Jacob Barnett
Ketika berusia sekitar 20-an, Stephen Hawking didiagnosis menderita amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Dokter memprediksi bahwa dia hanya akan bertahan hidup tiga tahun. Namun, Hawking bertahan dan menjadi fisikawan dan kosmolog paling ternama di abad ini.
Kini, Hawking sepertinya punya "yunior". Jacob Barnett, kini berusia 14 tahun, pada usia 2 tahun didiagnosis menderita autisme sedang hingga parah. Dokter memprediksi bahwa dia tak akan bisa bicara, membaca, dan melakukan hal-hal dasar dalam hidupnya. Namun, prediksi itu meleset.
Barnett sekarang menjadi remaja cerdas. Pada usia 14 tahun, ia telah terdaftar menjadi mahasiswa program master bidang fisika kuantum. Tingkat kecerdasan Barnett (IQ), menurut BBC, mencapai 170, melebihi Einstein. Ia bahkan sudah diprediksi akan meraih nobel.
Sejak memasuki Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) pada usia 10 tahun, Barnett telah memukau pengajar, rekan, dan keluarganya dengan kecerdasannya yang diperkirakan melebihi Albert Einstein.
Barnett sering membantu temannya mempelajari kalkulus. Ia selalu menjadi juara kelas. Laporan majalah Time pada tahun 2011 menyebut, suatu hari, Barnett mungkin akan mampu menggugat Teori Relativitas yang dipelopori Einstein.
Di luar kecemerlangannya dalam bidang akademis, Barnett juga terkenal sebagai seorang entrepreneur dan penulis yang menginspirasi. Ia dan keluarganya menjalankan sebuah badan donasi bernama Jacob's Place untuk anak-anak dan mamakai ceritanya untuk meningkatkan pemahaman dan mengubah mitos soal autisme.
"Saya seharusnya tak di sini. Kau tahu, saya dulu diberi tahu bahwa saya tak akan bisa bicara. Mungkin ada terapis yang melihat siaran ini sekarang dan ketakutan," katanya dalam acara TEDx Teen di New York tahun 2012 lalu.
Barnett dan Hawking berbagi pengalaman yang sama. Mereka didiagnosis memiliki keterbatasan tetapi berhasil survive mengatasinya. Ke depan, bukan tidak mungkin Barnett akan menjadi penerus Hawking.
Video presentasi Barnett di ajang TEDx Teen:
"Forget What You Know" - Jacob Barnett
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)
Penulis: Yunanto Wiji Utomo
Senin, 30 September 2013 | 17:58 WIB
Sumber: Sains.kompas.com
http://tedxteen.com/talks/tedxteen-2012/111-jacob-barnett-forget-what-you-know
Kini, Hawking sepertinya punya "yunior". Jacob Barnett, kini berusia 14 tahun, pada usia 2 tahun didiagnosis menderita autisme sedang hingga parah. Dokter memprediksi bahwa dia tak akan bisa bicara, membaca, dan melakukan hal-hal dasar dalam hidupnya. Namun, prediksi itu meleset.
Barnett sekarang menjadi remaja cerdas. Pada usia 14 tahun, ia telah terdaftar menjadi mahasiswa program master bidang fisika kuantum. Tingkat kecerdasan Barnett (IQ), menurut BBC, mencapai 170, melebihi Einstein. Ia bahkan sudah diprediksi akan meraih nobel.
Sejak memasuki Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) pada usia 10 tahun, Barnett telah memukau pengajar, rekan, dan keluarganya dengan kecerdasannya yang diperkirakan melebihi Albert Einstein.
Barnett sering membantu temannya mempelajari kalkulus. Ia selalu menjadi juara kelas. Laporan majalah Time pada tahun 2011 menyebut, suatu hari, Barnett mungkin akan mampu menggugat Teori Relativitas yang dipelopori Einstein.
Di luar kecemerlangannya dalam bidang akademis, Barnett juga terkenal sebagai seorang entrepreneur dan penulis yang menginspirasi. Ia dan keluarganya menjalankan sebuah badan donasi bernama Jacob's Place untuk anak-anak dan mamakai ceritanya untuk meningkatkan pemahaman dan mengubah mitos soal autisme.
"Saya seharusnya tak di sini. Kau tahu, saya dulu diberi tahu bahwa saya tak akan bisa bicara. Mungkin ada terapis yang melihat siaran ini sekarang dan ketakutan," katanya dalam acara TEDx Teen di New York tahun 2012 lalu.
Barnett dan Hawking berbagi pengalaman yang sama. Mereka didiagnosis memiliki keterbatasan tetapi berhasil survive mengatasinya. Ke depan, bukan tidak mungkin Barnett akan menjadi penerus Hawking.
Video presentasi Barnett di ajang TEDx Teen:
"Forget What You Know" - Jacob Barnett
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)
Penulis: Yunanto Wiji Utomo
Senin, 30 September 2013 | 17:58 WIB
Sumber: Sains.kompas.com
http://tedxteen.com/talks/tedxteen-2012/111-jacob-barnett-forget-what-you-know
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