After the volcanic eruption in Tonga, Wang Pinxian, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, released a popular science video last year entitled "Island Volcanic Eruption Is So Dangerous?" Do submarine volcanic eruptions have an impact on us? " ushered in a wave of watching and forwarding.
But he said in an interview that he would not continue to publish relevant works on this topic: "What can be said has already been said in past videos, I will not chase hot spots, I will only do things at my own pace." ”
"I'm 86 years old, I don't care about anything else, I only care about time, I'm going to do what I want to do."
In the turquoise waters of the Xisha Sea, Academician Wang Pinxian became the world's oldest diver with the feat of carrying out a scientific expedition aboard the "Deep Sea Warrior" at the age of 82.
On the Internet platform where young people gather, he is also a "popular science big V" that has attracted countless fans, Bilibili (B station) has 1.4 million fans, Douyin 560,000 fans, and has received more than 5 million likes.
"Hello Bilibili students, I am Wang Pinxian. In the future, I will share with you the knowledge of the science popularization of the ocean. ”
On June 9, 2021, Wang Pinxian, a famous marine geologist, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and professor of the School of Marine and Earth Sciences of Tongji University, officially entered Station B.
On the same day, he released his first video - "I only produced results after the age of 60, we must make China's ocean drilling at the forefront of the world!" 》。
Recently, Station B announced the list of the top 100 UP masters in 2021. Wang Pinxian's name is impressively listed.
"I don't think 'influencer' is a negative word. Influence is a great thing, and the key is what you exchange it for. Wang Pin said first.
Academician Wang, 86 years old this year, has studied marine geology for more than 40 years, and since 2011, he has served as the leader of the national "South China Sea Deep Plan" guidance expert group, and at the age of 82, he has dived into the deep sea three times in 9 days. Academician Wang Pinxian once worked 14 hours a day. He said in the video, "The results I can come up with are all after the age of 60, and if I retire at the age of 60 according to this rule, then I will do nothing." I really want to be able to really shake off my arms and do it all these years, these ten years. ”
"I'm lining up what I did before I was 85, and what I'm going to do later if I'm still alive. So I'm most short of time right now. ”
In fact, Wang Pin first did some work similar to popular science very early. Once CCTV came to interview him and took some videos for him, and then the CCTV reporter told him that these materials are very suitable for making some short videos and putting them on Douyin, and then designed an avatar for Wang Pinxian, much like the old man at KFC. "I said you should at least change the color." In this way, the Douyin account was opened, and soon there were many fans. Later, Station B and some other platforms also began to engage. Talking about the starting point of the road of Internet celebrity, Wang Pin first said so.
"Don't hide from you, I don't know how to get these things myself, the State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology of Tongji University has a science popularization group, and many videos are made by them for me." Wang Pinxian said bluntly that he did not expect the network response to be so enthusiastic, "It is the one called what a bullet screen, like a thunderstorm, rushing out, as if I can faintly hear the voices of those children." ”
The network response made Wang Pinxian very happy, as if he had made many young friends at once. Having been lecturing in school all his life, he deeply understands a truth: if the lecturer himself is not excited, it is impossible to make the listener excited.
"Education and industry are different, there is no (quantitative) standard such as GDP" "China has built the largest education system in human history, the next task is from quantitative change to qualitative change, we must complete the transformation from 'raw material output type' to 'deep processing type' in science and technology" "The new solution of 'education to save the country' in the current situation is to enhance soft power, and our top priority is to create an environment for innovative thinking in the education industry under today's excellent situation"...
Last year, in the 129 auditorium of Tongji University, there were bursts of applause from time to time. Facing more than 100 students was Wang Pinxian, an 85-year-old academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a professor at the School of Ocean and Earth Sciences of Tongji University. A few days ago, he was awarded the honorary title of Eighth National Model of Ethics.
Wang Pinxian said, "I remember that the original minister of culture and writer Wang Meng said that you have to speak your own words. We have not done enough of this, there are too many clichés, and the scientific community has a lot of clichés. And I think this phenomenon has gotten worse and worse in recent years, which is a very bad problem. Everyone follows others, follows others and says that the responsibility is also someone else's. This culture is very detrimental to innovation. You can't ask a brain to be able to innovate scientifically and only obey, that's contradictory. The combination of science and culture is creating a lively atmosphere. ”
In Wang Pinxian's view, popular science is very valuable. In today's China, science popularization is becoming a new consumer demand, the emerging science industry has put forward higher quality requirements, scientists can not stand up, to promote the cause of science popularization with everyone.
Editor: Zhang Peng
Comprehensive: China Science Daily, Wen Wei Po, etc