MTL - Into Unscientific-Chapter 426 Fairy Gathering (Part 1)
Chapter 426 Fairy Gathering (Part 1)
In the waiting hall.
Perhaps he was aroused by Xu Yun's words.
Lu Chaoyang also followed him and glanced around furtively, with a hint of gossip on his face, and said in a low voice:
"It is said that there will be a lot of bigwigs coming this time, and the Nobel Prize winners are all in double digits—not even a dozen or so. There are also many famous people who have not won the Nobel Prize."
"But because of this, the troubles in various departments are very happy."
"For example, many universities in China are looking for people through their connections, hoping to get a few qualifications to participate in the conference, and some even open their mouths and want to be in the top three rows."
"Even the host city was decided after several days of tossing around in Rongcheng. If it wasn't for Rongcheng's hard power to pass the test, this job would almost be taken away."
Xu Yun also nodded with emotion.
He is not very clear about the first point Lu Chaoyang said, after all, he is not even a deputy high school now.
Whether it's through the back door or asking for news, it's not his turn.
But this is not difficult to understand.
Just like the Cannes red carpet, there are always people who want to show up for exposure.
As for the second point
He heard Zhao Zhengguo vaguely mention it the day before yesterday.
Although this press conference is a matter for the scientific research circle, it is actually a political feast for the venue.
To put it more mysteriously, it is to enhance the image of the city and enhance the scientific research atmosphere.
To put it bluntly, it is a real political achievement.
So for the past two days.
Yanjing, Modu, Pengcheng, and even Luzhou are running up and down, trying to change the venue to their own territory.
Fortunately, the hard power of Chengdu is not weak. At the same time, it also undertook the project of the World Science Fiction Convention this year. The Hugo Awards will be announced in China for the first time.
Therefore, Chengdu has been preparing for the World Science Fiction Convention since a long time ago.
As a result, I didn't expect that the Science Fiction Convention hadn't opened yet.
The preparatory work in advance has played a good role in the press conference of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
It can be regarded as unintentional insertion.
It can only be said that under this feast, all kinds of monsters and monsters appeared, which really opened Xu Yun's eyes.
Of course.
Compared with those monsters, Xu Yun is more curious about
Who will be there this time?
To know.
Before this, the Academy of Sciences sent invitation letters to almost all top institutions in the world, sincerely inviting people from all walks of life to come to Chengdu.
Almost on the day the letter was sent, no less than ten Nobel laureates expressed that they would be there in person.
This is why Xu Yun is sure that this press conference will be the feast with the highest gold content since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
But for the sake of confidentiality.
After the first day.
The Academy of Sciences kept the list of participants confidential.
Xu Yun and others only know that there are about six or seven hundred participants, and that there are three hotels where they stay: Niccolo Rongcheng, St. Regis and Waldorf Astoria.
As for who are the top bosses, no one knows.
Although there are not as many bigwigs in physics today as there were in Einstein-Dirac's time, there are still a few top figures.
Among them, there are even some characters who can be ranked in the top 30 or 40 in the history of physics—considering that the early masters of physics all had the blessing of establishing schools, this ranking is actually very high.
"I'm coming!"
And just when Xu Yun was fantasizing.
Near the exit of the special passage, there was a sudden commotion.
Then soon.
Hou Xingyuan and the high-ranking official from Chuanshu who were standing at the front straightened their collars one after another, and straightened the corners of their hems calmly.
At the same time Xu Yun noticed.
A young woman in workplace attire also moved to the left of Hou Xingyuan.
This is an interpreter from the Academy of Sciences. Since there are not many women on site, Xu Yun also wrote down her language direction:
Russian.
That is to say
The first boss to arrive should be a bear man.
Although furry bears are generally rejected in Europe nowadays, even furry bears are not allowed to participate in the World Cup and cat competitions.
But Huaxia does not have such a politically correct statement.
So it's normal for a big bear to appear here.
Physicist who is now a bear
Who could this be?
To know.
Today's pick-up order seems to be messy, but it is actually a pre-arranged 'rank'.
Otherwise, Angus would not have asked Lucas to board the plane at Geneva Airport at six o'clock in the morning.
Because their 'position' is fixed, in a middle range, the corresponding shift must be on time.
Whoever takes the lead, who plays in the middle, and who is the finale, all have pre-ranked positions.
Of course.
This ranking is limited to the boss.
Professors or journalists like ordinary people are naturally not included, there are probably only a few dozen who meet the requirements.
After about a minute or so.
At the end of the special passage, a tall and grey-haired old man appeared.
The old man was holding a bottle of vodka in his hand, which seemed to be from the VIP lounge.
After seeing this person.
Hou Xingyuan, who had been waiting here for a long time, stepped forward quickly, stretched out his hand enthusiastically, and greeted him.
Upon seeing this, the old man with the hairy bear shook hands with him very politely, and even hugged him.
Because the distance is too far, Xu Yun will not be able to hear what the two said clearly for a while, and can only see that both sides are very positive.
