Forget what you know | Jacob Barnett | TEDxTeen

Never miss a talk! SUBSCRIBE to the TEDx channel: http://bit.ly/1FAg8hB Help us caption and translate this video on Amara.org: http://www.amara.org/en/v/BWTt/ Jacob Barnett is an American mathematician and child prodigy. At 8 years old, Jacob began sneaking into the back of college lectures at IUPUI. After being diagnosed with autism since the age of two and placed in his school's special ed. program, Jacob's teachers and doctors were astonished to learn he was able to teach calculus to college students. At age nine, while playing with shapes, Jacob built a series of mathematical models that expanded Einstein's field of relativity. A professor at Princeton reviewed his work and confirmed that it was groundbreaking and could someday result in a Nobel Prize. At age 10, Jacob was formally accepted to the University as a full-time college student and went straight into a paid research position in the field of condensed matter physics. For his original work in this field, Jacob set a record, becoming the world's youngest astrophysics researcher. His paper was subsequently accepted for publication by Physical Review A, a scientific journal shared on sites such as NASA, the Smithsonian, and Harvard's webpage. Jacob's work aims to help improve the way light travels in technology. Jacob is also CEO and founder of Wheel LLC, a business he started in his mom's garage, and is in the process of writing a book to help end "math phobia" in his generation. Jacob's favorite pastime is playing basketball with the kids at his charity, Jacob's Place. It is a place where kids with autism are inspired every day to be their true authentic selves...just like Jacob. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Comments

1. I would like him to be my teacher :)
2. If you can connect what you like with something,you can eventually become a genius.
3. is it just me or does this kid remind you of mark zuckerberg
4. this kids enoying
5. What a lad😀
6. People with ADHD thinks faster than they can talk
7. his only 12.... he hasn't hit puberty yet.....that might explain the squeaky voice
8. Is it that all autistic people are alternatively smart, or that all people capable of percieving things from multiple viewpoints are just autistic in some form or way? If the latter is the case, then everyone I know is autistic.
9. Imagine smoking a blunt with this kid when he gets older? That'd be interesting :)
10. to be honest this is a kind of misleading message to present. in order to start thinking creatively in math and physics to the point of creating something new, it requires a huge amount of time commitment to learn all the material.
11. He's very smart and brilliant but i can't listen to his laughter and loud voice. I'll wait until he's older to listen.
12. i love this kid... that was brave.
13. hes defo on the charlie
14. his jokes are lame...
15. I turned the speed down on the settings. lol
16. Little McSqueakers, Little McSqueakers, Poop Poop Fiddly-Doo, Little McSqueakers
17. Like so many other brilliant young people he's hard wired and sad to say he is going to burn out early in life
18. καθυστεριμενο
19. Too much caffeine... Maybe?
20. he's ok