My 1979

Chen Shuo took off his glasses and rubbed them, "You old boy, you have never told the truth. I don't know your level. How can Boss He not know your level? But I have to thank you. Without you, I wouldn't be able to do it." Toward the direction of condensed matter.”

"What does it have to do with me?" Li He was curious.

"Boss He, do you want beer or red wine? Red wine then." When the food and wine were served, Chen Shuo gave the red wine to his wife, asked her to pour it, and then drank beer with Li He. "In 1982, Alan A Spey and his collaborators completed the quantum entanglement experiment, revealing the errors in the EPR thought experiment conducted by Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen. They won the Nobel Prize in Physics that year.

I remember that in class, you made a classification and statistics of more than 100 physicists who have won the Nobel Prize in Physics according to the subject distribution of their award-winning achievements.

Then it was discovered that most of the results of the Nobel Prize in Physics were concentrated in five fields: theoretical physics, high-energy physics and particle physics, atomic and nuclear physics, solid and condensed matter physics, and experimental and applied physics.

Everyone still laughs at you because you have nothing to do.

Don’t you know, I kept it in mind, and you also predicted at that time that condensed matter physics would definitely win a large number of awards in the future, and it would have development potential, and it would be the growth point of the Nobel Prize in the future.

Now it seems that your prediction is so accurate. Another feature of the Nobel Prize awards after the 1980s is that condensed matter physics has won a large number of awards. Everyone calls condensed matter physics 'future physics', which is currently a relatively cutting-edge physics discipline. .

I, you can’t be convinced. "

After that, I raised a glass with Li He.

"Hey, I almost forgot if I didn't mention this," Li He finished his drink in one gulp, "Later, Professor Wu saw that statistic, and he asked me to supplement it and published it in a physics journal.

You are very ambitious. A Nobel Prize is not a big problem for you. "

"Stop flattering me."

"This is not flattery. There are so many Chinese who have won the Nobel Prize, why can't it be you?" Li He asked.

"I like to hear this. In fact, don't mention it. The Chinese account for a very small proportion of the population of the United States, only a few points." Chen Shuo poured a cup of wine for Li He. "But Chinese scientists account for at least 10% of the academicians of the American Academy of Sciences." , if you look at Silicon Valley, it’s all Chinese and Indian.

Hey, I don't really care. I just hope that someone in our country will win a Nobel Prize. "

"When we graduated from university, the first batch of Ph.D.s in China had just graduated. Besides, who can win the Nobel Prize now, which one was not made by continuously throwing money at no matter the cost?" Li He said helplessly, "In our country, who can win the Nobel Prize? , we are still talking about catching up with the international advanced level. It will probably take a few years before we dare to say 'leading' in a certain field, but the foundation is different."

"It's true. Basic scientific research often requires decades of persistence. If you don't sit on the bench for ten or eight years, you don't have to think about it at all. Just look at the age of the Nobel Prize winners." Chen Shuo met Li Yi. Without moving his chopsticks, he said, "Big niece, you're welcome to eat a little. In the past, the average starting age was 59 years old, but now it seems that with the rapid development of science and the increasingly subdivided research fields, the number of Nobel Prize winners in science is getting older. The trend is becoming more and more obvious.

Take last year's Nobel Prize winners as an example. Boyle of Bell Labs was 85 years old when he won the prize, and Gao Kun, also of Chinese descent, was 76 years old when he won the Nobel Prize.

As for us, it has only been a few years since we truly established a scientific research system. "

"If you don't tell me, I really haven't noticed it." Li He has a talent for talking. When this topic comes up, he is unwilling to press it. "Another point is that there are many achievements in the first few decades of reform and opening up. , but almost no articles are published abroad, and it is basically difficult for foreign countries to understand our scientists."

"I returned to China the year before last to participate in the Yangtze River Scholars Program. The country has changed a lot in recent years. I visited a lot of scientific research institutes," Chen Shuo exclaimed. "Achievements in quantum information, dark matter, superconductivity, artificial intelligence, etc. Outstanding, so now every time I think about what you said before, I really admire you. What you said, there is no reason why we can't develop!"

"Do you have any plans to return to China?" Li He suddenly asked.

"I can't go back." Chen Shuo shook his head bitterly, "I didn't go back more than 20 years ago because I thought this was paradise and I was pursuing the American dream. Now I don't go back because I can't go back. My home used to be In the old lanes of Pujiang, such as Siwenli, Shangxianfang, Bugaoli, Siming Villa...

I used to be able to walk with my eyes closed, but I could no longer be familiar with it. I rode a bicycle and liked to walk through the streets and alleys. Now it has been demolished and renovated. All the neighbors have disappeared. Relatives have not been in contact all year round and are very unfamiliar. When I go back what?

Besides, the children all grew up in the United States. They have their own jobs, their own friends, and the family. They certainly can’t go back with us. What’s more, they can’t speak a word of Chinese, so they can’t go back with us. My girl has been in Hong Kong for a few years due to work reasons and can speak a little Cantonese. "

"Understood." Li He raised his glass.

The meal lasted until about two o'clock in the afternoon, and He Fang took the opportunity to go to the bathroom to buy the order.

"What is this for?" Chen Shuo was very angry.

"Old classmate, who of us cares about these thousand dollars now?" He Fang said with a smile, "It's a convenient thing."

The two families came out of the hotel to say goodbye.

"When you come to the United States when you have time, you must come to me." Chen Shuo held Li He's hand and was reluctant to let go.

"Definitely." Li He waved goodbye.

The family did not get in the car but continued shopping along the street.

Li Yi suddenly said, "Dad, you were so powerful before."

Her father used to be a professor of physics, but she never discussed physics topics with her father, so she really didn't know what level her father was.

He Fang said, "The physics textbooks in universities now are all compiled by your father."

"Really?" Li Yi was surprised. Of course she didn't know that she didn't go to university in China.

"Haha, I'm not the editor-in-chief, I just participated in part of the work." Li He said this, but there was no way to hide the pride on his face.

Li Yi said with a smile, "Comrade Li, you are very good."

"Nonsense, you know astronomy from above and geography from below."

"Zhongxiao Renren; Yin and Yang, understand the Eight Diagrams; Xiaoqimen, know Dunjia. Through strategizing, victory thousands of miles away." Her old man was out of breath again, and she took over for him. She also doesn't know when her father will change his habit of bragging.