Children are child prodigies who early showed their unusual abilities. Is it easy to be a child prodigy? And do they need to be? Children geeks what happened to them

Every now and then on the Internet or on TV screens there are news about children who are not like everyone else. As soon as they get out of their children's cradle, they begin to amaze those around them with their extraordinary talents. At the age of 4, they already fluently read books in different languages, and at 6, as if playing, they make a scientific discovery, which for many hundreds of years the great gray-haired minds have not reached. At 11, they enter institutes, receive Nobel Prizes and awards. The whole world is talking about them, they are geeks, children with unique features.

Amazing - close by

Humanity is constantly in search of the unknown. We are looking for extraterrestrial intelligence on distant planets, in the expectation that he will share with us the innermost secrets and help to make greatest discoveries. But how do we behave when that same, superior to the usual average, mind, mind suddenly appears before us in the guise of ourselves? What do we know about mystery children? Perhaps, only that geeks are by nature. The level of intellectual development in such babies is much higher than the level of their peers. This allows them to develop rapidly and already in young age make a lot of discoveries or reach certain heights. Famous child prodigies are the heritage of the nation. But few adults are able to admit that not only can we not explain the phenomenon of the birth of such babies, but we do not even know how to properly communicate with such miracle children.

They are

For some reason, we often hear that geeks appear in England, China, India or any other country. Children with high level IQ at a young age become professors and challenge Einstein's theory, play the violin and look for a cure for cancer, create nuclear reactors and mentally multiply six-digit numbers. But for some reason, we rarely read and learn that geeks appear on the territory of the post-Soviet space. Children with "non-childish minds" are not born with us? Not at all, just for some reason they are not talked about much.

Geniuses from the cradle

They are not often talked about today, but according to statistics, every school and almost every class has them. Officially, there is an opinion that information about them is not made public only because excessive attention from the press and the masses can negatively affect the child's psyche. Whether this is true or not, one can only guess. One of the factors of influence can be attributed to the fact that such children, after leaving school or even before that, leave to receive education in other countries. Of course, there are child prodigies in Russia, examples are known to many. It is quite possible to get information about them, but it would be much better if they were given due attention in the media news.

Young talents

Each child prodigy manifests itself at a different stage of life. Someone begins to "act", being quite a crumb, and someone at an older, school age. Each of them has their own preferences, some write poetry, while others work in a scientific laboratory. There are still child prodigies in Russia today, the examples below will introduce us to them more closely.

Nika Turbina

Perhaps one of the most famous Soviet geeks is Nika Turbina. This is a poetess girl, her first book "Draft" was translated into 12 languages ​​and had a circulation of 30,000 copies. They learned about her all over the world, at that time Nika was only 9 years old. She played roles in films, and after that the film "Nika Turbina: The Story of Flight" was shot about her.

Andrey Khlopin

At the age of 10 A Andrey explained how “silver clouds” appear, and this remained a mystery to scientists for many years. For his hypothesis, a boy from Krasnodar was listed in the Book Another example of the fact that there are child prodigies in Russia.

Afanasy Prokhorov

Theater artist, dancer, pianist and singer, and he is only 12 years old! Performs classical works in 6 languages, repeatedly won first places at international competitions, performs at charity concerts. The boy is originally from Moscow, but in 2007 he left for America, and today he is already gaining recognition there.

Dasha Baldenkova

She is only 18, and she is already working in a scientific and educational laboratory at the Center for Applied Nanoelectronics. Daria is a multiple winner of competitions and olympiads. She won two semi-finals of the main world competition of school students "Intel ISEF". It should be noted that many of the Nobel Prize winners have already come out of its finalists.

Here are just a few stories of what child prodigies are doing and working on. Examples, of course, can be given very different, there are many.

