Kim Ung-yong
South Korean engineer and professor (born 1962)
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- Kim Ung-Yong or Kim Woong-Yong (Korean: 김웅용 ; born March 8, 1962) is a South Korean civil engineer and professor.
- He entered university at age 4 and at age 7, he received an invitation to work at NASA.
- Early life Kim Ung-Yong was born on March 8, 1962, in Seoul, South Korea.
- According to Yoo, by the time he was 1, her son learned both the Korean alphabet and 1,000 Chinese characters by studying the Thousand Character Classic , a sixth-century Chinese poem.
- Fuji TV appearance At age 5, Kim appeared on Fuji Television in Japan and shocked the audience by solving differential equations.
Kim Ung-Yong or Kim Woong-Yong (Korean: 김웅용; born March 8, 1962) is a South Korean civil engineer and professor. He is best known for being a child prodigy with the highest recorded IQ on record, having scored above 210 on the Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scale. He entered university at age 4 and at age 7, he received an invitation to work at NASA. By age 5, he spoke five languages.
Early life
Kim Ung-Yong was born on March 8, 1962, in Seoul, South Korea. His father, Kim Soo-Sun, was a physics professor at Konkuk University and his mother, Yoo Myung-Hyun, was a teacher. According to Yoo, by the time he was 1, her son learned both the Korean alphabet and 1,000 Chinese characters by studying the Thousand Character Classic, a sixth-century Chinese poem.
At 3, he could, allegedly, solve calculus problems and published a 247-page bestselling collection of his essays in English and German, as well as his calligraphy and illustrations.
Fuji TV appearance
At age 5, Kim appeared on Fuji Television in Japan and shocked the audience by solving differential equations. Later he appeared on Japanese TV again to solve complicated differential and integral calculus problems; he later recalled the experience:
I was really lonely. No one ever made friends with me. After work hours, I could exercise and enjoy my hobbies but no one could accompany me. I came from another country and I was young, so there were no seats for children though everyone was an adult.
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