Zhu Xingbei Archive – The Fate of a Genius Physicist

Author: Liu Haijun
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: "The" gives us reason to believe that what we hastily passed by may just be the tip of the iceberg. A "history book" that we thought we had turned over countless times has yet to truly open——an internationally renowned scientific master known as "China's Einstein" by industry insiders; a brilliant physicist who once nurtured and inspired famous scientists like and , yet has never been mentioned for years. In 1972, , the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, returned to China. The leaders of the Party and State met him at the Great Hall of the People. When Premier Zhou Enlai expressed hope that could contribute to solving China's "talent gap" in education and introduce talented scholars from overseas to teach in China, said: "China is not short of talent and teachers to solve the 'talent gap' problem; it's just that they haven't been utilized. For example, my teacher, ." This is a piece of buried history, a mournful dirge, a record of the fate of a brilliant physicist, and a microcosm of the hardships and trials experienced by a generation of intellectuals in our country. , known as "China's Einstein," was not only mentor but also a world-class scientific master. However, due to historical reasons, this scientific master remains largely unknown to most Chinese people. Guided by the author's sharp, objective, and almost judgment-free writing, "The " flips through the records of before our eyes, leaving a powerful impact.