle detector at age 17, as well as winning the Intel Science Fair.
[edit]Astronomy
- Tanishq Mathew Abraham (born 2003) is an American child prodigy with Indian (East) ancestry who joined the on-campus college Astronomy class at 7 years old. Not only did he pass the course with an A grade but he was the top student among his college classmates (the youngest in the world). He is also one of the youngest members of American Mensa, joining at 4 years old in 2008. As of 2010, he and his younger sister, Tiara Thankam Abraham are the youngest siblings to both join Mensa at 4 years old.[35]
[edit]Chemistry
- Ainan Celeste Cawley (born 1999) passed Chemistry O level at 7 years and 1 month (the youngest in the world) and studied Chemistry at tertiary level, at a Polytechnic, from 8 years and 4 months old.[36]
[edit]Computer Science
- M. Lavinashree (born 25 May 2000 in TN, India) in 2008 at the age of eight years, became the youngest Microsoft Certified Professionals (MCPs) in the world. At age of 10, she become world youngest Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) in Aug, 2010. At the age of three, she won a place in the Limca Book of Records for reciting 1,330 couplets of a Tamil Poem.[37][38]
- Arfa Karim Randhawa (1995 - 2012) in 2004 at the age of 9 years, became the then youngest Microsoft Certified Professionals (MCPs) in the world, a title she kept until 2008. She was invited by Bill Gates to visit the Microsoft Headquarters in USA. Arfa had earned the Fatima Jinnah Gold Medal in the field of science and technology and the Salam Pakistan Youth Award in 2005 for her achievements. Arfa is also the youngest recipient of the President’s Award for Pride of Performance. Arfa was invited by Microsoft in 2006 to be a keynote speaker at the Tech-Ed Developers Conference, where she was the only Pakistani among over 5,000 developers. Arfa Karim died on January 14, 2012, at the age of 16.
- Babar Iqbal (born 1997) started computer programming at the age of 5. He came to prominence by becoming the youngestMicrosoft Certified Professional (MCP) in the world at the age of 9, as well as obtaining the record of being the youngest CIWA aged 9, youngest CWNA at 10, youngest Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) at 11 and youngest MCTS in .NET 3.5 at 12.[39][40][41][42] His research has been accepted by 8th IEEE International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology (Innovations'12).[43][44]As of 2009 Iqbal was based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and was undergoing training and working with Microsoft.[45]
- Pranav Kalyan (born 17th Jan 2003 in California, USA) in 2013 at the age of 9, became the youngest Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) in ASP.net using C#. He started programming at the age of 6.[46] [47][48][49]
Materials engineering
- Alia Sabur (born 1989) received an undergraduate degree at 14 years old, and became a college professor at 18 years old.[59]
[edit]Mechanical engineering
- Karl Benz (born 1844) started at the scientifically oriented Lyzeum at nine years old, went on to study at the Poly-Technical University under the instruction of Ferdinand Redtenbacher, and, on September 30, 1860, at an age of just 15, he passed the entrance exam for mechanical engineering at the University of Karlsruhe, which he subsequently attended. Benz was graduated July 9, 1864 at age nineteen.[60] Karl Benz later became the pioneering founder of the automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benzdesigning the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, widely regarded as the very first automobile
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