They made history

Few people know that many famous Russian people were geniuses from birth. Someone was able to prove himself and went down in history, some were forgotten after a while, while others simply remained unrecognized. Child prodigies in Russia have been born since ancient times, but this is how they began to be called relatively recently. These are Pushkin and Griboyedov, Lermontov and Peter I, and also Boris Godunov and Tyutchev, Chukovsky, Gogol, Blok and many dozens of others.

Most clever man who ever lived on our planet - William James Sidis. His IQ reached about 300 units, while intelligence fluctuates from 80 to 100. He was born in 1921 in the USA, in the family of Boris Sidis, a Jewish immigrant from Ukraine. He got this unusual name in honor of the American philosopher, who later became the godfather of the boy. William knew more than 40 languages ​​(according to unofficial data, about 200), graduated with honors from Harvard at the age of 16, at the age of eight he was the author of 4 books, and learned to write before he was 1 year old. He studied psychology, history and science about the evolution and development of the Universe, wrote scientific treatises that are only today recognized by science. What is most interesting, he worked as a simple accountant in a small office and was terribly afraid that someone would find out about his "talent".

After

From all over the world, news is heard that child prodigies are appearing. Examples of their lives and incredible abilities, most likely, prepare us for the fact that humanity will soon switch to a radically new level of its development. What this will lead to and what our life will be like in a couple of hundred years, one can only fantasize.

Incredible Facts

Many of us strive to achieve excellence in our field.

Some manage to reach the peak of their careers in adulthood, however, there are such talented "copies" that already in childhood superior in skill to many adults.

Throughout history there has been a large number of geeks.

Below is a list of today's talented children who have proven themselves in various fields.

10. Mikaela Fudolig

Born in 1991.

Michaela entered a university in the Philippines at the age of 11. At the age of 16, she graduated with honors and became the owner of a red diploma in physics. Just at that time, her peers were graduating from a comprehensive school.

Currently, the girl is a graduate student and professor at her home university, she teaches econophysics, mathematical modeling of behavior in systems and biological systems.

9 Akrit Pran Jaswal

Born in 1993.

This Indian boy became famous after he had his first operation at the age of seven. Even then he was considered a medical genius. He performed the operation on an 8-year-old boy who suffered from a burn.

Then Akrita amputated his fingers. The young talent entered the university at the age of 12, and by the age of 17 he was already working on obtaining a master's degree in applied chemistry. Today he is busy searching for a cure for cancer.

8. Taylor Wilson (Taylor Ramon Wilson)

Born in 1994.

Taylor Wilson is the youngest person in the world to create a working fusor: a device designed to simulate nuclear fusion. He built a bomb at the age of 10 and created a fusor when he was barely 14.

In May 2011 the boy won international competition Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, presenting its radiation detector.

In February 2013, he spoke at the TED 2013 conference, talking about his ideas for creating underground nuclear fission reactors. He has developed a compact nuclear reactor that he says can generate 50 megawatts of electricity and will only need to be refueled once every 30 years.

7. Cameron Thompson

Born in 1997.

Thompson is a "math prodigy" from North Wales. When he was four years old, he corrected his teacher who said that zero is the smallest number. Cameron then added that she forgot about negative numbers.

He began to study higher mathematics at the university at the age of 11. At the same age, he passed two final exams in mathematics and higher mathematics. Then it was shown on the BBC in a program about teenage geniuses.

He has difficulty learning other subjects due to asperger's syndrome, but, undoubtedly, Cameron is a living embodiment of a mathematical genius.

6. Jacob Barnett

Born in 1999.

Jacob is an American mathematician. When the boy was two years old, he was diagnosed with a severe form of autism. Doctors said that the boy might not learn to talk, read, perform the simplest daily activities, and even that he might develop difficulty in self-care.

However, things did not go as the doctors predicted. A year later, the boy was already reciting the alphabet in forward and reverse order. Moreover, at the age of three, during a visit to the planetarium, Jacob told the guide about why moons of mars such a strange shape.

