Recently, a paper entitled "Ningbo Yongjiang Bridge Large Deflection Nonlinear Calculation Problem" made many people feel angry and respectful. The first thing you see is a screenshot of the "References" section of the paper, and the first sentence is arrogant: "This article does not have to refer to any literature." ”
Writing a thesis stating that references are the norm and actually saying "no"? Also "any"! Everyone was indignant and prepared to turn to the author to educate the criticism well.
Clicking on the opening page, the author wrote impressively: Qian Weichang. He is a famous mechanician, applied mathematician and educator in China, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and one of the founders of modern Chinese mechanics and applied mathematics.
The various "crusades" suddenly came to an end, and comments on golden sentences appeared frequently.
Objective comments, hilarious sentences
There is a comment that represents everyone's voice: "In the beginning, this is okay?!" Angry! Look at the author, oh, the big guy casually. ”
A lot of objective statements, but also very hilarious -
"It is very realistic, when we were studying, the teacher let us understand the first research, and the problem is that he studied first."
"Author: I am the reference book."
"The master of mechanics, Taidou, everyone refers to him."
"If you have to write it, the author of those reference books is also himself."
"Not writing 'This article is a reference' fully reflects the rigor of the paper."
In fact, this scientist, who was born more than 110 years ago, has no charm beyond papers and scientific research. Following his life, many moving moments together write Qian Weichang's 98 years.
Mr. Qian Weichang's bust photo.
Represented the Chinese team and scored goals in international competitions
Many people know that Mr. Qian Weichang enjoys a high reputation in the international academic community, and the scientific research achievements in mechanics and applied mathematics named after Qian in the world include "Qian Weichang Equation", "Qian Weichang Method", "Qian Weichang General Equation", "Qian Weichang Equation of Cylindrical Shell" and so on. Together with Qian Xuesen and Qian Sanqiang, he was called the "three coins" of China's scientific and technological circles by Premier Zhou Enlai.
What is less known is that in 1931, the thin Qian Wei was only 1.49 meters tall. In order to exercise, he began a large amount of physical exercise. Insist on long-distance running every morning, whether it is hot or cold winter. At this time, Qian Weichang's Bole in the field of sports appeared, and by chance, Qian Weichang's desperately running forward was noticed by a person, who was the founder of Tsinghua Sports and also the outstanding sportsman and educator Ma John in modern China.
The next day, Qian Weichang was notified to report to the tsinghua university cross-country long-distance running team. Since then, in addition to his busy study, Qian Weichang has received special training from Mr. Ma John. In 1937, Qian Weichang was selected for the national football team and participated in the Far East Games held in the Philippines. "In that game, I scored a goal and wore a crotch of the opposing goalkeeper." He once recalled.
Asked to answer: If China and the United States go to war, which side will be loyal to
At the end of 1942, Qian Weichang transferred to the Institute of Jet Propulsion chaired by Professor von Carmen of the California Institute of Technology. From 1943 to 1946, he was mainly engaged in the aerodynamic calculation design of rockets, the orbit calculation of artificial satellites on earth, etc., and also participated in the field launch test of rockets.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Qian Weichang obtained the right to return to China on the grounds that he had "left his homeland for a long time and missed his relatives." In May 1946, he returned to Shanghai by freighter from Los Angeles, and in early August, he took a ship from Shanghai to Return to Beijing Tsinghua Garden after an eight-year absence via Qinhuangdao. He became an ordinary professor at his alma mater, Tsinghua University.
Qian Weichang fondly recalled: "Before returning to China, my annual income in the United States was 80,000 US dollars. The Institute of The U.S. Special Administrative Region (GPL) also wants me to go back. Of course, I didn't want to go back, but the hardships of that time made my life and scientific research extremely difficult. So I had to go to the U.S. Embassy for a visa. Ask me what religion do you believe? I said I didn't teach. He said no, no, in the eyes of the Americans, you are an unteacher, a barbarian. Later he said so, you fill in the holes to teach. The last one, I can't fill in, when China and the United States are at war, are you loyal to China or the United States? Of course, I am loyal to China, I am Chinese, how can I be loyal to the United States? I just filled in a NO. As a result, visas were denied. ”
"There is no hesitation at this point. I am loyal to my country. Qian Weichang has stressed it many times.
Qian Wei talks about "air conditioning"
In his later years, Qian Weichang discussed the problems of science and art with a sculptor, believing that the two should be combined. For example, he used "air conditioning".
