The Science Fiction World of Xueba

Opening the magazine, Pang Xuelin directly skipped the two columns of Science News (Science News) and Science Guide (), and turned to the paper section (Research) at the back.

In this issue of "Scince", there are more than 50 pages in the thesis section, and all of them are given to the M theory that I and Witten are the first authors and another article "The Large N Limit of Hyperconformal Field Theory" written by myself and supergravity" paper.

Pang Xuelin flipped through it roughly, and found that the paper was basically not revised, and it was published in the full version. At the back of the paper, relevant comments from the reviewers were attached.

"Pang and Witten have completed an excellent work. The emergence of M theory is expected to become the main candidate for the theory of everything, the ultimate theory used to explain the origin of the universe, and may be the unified field theory that Einstein pursued throughout his life The final answer: the universe was formed spontaneously without a first driving force to promote the formation of the universe. In particular, the discovery of the AdS/CFT duality provides the M-theory for the special case of anti-de Sitter space-time geometry a complete definition of..."

"Pang is a great mathematician, but his mastery of physics is among the best even in the field of theoretical physics... This time, he cooperated with Witten to derive novel and profound physical theories with ingenious mathematical methods... M-theory will undoubtedly have a major impact on the development of physics in the future..."

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The influence of "Science" magazine is undoubted. On the second day after the publication of this issue of "Science", Pang Xuelin and Witten made the headlines of major media around the world.

"M theory leads the future of physics, Pang Xuelin and Edward Witten are expected to become the next Einstein."

"Following their emergence in the world of mathematics, Chinese gifted teenagers once again demonstrated their extraordinary talents in physics. M theory will usher in a new era of physics."

"The new discoveries of Pang Xuelin and Edward Witten are expected to unify general relativity and quantum mechanics."

"Genius scholars in China show their extraordinary talents in physics, M theory and AdS/CFT are dual, constructing a new physics framework..."

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In just a few days, Pang Xuelin's name once again caused a stir around the world, and the country is no exception.

"Xuelin, why don't you say hello? It's too surprising. When I heard the news, I thought someone with the same name as you. Now the country is going crazy, and the media is everywhere. It's your news."

When Luan Jingtong called, there was still a hint of surprise in his tone.

Although he knew that Pang Xuelin had been cooperating with Edward Witten on research, he never expected that the two of them would launch such a large satellite.

In one year, one "Annual Journal of Mathematics" and two "Science", and all of them are in the fields of mathematics and physics, can be regarded as major breakthrough papers.

These two are also Tsinghua scholars, which plays an extremely important role in enhancing Tsinghua University's international reputation and academic status.

Pang Xuelin smiled and said, "Principal Luan, I'm just publishing papers normally, it's not that exaggerated."

Luan Jingtong said with a smile: "Now the whole of China is added up every year, and the number of CNS-level papers is only a handful. You have contributed two papers alone. This is not an exaggeration. Okay, when will you return to China? Now the domestic physics community going crazy

Ask me for news every day, I hope you can hold a report meeting in China as soon as possible. "

Pang Xuelin said: "I guess it will have to wait until at least April. Princeton has arranged two lectures. I can't shirk it for the time being."

Comrade Luan Jing said: "Okay, let's talk about it. When I return to China on April 1, I will ask someone to help you book a ticket back to China as soon as possible."

After all, Luan Jingtong didn't give Pang Xuelin a chance to refuse, and hung up the phone directly.

Listening to the beeping sound from the other end of the phone, Pang Xuelin was stunned for a long time before shaking his head with a smile.

He is not too surprised by the storm caused by these two achievements in the academic world.

This is the achievement that laid the foundation for the research direction of the theoretical physics community in the next decades or even a hundred years, especially the AdS/CFT duality, which indirectly supports nearly half of the scholars in the high-energy physics community in the future.

The only regret is that these two research results are basically impossible to be verified in a short period of time.

Therefore, there is no need to think about the Nobel Prize, but the Dirac Prize, the highest award in the field of theoretical physics, can be expected.

Plus the Fields Medal that has basically been determined.

With these two awards in hand, Pang Xuelin's position in the domestic academic circle will undoubtedly be further consolidated.

Throughout March, Pang Xuelin was busy.

In addition to attending lectures arranged by Princeton University, he also frequently accepts interviews with Western media.

This time, no unsightly media raised any doubts.

One time may be luck, two or three times, it can only be strength.

Some media even directly predicted that with Pang Xuelin's age and academic achievements, maybe the next Newton and Einstein are not far away.

In early April, Pang Xuelin returned to China and was warmly welcomed by the country.

In the next two months, Pang Xuelin gave five lectures at Tsinghua University, Fudan University, Zhejiang University, Sun Yat-sen University and Lincheng University respectively, and the venues were full.

Pang Xuelin's status in the domestic academic circle has also risen to an unprecedented height.