At the age of 10, he entered the University of Peru in Indianapolis (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis). While working on his PhD, he claimed that one day he would be able to disprove Einstein's theory of relativity.

He is currently busy working on his doctoral dissertation in quantum physics.

5. March Tian Boedihardjo

Born in 1998.

This boy was born in Hong Kong and is the youngest student at the University of Hong Kong, having entered there at the age of 9. He passed with excellent marks in higher mathematics and all the final exams at school.

He participated in a specially designed dual degree program, successfully completing a Bachelor's degree in Mathematical Sciences and concurrently a Master's degree in Philosophy. He is currently working on his doctoral dissertation in mathematics in the United States.

4. Priyanshi Somani

Born in 1998.

This girl is a living calculator from India. She started to practice verbal account at the age of 6, and at 11 in 2010 she already became the youngest participant and winner of the Mental Calculation World Cup.

She managed to bypass 36 competitors from 16 countries. She took first place by calculating the square root of a 10-digit number in a record-breaking 6 minutes and 51 seconds.

To top it all off, she was the only contestant to achieve 100% accuracy in addition, multiplication, and square roots in the history of the contest.

In 2012, she became the new world record holder in the same competition, calculating the root of a 10-digit number in 2 minutes and 43 seconds.

3. Akim Camara

Born in 2000.

Akim Kamara is a violin prodigy from Berlin. He began playing the violin at the age of two, while the boy has an incredible musical memory, because while still in diapers, he hummed the musical compositions he heard.

Soon his natural ear for music was noticed and he, a two-year-old kid, was taught music twice a week. After six months of training, the boy masterfully wielded the violin, and in 2003, at the age of three, he made his debut at a Christmas concert.

2. Ethan Bortnick

Born in 2000.

Ethan Bortnik is a musician, songwriter and actor. When the boy was three years old, he began to play the keyboard, and at the age of five he was already composing music. His debut performance took place in 2007 on The Tonight Show, after which he repeatedly gave concerts.

His name is in the Guinness Book of Records. There he is listed as the youngest musician giving solo concerts. He is also the youngest headliner to ever play in Las Vegas. He did this at the age of 10.

1. Tanishq Matthew Abraham

Born in 2003.

Tanish is the youngest member of the organization Mensa which he joined at the age of 4. The boy's genius was already visible when the baby was barely 4 months old, and he began to look through children's books, while correctly answering questions on the text.

After gaining membership in Mensa, he scored a record 99.9 points during an IQ test. At the age of five, he graduated from mathematical courses in educational program Stanford University for Gifted Youth, completing all levels in just six months (training typically lasts from kindergarten up to grade 5).

At the age of six, he is already taking university courses, passing exams almost perfectly, and is the youngest member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (a prestigious community like Mensa). Since then, he has regularly published essays on the NASA website.

10 famous Russian child prodigies who showed their abilities early

How does it feel to know that you are better than millions of your peers? Only child prodigies can simultaneously bathe in the rays of popularity, feel the respect of others - and be afraid not to live up to the hopes of parents and teachers.

Here is the TOP 10 most gifted children in Russia.

Irina Polyakova

Russian Irina Polyakova at the age of 5 read 26 volumes of works by Jules Verne. The girl learned to read early and loved books. Irina's mother is a specialist in early development children - from a young age she was engaged in teaching her daughter.

Ira went to first grade not at the age of 7, like her peers, but 2 years earlier. She quickly mastered school curriculum and jumped from class to class.

After graduating from school at the age of 13, the girl easily entered Moscow State University. After graduating from university, she quickly walked through career ladder, becoming the youngest member of the board of directors in a major company.

Today Irina is a beloved mother and wife, but for her child she does not want a repetition of her fate. Irina notes that she, like many child prodigies who showed their abilities early, experienced great difficulties in social sphere. When her classmates and classmates in the first years of the institute walked in noisy companies, "little Ira" was at home with her parents.

