Chapter 153 The Sea of Stars
After visiting Yingcai Bookstore, Song Nanfeng took Wu Bin to visit national scientific research institutions such as the National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Luzhou Synchrotron Radiation Light Source, Steady State High Magnetic Field Experimental Equipment, Brain-inspired Intelligence Technology and Application, etc. Unfortunately, they were all only You can have a good time outside by looking around, but you can't go in.
Looking at Wu Bin's eyes as if he saw a new toy, Song Nanfeng smiled and said, "How is it? It's not bad, right?"
"Yeah, it seems quite interesting." Wu Bin nodded.
"Even though our school is not big, our funding is pretty good. The funding approved during the 11th Five-Year Plan can be as high as 6 billion, and we have undertaken 87 major national science and technology projects and research plans. As long as you come to our school, you will be rewarded." opportunity to participate.”
Looking at Wu Bin's glowing eyes, Song Nanfeng struck again while the iron was hot: "For example, the recent hot topics such as quantum information, single molecule science, high temperature superconductivity, and nanoscience, our school is at the forefront of innovation in the world, and you can't do it anywhere else. Neither can Jingbei.”
After hearing this, Wu Bin couldn't help but swallowed his saliva, because now there is no professor Luo Wenmin to sing opposite to Song Nanfeng, so Song Nanfeng can do whatever he wants to talk about HKUST now.
But of course Wu Bin would not think that Song Nanfeng was bragging, because he had actually done some research before coming here, and knew that Hua Ke University, a university that was far less famous than Jingbei, but whose scores had never fallen below the standard, did have many universities. Very "interesting" place.
For example, "211 Project", "985 Project", "Everest Plan", "111 Plan", "2011 Plan", "Knowledge Innovation Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences", "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Plan", members of "Nine School Alliance", etc. It has all the titles of the top universities in the country.
For example, this is a school where the dormitory has no Internet connection, but the library network is quickly becoming a wild horse. Hot water in the dormitory building costs money, but boiling water in the teaching building is free to express "fatherly love".
All the designs and regulations of the entire school seem to be sternly saying to all students: "Why are you staying in the dormitory? Get the hell out of the library!"
For example, in the 50 years since its establishment, this is a top-tier university that has persisted in “not expanding enrollment” and followed the elite education route even in the post-1999 national wave of college enrollment expansion.
In 2001, Jinghua University recruited 2,200 people, University of Science and Technology of China recruited 2,000 people, and Huake University recruited 1,800 people.
In 2014, Jinghua University recruited 3,372 students, University of Science and Technology of China recruited 7,300 students, and Huake University recruited 1,950 students.
Of course, the reason for not expanding enrollment is to maintain teaching quality, which is also related to the philosophy adhered to by HuaTech. Zhu Qingshi, the former president, said: "Every university should have a 'limit capacity', with a class of 20- If there are 30 students, there will be good communication and exchange opportunities between teachers and students. If there are 40-50 students, it has reached the limit of endurance. If there are more, the class will become a 'report meeting'."
But correspondingly, as long as you are admitted to HKUST, you can choose your major as a freshman, and the treatment will be the same as in elite colleges of various top universities.
In addition, under such an elite education system, the fruits harvested are also amazing.
One of them is that the proportion of academicians at USTC is astonishingly high. Since the first graduates in 1963, a total of 53 graduates from USTC have been elected as academicians of the two academies, known as one academician for one thousand people! It is the best in the country.
You know, this is an academician! The ultimate goal that an academic can dream of, the highest level in the domestic scientific research circle!
"Hey, what are you thinking about?" Song Nanfeng asked, patting Wu Bin who was in a daze.
"Oh, it's nothing." He turned around and looked at Song Nanfeng: "Professor, can I ask a question?"
"Of course, just ask."
"What is the most outrageous research direction in theoretical physics right now?"
"You are really good at asking some weird questions..." Song Nanfeng thought for a moment after finishing speaking, "What I am personally more interested in is probably whether humans can travel through time and space."
"Huh!? Have you already started studying this?"
"Of course not. Didn't you say it was a bit outrageous? This can be regarded as a representative one." Song Nanfeng found a bench and sat down and continued: "Initially, this argument appeared in Einstein's theory of relativity. Einstein believed that if a person could travel faster than the speed of light in space, without considering the increase in mass and being torn apart, then you could travel to the future."
"Oh, I know this. The faster the speed of an object, the slower the internal time is relatively speaking. When it reaches the speed of light, time will stop. If it exceeds the speed of light, time will flow backwards, right?"
"Well, there are three kinds of time in the universe. One is cosmic time, but earth time. The other one is black hole time. If you have the opportunity to go to a black hole for a second, your son may be dead when you return to earth. I’m seventy and eighty years old, so you don’t need me to explain why?”
Wu Bin nodded.
Because the concept of time was originally set up by humans for the convenience of recording, and in the theory of relativity, time and space are indistinguishable and are called space-time.
That is, time equals space.
Well, you may not have heard of time being distorted, but you must have heard of space being distorted, and this is what black holes are good at. Its powerful gravity is enough to distort space.
This is why black holes can change the passage of time.
"As for time travel, because the sun is 150 million kilometers away from the earth, and the speed of light is 300,000 kilometers per second, it takes eight minutes for sunlight to reach the earth. In other words, the sun you see is actually the sun eight minutes ago. Then if you This second you are on the sun, and the next second you return to the earth at twice the speed of light, then eight minutes later you can see you eight minutes ago on the sun."
Seeing Wu Bin's expectant look, Song Nanfeng said: "If you are really interested, you can try astrophysics."
"Can mankind realize the sea of stars?" Wu Bin stared at Song Nanfeng curiously.
"Of course, I look forward to you making new breakthroughs for mankind." Song Nanfeng burst into laughter after saying this.
"Then...Professor, I have another question. Last time you said that medicine can also use physics knowledge. Can you be more specific with me?"
“Of course,” Song Nanfeng nodded, “our University of Science and Technology has always been at the forefront of life and health. Thermal medicine, sports medicine, laser medicine, nuclear medicine, and the now hot artificial intelligence are all closely integrated with physics and medicine. "
Wu Bin nodded thoughtfully after hearing this.
"Is there anyone you want to help?" Song Nanfeng asked.
"How did you know?" Wu Bin glanced at Song Nanfeng in surprise. Generally speaking, he should have asked him if he wanted to study medicine, right?
Looking at Wu Bin's surprised eyes, Song Nanfeng said with a smile: "The tone and demeanor when you asked this question are very similar to a student I taught. His name is He Jiang, but he was the first Chinese to give a speech at the Harvard Ph.D. graduation ceremony. Oh, and the content of his speech is still fresh in my memory.”
"Can you tell me about it?"
"certainly."
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