Zhou Peiyuan, a generation of grandmasters in the scientific community, talked with the United States about conditions but said that his life was not what he wanted? Some people have said that only 12 and a half people in the world really understand Einstein's theory of relativity, and half of them is Professor Zhou Peiyuan, why is Newtonian mechanics the three laws instead of the two laws? Zhou Peiyuan once summarized in the class, because Newtonian mechanics is not an isolated three laws without internal connections, all physical theories have their own internal logic, if you like this issue do not forget to like attention.
In 1919 Zhou Peiyuan was expelled from the school for participating in the May Fourth Movement, in the face of his father's anger he hid in the nearby Chaoyin Temple retreat, so he saw the advertisement of Tsinghua recruiting 5 transfer students in Jiangsu, he was admitted with the fifth place, which made his life change from then on, Tsinghua was held through the "Gengzi Indemnity" refunded by the United States at that time, I don't know why it has now become a school run by americans, when it was popular "Shiyi long skills to control Yi", For this reason, students with excellent character and learning can be sent to the United States to study, inserted into the second and third years of American universities, he not only has excellent grades and flexible thinking, his scientific paper "Three Equal Angles and Two Rules" was published in the "Tsinghua Journal", in 1924 he successfully obtained the qualification to study in the United States, at first he was determined to study and work, because he could serve national defense after completing his studies, but at this time it happened that Einstein's "theory of relativity" caused a sensation in the world, and Zhou Peiyuan could not be an exception to have a huge interest in physics. Coupled with the fact that the University of Chicago was known for having the optician Professor Magerson and the 1923 Nobel Prize winner in physics, Professor Millikan, he entered the Department of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Chicago.
It took only three and a half years to conquer the three degrees of bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in succession, to know that others often spend 6-8 years, he created the miracle of Tsinghua students and even Chinese students, and he continued to study in major schools, only 27 years old He was invited to return to China to become a professor of physics in the Department of Physics of Tsinghua University, he participated in the seminar on relativity theory personally presided over by Einstein, but the July 7 Incident occurred in the face of broken mountains and rivers, he always insisted on starting to teach himself ballistics with scientific weapons. Aerodynamics and other theories, and began to study the theory of turbulence in fluid mechanics, when his daughter asked why study turbulence, he said that the theory of relativity can not directly serve the war of resistance, as a scientist enemy at present, what he can do is to save the country scientifically, he hopes that he can make a difference in the country's defense, aviation and water conservancy in wartime.
In 1940 he published "On the Theoretical Basis of Friedman's Universe" and "On the Spherical Symmetry of Cosmic Space and the Theoretical Basis of friedman's Universe", there have been different progress in the research direction of general relativity cosmology, for which he is known as a "person who understands half relativity", in 1943 he refused the invitation of the United States, but his paper published in "Mathematical Applications" on "The Solution of Velocity Correlation and Turbulent Pulsation Equations" is still a classic in the international scientific community. He is also recognized as the founder of the turbulence model theory, but also considered to be one of the "four giants" of fluid mechanics of that era, for which the US government invited him to participate in the scientific research work of the US Wartime Scientific Research and Development Bureau, the project has been regarded as confidential by the US side, and later the United States developed a seaplane according to this program, which was not declassified until 1957, and Zhou Peiyuan put forward three requirements in the face of the INVITATION of the US government, one of which is not to become a natural citizen, and the second is to undertake only temporary tasks. The third has the right to leave at any time, and in the face of his three resolute demands, the US side made an exception and agreed, and Zhou Peiyuan's own research draft was directly handed over to the relevant naval departments after the founding of New China.
He has experienced the smashing of Peking University and also experienced four people and left thought, but also experienced decentralization, he experienced the war and the turmoil of New China, but he has never moved the idea of immigrating to the United States, but he has always adhered to his research and learning direction, opened up new ideas for the reform of Education in Chinese universities, he only realized at the age of 80 that he was too old to afford to apply for resignation, but he is still a professor at Peking University, he has trained a large number of outstanding talents for New China, such as Qian Sanqiang, Yang Zhenning, Peng Huanwu and other outstanding and famous scientists. They have all listened to his classes and received his guidance, such as Peng Huanwu's thesis under his guidance, and later recommended by him to Edinburgh to study with the master of quantum mechanics, Born, and for example, he once helped Lin Jiaqiao contact Professor Taylor of Cambridge University to teach and study.
However, due to the declaration of war between Britain and Germany, he arranged for Lin Jiaqiao to go to the California Institute of Technology in the United States to study with Von Carmen, these masters were all leaders at that time, he was deaf in his right ear at the age of 50 and could only speak loudly, afraid that others would not hear and afraid that he would not hear, but he would still be in front of his wife every day, at the age of 89 because of the major progress in the study of relativistic gravity, this excitement led to a heart attack hospitalization, and the Three Gorges Project also became Zhou Peiyuan's concern, but he also said in his later years, this is not what I have pursued all my life Maybe this is like the famous Qian Xuesen's question, what exactly is he after? If you like this issue, don't forget to like and follow, you are also welcome to comment and leave a message below, your support is the biggest motivation for creation, we will not see you in the next issue.