Biography:Kim Yong-un
Kim Yong-un (Korean: 김용운; September 6, 1927 – May 30, 2020) was a South Korea n mathematician, philosopher, and critic of civilisations. He was active in various fields of mathematics, philosophy, anthropology, and linguistics, and is considered to have established the history of mathematics in Korea. He was a professor of mathematics at Hanyang University.[1]
Life
Kim Yong-un was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1927.[2] He was liberated[clarification needed] in the year he entered Waseda University and returned to his father's hometown of Naju, Jeollanam-do in 1946.[3] While working as a math teacher at Mokpo High School and Gwangju Jeil High School since 1947, he felt the need to popularize math and later wrote several popular math books.[4] After teaching for more than 10 years, he earned a doctorate in science while studying in the United States and Canada .[3]
In the late 1970s, he studied the history of mathematics, and since the 1980s, he has analyzed Korea and Japan in a comparative cultural way by combining mathematics and history.[4] The original form, which means collective unconsciousness of the community, and the locality in which the community is located, were involved in the development of language and history.[3] In 1983, he founded the Korean Mathematical History Association and became the first chairman, and in 1994, he participated in the development process of Ungjin Publishing (now Ungjin Thinkbig), a mathematics learning magazine brand of Ungjin Publishing (now Ungjin Thinkbig), along with his younger brother, Professor Kim Yong-guk of Hanyang University. This is also the predecessor of Thinkbig, a learning center brand of Ungjin.[5][6] He wrote more than 150 books throughout his life.
Academic background
- Bachelor's degree in mining at Waseda University in Japan (dropout)
- Bachelor's degree in mathematics at Chosun University[7][8]
- Graduate School of Orburn University in the U.S. (Bachelor of Science)
- Graduate School of University of Alberta, Canada (Doctor of Science)
Career
- Assistant Professor of University of Wisconsin (1962-1965)
- Visiting professor at Kobe University in Japan
- A visiting professor at Tokyo University in Japan
- Guest Professor of the Center for International Cultural Research in Japan
- Professor of Mathematics at Hanyang University (1969-1993)
- President of the Korean Mathematical History Society
- Professor emeritus of mathematics at Hanyang University (1994-current)
- Chairman of the Korea Broadcasting Culture Promotion Agency (2000-2003)
- Director of the Korean Mathematical and Cultural Institute
Books
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References
- ↑ 지면보기, 입력 1982 07 03 00:00 | 종합 9면 (1982-07-03). "광산김씨" (in ko). https://news.joins.com/article/1642563.
- ↑ 임동근 (2020-05-30). "한국 수학사 확립의 일등공신 김용운 교수 별세(종합)" (in ko). https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20200530047351011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 ""북한은 '핵이란 독을 바른 토끼'…한반도 중립화 기회죠"" (in ko). 2018-08-19. http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/culture/book/858267.html.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "수학자 김용운의 1백번째 저서 '카오스의 날개짓'-국민일보". http://news.kmib.co.kr/article/viewDetail.asp?newsClusterNo=01100201.19991101000001901.
- ↑ "네이버 뉴스 라이브러리". https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1994012100209113001&editNo=40&printCount=1&publishDate=1994-01-21&officeId=00020&pageNo=13&printNo=22406&publishType=00010.
- ↑ 지면보기, 입력 2000 11 22 00:00 | 종합 53면 (2000-11-22). "[학습지 업체 웅진씽크빅"] (in ko). https://news.joins.com/article/4000002.
- ↑ "[특별기고 김용운 교수‥國格을 높여야 '한민족 르네상스' 이룬다"] (in ko). 2006-01-01. https://www.hankyung.com/society/article/2005123047731.
- ↑ "[OBS '명불허전' 수학자 김용운 교수 "한중일 뿌리 깊은 갈등, 고대사에 그 답이 있다" - OBS경인TV"] (in ko). 9 October 2015. http://www.obsnews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=918380.
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