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Top 10 Prodigies of our Time
A prodigy can be defined as a person, especially a young one, endowed with exceptional qualities or abilities. There have been many child prodigies throughout history including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Carl Gauss, and Pablo Picasso. This top ten list explores child prodigies in various fields in the contemporary world.
10. Ainan Celeste Cawley
Sometimes the right elements come together to create a Chemistry genius, if you know what I mean. Ainan Celeste Cawley from Kuala Lumpur is a wiz when it comes to Chemistry. Also at eight months he was able to climb into and out of his wooden cot, of a traditional design. At the age of six, he gave a Science lecture about acid and alkaloids in Singapore. He then passed the Chemistry O level examination, a test done by teenagers above the age of 16. He was only seven years old. He enrolled in the Singapore Polytechnic the following year, becoming the world’s youngest student to take up a third-year tertiary module.
9. Mikaela Irene Fudolig
Mikaela Irene Fudolig was admitted to the University of the Philippines at the young age of 11. She graduated summa cum laude in Bachelor of Science in Physics at age 16, and she was the valedictorian of that graduating year. She is currently a PhD student and professor at the same university—with interest in econophysics, mathematical modeling of behavior in systems, and biological systems. She actively encourages her graduates and other university students in the Philippines to stay and rebuild the country as “brave pioneers” instead of leaving for foreign shores.
8. Taylor Wilson
Taylor Wilson is a nuclear prodigy. At the age of 14, he built a functioning fusor (a device designed to make nuclear fusion), making him the youngest individual to ever do so. Before that, his brilliant mind was already tested when he created a bomb at the age of 10. He went on to win the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his radiation detector in May 2011.
7. Cameron Thompson
His prodigious intelligence in Mathematics showed at an early age of four when he corrected her teacher about her claim that zero is the lowest number, saying she forgot the negative numbers. It became no surprise that at just the age of 11, he started studying his degree in Mathematics at the Open University. Despite his Asperger’s Syndrome, Thompson proved to be a mathematical genius and was even featured in BBC’s “The Growing Pains of a Teenage Genius.”
6. Jacob Barnett
Jacob Barnett was diagnosed with moderate to severe autism when he was two, with the doctors saying that he might not be able to talk, read, and become capable of basic activities. He proved the doctors wrong the following year when he was able to recite the alphabet forwards and backwards. At the age of 10, he enrolled at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Today, he’s working on his PhD in Quantum Physics.
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Pretty glad to see that Geir Smith (aka King of Nonsense) isn’t on the list (
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