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| 12 year old Jacob Barnett |
Jacob Barnett is a 12 year old in Indiana who already is taking college level advanced astrophysics classes. At the age of 3 was solving 5,000-piece jigsaw puzzles and answering questions of a lecturer on a tour of Holcomb Observatory and Planetarium at Butler University on why moons circle Mars. His answer left the room in total silence, then throughout the entire building everyone was looking at him, like "Who is this 3 year old?"
A few years later he taught himself calculus, algebra and geometry in two weeks. By 8 he, had left high school. At 12 he is now attending Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Where classmates have often wondered am I attending school with Doogie Howser? Referring to the TV show that featured a 16 year old genius physician.
He provides tutoring for the astrophysics classes he is taking and already has a paid gig lined up doing research at Indiana University.
Now just a few weeks shy of his 13th birthday he has started to move beyond the level of what his professors can teach him. As he now tackles the thought processes around the Big Bang theory. Other astrophysicists are starting to take note of this young mans progress as well. Scott Tremaine of Princeton University email the family to say, "The theory that Jacob is working on involves several of the toughest problems in astrophysics and theoretical physics. Anyone who solves these will be in line for a Nobel Prize."
Barnett has a whopping IQ of 170 - just slightly higher than the 160 of Albert Einstein. The young man was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome at an early age, which coupled with an already brilliant mind, is no doubt drving his unquenchable thirst for knowledge.
His family is unclear where he got his gifts from and when ever he tries to talk math with anyone in his family he get a BLANK STARE.
His parents have encouraged him from the start however.
Jake as his friends like to call him, is just like other 12 year olds, he shoots hoops with friends and plays Guitar Hero and has a platonic girlfriend. He also enjoys Science Fiction movies, the Disney Channel and enjoys the History Channel.
You can see more of this 12 year old whiz on his mother's YouTube channel...
Original Articles:
dvice.com,
mathboysmom's youtube channel,
indystar.com,
news.yahoo.com
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