Chapter 564: Opening Speech
On the first day of school, Liu Lang and Mr. Phelps, the dean of the School of Mechanical Engineering, walked into the classroom together, there were more than 50 students sitting in the classroom, chatting in groups, most of them were Stanford undergraduates before, and chose to continue their studies after graduation, so most of them were classmates, only a small number of people were admitted to Stanford from other schools, but they were all young people, and Americans were also very hospitable, and the two of them went from strangers to acquaintances maybe not even a minute.
Seeing Professor Phelps walk in, everyone quieted down, if it was a Chinese student, they would immediately do a good job when they saw the teacher, with their waists straight up, and their hands might be behind their backs, which is a habit that all Chinese students have developed for many years, and they will abide by it even when they go to university, but American students don't understand these rules, and they are very casual in class, and some classrooms even put chairs in a circle, such as turning tables and chairs in a circle, or having a tea party during class, drinking tea and eating French fries to teach the class, this kind of lecture method doesn't even need to be thought about in other countries, but it is really not uncommon in the United States, they never pay attention to the form, as long as you get the goal.
"Mr. Phelps, we're going to have another two years!"
Seeing Phelps walk in, a tall white young man shouted a greeting.
"Oh, it's Mr. Andrew, didn't you say you wanted to start your own company? Why did you come back here to study? Did you buy the School of Mechanical Engineering?"
Professor Phelps spoke.
"Haha!"
The professor's humor caused everyone to laugh.
"Okay, when I buy the academy, the professor will be the chief engineer of our company!"
The young man also said with a laugh.
"Okay, but don't keep me waiting too long, if you come back to me in ten years' time, I'm afraid you'll have to say hello to God!"
"Hahaha!"
Everyone burst out laughing again.
"Okay, today is the first day of our graduate school, there are a lot of people I know, Mr. Andrew, Ms. Rachel, oh, Ms. Rachel, you are dressed very beautifully today, I hope not to attract the eyes of the boys around you, by the way, and Mr. Ryder, Mr. Hawke, today you are all very energetic, not at all confused when you were in the exam!
It's great to be a first-time student at Stanford, congratulations on joining the family, we're going to be a family for the next two years, and we're going to be working on something interesting, like the theory of quantum entanglement or launching the Hubble telescope into space, and we need to do it!"
Professor Phelps was very humorous, and there were bursts of laughter from time to time in the class.
Liu Lang listened outside the door and smiled, this old professor who is almost seventy years old has a childlike heart, and he is also very familiar with those students, and what is even more valuable is that his speech has brought together the major events in the scientific community in recent years.
The theory of quantum entanglement is a thought experiment proposed by Einstein, the core content of which is that there is a mysterious connection between the two quanta of entanglement, which exceeds the speed of light, even if they are tens of billions of light-years apart, it will be instantaneous, which obviously violates the axiom that the speed of light is insurmountable, but just two years ago, scientists actually verified the quantum entanglement phenomenon in the laboratory, and this discovery shocked the entire physical community.
This incident almost subverted the "three views" of the scientific community, and scientists thought that their understanding of the quantum world had been greatly improved, only to find out in the end that everything in the quantum world was still unknown, and the matter of surpassing the speed of light was probably just beginning.
Quantum entanglement has only just been confirmed in this era, but Liu Lang knows that thirty years later, this mysterious phenomenon has been applied to the real thing, and China has launched a satellite called "Mozi" for higher-level experiments.
The Hubble telescope is a 13-meter-long, 4.5-meter-diameter, 2.5-meter-aperture, nearly 12 tons, nearly $3 billion behemoth, its clarity is more than 10 times that of the ground telescope, once launched into the sky orbit, mankind's understanding of the universe will be completely subverted, it can be said that this telescope carries the hopes of countless scientific circles.
Originally, the telescope was to be launched at the end of this year, but with the crash of the Challenger spacecraft earlier this year, the launch was postponed indefinitely, which immediately caused an uproar in the scientific community.
There's a lot of discussion in the scientific community about how to get the Hubble telescope launched as quickly as possible, but who else but NASA has that ability? They can't help it, they can only pray to God, and Phelps uses that meme here.
Liu Lang knew that it was four years after the Hubble telescope rose into the sky, but unfortunately, after the Hubble telescope was raised into space, it was found that there was a serious failure, and its lens became a pair of "presbyopia" because of the problem of inaccurate calibration, not to mention looking at the distant deep space, even the earth near the distance was not clear, and this became a big joke at the time, but fortunately, scientists and NASA jointly launched astronauts into space again, and repaired the Hubble telescope in the sky.
The return to normal Hubble telescope immediately made human beings realize the mystery and vastness of the universe, and the human gaze has expanded from millions of light years to billions or even tens of billions of light years, and at the same time, countless previously unimaginable stars have also appeared in front of human beings.
"Okay, okay, we won't discuss these things for the time being, all the gentlemen and ladies already know each other, if you don't know, then hurry up and communicate, but you are not all students, I won't talk about those who didn't come, when they come to my office, I have to remember them well, and at the same time, I brought a new classmate, who will be introduced to you by me personally!"
"Liu, come here!"
Professor Phelps beckoned to Liu Lang at the door.
"This is your new classmate, Liu Lang from China, who has become the youngest graduate student since the founding of Stanford University through special enrollment this year, and of course, the youngest graduate student!"
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All the students were stupid.
Someone saw Liu Lang just now, and thought that this child was a junior of Phelps, of course, it was absolutely impossible for him to be his grandson or grandson or other relatives, because Phelps was a purebred white man, and this child was a standard Asian American, and it could be seen that they were not related by blood.
But now Professor Phelps is saying that the child, who looks like he is only about ten years old, is a graduate student at Stanford University, which is even more shocking than the discovery of quantum entanglement.
"Professor, do you think today is April Fool's Day?"
One of the students shouted.
"Hehe, I know you will behave like this, shocked, puzzled and even angry after being teased, which is what I want to see, but you have expressed these emotions in vain...... Liu, come on!"
Phelps was a naughty child, much better than Professor Claire.