In the early 20th century, due to the turbulent social instability in Our country, the country's scientific development was extremely slow, and many scientists in China went abroad for further study during this critical period, and they had a unified name in the world: Chinese scientists.
Among these scientists, we have heard of Qian Xuesen, the father of the atomic bomb, but there is also a female scientist in China, who can be called the "mother of the atomic bomb", she is Wu Jianxiong, not only has a name like a man, but also has made achievements in the field of physics, no less than male scientists.
Among these scientists, Wu Jianxiong is a delicate flower, people are not only beautiful but also very strong, but because of the matter of nationality, she has been controversial all her life, although her reputation in our country is not very loud, but abroad, she has won all the awards except the Nobel Prize.
Wu Jianxiong was born in a family of scholars, his father was a very famous revolutionary, during Yuan Shikai's reign as emperor, his father, as the leader of anti-Yuan activities, had a strong patriotic heart, and her father was highly educated at that time, and the most annoying set of feudal theories.
Later, his father returned to his hometown, knowing that the idea of male superiority and female inferiority prevailed in his hometown, regardless of the obstruction of others, he resolutely decided to create a Matilda Girls' School, in order to block the mouth of everyone, he also sent his children here to study, it is worth mentioning that the father was afraid that his classmates felt that his daughter's name was too masculine, so he gave her a milk name Wei Wei.
Wu Jianxiong and her brothers received the same education, very happy, influenced by family culture, she liked to read at a very young age, and while reading, she could also have like-minded friends at the same time, which was a great gift for her.
After the successful graduation of Matilda Girls' School, many of her classmates chose to be a primary school teacher in the local area, work decently and easily, and then start a family, which is the choice of many female graduates, but Wu Jianxiong did not follow the general trend and chose to continue his studies.
Many reasons why a girl can take the unusual path so firmly are due to the encouragement of his father, who is an advanced intellectual, and does not think that his daughter's talent should stop at the family, so he constantly encourages Wu Jianxiong not to have concerns and to bravely move forward to his dreams.
After the success, Wu Jianxiong once said: "If my achievements stem from my talent for physics and my acquired efforts, then the person who gave me the opportunity to inspire all my talents is to constantly encourage me and firmly believe in my father." ”
Wu Jianxiong has always maintained the habit of reading, and when he was a child, he liked to read the biography of Marie Curie the most. At that time, she did not know that she would grow up like Marie Curie, occupying a place in the field of physics where men were the majority.
During her freshman year, her teacher was Hu Shi, who liked to read and had an intersection with Mr. Hu Shi. She studied Mr. Hu Shi's course very well, and mr. Hu Shi's evaluation of him was also very high, often taking her to visit literary people, and when talking with everyone, the collision of ideas benefited her a lot.
Mr. Hu Shi has a wide range of reading, Wu Jianxiong in order to be able to talk with Mr. Wu Jianxiong, read a lot of books, including physics-related works, as soon as the door of physics opened, she seemed to enter a mysterious world, let her linger here.
In her sophomore year, she moved to physics to continue her studies, and it was this year that she opened the door to a lifetime of physics career and shined in the field. Due to the national conditions, the development of physics in China is very slow, and Wu Jianxiong had to choose to study abroad to continue to complete the physics major.
Physics abroad developed very rapidly, and when she went abroad to learn new knowledge, it was like a fish returning to the water, where she met many excellent teachers, well-known scholars in the field of physics, and even Nobel laureates were her teachers.
Wu Jianxiong abroad did not dare to let down her vigilance, in the first few years, she knew that she was slower than other students, and at the beginning she studied very hard and worked tirelessly in the field of physics. Kung Fu pays off, and during his academic career, the last paper was published in the authoritative journal of physics.
This young Chinese scientist quickly caught fire in the physics world, and it was also from this time that Wu Jianxiong's name set a benchmark in the scientific community. This benchmark is not only a challenge to the mainstream thinking of males in academia, but also refreshes the world's perception of Chinese scientists.
When studying the first atomic bomb project in the United States, the experimental process encountered a bottleneck that was difficult to break through, and then the engineer who studied the atomic bomb thought of a paper published by Wu Jianxiong, and then invited her to participate in the engineering test as the person in charge.
Wu Jianxiong walked into the door of the laboratory and found that the scientists who studied the atomic bomb there were teachers they admired, and even many of them had won Nobel Prizes, and she cherished this opportunity very much, and when she put forward ideas in the experiment, she did not forget to learn from the teachers with an open mind.
Such an excellent talent, the United States is to retain no matter what, Wu Jianxiong at first did not agree to change the nationality, helplessly the United States to implement heavy pressure, so that she could not continue her study, in order not to be fixed by these rules, she had to submit to the nationality to American.
Although the nationality has changed, the feelings of the motherland have not changed, when Li Zhengdao and Yang Zhenning were studying the law of non-conservation, the research was not recognized by the physics community, and even if it was right, no one supported the two Chinese boys.
When Li Zhengdao was cornered, she found Wu Jianxiong, who was also a Chinese, at that time, she put down her big business and verified the experiments of the two in the laboratory day and night. It didn't take long for her to push the experiment back, and two Chinese lads got on the Nobel Prize stage.
Although Wu Jianxiong is often ridiculed by the Chinese people because of her nationality, no one knows her efforts for the motherland. At large international conferences, as the daughter of Suzhou, she will often wear clothes that symbolize the classical Chinese woman: the qipao to attend the meeting. She told the world with her own practical actions that I am Chinese.
Soon after, Wu Jianxiong married Yuan Jialuo, who was also an accomplished physicist, yuan Jialuo was also the grandson of Yuan Shikai, and all the savings accumulated by the two in the United States were donated to China to help Chinese revitalize. At that time, the scientific research and discussion of China and European countries was inseparable from the efforts made by the two people.
In the early days of the founding of the country, the country needed a large number of scientists, Wu Jianxiong did not devote himself to the construction of the motherland, coupled with the change of nationality, these factors did not criticize her, fortunately, in the end everything was developing in a good direction, in the last moment of her life, returned to her hometown Suzhou for burial, at the age of 85.
This little girl who liked the biography of Marie Curie from childhood, grew up to become a person like her, even if the world misunderstands her a lot, but she always maintained a pure heart to serve the country and contribute to the science of the motherland, there is a planet in the universe named after her, this planet symbolizes her contribution to science, will not fade with time.