It was very difficult for the girl to find contact with the guys from her environment. During the institute period, she diligently concealed her age so as not to feel like a "black sheep", but still could not afford much of what her classmates were allowed to do.

The name of the young poetess Nika Turbina was known all over the world. Her first poems appeared when the girl was only 4 years old. Moreover, their content was by no means childish.

At the age of 9, Nika wrote the first collection of her poems, which were translated into different languages peace. Her creative guardian was Yevgeny Yevtushenko, who took the young poetess to perform in Italy and America.

At the age of 12, Nika was awarded the Golden Lion in Venice.

But soon the girl's interest in poetry dried up. A surprise for fans of her work was the marriage of Nicky with a professor from Switzerland, who was 60 years older than her. The marriage did not last long - after a year of married life, the girl returned to Russia without a husband.

Nika could not find a way to earn money in Russia, she started drinking. At the age of 29, the girl jumped out of the window.

Russian gifted children record their achievements in the Guinness Book of Records.

Andrey Khlopin from Krasnodar Territory from an early age showed an extraordinary desire for knowledge. He, like many other child prodigies, began to read early. But instead of children's fairy tales, Andrei chose more serious literature - about space. One of the first books he read was Mars. The kid became interested in astronomy thanks to his parents, who encouraged the curiosity of the young genius.

At the regional competition in honor of Cosmonautics Day, Andrey took first place, voicing his hypothesis about the appearance of an asteroid belt between the planets Jupiter and Mars. Then the boy was 9 years old.

The next victory is the Astronomy Olympiad, where Andrei Once again surprised the jury members with his knowledge. The young genius unraveled the mystery of the "silvery clouds" that glow in the dark. Scientists have puzzled over this question for more than a century. For this, the boy was inscribed in the Guinness Book of Records.

Andrey, whose photo was published in all the newspapers of the Krasnodar Territory, does not consider himself special. He is sure that all children have equal abilities from birth, but it is important to develop them. For this he is grateful to his parents.

At one time, Andrei was one of the most famous boys of the Kuban. He received a scholarship from the Helena Roerich Foundation. But over time, the boy began to doubt whether he really wants to connect his life with the study of space.

As a teenager, he started kickboxing. After moving to Krasnodar with his parents, he entered law school and rarely tells his friends about his past accomplishments.

Child prodigies, who showed their unusual talents early, often appear on the stage of the popular Russian TV show "Minute of Glory".

In one of the episodes, the hall exploded with applause after the performance of a three-year-old kid - Mark Cherry. He counts complex examples in his mind: he multiplies, adds, subtracts three-digit numbers, extracts square roots, tells the table of sines and cosines. The kid quickly gained fame as a "calculator boy."

Parents recall that the baby counted up to 10 at the age of one and a half, and up to a billion at 2 years old. By the way, the boy's parents are philologists. For them, the son's love for mathematics came as a surprise.

Like many other gifted children of Russia who participated in the talent show, Mark was popular only for a while. Then the boy was at a very young age - 3 - 4 years old, and still did not understand why they showed such interest in him.

Further, in order not to develop a “star fever” in the child, the parents decided not to stir up interest in his person among others, and not to tell Mark himself about his appearance on television. The boy grew up an ordinary child, like all his peers, and only at the age of 9 he learned about his triumph at the "Minute of Glory".

It has been 11 years since the baby appeared on the TV show. Today, Mark no longer dreams of becoming a mathematician. He likes to draw and wants to work as an animator. The young genius plans to study in University of Texas to animator or .

Musically gifted children a rare event. Milena Podsineva is one of those talents.

At the age of 7, the girl masterfully played the domra. She participated and won prizes in city, regional and international music competitions. The young talent was nicknamed the Nizhny Novgorod child prodigy.

The girl dreamed of Gnesinka, but everything turned out differently.

