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美國最聰明青年科學家 華裔陶哲軒位居榜首
26/11/2008
美國《探索》(Discover)雜誌選出二十名四十歲以下美國最聰明的科學家(20 Best Brains Under 40),其中排首位的數學家和排第十位的電子生物工程師都是華裔科學精英。
排首位的 33 歲華裔數學家陶哲軒(Terence Tao)智商高達 220,在澳洲出生,他 8 歲參加美國高考學術評估測驗(SAT)數學科獲得 760 分的高分,只差 40 分就滿分(在美國,十七八歲的學生中只有 1% 能夠達到 750 分,而 8 歲的孩子裏面還沒有人超過 700 分),24 歲更成為加州大學洛杉磯分校史上最年輕的數學教授,前年獲得「菲爾茨獎」(Fields Medal),這是一項專為四十歲以下傑出科學家頒發的「數學界諾貝爾獎」。會說粵語但是不懂書寫中文的陶哲軒,在有關壓縮感知方面的研究,可以應用在磁力共振、天文以及數碼相機等成像技術上。
最聰明科學家排第十位的是 36 歲的楊長輝(Changhuei Yang),目前任職加州理工學院電子工程與生物工程師。目前主力研究製作廉價耐用、方便攜帶的「超小顯微鏡」,他希望將來可更多應用在發展中國家,方便醫生驗血和檢驗水質。
Source: http://discovermagazine.com/2008/dec/20-best-brains-under-40
Appendix
1. A complimentary quote:
"Terry is like Mozart -- except without Mozart's personality problems," said John Garnett, professor and former chair of mathematics in the UCLA College. "Mathematics just flows out of him." "Mathematicians with Terry's abilities appear only once in a generation," said Garnett. "He's probably the best mathematician in the world right now. Terry can unravel an enormously complicated mathematical problem and reduce it to something very simple. We're amazingly lucky to have him at UCLA."
2. A video spotlight on Terry Tao:
http://www.youtube.com/v/E6Qy5qkOjxk
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Thursday, November 27, 2008
B71 #81: Terence Tao
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