Chapter 84 The Greatest Liberal Arts Student in History
Chapter 84 The most awesome liberal arts student in history
Seeing Xu Chuan, the old man standing in position C walked over with a smile and stretched out his right hand.
"Classmate Xu Chuan, congratulations."
Xu Chuan shook hands politely, and the media photographer who was selected to come in clicked and kept the picture.
On the side, Rong Zhizhuan, the dean of the Institute of Science and Technology, smiled and explained: "This is our Mayor Jiang of Jinling."
Xu Chuan suddenly realized and greeted respectfully: "Hello, Mayor Jiang."
Mr. Jiang smiled kindly and said: "You don't have to be so polite, classmate Xu Chuan, I heard that you caught a cold two days ago while studying scientific issues. Are you feeling better now?"
"It's fine now, I kept worrying you."
Xu Chuan was a little embarrassed. He didn't expect that he would alert the mayor because he caught a cold.
"That's good, that's good. Scientific research is important, but the body of a scientist is more important. You must always pay attention to your body. The future belongs to you young people. The development of the country also depends on you. You must pay attention to your health.
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Mr. Jiang patted Xu Chuan on the shoulder and continued: "In addition, on behalf of our Jinling City, I would like to say thank you for your contribution."
After graduating from his undergraduate degree, he joined the think tank running for president. At that time, he participated in the Democratic presidential campaign and spent about a year.
At 28, he became a full professor at Princeton University, and two years later he won one of the first so-called genius grants awarded by the MacArthur Foundation.
Currently, Professor Witten is the only one who can be top-notch in physics and mathematics at the same time.
As for interviews, although Xu Chuan doesn't like this kind of thing very much, he is not unfamiliar with it. After all, he has experienced a lot in his previous life.
This time it was shorter. After only half a year of studying, he couldn't stand the simplicity and boredom of economics. After that, he applied to Princeton University to major in applied mathematics.
Mr. Jiang laughed and said: "What's this? The real hard work and trouble are you, the frontline scientific researchers. We just did what we should do."
Although he is no longer short of money, who wouldn't like it if he had money? And from what I heard, the reward this time will probably not be small.
Of course, the one who stayed for the interview was the dean of NTU’s School of Mathematics. Although the focus was not on him, this was a good opportunity to expand the influence of NTU and NTU’s School of Mathematics.
But whether he transferred schools, dropped out of school, changed majors, or engaged in campaign work, these detours did not slow him down.
The reporters and media outside had dispersed. Rong Zhizhuan glanced at the sunset hanging on the horizon and said with a smile: "Classmate Xu Chuan, how about we go have dinner together? I'll treat you."
Compared with the geniuses in novels, Edward Witten is a truly ungrateful character.
"Taking into account the situation of classmate Xu's family, our city held an emergency meeting and specially customized a material reward. After all, no matter how hard it is, we can't punish students, and no matter how poor we are, we can't deprive scientific research."
As his teacher at Princeton in his previous life, he couldn't understand it better.
After spending more than two hours being interviewed by Yang Ma, Xu Chuan walked out of the teaching building together with Rong Zhizhuan, dean of the School of Mathematics.
Because in college, his major was liberal arts history, which had nothing to do with physics and mathematics.
Xu Chuan said modestly: "I just proved a mathematical problem."
After a brief stay in applied mathematics, he transferred to the Department of Physics at Princeton. He completed his master's and doctoral thesis in theoretical physics at Princeton.
After all, we are all busy people, and we don’t have much time to waste. It is enough to show up in front of the media, express the importance that the country and Jinling City attach to scientific research talents, and expand Jinling’s influence.
Any one of them is a result that an ordinary mathematician or physicist may not be able to produce after a lifetime of research.
Mentioning Witten, Xu Chuan also laughed.
In 1990, at the age of 38, he won the Fields Medal. He is the only "non-mathematical professional" to win the Fields Medal so far.
"You have become famous this time. What are your plans in the future? Why don't you just come to Mathematics Institute and concentrate on studying?" Rong Zhizhuan asked with a smile.
He was rated as the sixth most influential figure after World War II by the American "Life" magazine. He has the highest H-index among contemporary physicists. He has profound physical intuition and superb mathematical abilities.
It can be said that among the top awards in physics, he is only short of the Nobel Prize in Physics, which is probably the most regrettable thing.
"I think it's good now."
Mr. Jiang smiled and praised a few words, and then said: "Adhering to education as the foundation, jointly rejuvenating the country through talents, and rejuvenating the country through science and education are not only our country's strategic policy, but also the focus of our Jinling City's education work."
Hearing this, Xu Chuan's eyes lit up and he said, "I'd like to thank Mayor Jiang and all the leaders for your hard work."
It was during mealtime that someone invited me to treat him, and Xu Chuan naturally would not refuse. They walked side by side to the No. 2 Faculty and Staff Canteen.
"Haha, Mr. Xu is so humble. This is a problem that has troubled the mathematics community for nearly forty years. You have earned a dazzling honor for Nanjing University and Jinling all over the world."
Hearing this, Rong Zhizhuan shook his head and said: "You are ambitious and ambitious. You don't want to give up on mathematics and physics. Are you ready to be the next Witten?"
He exchanged some boasts with the leaders from the city. Under the witness of CCTV, Mr. Jiang personally handed over a huge sample of KT check worth 500,000 yuan to Xu Chuan. After taking a photo together, the city leaders left.
, leaving him alone to be interviewed by CCTV.
Then he felt that politics was too boring and fake, so after getting tired of the fake political life, he went to the University of Wisconsin to study economics.
He has won various awards such as the MacArthur Foundation, Fields Medal, Einstein Medal, Newton Medal, Lorenz Medal, Poincaré Medal, Crafford Mathematics Medal, and the National Medal of Science of the United States.
Xu Chuan smiled and declined the dean's kindness. Physics is his root, and this will never change in his two lifetimes.
Proof of the positive energy theorem of general relativity, supersymmetry and Morse's theory, topological quantum field theory, superstring compactification, mirror symmetry, supersymmetric gauge field theory, conjectures on the existence of M theory, etc. These are all his contributions to physics.
and contributions to mathematics.
And the face of Yang Ma still needs to be given. Although the person who comes is not a boss, she is still Yang Ma after all.
This 'twisting' or 'bright' life constitutes his immortal legend, and he is also known as 'the best liberal arts student in history'.
He learned a lot from Witten, whether it was mathematics or physics, and he benefited a lot from it.
As for the second Witten, he is not the second Witten, but the first Xu Chuan.
His achievements in his previous life have already surpassed those of his teacher, and he will only go further in this life.
