Opening the magazine, Pang Xuelin directly skipped the two columns of Science News and Science Compass, and turned to the paper section (Research) at the back.

In this issue of Scince, the paper section is more than 50 pages, and all of them are given to M theory, of which he and Witten are the first authors, and another paper independently written by himself, "The Great N Limit and Supergravity of Hyperconformal Field Theory".

Pang Xuelin took a cursory look at it, and the paper was basically not revised much, and it was published in full version, and at the back of the paper, the relevant comments of the reviewers were attached.

"Poon and Witten have done remarkable work, and the emergence of Theory M, which promises to be a leading candidate for the theory of everything, the ultimate theory to explain the origin of the universe, and may be the ultimate answer to the unified field theory that Einstein pursued all his life: the universe formed spontaneously, without the need for a first impulse to drive the formation of the universe. In particular, the discovery of the AdS/CFT duality provides a complete definition of the M theory for the special case of anti-Desitt space-time geometry......"

"Pang was a great mathematician, but his mastery of physics, even in the field of theoretical physics, was among the best...... This time, he collaborated with Witten to derive novel and profound physical theories with ingenious mathematical methods...... Theory M will undoubtedly have a significant impact on the development of physics in the future......"

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The influence of Science magazine is undeniable, and the day after the publication of this issue of Science, Pang Xuelin and Witten made headlines in major media outlets around the world.

"M theory leads the future of physics, and Pang Xuelin and Edward Witten are expected to become the next Einstein."

"After emerging in the field of mathematics, China's talented teenagers have once again shown extraordinary talent in physics, and M theory will open a new era of physics."

"The new discoveries of Pang Xuelin and Edward Witten are expected to unify general relativity and quantum mechanics."

"Chinese genius scholars show extraordinary talent in physics, M theory and AdS/CFT duality, and build a new physics framework......"

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In just a few days, Pang Xuelin's name once again sparked a global trend, and China is no exception.

"Xuelin, why don't you say hello, this is too surprising, when I heard the news, I thought that someone had the same name as you. Now the country is going crazy, and the media is full of your news. ”

When Luan Jingtong called, there was still a strong sense of surprise in his tone.

Although he knew that Pang Xuelin had been cooperating with Edward Witten in research, he never expected that these two people would release such a large satellite.

In one year's time, one "Annals of Mathematics" and two "Science", both of which are in the fields of mathematics and physics, can be called major breakthrough papers.

These two are also Tsinghua scholars, which plays an extremely important role in enhancing Tsinghua University's international reputation and academic status.

Pang Xuelin smiled and said, "Principal Luan, I'm just sending papers normally, it's not that exaggerated." ”

Luan Jingtong said with a smile: "Now the whole of China adds up every year, and the number of CNS-level papers is only a slap in the face, and you alone have contributed two, which is not an exaggeration." Okay, when are you going to go back home? Now the domestic physics community is going crazy, and they ask me every day for news, hoping that you can hold a report meeting in China as soon as possible. ”

Pang Xuelin said: "I estimate that we will have to wait until at least April, Princeton has arranged two report meetings, and I can't shirk it for the time being." ”

Luan Jingtong said: "Okay, then say it, return to China on April 1, and I will ask someone to help you book a ticket back to China as soon as possible." ”

After that, Luan Jingtong didn't give Pang Xuelin a chance to refuse, and hung up the phone directly.

Listening to the beeping sound on the other end of the phone, Pang Xuelin was stunned for a long time before shaking his head with a smile.

He is not surprised by the storm that these two achievements have caused in the academic world.

This is the result of laying the foundation for the research direction of the theoretical physics community in the next few decades or even a century, especially the AdS/CFT duality, which indirectly feeds nearly half of the scholars in the future high-energy physics community.

The only regret is that these two research results are basically impossible to verify in a short period of time.

Therefore, the Nobel Prize is not to be thought about, but the Dirac Prize, the highest award in the field of theoretical physics, can be expected.

Plus the Fields Medal, which is basically already determined.

With these two awards in hand, Pang Xuelin's position in the domestic academic circle will undoubtedly be further consolidated.

Throughout March, Pang Xuelin spent time in a busy situation.

In addition to attending lectures arranged by Princeton University, he was also frequently interviewed by Western media.

This time, there is no long-sighted media questioning again.

Once it could be luck, two or three times, it can only be strength.

Some media even directly gave a prediction that with Pang Xuelin's age and academic achievements, perhaps the next Newton and Einstein are not far away.

At the beginning of April, Pang Xuelin returned to China and was warmly welcomed by China.

In the next two months, Pang Xuelin gave five lectures at Tsinghua University, Fudan University, Zhejiang University, Sun Yat-sen University and Lincheng University, which were full.

Pang Xuelin's status in the domestic academic circle has also risen to an unprecedented height.

