11-year-old boy graduates from university as a Physicist, completes a three-year study in one year
Laurent Simons, a remarkable 11-year-old prodigy, completed the three-year program in a record-breaking one year to receive a Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of Antwerp in Belgium.
Originating from the seaside town of Ostend, Belgium, Laurent Simons pursued Master’s coursework concurrently with his Bachelor’s degree studies. From an early age, the little genius has been breaking records.
He completed all of the grade-level coursework in just 1.5 years, earning his high school diploma at the age of 8. His grandparents, Lydia and Alexander Simmons, learned of Laurent’s genius and told his parents about it.
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At first, his parents didn’t believe. “They saw something really unique about Laurent,” Lydia, Laurent’s mother, explained. In order to choose the best course of action for his studies, Laurent was enrolled in a series of examinations.
He finished his coursework even more quickly than the university’s college-aged students as a result of his test-taking performance.
Regarding his exceptional accomplishment, Laurent stated that he is only interested in learning and does not care if he was the youngest to accomplish the feat. Being the youngest doesn’t really matter to me. It’s all about learning, in my opinion,” Simons told the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf.
Laurent said that because he wants to make humans immortal, he is very interested in both classical and quantum physics. Simons stated, “This is the first piece of the puzzle in my goal of replacing body parts with mechanical parts.”
“I want immortality. He continued, “I want to be able to swap out as many body components as I can with mechanical ones.
In order to get there, he said, he has planned a route that includes quantum physics, which is the study of the tiniest particles. He stated, “I want to work with the best professors in the world, look inside their brains, and find out how they think,” in order to answer that puzzle.
Laurent Simons is currently scheduled to graduate from the University of Antwerp with a Master’s degree in physics and then go on to acquire a PhD.
