A "beggar" in rags and rags took a jar and dragged his tired body to the door of Tsinghua University, and before he could enter, he was stopped by the security guards at the door, and no one could have imagined that this beggar who looked very depressed was actually a big figure who could influence China's physics industry, he was also a teacher of many famous physicists in our country, and he casually listed a student who was a pillar of our country, including Deng Jiaxian and Qian Sanqiang
So why did such a powerful figure end up here? Who the hell is he? And what was in the jar he was clinging to? Today Xiaobian and everyone together to unveil these puzzles, friends who like the article can like more likes and support, everyone's support is the biggest motivation of Xiaobian.
Time back to 1937, when our country suffered from the war, the Japanese army's wanton aggression made Tsinghua University, for this reason, had no choice but to move to Changsha, in October, tsinghua university office door, there was just the beginning of the scene
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="58" > Who is this beggar? </h1>
The beggar walked slowly, holding a wooden stick in his right hand, barely supporting his weak body, while his left hand was tightly holding a crock pot, and the security guard of the guardhouse watched him slowly walk in, and instantly became alert, knowing that it was in the era of war, there were many displaced people fleeing everywhere, and Changsha was already filled with displaced people
But so many people gathered in a city, there will certainly be a problem of insufficient food, so there are many people in order to survive everywhere to grab grain, steal things, this phenomenon has been seen in the local area is not strange, the school security guards saw this beggar-like person, naturally he will be classified as a grain refugee, but unexpectedly, this beggar actually came to him
The voice hoarsely said, want to see President Mei, the security guard only thinks that he is a displaced person who wants to win the sympathy of the principal, in case he is let in, he does not know what kind of chaos will appear, and then he gestures to drive him out, the beggar is even more anxious when he sees the situation, throws down the wooden stick in his hand, and asks the security guard to let him go in to see President Mei, and when the security guard is entangled with him, a man comes out of the school gate, he is Mei Yiqi, the president of Tsinghua University.
When the beggar saw Principal Mei walk out, he immediately stepped forward and grabbed Principal Mei's hand, and Principal Mei was also confused, but after he carefully looked at the beggar's face, he suddenly said excitedly, Professor Zhao is you? I finally met you, it turned out that he was Zhao Zhongyao, a professor at Tsinghua University! But why did Professor Zhao become such a depressed person now, and what kind of secrets did he have in the crock pot in his hand?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="61" > what exactly is in the jar</h1>
This has to start from 1931, when Zhao Zhongyao, who had achieved success, was ready to return to the motherland, before leaving, a friend abroad gave Zhao Zhongyao 50 mg radium, hoping that he could continue to study after he returned, after Zhao Zhongyao returned to Tsinghua University, he immediately began to experiment on nuclear physics, continued to study, and wrote the interaction between hard Y rays and atomic nuclei.
Then in 1937, the Anti-Japanese War broke out, but Zhao Zhongyao still quietly rushed to Beijing, the situation outside was extremely dangerous, but radium was extremely important to our country at that time, so Liang Si immediately took Zhao Zhongyao out of the 50 mg radium, in order not to be discovered, Zhao Zhongyao chose to dress himself as a displaced person, with the 50 mg radium escaped from Beiping, on the way to go he always held this jar containing radium, crossed the layers of checkpoints, and finally arrived in Changsha
When I met Principal Mei, Principal Mei was very puzzled by this jar, Zhao Zhongyao said to him, it contained 50 mg radium, I took it out smoothly, but Changsha was also in the war soon after, and could only relocate to Kunming again, and the 50 mg radium also rushed all the way to Kunming
During this period, Zhao Zhongyao did not leave for a moment, when he slept, he held this jar of radium, he knew how strong the radium radiation was, but he still resolutely took it with him, when he arrived in Kunming, his chest was pressed out of several blood marks, but this was nothing for him.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="63" > Zhao Zhongyao's background</h1>
Speaking of the name Zhao Zhongyao, most people may not be familiar with it, but he is a figure known as a milestone in the field of physics in China, an indispensable leader in the development of nuclear physics, atomic energy and antimatter in China, and he is also the first Chinese to rub shoulders with the Nobel Prize.
Zhao Zhongyao was born when he happened to encounter the Pengshu Transformation Method, and when he grew up, he entered Southeast University, which is now Nanjing University, and he stayed in the school to teach after graduation, although his life was steadily advancing at this time, but he was not happy
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="65" > to study abroad</h1>
At that time, China's physics was in a state of infancy, and Zhao Zhongyao was working during the work, he realized that there was still a certain gap between China and Western countries, so Zhao Zhongyao decided to study abroad, and his decision would change the history of world physics.