Milena's parents were alcoholics. Despite all the persuasion of their daughter, they continued to drink. The girl's mother died, her father was placed in rehabilitation center, and Mila herself went to an orphanage.

There was no question of any musical education. The girls quickly forgot about the unique talent.

They are admired, talked about and written about in newspapers. But how is their life after a few years? How do grown-up children geeks live? In Russia, examples are often tragic.

One of these gifted children is Pavel Konoplev.

At the age of 3, he read, solved mathematical problems that were difficult for his age. At the age of 5, he knew how to play the piano, and at 8, he surprised me with his knowledge of physics. At 15, the boy studied at the Moscow University, and at 18 he entered graduate school.

Pavel participated in the development of the first programs for consumer computers, was engaged in mathematical prediction future. He was predicted to be a great scientist.

But the young genius could not withstand such a load. He went crazy.

Pavel was placed in a psychiatric clinic, where he was treated with "heavy" drugs, side effect from which a thrombus was formed. It was a blood clot that entered the pulmonary artery that caused the death of a genius.

At the age of five, the talented Polya played compositions on the piano, and at the age of 6 her first solo concert took place.

The girl was taught to play musical instrument her father, who dreamed of his daughter's fame. She studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, in the class of Marina Wolf, trained with Vera Gornostaeva at the Moscow Conservatory.

At the age of 13, the girl ran away from home and told reporters cruel story about how her father taught her music in his own "Double Stress" technique. Her father beat her, forced her to play for hours, and sometimes for days, and even used a hypnotic effect on the girl.

Today Polina is a famous pianist, she performs all over the world, takes part in festivals, creates her own works.

Few child prodigies in Russia were able to overcome turning points in life - and build up your talent. Among them is Polina Osetinskaya.

At the age of 2, Zhenya Kissin, according to his relatives, has already improvised on the piano.

A unique child at the age of 10 performed with the orchestra, playing works by Mozart. At the age of 11, he gave his first solo concert in the capital, 2 years later he performed 2 concerts at the Moscow Conservatory.

At the age of 16, he began touring Eastern Europe conquered Japan.

As an adult, the pianist continues to tour various countries and is considered one of the most successful musicians of our time.

On the popular TV show “You are the best”, the audience was captivated by a unique child - Timofey Tsoi. The boy was called the genius of geography.

Timothy showed a special interest in the countries of the world. At the age of 5, he easily recognizes the flags different countries, can name the capital of any state without hesitation.

Russian child prodigies are known not only in Russia, but also far beyond its borders. An example of this is Gordey Kolesov.

The boy was born in 2008 in Moscow. When Gordey was 5 years old, he won the Talent Show in China. He sang a song in Chinese, played the guitar and asked tricky questions to the jury members, amusing the audience with this.

The boy surprised everyone with his excellent knowledge of the Chinese language. After Gordey's victory in the Chinese TV show, the boy's parents received dozens of invitations from TV channels.

Unfortunately, not all children are geeks who have shown their unique abilities in early age, having matured, continue to amaze the world with them.

But those who managed to overcome the so-called "crisis of giftedness" and increase their talent become real geniuses of our time.

child prodigy translated from German means - a wonderful child. Geeks are called children whose level of intellectual development is significantly ahead of the level of development of their peers. Geeks already in early childhood exhibit unusual abilities.

In this post, you can learn about seven children with extraordinary abilities:

• about a boy who, at 6 months old, diagnosed himself correctly.
• about a two-year-old artist
• about the three-year-old singer
• about the seven-year-old surgeon
• about the twelve-year-old nominee for Nobel Prize
• about a student who taught at Harvard
• about the smartest person in the world

Six Monthly Prodigy - Michael Kevin Kearney

American Michael Kevin Kearney developed surprisingly quickly in childhood. He was born in 1984, and four months later he began to talk.

At six months old, at a pediatrician's appointment, the young genius declared: "I have an infection in my left ear!"

