Chapter 197: A Great Harvest
Gu Lao had high expectations for Junxin, which made Junxin, who had always been calm and light-hearted about everything, feel huge pressure for the first time. However, this is also a kind of time motivation for Junxin, urging him to keep moving forward.
The next conversation topics were opened, from astronomy and geography to history and humanities, from literature and poetry to drama art, from religious concepts, to beliefs, etc., Gu Lao's conversation was very strong. Fortunately, Junxin had been prepared before he came, so although there was still a lot of pressure between the responses, there was never anything wrong with him. The books in Princeton's library helped him a lot.
Gu Lao has studied both Chinese and Western cultures, and has a wide range of knowledge. He is not only an internationally recognized master of electrical engineering, but also an internationally recognized poet. Gu Lao composed more than 7,000 lyrics, songs and songs in his lifetime, and published 34 poetry and song collections, making him a prolific poet second only to Lu You in Chinese history. He was named one of the great poets of the Chinese nation in the 20th century by overseas academic circles and publications, and was crowned "Poet Laureate" by the World Congress of Poets in 1976, along with Mr. Ji Xianlin.
As a musician, he was the founder of the National Conservatory of Music, the predecessor of the current Central Conservatory of Music. He also held the position of director of the National Symphony Orchestra. The academic community uses the three, four, and eight frequencies of his research as the standard frequency of the yellow bell. He was also the first person in the world to translate Beethoven's Ninth Symphony into Chinese.
There are also many other achievements, in the drama he used to be the teacher of Cao Yu, the author of "Thunderstorm", created "National Martyrdom", "Yue Fei and other famous dramas", and the drama created in the thirties was once again performed by people in the nineties, and achieved great achievements.
Gu Lao's research on religion is profound, and his achievements in Buddhism have had a far-reaching impact. He traveled all over the famous mountain monasteries throughout his life and had friendships with many famous monks and Buddhas. After half a century of amateur research, he published monographs such as "The Inheritance of Zen Masters" and "RB Zen Masters".
In 1979, Gu Lao shocked the international Buddhist academic community with his English masterpiece "The History of Zen", which won wide respect from overseas scholars in this field.
Fortunately, Junxin had read a lot of books and works about Gu Lao before coming to Philadelphia, so he had been prepared for his research field, and he also put forward his own opinions from time to time when he talked about it, which really made Gu Lao's interest greatly increased.
The two talked for more than four hours, and Junxin also had a meal at Gu Lao's house before returning to the hotel.
This visit was not only unexpectedly smooth, but also won the affirmation and support of Gu Lao, which can be called a bumper harvest. Although Gu Lao is no longer in the front line of research work, and has shifted his energy to literature, music, etc., but because of his special experience, he has a high prestige among Chinese American scientists, especially among those top Chinese American scientists, so Junxin's visit to Mr. Gu Yuxiu this time is not only to have the opportunity to discuss knowledge with this expert in electrical engineering, but also to obtain the huge network help provided by Gu Lao among Chinese scientists in the United States, which is really a bumper harvest.
The scientific community is most concerned about single-handedly researching behind closed doors, even in mathematics, which is the most independent research. Perelman, the testifier of the Pomponelle conjecture, lived in isolation, but he still maintained close ties with the academic community.
It can be seen that information exchange is the key to research in today's scientific research. Although Junxin believed that he could get their help with his own ability, he couldn't remember everyone and visit everyone, which would waste his huge time and energy.
After having the connection of Gu Lao's layer, he only needs to use Gu Lao?
Sometimes, you can even write letters to ask for help without being masked, and you can also get their help openly and secretly to a greater extent, which will play a huge role in realizing the ideals in Junxin's mind.
However, soon, Junxin, who had seen a lot of strong winds and waves, slowly calmed down his mood and devoted his energy to the discussion and experimental process of the four people about the construction of ENICA and others sent by Professor Porter. As well as a detailed record of the discussions during the construction of the ENVAC.
I have to say that Professor Porter still attaches great importance to Junxin, so the information he got for Junxin is still very complete, and many of the materials are precious materials that can not be obtained in later generations even in the information age when the Internet is very developed, although they are all copies, but this makes Junxin even more happy, because it means that Junxin can take this batch of materials back and study them slowly.
But to be honest, there are a lot of these materials, the full A4 paper has a thickness of about ten centimeters, and it is not a matter of reading it in a while.
The electronic computer is an epoch-making science and technology, and Junxin firmly believes that for such an epoch-making technology, it is impossible to really build it like the outside world said that a few young people's brains are hot, and their eyes are crackling after their busy work. He believes that behind every epoch-making technology is the creation of human thinking after it has been stimulated to the extreme, through fierce collisions of ideas.
He wasn't very interested in who made the computer, but he was very interested in how. How each question was discovered and encountered, and what kind of discussion and assumption were used to improve it, what ideas failed, what were the reasons for failure, etc., Junxin looked at these questions very carefully, and even read a problem many times over and over again.
A lot of information has to be compared with my previous cognition, and then compared with my later understanding of computers and the supercomputer on the third floor of the Institute of Applied Mathematics of Shuimu University in China, and my understanding of computers has been greatly improved.
This is probably the most fascinating and focused time Junxin has ever read the information. In ordinary times, because of his special memory and reading ability, Junxin has swept away those documents many times. However, the computer literature has been compared many times, but it has become the slowest one. After half a day's work, I read less than 20 pages and 40 pages.
"Maybe after I return to China, I can focus on the computer, and Mizuki University should be very supportive!" After reading a discussion draft, Junxin whispered to himself.