http://www.indystar.com/article/201103200245/LOCAL01/103200369Genius at work: 12-year-old is studying at IUPUI
by Dan McFeely
March 20, 2011
When Jacob Barnett first learned about the
Schr�dinger equation for quantum
mechanics, he could hardly contain himself.
For three straight days, his little brain
buzzed with mathematical functions.
From within his 12-year-old, mildly autistic
mind, there gradually flowed long strings of
pluses, minuses, funky letters and upside-
down triangles -- a tapestry of
complicated symbols that few can
understand.
He grabbed his pencil and filled every
sheet of paper before grabbing a marker
and filling up a dry erase board that hangs
in his bedroom. With a single-minded
obsession, he kept on, eventually marking
up every window in the home.
Strange, say some.
Genius, say others.
<rest of article at link>
