Friday math movie: Math Prodigy Terence Tao, UCLA
According to the intro to this video on the best mathematician in the world today:
Terence Tao was a seven year-old high school student when he began taking calculus classes. By age 20 he had received a Ph.D. from Princeton and joined the UCLA faculty. In 2006 he won the Fields Medal in Mathematics and a MacArthur genius grant. Watch Tao talk about how he approaches problem-solving.
The background music is (mostly) Mozarts Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. Mozart, of course, was a brilliant music prodigy and Tao has been called the Mozart of Math.
Some more info on Terrence:
His UCLA page, showing the subjects he has taught.
Wikipedias article on Terence Tao, which points out his Australian roots.
His blog, Whats new
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