But after seeing the face of the old man and the first pick in the game.
A guess appeared in his mind.
It's just that he hasn't seen the real person of the other party very much, so he is not sure about it.
So he lightly touched Lu Chaoyang's arm, and asked in a low voice:
"Professor Lu, is this Mr. Polyakov from Mao Xiong?"
Lu Chaoyang nodded calmly, affirming:
"Well, I heard him lecture at Princeton."
Although Xu Yun was prepared in his heart, he was still shocked after receiving Lu Chaoyang's affirmation.
It was him!
Polyakov.
If you search for this name in China, there is a high probability that the result from Baidu is a bear pilot with the same name.
But in fact.
In today's physics world, there is a more famous giant who also has this name.
He is Alexander Polyakov.
Compared with this Chinese name, the name Alkexander Polyakov should be more widely known.
He has made a pioneering contribution to two-dimensional conformal field theory, and won the Dirac Medal in 1986.
Whether it is the Plyakov action or the conformal bootstrapping method, it is a foundational work.
He has not won a Nobel Prize, but this is not because he is not qualified, but because the Nobel Prize pays more attention to results.
Not to mention his fame and status, he even exceeds 80% of the Nobel Prize winners.
The well-known physicist Landau once made a ranking table of physicists, from 0 to 5 according to the logarithmic calibration of creativity, or the Landau scale.
Landau ranking is logarithmic coordinates, every other level differs by ten times.
0 flow is the highest, 5 flow is the lowest.
Landau believes that Mavericks is a zero-level physicist, unmatched, meaning "God"
Einstein is a 0.5-rate physicist, with one person under ten thousand.
Bohr Schrödinger, Heisenberg, Dirac Feynman and others are top-notch physicists.
3 points are "mediocre physicist".
4 points are "hard-working fools"—in fact, many physicists rated 4 points have won the Nobel Prize in Physics.
For example, Zhao Zhongyao, a well-known Chinese physicist in the early days, was the great **** who explained the theory of hard gamma-ray scattering. He was the Chinese who discovered the positron. He was only rated as 4 points by Landau—his results were only different from Anderson’s. A very small step, you know, that was a Chinese in 1932. (Mr. Zhao Zhongyao's deeds are too short to say more here. I suggest you to Baidu. The real founder of Huaxia nuclear physics. Eight of the two bombs and one star exploits are his students. Unfortunately, he died a year earlier. , otherwise he must have a copy of the medal)
At last.
Ordinary physicists are set at tier 5.
means "stupid fool".
Landau rated himself as a 2.5-rate physicist at the beginning, but changed himself to a 2-rate physicist after receiving the Nobel Prize.
Before he died, he changed himself to a 1.5-tier physicist.
It is a pity that Landau passed away in 1968 and cannot continue to rate for future generations. (The original can be searched for "NewEinsteinsNeedPositiveEnvironment, IndependentSpirit" on PhysicsToday)
But if it is divided according to Landau's standards.
Polyakov is objectively ranked around 2.0.
Extreme points can even reach
1.5 streams.
By the way.
Nowadays, many people use the Landau ranking as a weapon to smear that Mr. Yang did not enter the top 100 Landau ranking, so Yang Lao has a false name.
What is the actual truth?
When Landau came up with the ranking for the first time, Mr. Yang was only 27 years old and had just graduated from the University of Chicago with a Ph.D.
It's outrageous to be in the top 100, okay?
As for Mr. Yang, after winning the award, Landau did not modify the ranking—because this ranking is equivalent to his own making and playing, and it is only spread in small circles.
Even if he is as arrogant and stubborn as Landau himself, he probably never thought that his ranking would be so authoritative and be used as a weapon to attack Elder Yang.
This matter can be regarded as a typical language with two sides.
There is nothing wrong with the statement itself, but the meaning expressed and the truth are completely different things - just like the so-called "stronger than Brazil, and only won the Huaxia team once in the World Cup".
The line of sight returns to the original place.
Except for some media, most of the people present today can be regarded as insiders.
So they knew Polyakov's status very well, and they all stepped forward to hug and shake hands with him.
Polyakov has received some unfair treatment due to the political situation in the past year. People in the industry still respect him, but the organizers of various conferences have refused to invite him to participate.
Facing such an enthusiastic Huaxia pick-up group now, his eyes were a little rosy with excitement, and even Davarish yelled out.
Polyakov did not look like an octogenarian who had just got off the plane, and he greeted each of them with more enthusiasm than the pick-up group.
A few minutes later.
Polyakov came in front of Lu Chaoyang and Xu Yun.
"Hey Lu!"
Polyakov didn’t know Xu Yun, but he was very impressed with Lu Chaoyang. After meeting, he gave him a big bear hug:
"It's been five years, is everything okay?"
Lu Chaoyang was a little out of breath by Polyakovel, so he could barely pat him on the shoulder, but the expression on his face was also very happy:
"Thanks to you, everything is going well recently. Your class helped me a lot."
