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    Perimeter Institute: Jacob’s classmates

    Amid the extraordinary response to our article on Jacob Barnett, some readers wished for more information on what sort of physics he’s doing. I can answer precisely. Every lecture he and his classmates are seeing this year is archived here. If you are superb at math, you can take the lecture component of the Masters-level Perimeter Scholars International program from home.

    Perimeter Institute and the crisis in modern physics

    Neil Turok talks to Paul Wells about the ever-increasing complexity of theoretical physics

    REPLAY: Paul Wells in conversation with Jacob Barnett and mother, Kristine

    The 15-year-old physics phenom and his mother take your questions

    Jacob Barnett, boy genius

    Diagnosed with severe autism as a child, Barnett is now 15 and one of the world’s most promising physicists

    The making of a child prodigy

    Paul Wells on the next chapter in the amazing story of Jacob Barnett