Sixteen-year-old Shouryya Ray, a boy of Indian origin attending school in Germany, cracked two particle dynamics theories. Ray's novel solutions can now help scientists calculate the flight path of a thrown ball and predict how it will strike and bounce off a wall, according to the International Business Times.
Ray was told by professors during a school field trip to Dresden University that the problem could not be solved. That notion didn't sit right with the Calcutta-born student.
"I just asked myself, 'Why not?'" Ray told Germany's Welt Online newspaper. "I didn't believe there couldn't be a solution."
According to Welt Online, Ray has been captivated by math since a very early age and was inspired by his father, Subhashis Ray, who works as a research assistant at the Technical University of Freiburg. His father began teaching Ray calculus at the tender age of six.
Ray's family moved to Germany when he was 12. Ray didn't speak German when they first moved to Germany and now he is fluent in the language.
As for his future career, Ray is debating whether to study math or physics when he moves on to college.
From Discovery News
No comments:
Post a Comment