"For example, when we design air conditioners, we should not simply look at it as an industrial product, but pay attention to its styling beauty, and industrial manufacturing should emphasize the beauty of design." When we design and produce air conditioners, we must fully consider where it will be placed, what kind of home it will be placed in, whether it is three bedrooms and one living room, or two bedrooms and one living room, whether it is a developed area in the east or an underdeveloped area in the west, the family conditions of different users are different, and the social environment relationship is different. This is not only a problem of scientific and technological production, but also a problem of social ethics, a problem of art and beauty, so any creation is comprehensive, and those who study science must also learn art, and those who study art must also understand a little science! ”
Sleepless night, personally drawing the new school drawing "Fishbone Antenna"
Qian Weichang was transferred to Shanghai University of Technology as president, and the transfer order stated that there was no age limit for this appointment. Qian Weichang began a new beginning in his life.
Mr. Qian once said, "The principal is not an official, the most important thing is to devote himself wholeheartedly." "As a principal, he did not have his own land, and he threw himself into the school post, asking for nothing else, just seeking to run a good university. In 1994, Shanghai University of Technology and ShanghaiTech University of Science and Technology established the new Shanghai University, and Qian Weichang continued to serve as president. He became the oldest reigning principal in the country at the time. In the 27 years he was the president of the university, Qian Weichang has been a "volunteer" president, not taking a penny of the school's salary and not having his own house.
On June 4, 1997, the construction project of the new campus of Shanghai University was approved by the relevant departments, Mr. Qian Weichang was so excited that he did not sleep for one night, found a large Drawing No. 0 in the dormitory, drew the planning drawing of the new campus with a ruler, and within a few days he notified the school office to hold a meeting, took out his drawings to take a look, only to see 11 pieces of report paper from the Institute of Mechanics, on which he explained in detail the planning drawings listed.
He introduced one by one, pointing to the schematic diagram of the comprehensive building of the department like a fishbone antenna, emphasizing, "The meaning of my painting is to show that comprehensive universities must achieve the integration of arts and sciences, the combination of science and engineering, and the mutual penetration of arts and sciences." Today, the drawings have long been yellowed, and the university built according to this concept has ushered in a batch of green onion students.
Mr. Qian Weichang's manuscript on the planning of the Baoshan campus.
At the age of 64, he learned computers and invented the money code at the age of ancient rarity
Qian Weichang famously said: I have no profession, and the needs of the country are my profession. He has done many scientific research projects in his life, written many scientific papers, and dabbled in many disciplines, never stopping exploring because the scope of research exceeds the field of applied mathematics and mechanics that he is best at.
In 1985, Qian Wei invented the "Qian Code" - Chinese character macroscopic glyph encoding - Qian's Chinese character computer input method.
Principal Qian Weichang in his later years.
The earliest stimulus for inventing the money code came in 1979, when he was invited to an international conference. During the meeting, a foreign expert publicly declared that only pinyin characters could save China because Chinese characters could not enter electronic computers. The following year, an article in the first issue of the Chinese Modernization series advocating the Latinization of Chinese characters actually declared: "The difficulties encountered by square Chinese characters on electronic computers are like an aging patient who is about to die." History will prove that the electronic computer is the gravedigger of square Chinese characters and the midwife of Hanyu Pinyin characters. "
Qian Weichang's strength to never accept defeat was "stimulated". Soon after, he led young people to implement a new Chinese character encoding scheme on the computer. In October 1984, the program passed the technical appraisal under the auspices of the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission in Shanghai and was promoted to social application. In May 1985, "Chinese character macroscopic glyph coding and Chinese system" won the first prize of the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Progress Award. In May 1986, in the first national Chinese character input method evaluation organized by the State Bureau of Standards, among the 34 schemes selected and sent across the country, Qian code was rated as a Class A scheme. In the national coding competition held in Beijing in the same year, Qian Code won the first prize for the first speed of single input.
Epilogue: "Qian Wei Changxing"
Last year, Shanghai University received a congratulatory letter from the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on naming "Qian Wei Long Star" – an asteroid discovered by the Purple Mountain Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences (international permanent number 283279), which was approved by the International Minor Planet Naming Committee on February 5, 2020 and officially named "Qian Wei Long Star".
The master's demeanor has never faded from his departure. In the campus he has worked hard, in the land where he has participated in poverty alleviation planning, in the grass and trees of the land he deeply loves, and in the reference column of a paper, he has finally been seen, remembered, remembered, and used as a model by the world.
Like the light hanging high above his head, silently spreading the starlight.
Column Editor-in-Chief: Xu Ruizhe Text Editor: Peng Deqian
Source: Author: Peng Deqian