Chapter 28 Burning Flame

【statistical physics】

"Statistical Physics"

Bi Wanqing knocked on the blackboard out of habit.

"Its function is to study the macroscopic motion laws of a large number of particles, atoms, and molecules. It is a very important branch of physics."

"Teacher, is this what you learned?" Wu Binfa asked.

"Well, I have learned a little bit." Bi Wanqing replied casually.

'I always feel that this point... contains the universe. ’

Wu Bin scratched his head, imagining that he would be able to pretend to be so perfect in such a natural tone in the future.

After answering Wu Bin's question, Bi Wanqing wrote another name on the blackboard.

【L.D.Landau】

"Landau, the textbook I most recommend in statistical physics is the textbook he wrote, because he himself is a master of condensed matter, and later published classic textbooks on mechanics, classical field theory, non-relativistic quantum mechanics, etc."

Speaking of this, Bi Wanqing showed some memories.

"His teaching materials cover a very wide range and are very clear in description. They have been revised and published to this day. It can be said that it has become a book."

Speaking of this, Bi Wanqing changed the topic, "After reading this book, I looked at the Chinese version of the physics statistics textbook. There are quite a lot of loopholes. The most important thing is that I can't always describe the key points. It's the kind that I can't scratch. When it comes to the parts that itch you the most, some of them will even give you the feeling that they were written upside down, making students completely confused when learning."

"You said that I asked you to read calculus as soon as you start mathematics, and then learn functions. Do you understand?"

"Definitely not." Wu Bin shook his head.

"Some textbooks will give people this feeling. Another point is that if you go to the library, you can find many translated scientific works, such as Wiener's "Cybernetics" and Poincare's "Science and Hypothesis." Fermat's "Introduction to Plane and Solid Trajectories" and so on, but their original works are all in English, do you know why I want to emphasize this?"

"Russian..." Wu Bin thought for a moment and replied: "Does this mean there will be deviations when they are translated into Chinese?"

After hearing this, Bi Wanqing gave an appreciative look, "That's almost right, but this deviation is not the kind of mistranslation you understand. To translate such a scientific work, the requirements for the translator are very high. The translator must not only be proficient in English, understanding various rare words, and at the same time having a deep understanding of the professional nature of the description of the book he translated.”

Bi Wanqing turned around and wrote two more words on the blackboard.

【understand】

"Different people will have different understandings and feelings when reading a novel. The same is true for scientific works. Many translations are actually very good, but they may still express something other than the original author's meaning."

"Oh~"

After hearing this, Wu Bin finally understood what kind of position English occupies in the scientific world.

After seeing Wu Bin understand, Bi Wanqing put down the chalk and sighed, "Do you know that during the Republic of China, the Chinese language was almost abolished?"

"Of course I know." Wu Bin nodded.

"It was because many people at that time believed that English could express the scientific system better than Chinese. But if we look at it from today's perspective, it was purely a case of seeking medical treatment out of necessity. If we want to say where Chinese lost, it only lost in its late start. .”

"At that time, or perhaps even now, after all the world's top scholars wrote their papers, they had to translate them into English and publish them in order to communicate. This is because English is the most popular language in the scientific community, which has led to the entire natural world. In the field of science, there are very few good Chinese textbooks. The further you go to school, the more you need to read foreign textbooks."

Bi Wanqing smiled bitterly after speaking, "Did I... go a bit far?"

"No, teacher, what you said is very profound and helps me a lot." Wu Bin replied seriously.

Bi Wanqing smiled after hearing this, "It's good if you think so. I heard Teacher Cai tell you in detail that you went from 0 points to full marks in physics in one month. Talent and hard work are both indispensable, so I I think you must be a teachable talent, so I want to say something to you."

"Thank you, teacher, for your teaching." Wu Bin said respectfully.

"I heard Teacher Cai say that your learning experience is to study 20 hours a day. Do you know what my first reaction was when I heard that?"

"I... don't know." Wu Bin shook his head, thinking that he probably thought I was bragging.

"I miss you." Bi Wanqing slowly walked off the podium, "There were so many students who studied hard in the past. Many of them made people feel bad just looking at them. They were so tired. They were really risking their lives studying.

"But after paying such a price, the rewards are naturally huge. Do you know how many times China has won IMO championships in the 15 years from 2000 to 2014?"

IMO Wu Bin has heard of it. The International Mathematical Olympiad, commonly known as the Mathematical World Cup, is a top platform for top mathematicians from all over the world to compete.

"I really haven't understood this." Regarding the world of the God of Learning, Wu Bin once had no intention of gossiping.

"12 times, 12 championships in 15 years, a brilliant record that made the whole world think that all yellow people are born with a calculation in mind." Bi Wanqing was full of energy when he spoke.

"Awesome!"

After listening to Wan Qing's words, a sense of national pride arose in Wu Bin's heart.

"But from 2015 to 2017, China has not won the championship for three consecutive years for the first time." Bi Wanqing sighed again.

"Why?"

"You must have heard the call for burden reduction more than once, right?"

"Yes." Wu Bin nodded.

I don’t know since when, burden reduction has almost become the most important aspect of the Education Bureau. A large number of policies introduced are related to burden reduction, such as the "Ten Prohibitions" in previous years.

This includes strictly prohibiting schools from organizing their own examinations to select students, strictly prohibiting schools in the compulsory education stage from using various competition certificates, subject competition results or grade examination certificates as the basis for enrollment, and strictly prohibiting schools in the compulsory education stage from setting up key classes, fast and slow classes in any name, etc.

"I know the children are working hard, but if they are not allowed to learn difficult knowledge, how can we select and identify those geniuses? When we are relaxing, other countries are still running forward. Last year, the Korean team won the IMO championship. , others got 170, but we only got 159.”

After finishing speaking, Wan Qing added, "When you have an idea of ​​the competition, you will understand what 11 points means."

After hearing this, Wu Bin fell into silence, but his heart was burning.