If you think they're going to skewer beer, they're going to the lab and planning to stay up late to continue their long-held research. The couple walked arm in arm to the warehouse where the experiments were being conducted. They didn't turn on the light for the first time, and in the darkness they found a flash of blue light in the glass container on the table, which was the crystallization radium of their years of sweat.
As you may have guessed, the couple is Marie Curie and Pierre Curie. In The Inventor's World History, the author depicts this magical scene in the wizarding world and praises this exciting moment as a blue love fairy tale performed by the legendary couple.
The Curies are also representatives of the scientist genre, and there are many examples of such admirable and lamentable inventors in this book.
They contribute to the scientific cause they are engaged in, devote themselves to research, and find satisfaction and happiness in the arduous process. They do not seek fame, although they will also be awarded Nobel Prizes for their research results, or revered as leaders and pioneers in the scientific community.
However, what they have always insisted on, in addition to their enthusiasm for science, curiosity, and a strong sense of mission, they explore the unknown, discover the truth, benefit mankind, let their lives shine, and be admired and learned by future generations.
In "The Inventor's World History", in addition to talking about Marie Curie, who won two Nobel Prizes (still feel that there is a little less about her), it also talks about other Nobel Prize winners, or nobel laureates, who have trained as many as 14 scientific figures (there are only a few with the surname Robert).
The book is also a collection of biographies of great scientists. In this book, they are not just dry names and achievement entries marked in the history of the human world. Instead, they are legendary figures with full images, distinct personalities, and rich experiences, interpreting legendary and unfamiliar life stories.
They have Frankensteins, strange "glitches", science maniacs, scientists who roast their hands for experiments, lucky rich and wayward scientists, unlucky eggs who are not valued and recognized, and awe-inspiring figures who are still in computational mathematics in prison.
So who are they?
1. They are accomplished, but not perfect.
Frankenstein Henry Cavendish, who measured the gravitational constant G. Even more amazing is that he calculates his life expectancy for himself and arranges everything before that date arrives.
From the book, it is known that Cavendish is extremely insightful, meticulous, and a model of accurate measurement. "Cavendish takes 25 hours at a time, and it's a game of patience." Don't say it's research and measurement, it's a game, once every 25 hours, for many years, really people can stick to it.
Cavendish is rich and talented, but he has a peculiarly shy personality. Even when he met people who adored him, they all bowed their heads in fear and ran away, "It was only after a few hours that he dared to come back." "It's really funny.
2. Amazing science maniac, crazy maniac.
"One-Eyed Bear" (how to become a one-eyed is also mentioned in the book) Bunsen discovered Kirchhoff and became a "dream duo in the chemical world", two men with enviable inseparable friendships, doing experiments and research together, and also walking, watching plays, and outings together, until they were too old to go there.
Robert Bunsen himself is also a very charismatic person, often surrounded by dozens of students, talking about the profession and sharing the joy of life, and the tolerance and help for students is also touching. "More than 20 of his direct or indirect students have won Nobel Prizes." It can be seen that it has a strong cohesion.
Bunsen's own achievements are not to mention, he famously said, "Not a physicist is a chemist or anything." Creative and interdisciplinary, he combines knowledge of geology, physics and mathematics. People with great talent are also very modest, even if they get a medal of honor, they must quietly hide it in their clothes.
3. Genius or madman? Luck is also an undeniable factor in success.
Fool Meier or genius Meier? He is a genius in achievement, but it only makes people doubt the bad luck of life, and he is forced into a fool by life. He was slighted, ridiculed, denigrated, humiliated, he jumped out of a window, suffered from severe encephalitis, and his child died prematurely and was dragged into the hospital.
After being subjected to physical and mental inhuman abuse, discoverer Robert Meier waited for the belated honor to be confirmed as a leader. The basic principles of thermodynamics he proposed have made significant contributions to all fields of physics.
When reading the details, sorrow comes from it, lamenting the injustice of fate, and the fool Meier is actually poor Meier.
How many pioneers have always persisted in the madness of not being understood, strong in recognition, and resisted in many difficulties. The sad and lamentable life experiences can show their greatness even more.
4. A strong life requires strong willpower.
I have read the book "The Meaning of Living Life", and I still remember the inhuman torture in the concentrated ying, and in this book, it also tells of a physics genius who suffered from many years of imprisonment, the mathematician Fritz Houtmans, in the prison where life can die at any time, he still insists on computational mathematics, and prime numbers have become his savior.
In the book, the author tells in detail about the harsh living conditions in prison, and Hautemans' strong willpower and creativity infect the reader. "It teaches us that humanity should be admired, not despised."
These are some of the greatest people who have been most touched after reading this book. From this book, we can see how the ups and downs of inventors' ups and downs in the context of those ups and downs of history have radiated a shining light, and what unknown hardships they have experienced.
Three-dimensional, vivid and plump character images, detailed and real life experiences, in addition to allowing readers to understand how the inventors stubbornly survived and made great achievements in the context of the great history of the time.
While understanding the character of the real inventor and the deep ideological spirit, it also inspires us today. When they suffer from poverty, disease, war and other harsh environments, they still adhere to the enthusiasm for exploring the unknown and their dedication to scientific research, so should we also make our limited lives richer and more exciting?
For the benefits of reading biographies, I once read a sentence like, "Others only know how great he is, and you know that he is not so great elsewhere." ”
Great people have a special soul, they are full of blood for the sense of mission in their hearts, their selflessness and persistence, and they have handed over the breakthroughs to future generations as a legacy. Hold up that solid shoulder for future generations, so that future generations can see farther and walk better.
However, they are not perfect people. They have their own inner struggles, as well as confrontations with blows and setbacks. As the author writes in the preface, "Every discovery is inseparable from the discoverers behind them and their lives, whose visions, pains, and actions often impress us more than the scientific knowledge left behind." ”
The book focuses on the discoverers and their lives, and deeply moves the reader. "Passion, ambition, mistakes and disappointments accompany these people every step of the way." Then follow their footsteps, feel and appreciate their life and enthusiasm.
The author of "The World History of the Inventor" is Richard von Schlach, the German translator of "The Autobiography of Puyi" (made into the movie "The Last Emperor"), and the translator of the book is Zhu Liuhua, who has translated many works, and is reviewed by Fang Zaiqing, a professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In this book we can see many corrections to the original author's content that is not accurate enough. This rigorous scientific attitude also makes the content richer and more sophisticated.
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