As we all know, Einstein was famous for his theory of relativity, and the atomic bomb he later developed became a world-destroying weapon. The two atomic bombs dropped by the United States on Japan during World War II are the best evidence. After the war, in order to strengthen their national defense forces, all countries have devoted themselves to the research of this high-precision weapon. Living up to expectations, my country successfully detonated our first atomic bomb on October 16, 1964. After the news came, Shu Xingbei, who had never shed tears in his life, cried at home.
Shu Xingbei was born in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, a famous family, great-grandfather Shu Luhua, and grandfather Shu Zengxu both held many positions in the government. His father was an important helper of the industrialist Zhang Jian in the late Qing Dynasty, assisting Zhang Jian in managing the salt and textile businesses of the Zhang Group. Under the influence of his family, Shu Xingbei studied well and was admitted to Hangzhou Zhijiang University and Jinan Qilu University all the way. In April 1926, in order to pursue more advanced knowledge, Shu Xingbei went to the United States to study at his own expense and entered the Department of Physics of the University of Byker in Kansas. After that, he entered the University of California and traveled to Europe and the United States.
During his travels at the University of Berlin, Shu Xingbei also worked as an assistant to Einstein at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Physics for a time, and the reason why he was photographed by Einstein was his two papers on relativity. In September 1931, after receiving a master's degree in science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States, Shu Xingbei was called back by a family letter from his mother, and married Ms. Ge Chuhua in the same year. At that time, the "918" incident just broke out, and Shu Xingbei, who was full of enthusiasm, accepted the employment of the Nanjing Central Military Academy as a physics instructor in order to serve the country. However, only a few months later, Shu Xingbei was angry with the old Jiang and angrily left the Nanjing Central Military Academy to teach at Zhejiang University.
Later, the teachers and students of the Department of Physics of Zhejiang University left the university because they opposed the president's arbitrary behavior, and Shu Xingbei went to Jinan University to teach, and it was not until Zhu Kezhen became the president of Zhejiang University that Shu Xingbei returned to Zhejiang University. In the teaching process, Shu Xingbei opposes scriptualization and does not approve of rote memorization, and he is often good at starting from natural phenomena seen in daily life and using various vivid examples to let students understand various physics knowledge. Therefore, if people listen attentively in class, they will soon be able to grasp the core content of what Shu Xingbei is talking about. But if it is perfunctory, there will be a headache after class. The students he has trained include Nobel Prize winner Li Zhengdao, 2013 national supreme science and technology award winner Cheng Kaijia, and Li Wenzhu, Li Shoufeng, Xu Liangying, Zhou Zhicheng and others.
In 1944, at the invitation of the National Government, Shu Xingbei led the development of China's first radar, which was successfully developed in the spring of 1945. After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chiang Kai-shek awarded Shu Xingbei the honorary title of "Hero of the War of Resistance.". Therefore, Shu Xingbei is also known as the "father of China's radar". In addition, Shu Xingbei also guided the installation of military equipment such as special agent transmitters during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. After the founding of New China, Shu Xingbei went to Shandong University to teach. As a result, in the lecture of Mr. Wang Zhuxi, a famous Thermodynamicist in China, he ruthlessly pointed out Mr. Wang Zhuxi's mistakes and explained them in the classroom. Because Wang Zhuxi was hired by Shandong University to give a lecture, the scene was once very embarrassing. Afterwards, the leader talked to Shu Xingbei, but Shu Xingbei said: "In the past, universities did this (referring to Zhejiang University in the Republic of China)", and the leader lost his temper.
In the following special historical period, Shu Xingbei was dismissed from public office and punished for three years of "controlled labor". He was first incorporated into the labor reform army to build the reservoir in Qingdao Yuezikou, and after the reservoir was repaired, he was arranged to continue to undergo the transformation at qingdao medical college, and his main job at that time was to clean the toilet. For a time, when students were taking anatomy classes, Shu Xingbei was assigned to make specimens of corpses in a small house in the morgue. Because of this job, no one wants to do it. But Shu Xingbei did a good job.
In 1964, Shu Xingbei made a request to the organization to study nuclear weapons, but it was rejected. On October 16 of the same year, after the news of the detonation of China's first atomic bomb came, Shu Xingbei, who had never shed tears in his life, cried at home. On the one hand, I am excited about the strength of my motherland, on the other hand, I am strong but I have nowhere to go. You know, he is a physics expert on a par with the researcher Wang Ganchang.
In 1972, Mr. Li Zhengdao, the nobel laureate in physics, returned to China and was received by party and state leaders. During the period, Premier Zhou hoped that Li Zhengdao could do some work to solve the problem of "faults" in Chinese educational talents, but Li Zhengdao said: "There are many talents and teachers in China to solve the problem of 'faults', but they have not been used, such as my teacher Mr. Shu Xingbei." Since then, Shu Xingbei has made a comeback. After that, Shu Xingbei continued to make his contributions to the development of China's scientific research until his death in 1983 at the age of 76.