Then he went to the California Institute of Technology in the United States, and was also accepted as a student by The Michigan Professor, when the tutor distributed the topic to each of them, as long as he completed the project, he could successfully graduate with a doctorate, but these topics were too simple for Zhao Zhongyao, he felt that he could not learn more useful knowledge in this way, so easily he could get a degree, it was not at all his original intention to study abroad, Zhao Zhongyao did not want this
So he went to Professor Millikan's office and wanted him to change a difficult topic for himself, but according to the rules and regulations at that time, what topic the tutor gave the student, the student had to do the topic, and after he broke the news, the teachers and students of the whole school were shocked, and some people dared to talk to the respected teacher like this
However, what everyone did not expect was that Professor Michigan did not get angry or scolded after listening to it, and actually really changed a topic for him, and Zhao Zhongyao, who received a new topic, still felt a little simple, thinking about whether to change another topic
But Michigan's face was a little ugly at that time, so he did not propose a replacement topic, and it is estimated that they would not have thought that Zhao Zhongyao's choice of topic this time made him almost take away China's first Nobel Prize
After a year of research, in 1929, Zhao Zhongyao published his own academic paper, which stated that he had discovered a beam of high-energy photons with hard Y rays during his research, and that when in contact with lead, a different phenomenon appeared
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="67" > miss the Nobel Prize</h1>
Then after a few months, Zhao Zhongyao had a new research result, he found the annihilation phenomenon of positive and negative electron pairs, once the research results were published, it instantly caused a sensation around the world, and Zhao Zhongyao also became the first person in the world to discover the existence of positrons, and these research results were enough to make him win the Nobel Prize. But the result is the opposite
In 1932, the Nobel Prize in Physics, when Zhao Zhongyao was awarded, he was actually not on the list, but there was another person who won the prize, that person was his classmate Carl David Anderson, because many world-class physicists in this incident were upset with Zhao Zhongyao, believing that Zhao Zhongyao was the winner of the medal
Later, after more than half a century of continuous negotiations, his classmates finally restored the truth of the matter, it turned out that when he was in school, he and Zhao Zhongyao's office were only separated by a wall, and after Zhao Zhongyao discovered positrons, he was inspired by this, in fact, the first discovery was Zhao Zhongyao
Anderson stepped on Zhao Zhongyao's shoulder to have this achievement. The mistakes of others have made Zhao Zhongyao lose his honor that should have belonged to him, and this history has been mentioned by many people in the physics community until now
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="69" > radium play a real role</h1>
When Zhao Zhongyao safely transferred 50 mg radium, because China was still in the war of resistance, these radium could not play a real value, and it was not until more than 20 years later that it came in handy. In 1946, the United States developed the first atomic bomb
When Zhao Zhongyao saw the mushroom cloud slowly blooming, his heart also ignited a fighting spirit, he wanted to use his own strength to contribute to the country, but if you want to make an atomic bomb, you must have an accelerator, the price of importing an accelerator is 400,000 US dollars higher, this price was really difficult for our country to afford at that time, in this case, Zhao Zhongyao decided to go abroad again to learn about accelerators.
After nearly four years of study, Zhao Zhongyao finally completed the purchase of accelerators and other equipment, just when he was preparing to return to China, he was targeted by the United States and demolished all the equipment he painstakingly studied, but Zhao Zhongyao was powerless and could only wait for a while, until 1950, Zhao Zhongyao was ready to return to China again.
However, just as the ship was about to set sail, they were searched again by Lao Mei's people, but fortunately only some books were taken away, and when the ship sailed through Japan, a yacht of Lao Mei came to detain Zhao Zhongyao and took Zhao Zhongyao for interrogation
In the face of their various means, Zhao Zhongyao never wavered, did not reveal half a word, and then with the help of Hong Kong, China, finally returned to the motherland, and brought back nearly 30 boxes of equipment, and then he immediately led the team to manufacture a VR accelerator belonging to China, laying a solid foundation for the successful launch of the atomic bomb in China
In 1964, a mushroom cloud slowly appeared over China's Lop Nur, which also meant that the first atomic bomb belonging to Our country was successfully exploded, and Zhao Zhongyao's name was also engraved in people's hearts. For a scientist like Zhao Zhongyao, do you have anything you want to say to him? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area below, friends remember to like more support, we will see you in the next issue.
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