Qian Yongjian, the nephew of Qian Xuesen, said in an interview after winning the Nobel Prize: "I was born and raised in M country. I don't know how to say Chinese, I'm a scientist in country M, that's pretty certain, I'm not a Chinese scientist. ”
Qian Yongjian's father once went to study in the M country with Qian Xuesen, but after completing his studies, Qian Xuesen chose to return to China to serve, but Qian Yongjian's father stayed in the M country, married and had children in the M country, and became an M countryman. So there is no special affection for China.
Qian Yongjian is highly accomplished in the field of chemistry and won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. After the news was announced, the Chinese people were very happy, because Chinese had a strong "root" understanding, believing that as long as they kept the same blood, everyone was their own. As a result, many media also reported on Qian Yongjian's award under the name of "Qian Xuesen's nephew". Qian Yongjian did not appreciate this, so he would say such a thing when interviewed.
At that time, his father and Qian Xuesen went to study together, but one person stayed here and one returned to the motherland alone.
Qian Xuesen later decided to return to China, and Qian Xueyu decided to become an American citizen because he had served in the Kuomintang and was afraid of being treated unfairly after returning to China.
In 1952, Qian Xueyu's second son, Qian Yongjian, was born.
Perhaps because of his good education, Qian Yongjian showed his scientific research ability from an early age.
Because he had been breathless since he was a child, Qian Yongjian rarely went out to exercise outdoors, often staying in his underground research room for several hours.
When he was in junior high school, his parents would give him some chemical experiments, but for Qian Yongjian, it was a child's plaything, not fun at all.
Qian Yongjian once found a chemistry book in the school's collection on how to turn a purple liquid into a green one.
He developed a keen interest in chemistry.
When I was in middle school, the cellar of the family had long been piled up, and Qian Yongjian and his younger brother Qian Yongyou secretly made some gunpowder, but they accidentally caught fire and lit the ping-pong table.
Even so, the parents did not blame them, but built a cement platform outside and let them move out for experimentation.
In 16 years, Qian Yongjian was awarded the "Westinghouse Technology Wizard" for his paper "The Relationship between Metals and Thiocyanic Acid". This is the oldest and most authoritative high school science and technology competition in the history of the United States, and it is also recognized as a young Nobel Prize.
At the age of 25, Qian Yongjian received a bachelor's degree in physics and chemistry from Harvard University and completed his doctorate at Cambridge University.
Qian Yongjian won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008 for his research and development of "green light", which is known as "illuminating biology".
How big is that?
For example, the nervous system, thousands of nerve cells work in different nervous systems, and their relationship with each other is the basis of the human mind.
In the cerebral cortex, each neuron transmits information to thousands of other neurons, and these neurons receive and manage the messages transmitted by thousands of neurons at the same time.
It's like looking down at the woods from the sky, only a touch of green, and you can't tell where it grew from.
Qian Yongjian's discovery can make active neuronal cells glow and produce a variety of different colors.
I don't know if you have ever seen a genetic technology that uses fluorescence protein to inject transgenic zebrafish into a normal zebrafish body.
They will turn into colorful colors, as if they are glowing,
Therefore, it is convenient to see their visceral development.
The use of fluorescent protein technology allows human beings to recognize more life and diseases, and better develop safer and more effective drugs.
What's more, compared with winning the "green fluorescent protein" award, many people in the industry feel that Qian Yongjian's contribution in other fields is much greater, and it can be said that Qian Yongjian's research results in this field only account for a small piece.
In short, Qian Yongjian's discovery is revolutionary in both neuroscience and neuroscience.
Today, Qian Yongjian's experiments are used by almost everyone working on cells and medicines.
After Qian Yongjian won the Nobel Prize, especially Chinese media, which attracted much attention from the media.
But think about it, Qian Yongjian is Chinese, and he is Also Qian Xuesen's nephew, and they are very proud.
But Qian Yongjian's answer disappointed everyone.
In an interview, Qian Yongjian went to great lengths to lower his last name and said that despite his
Blood comes from China, but China is not his hometown.
Qian Yongjian was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Hong Kong in 2009 and reiterated at the award ceremony:
"I was born in the United States, Chinese is not very good, I am an American scientist, I am not a Chinese. A person's identity is not determined by blood..."
Qian Yongjian's words undoubtedly made many Chinese feel extremely unhappy.
For a time, some said he was a selfless person, and some said he was a banana man: an Asian face, a white heart.
In fact, from Qian Yongjian's point of view, he was right
He was born, raised in, educated, married a foreign wife, and had a relationship with Chinese simply because his father was Chinese.
That is to say, for Qian Yongjian, his hometown is not as far away as China, but the United States.
Qian Yongjian once said that his achievements are due to his genes and his living conditions.
Of course, Qian Yongjian's growth is also because of his family background
