Chapter 364 I'm Just a Math Professor

In Shangjing, inside the second ring road, an antique study room.

In front of the red log desk, an old man was sitting there, reading a letter in his hand.

Although he didn't quite understand what was written in the letter, his assistant had already marked the key points for him. He can still understand if he ignores those passages that are too professional and only focuses on the key points.

At this moment, footsteps came from outside the corridor, and there was a light knock on the office door.

The old man put down the letter in his hand and said, "Come in."

The door opened, and an old man in formal attire came in and said respectfully.

"Leader, are you looking for me?"

"I can't make up my mind about something, and I want to consult you," looking at Mr. Wu who walked in, the old man sitting behind the desk, and said slowly, "About that young man, do you think it's better to win the first prize or not?" How about second prize?"

Although the old man didn't say the name of that person, nor did he say what the first prize was, but Mr. Wu immediately guessed who the old man was talking about.

After hesitating for a moment, Mr. Wu said.

"I think neither the first prize nor the second prize is appropriate. Compared with the National Natural Science Award, the National Science and Technology Progress Award is more appropriate."

Although the National Science Progress Award is also one of the top five national awards, it is slightly lower than the National Natural Science Award.

To make an inappropriate analogy, it is probably similar to the difference between the city's three-good students and the district's three-good students.

Without answering this question, the old man thought for a moment and said as if talking to himself.

"In the 1980s, Mr. Chen won the first prize of the National Natural Science Award for his research on Goldbach's conjecture. According to this principle, he should be worthy of this honor."

As if guessing that the old man would say that, Mr. Wu gave a wry smile in his heart, and persuaded him.

"The situation in the 1980s was different from now. At that time, domestic academic circles lagged behind the world by a large margin. The Goldbach conjecture at that time was not only a Goldbach conjecture, but also a banner. But it is different now, brother Deerbach's conjecture is just Goldbach's conjecture, it's just a mathematical proposition."

The old man smiled and said, "What about lithium-sulfur batteries? This is finally a meaningful achievement."

According to the plan made in the white paper of the new energy development strategy of the original 135-year plan, the capacity of the battery should be increased to 300-350Wh/kg in 2020, and the cost target of 1 yuan/Wh should be achieved at the same time.

Now, with continuous breakthroughs in lithium battery-related technologies, the battery capacity on the market has more than doubled the expected data, and this goal has undoubtedly been exceeded.

As the solver of the "lithium dendrite problem" and the technical problems of lithium-sulfur battery anode materials, the young man's research results can undoubtedly be recorded in the entire strategic layout of Huaguo's new energy development.

For this young man who is capable and dares to be the first, what does the old man think and like.

Probably guessed the leader's attitude, as the leader of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Mr. Wu couldn't help making troubles for a while.

In fact, out of reason, he also thinks that Lu Zhou is worthy of this honor.

However, awards issued by national institutions are different from those issued by academic institutions. What needs to be considered is not only academic issues, but also the actual situation, especially the reactions of other people.

After a moment of silence, Mr. Wu changed his angle and spoke persuasively.

"You are awarding this honor to him now, what should you do if you wait for him to achieve greater achievements? Do you want to award him the honor of the highest science and technology award?"

The old man smiled indifferently, "If he really has this ability, why not?"

Elder Wu sighed softly: "The average age of the winners of the National Highest Science and Technology Award is over eighty years old. If it is awarded to a young man, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the public..."

After hesitating, he continued.

"Also, if a tree is more beautiful than the forest, the wind will destroy it. For him, this may not be a good thing."

Not necessarily a good thing.

This time the old man did not speak, as if he had thought of something, he nodded thoughtfully.

After about a minute of silence, the old man spoke.

"Go and do your work first, and I'll think about it later."

Director Wu breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "Yes."

After that, he turned and walked towards the door.

However, just as he walked to the door, the old man's voice came from behind.

"Wait a moment."

Stopping at the door, Director Wu looked back and said respectfully, "Is there anything else?"

The old man picked up a letter from the desk and gently pushed it out with his index finger.

"I have a letter here, take it back and think about it."

Director Wu immediately took the letter over, unfolded it and looked at it.

Then, he froze slightly.

I saw a line of title written on the letter.

"On the Application of Computing Science in Frontier Research Fields and the General Trend of Future Discipline Development"

...

At this moment, Lu Zhou, who was far away in Germany, didn't know where the letter he sent to Jinling University was sent layer by layer, and who handed it to whom in the end.

Pure science interested him more than politics.

After returning from the embassy, ​​he and Professor Klitzing went to Greifswald, a city in eastern Germany.

This small town with a population of less than 70,000 people almost exists for the University of Greifswald, quietly located on a corner of the Baltic Sea coast. To make an inappropriate metaphor, this place is like the German version of Princeton, away from the hustle and bustle of the city, it is very suitable for reading and retirement.

However, the destination of Professor Lu Zhou and Professor Klitzing's trip was not Greifswald University, but the Spiral Stone 7-X Institute located on the outskirts of the small town.

Walking into the research institute, Professor Klitzing brought Xiang Lu Zhou to a laboratory, found the person in charge here, and introduced him.

"This is the Professor Ralph Kleber I told you about. He has been working here for ten years and is probably one of the oldest researchers and engineers here."

"That's right, I watched this little guy grow up, including its father," Professor Kreber, who took off his helmet and tucked it under his arm, grinned and stretched out to Lu Zhou. Right hand, "Welcome! Professor from Princeton University, I'm glad you are interested in this great project."

Speaking of the stellarator, it has a lot to do with Princeton University. Although Germany is today the leader in this technology, the concept was first put forward by Professor Lyman Spitzer, a physicist at Princeton University.

It's just that this idea was considered too advanced at the time, and it was impossible to realize no matter from the perspective of materials science or engineering.

It was not until more than ten years later that the prototype of the first stellarator was born. However, until today, fifty years later, the stellarator is only a prototype, and there are still fifty years to go before the idealized blueprint is fully realized.

Shaking his hand, Lu Zhou smiled sheepishly and said modestly.

"I'm just a professor of mathematics. I don't have any research on nuclear fusion. I'm here to bother you mainly to satisfy my personal curiosity. I'm afraid I can't help you much."

"Haha, what does it matter? In my opinion, the professors of mathematics at Princeton are more remarkable than the professors of physics," Professor Kreber laughed, and said yes to a Nobel Prize winner in physics without hesitation. Very rude words for physicists.

Without giving Professor Klitzing a chance to refute, after a pause of less than half a second, he put the helmet back on his head.

"You came at the right time, there is an experimental arrangement today. Come with me, I will take you to see our little guy."

After that, he waved and led the two of them towards the door.