At 10 months, Michael was already reading fluently, at 6 he graduated from high school brilliantly, and at 10 he graduated from college with a degree in geology and archeology. In addition, in 2008, Michael won a million dollars in the game "Who wants to be a millionaire?"

Two-year-old artist - child prodigy Aelita Andre

Aelita was born in Australia on January 9, 2007. This girl started painting when she was only 9 months old. Aelita's style is abstractionism.

When Aelita was in her second year, her father captured the work of his beloved daughter in photographs and showed it to his friend, the director of the Brunswick Street Gallery in Melbourne, Mark Jemison. The gallery was to host an annual exhibition for which Jamison collected work. Jamison liked the paintings and decided to take them to the exhibition. When Jamison found out that these were the works of a two-year-old girl, he was shocked to the core. But the exhibition took place and Aelita's paintings saw the light.

When Aelita was only 4 years old, her personal exhibition was organized. IN given time, Aelita is considered the youngest artist on Earth. Already sold 32 paintings for 800 thousand dollars.

Aelita's father, mother and grandfather are also artists.

Three-year-old singer - child prodigy Cleopatra Stratan

One of the youngest singers on our planet is Cleopatra Stratan. Cleopatra was born on October 6, 2002 in Chisinau. Her father is the singer Pavel Stratan. When Cleopatra was three years old, her father took her with him to the recording studio, where he recorded the song "Mama". Suddenly, Cleopatra said to her father, “I also know this song. Can I sing it?" The baby was given a microphone and she sang, so well that they soon recorded a song in which Cleopatra sang the leading part.

After that, Cleopatra's father took seriously the musical development of his daughter.

In 2006, Cleopatra's album "At the age of three" was released. The girl received the award for the youngest singer, as well as 1000 euros for her performance. And in 2008, Cleopatra released another album - "At the age of five."

Seven-year-old surgeon - child prodigy Akrit Yaswal

Seven-year-old surgeon Akrit Yaswal was born in India. In 2000, he attracted the attention of the people of the country with an amazing operation. Akrit learned that a girl from a neighboring house could not open her fist because of a burn and decided to help her. Without any medical skills, he was able to restore mobility to the fingers of his little patient. After this amazing incident, Akrita was sent to college to study medicine. He became the youngest student in Indian universities.

12-year-old Nobel Prize nominee Gregory Smith

The youngest nominee for the Nobel Prize is American Gregory Smith. Gregory was born in 1990. At the age of two he read, at 10 he entered the university, and at 16 he successfully completed it. He began to be nominated for the Nobel Prize at the age of twelve, was nominated four times, but, unfortunately, he never received it.

In addition to classes exact sciences, Gregory is known as a children's rights activist.

A student who taught at Harvard - child prodigy Saul Aaron Kripke

Saul Aaron Kripke was born in New York in 1940, the son of a rabbi.

IN primary school Saul learned full course algebra, geometry and philosophy. As a teenager, Saul created many works that changed the teaching of formal logic. A gifted teenager was invited to work at Harvard. But Kripke refused, explaining that he must first finish high school and college.

And yet, after graduation, Saul went to work at Harvard. Saul Aaron Kripke is considered the most prominent philosopher in the modern world.

The smartest person in the world - child prodigy Kim Ung-Yong

Kim Ung-Yong was born in Korea on March 7, 1963. At the age of 4 he was already solving complex differential equations.

At the age of 5, Kim Ung-Yong knew four languages ​​(Korean, English, Japanese and German). At the age of 8, Kim was invited to study at Colorado State University, at the age of 15 he became a doctor of physical sciences.

Kim Ung-Yong is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the smartest person in the world, his IQ = 210

• Geeks are more likely to give birth to first-born children.
• At the age of 4, a child manifests 50% of his intellectual abilities, at 8 years - 90%. It is at this age that you can identify giftedness in children and help it develop.
• About 90% of child prodigies become unremarkable, ordinary people when they grow up.

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