In June, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance and other departments jointly launched the Sunshine Project, and fully launched the plan for college students to go to the countryside to support education.

In July, Yang Quan completed the patent layout of sildenafil and atorvastatin in Europe and the United States, and officially returned to China.

In early August, Pang Xuelin received news from Wang Muhui that Pfizer was interested in the sildenafil patent.

In the same month, Pang Xuelin went to Zurich, Switzerland to attend the International Congress of Mathematicians and was officially awarded the Fields Medal.

In September, Transwarp Technology Co., Ltd. was formally registered, and a relevant team was formed to be fully responsible for the patent negotiation of sildenafil and atorvastatin.

After half a year of negotiations, in the end, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals obtained the patent authorization of the sildenafil patent in the non-Greater China region at a price of 500 million US dollars plus 8% of annual sales.

In December 1994, Pang Xuelin was officially elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and served as the vice president and dean of the School of Science of Tsinghua University.

In February 1995, the patent payment arrived, and Tsinghua University, which received a share of 50 million US dollars, established the Tsinghua Institute for Advanced Study under Pang Xuelin's suggestion. The first project of the institute was the preparation of graphene led by Pang Xuelin project.

The following month, the high-purity carbon nanotube project team was established.

In March, Pang Xuelin allocated 200 million U.S. dollars from the more than 400 million U.S. dollars in patent funds to establish the Rural Primary School Education Foundation, and cooperated with the Hope Project to start the construction of Pang Xuelin Hope Primary Schools across the country.

In June, Wang Muhui finished her studies at Harvard University and returned to China to marry Pang Xuelin.

In August, Trieste-based International Center for Theoretical Physics announced that Pang Xuelin won the 1995 Dirac Prize.

In the same month, the Tsinghua Institute for Advanced Study established an experimental team for the neutrino project in Daya Bay.

In September, the graphene project team led by Pang Xuelin published the latest paper in the "Nature" magazine, officially announcing the preparation of graphene through chemical methods, which once again caused a storm in the academic world.

In December 1996, Sildenafil Citrate Tablets manufactured by Pfizer Pharmaceuticals was officially launched in Europe and America under the trade name Viagra.

In the same month, the same drug manufactured by Xinghuan Pharmaceutical was launched in Greater China.

In May 1997, Atorvastatin, developed by Transwarp Pharmaceuticals, was officially launched in the Greater China region. Its excellent lipid-lowering effect has attracted widespread attention from the pharmaceutical industry.

In July, Pang Xuelin participated in the return ceremony of Hong Kong City.

In the same month, the Asian financial crisis broke out. Pang Xuelin borrowed 500 million U.S. dollars from the Bank of China and entered the business with 700 million U.S. dollars. After the financial crisis ended, his profit exceeded 10 billion.

In December 1997, Pang Xuelin once again injected 2 billion US dollars into the Rural Primary School Education Foundation to build Pang Xuelin Hope Primary School and improve the treatment of rural primary school teachers and supporting students.

In January 1998, the Star Ring Fund was established. In September of the same year, the Star Ring Fund invested in Google with US$5 million and obtained a 49% controlling stake in Google. In December, the Star Ring Fund invested 10 million RMB Invest in Penguin and obtain a 51% controlling stake.

In March 1998, Tsinghua Institute for Advanced Study completed the preparation of high-purity carbon nanotubes, which was published in Nature Nanotechnology.

In the same month, the Daya Bay team officially observed neutrino oscillations in the experiment, and the results were published in the top international physics journal "Physical Review Letters" for the first time.

In October 1999, Pang Xuelin accidentally received a call from the Nobel Prize Awarding Committee, because of the achievements of the chemical synthesis of graphene project, he won the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (in the real world, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novo Xiao Luofu used mechanical methods to separate graphene from graphite and won the Nobel Prize in Physics, becoming the first Chinese to win the Nobel Prize in Science)

In December, Pang Xuelin and his wife attended the award ceremony of the Nobel Committee.

In September 2001, Pang Xuelin made more than 10 billion U.S. dollars in profits by planning 911 in advance.

In the same year, Pang Xuelin once again injected tens of billions of dollars into the Rural Education Foundation. In December, the 10,000th Pang Xuelin Hope Primary School was completed in Liangshan Prefecture, Xichuan Province. Pang Xuelin attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Before I knew it, ten years passed by.

Ah Qing has also grown into a slim girl, studying in the Department of Mathematics of Tsinghua University as an undergraduate.

Of those students in Lingziding Village Elementary School, more than ten of them were admitted to university. Others, some worked outside, some started small businesses, and some started companies. Basically, they all lived well. .

The only thing these people have in common is that every year, they find a day to come to Tsinghua University and Pang Xuelin to get together, and when they go home, they will also burn incense in front of Hu Wenbin's grave.

But Pang Xuelin never received a reminder that the task was completed.

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