Chapter 124: The Nobel Prize
No one in any country has ever been able to understand the Chinese's desire for the Nobel Prize, especially for the Nobel Prize in the natural sciences. Although the synthesis of bovine insulin molecules has a deep accumulation, it may not be without the all-out effort to win the Nobel Prize
At that time, the artificial synthesis of bovine insulin was the beginning of the collective name of human beings to start organic macromolecules, and it was natural to be able to win the Nobel Prize in terms of qualifications, and China at that time was headed by Mr. Niu Jingyi, who nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine through the relationship of Mr. Yang Zhenning, but in the end did not win the Nobel Prize, which is a regret of a generation.
It is true that after a scientist reaches a certain level, the award is not the key to a person's achievements, but it is always an important reference standard. Therefore, Mr. Einstein won the Nobel Prize in Physics not because of his theory of relativity, but this does not mean that the scientific status and value of the theory of relativity are not as high as the photoelectric effect that Einstein won the Nobel Prize. On the contrary, it now seems that the photoelectric effect only solves a relatively important phenomenon, while the theory of relativity establishes the physical concept of an era, and the two are not at the same level at all.
But as I said before, awards have always been an important criterion for judging a person, especially since Einstein, no one has reached his level. Awards are an important indicator of a person's achievements.
At the national level, it may not be so superficial, but in many cases, it is an important reference for measuring a country's top science and technology level. At the same time, it can be regarded as the top scientific faΓ§ade of a country.
Many people think that China was not able to win the Nobel Prize because of China's system problems, however, seriously speaking, the Red Empire Soviet Union is also the same system as China, and even more threatening to the Western world, but the scientists of the former Soviet Union can still get the Nobel Prize, including even world-class scientists such as Landau.
Therefore, whether or not you can win the Nobel Prize has no necessary relationship with a country's system, and the key lies in the country's investment in basic science. Japan is the most direct proof of this reason. Japan formulated an economic revitalization plan after the war, and after decades of development, it became the second largest economy in the world. At the same time, there has been an increase in the amount of scientific research that has been invested in Japan's economic revitalization. This has produced a large number of Nobel Prize winners.
However, because the country has just come out of the haze, after ten years of catastrophe, people have fallen into the confusion of the future and cannot find a way forward, coupled with the inertia that Chinese people have been accustomed to an excellent leader to lead themselves since ancient times, resulting in the emergence of a strong person to lead them in all walks of life. The hard standard of science is naturally the most influential award in the world - the Nobel Prize.
Xinhua News Agency, as the official mouthpiece, although there are stationed personnel in foreign countries that have established diplomatic relations, but these people have always only paid attention to the political news of this country, and never paid attention to other economic news, etc., and these two actually rushed to Junxin's side because Junxin was only nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and borrowed the video materials of the program of Canadian television. This makes Junxin want to refuse to keep a low profile, but he can't keep a low profile.
Junxin, who had figured out this, couldn't help but sigh secretly and prepared to be interviewed by Xinhua News Agency.
"What do you think of Professor Peruz's nomination of you for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry this time?" Li Qun asked softly.
Jun Xin thought for a while and said: "I think, this is just a lucky person, who was lucky enough to get a decent achievement and was recognized by everyone, so he was pushed to that unattainable height!" β
"Why do you say that?" Li Qun asked.
"Quasicrystals are there, and even if I don't find them, someday someone will find them, and it's not a big deal, I just discovered this substance. But please don't hold me too high, the gravitational pull of reality is too strong, so the better you stand, the harder you fall. Jun Xin said with a little heaviness, no matter what, he was too young after all.
"Aren't many Nobel Prizes made by accident? So I don't think you have to be presumptuous. Li Qun said.
"Hehe, let's not talk about this problem, it's too heavy." Jun Xin diverted the topic without a trace and said, "To be honest, the discovery of quasicrystals has indeed played a role in promoting the material research of the scientific community, so it is affirmed that this is nothing, but no one knows where quasicrystals will have huge applications, so what kind of positioning should quasicrystals have, but also the test of history, with my current knowledge and status, I am not qualified to judge the historical status of quasicrystals, although I am its discoverer." β
"So, who do you think was the main contributor to the discovery of quasicrystals?"
"Of course, I owe this to my alma mater, Mizuki University." Junxin smiled slightly, "To be honest, in the eyes of outsiders, Mizuki is a school that is strict and almost paramilitarized, but Mizuki is extraordinarily lenient to me. It is because of this relaxation that I have plenty of time to think about the problems I encounter. I was able to be tolerant and forgiving in the wrong classroom, and my nonsense was affirmed by the teacher. β
"To be honest, I am a mathematics student, and my previous research in chemistry was limited to books, but Professor Chen of crystallography was able to allow me to enter the laboratory and start experiments independently because of my plausible concepts and ideas, so that I could get experimental results. Later, Professor Cheng, Professor Liang and other teachers from the Department of Chemistry gave me a lot of valuable comments on my paper, which allowed my paper to be published in Nature. β
"If it weren't for Mizuki University's tolerance and support for seekers in their pursuit of truth, I don't think I would have gotten to where I am today. In fact, many universities in China have begun to take such steps, not only my alma mater, Shuimu University, but also a large number of schools, including Shanghai Jiaotong University, Peking University, Nanjing University, Fudan University and China University of Science and Technology, have also begun to gradually increase their investment in scientific research and increase their help to scientific research workers. β
"But, with all due respect," Li Qun said as he quickly shorthanded, "according to my friends in Canada, China's scientific research level has actually remained at the level of a third country until now, so why do you think that China's university education level will definitely reach the world's top level?" β