In June, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance and other departments jointly launched the Sunshine Project, which fully launched the plan for college students to go to the countryside to support teaching.

In July, Yang Quan completed the patent layout of sildenafil and atorvastatin in Europe and the United States, and officially returned to China.

In early August, Pang Xuelin received news from Wang Muhui that Pfizer was interested in sildenafil patents.

In the same month, Pang Xuelin went to Zurich, Switzerland to attend the International Congress of Mathematicians and was officially awarded the Fields Medal.

In September, Transwarp Technology Co., Ltd. was officially registered, and a relevant team was set up to be fully responsible for the patent negotiation of sildenafil and atorvastatin.

After half a year of negotiations, Pfizer finally obtained the patent authorization of sildenafil patent in non-Greater China at the price of 500 million US dollars plus 8% of annual sales.

In December 1994, Pang Xuelin was officially elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and served as the vice president of Tsinghua University and the dean of the School of Science.

In February 1995, Tsinghua University, which received 50 million US dollars in patent money and received 50 million US dollars, established the Tsinghua Institute for Advanced Study at the suggestion of Pang Xuelin, and the first project of the institute was the graphene preparation project led by Pang Xuelin.

The following month, the high-purity carbon nanotube project team was established.

In March, Pang Xuelin took out $200 million from more than $400 million in patent funds to establish the Rural Primary School Education Foundation, and cooperated with the Hope Project to start the construction process of Pang Xuelin's Hope Primary School nationwide.

In June, Wang Muhui completed her studies at Harvard University and returned to China to marry Pang Xuelin.

In August, the Trieste-based International Centre for Theoretical Physics announced that Pang Xuelin had been awarded the 1995 Dirac Prize.

In the same month, the Institute for Advanced Study of Tsinghua University established an experimental team for the neutrino project in Daya Bay.

In September, the graphene project team led by Pang Xuelin published the latest paper in the journal Nature, officially announcing the preparation of graphene by chemical methods, which once again caused a storm in the academic community.

In December 1996, sildenafil citrate tablets manufactured by Pfizer were officially launched in Europe and the United States, with the trade name of Viagra.

In the same month, the same drug, manufactured by Transwarp, was launched in Greater China.

In May 1997, atorvastatin, developed by Transwarpa Pharmaceutical, was officially launched in Greater China, and its excellent lipid-lowering effect has attracted wide attention from the pharmaceutical industry.

In July, Pang Xuelin attended the handover ceremony of the port city.

In the same month, when the Asian financial crisis broke out, Pang Xuelin borrowed 500 million US dollars from the Bank of China, entered the game with 700 million US dollars, and made a profit of more than 10 billion yuan after the financial crisis ended.

In December 1997, Pang Xuelin once again injected 2 billion US dollars into the Rural Primary School Education Foundation for the construction of Pang Xuelin Hope Primary School to improve the treatment of rural primary school teachers and students.

In January 1998, Transwarp was established, and in September of the same year, Transwarp invested US$5 million in Google, obtaining a 49% controlling stake in Google, and in December, Transwarp invested 10 million yuan in Penguin, obtaining a 51% controlling stake.

In March 1998, the Institute for Advanced Study of Tsinghua University completed the preparation of high-purity carbon nanotubes, and the results were published in Nature Nanotechnology.

In the same month, the Daya Bay team officially observed neutrino oscillations in the experiment, and the results were published in the top international physics journal "Physical Review Letters" for the first time.

In October 1999, Pang Xuelin unexpectedly received a call from the Nobel Prize awarding committee, and won the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the results of the chemical synthesis of graphene (in the real world, Andrei Geim and Konstantin Novoselov won the Nobel Prize in Physics by mechanical separation of graphene from graphite, becoming the first Chinese to win the Nobel Prize in Science)

In December, Pang Xuelin and his wife attended the award ceremony of the Nobel Committee.

In September 2001, Pang Xuelin made a profit of more than 10 billion US dollars by deploying 911 in advance.

In the same year, Pang Xuelin once again invested 10 billion US dollars in the Rural Education Foundation, and in December, the 10,000th Pang Xuelin Hope Primary School was completed in Liangshan Prefecture, Xichuan Province, and Pang Xuelin attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Before you know it, ten years have passed in a flash.

A Qing has also grown into a slim girl, studying in the Department of Mathematics of Tsinghua University.

Of the students in Lingziding Village Primary School, more than 10 were admitted to university, and the others, some of them worked outside, some started small businesses, and some started companies, and they basically did well.

The only thing these people have in common is that every year, they find a day to come to Tsinghua University to get together with Pang Xuelin, and when they go home, they will also put a stick of incense in front of Hu Wenbin's grave.

But Pang Xuelin never received a prompt to complete the task.

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