Kim Yong-un (Korean: 김용운; September 6, 1927 – May 30, 2020) was a South Korean 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 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". 중앙일보 (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-06-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ 임동근 (2020-05-30). "한국 수학사 확립의 일등공신 김용운 교수 별세(종합)". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- 1 2 3 ""북한은 '핵이란 독을 바른 토끼'…한반도 중립화 기회죠"". www.hani.co.kr (in Korean). 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- 1 2 "수학자 김용운의 1백번째 저서 '카오스의 날개짓'-국민일보". news.kmib.co.kr. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ↑ "네이버 뉴스 라이브러리". NAVER Newslibrary. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ↑ 지면보기, 입력 2000 11 22 00:00 | 종합 53면 (2000-11-22). "[학습지 업체] 웅진씽크빅". 중앙일보 (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-06-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "[특별기고] 김용운 교수‥國格을 높여야 '한민족 르네상스' 이룬다". hankyung.com (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.