The translator on the side quickly translated this sentence to Polyakov.
So
Polyakovle added a little more strength to Lu Chaoyang's hand, which made Lu Chaoyang almost lose face.
after awhile.
Polyakov let go of Lu Chaoyang, looked at Xu Yun beside him, and asked:
"Who is this"
Lu Chaoyang gritted his teeth and rubbed his shoulders, then patted Xu Yun's shoulder and introduced:
"This is my younger brother, Xu Yun, who is currently a doctoral student at HKUST."
Facing the stranger Xu Yun, Polyakov's attitude was not so enthusiastic.
He simply shook hands with Xu Yun, and then left the scene accompanied by several staff members.
Looking at Polyakov who was gradually going away.
Lu Chaoyang showed a treacherous smile.
He is looking forward to what kind of expression Polyakov will have on his face when he realizes that his little brother is the real root of all evil.
Ok.
Just to surprise Polyakov, not revenge for his neck being strangled
After Polyakov left.
About ten minutes passed.
The second place. Or the second group of bigwigs walked out of the passage.
There are a total of four big bosses who appeared this time, and they all seem to be over fifty.
The leader was a little old man with gray glasses and a small American lapel, with a bald forehead and prominent cheekbones.
Walking beside him was an old man in beige casual clothes with a hairless forehead and a neat gray-white beard at the corner of his mouth.
The remaining two followed behind the first two, with a gap of about half a body, and they seemed to be quite old.
Xu Yun stretched his neck to look at the four of them, and quickly identified the identities of the three of them:
Among them, the little old man with gray glasses is the most recognizable, and he can be seen as David Gross at a glance.
David Gross is a stranger across the sea, born on February 19, 1941.
Currently academician of Academy of Sciences across the sea and foreign academician of Huaxia Academy of Sciences.
He is an important figure in the field of theoretical physics in the 20th century, and also the discoverer of the asymptotically free property of the strong interaction.
In 2004, he won the Nobel Prize for the above contributions.
The Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was successfully established, and David Gross contributed a lot.
He is one of the few people who bears the title of foreign academician of Huaxia, but not only gives lectures, but also contributes to China in terms of scientific research.
At the beginning of the outbreak of a certain epidemic, he also donated 500,000 masks to support China.
But interestingly.
The shipment disappeared after entering the customs. David Gross even tweeted about it, expressing his confusion, but the result still disappeared.
all in all.
This is indeed a respectable scientist, at least he has done some practical things for Huaxia.
As for the old man in beige casual clothes next to David Gross, his appearance is also very recognizable.
He is Gerald Te Hooft.
This is also an extremely big guy who is well-known in the industry but little known outside the industry.
Yes, the ultimate guy who is stronger than David Gross.
He is somewhat similar to Polyakov, and belongs to the situation where the popularity of English names is higher than that of Chinese names:
right.
He is the famous 'tHooft.
T Hooft won the hard bone of proving the renormalization of the gauge field, which is the most difficult aspect of quantum field theory.
Actually, what many people don’t know is that.
Yang Mills Theory—that is, one of Yang Lao’s famous works, Hooft contributed the most to the precondition theory.
Other than that.
He is also the founder of the holographic principle. Multi-state thinking is equivalent to independently discovering the Higgs mechanism.
The holographic principle of gravity can be said to be one of the most subversive discoveries or ideas at the end of the 20th century.
It directly draws an "equal sign" between the quantum theory and the gravitational theory, and creates a unique way of quantum gravity.
This also brought a series of famous works by Leonard Susskind, Maldacena and many other physicists.
It can be said like this.
This discovery can be regarded as the third revolutionary understanding of gravity—the first two were the proposal of Newton’s law of universal gravitation and the establishment of Einstein’s general theory of relativity.
but!
but!
but!
Say important words three times.
Same as Hawking's black hole radiation.
till now.
There is still no way to verify this principle with sufficient experimental means.
Now the scientific community can only analyze the holographic property of gravity theoretically in the D-brane system in the string theory.
So a more appropriate name for this approach should be called "gauge-gravitational duality".
But Te Hooft was luckier than Hawking.
Although his holographic principle has not been confirmed, he won the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics for his quantum structure of weak electric interaction—this is just one of his more biased works.
If it is divided according to Landau.
David Gross can probably be ranked 2.5.
T Hooft.
Minimum is 2 streams.
If the holographic principle is confirmed.
He can immediately rise to the first rank, standing shoulder to shoulder with Dirac and others.
My dad is already a sheep, and my mother is not feeling well. My parents are 65+, my grandparents are 95+.
Now they insist on not letting me go down to help me write with peace of mind, and the situation at home is really not that bad, so I agree. Anyway, the retirement building where I live is only 20 minutes down the mountain.
But if the situation is dangerous, I will definitely have to go back to help, so I may ask for leave at any time in the future, please let me know
In addition, the words of writers are free
(end of this chapter)
