Math Prodigy Terence Tao, UCLA

Math Prodigy Terence Tao, UCLA

Aug 22, 2026

erence Tao was a seven year-old high school student when he began taking calculus classes. By age 20 he had received a Ph.D. from Princeton and joined the UCLA faculty. In 2006 he won the Fields Medal in Mathematics and a MacArthur "genius" grant. Watch Tao talk about how he approaches problem-solving.