Kim Yong-un
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
- ^ "광산김씨". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 1982-07-03. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ 임, 동근 (2020-05-30). "한국 수학사 확립의 일등공신 김용운 교수 별세(종합)". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ a b c ""북한은 '핵이란 독을 바른 토끼'…한반도 중립화 기회죠"". The Hankyoreh (in Korean). 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ a b "수학자 김용운의 1백번째 저서 '카오스의 날개짓'-국민일보". Kukmin Ilbo. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ "네이버 뉴스 라이브러리". NAVER Newslibrary. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ "[학습지 업체] 웅진씽크빅". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 2000-11-22. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ "[특별기고] 김용운 교수‥國格을 높여야 '한민족 르네상스' 이룬다". The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). 2006-01-01. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ "[OBS '명불허전'] 수학자 김용운 교수 "한중일 뿌리 깊은 갈등, 고대사에 그 답이 있다" - OBS경인TV". www.obsnews.co.kr (in Korean). 9 October 2015. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
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