Mr. Huang Kun (1919-2005) is a theoretical physicist who made pioneering contributions to solid state physics and one of the founders of solid state physics and semiconductor physics in my country. From "Yellow Scattering" to "Yellow Equation", from "Yellow-Ress Factor" to "Yellow-Zhu Model", Mr. Huang's achievements in solid theory are well-known internationally. (For Huang Kun's academic achievements, please refer to "From Huang Kun Equation to Polarization Extremism")
September 2, 2019 is the 100th anniversary of Mr. Huang Kun's birth. On the 90th birthday of Mr. Huang, Academician Zhu Bangfen once expressed his thoughts on "A Letter from Huang Kun to Yang Zhenning in April 1947" and wrote an article to commemorate Mr. Huang. Today, "Return to Park" was authorized by Professor Zhu Bangfen to reissue this article, with the original text of Mr. Huang Kun's letter attached to express my miss for Mr. Huang. I hope Mr.'s profound knowledge and indifferent noble sentiment will always set a good example to the world and enlighten later learning.
Reading a letter from Huang Kun to Yang Zhenning in April 1947:
-commemorating the 90th birthday of Mr. Huang Kun
Writer| He is a classmate of the Research Institute of Southwest Associated University, under the tutelage of Wu Dayou, Wang Zhuxi and Zhou Peiyuan. The three of them are extremely talented in physics; they go to class together every day, make teahouses together after class to discuss various issues, and live in the same dormitory at night, and they are inseparable all day long. The three also share the work of a middle school teacher, which is called "three "Swordsman" (see Figure 1, the three swordsmen who reunited after a long absence).
Figure 1. On June 1, 1992, Peking University held a dinner for Mr. Zhou Peiyuan’s 90th birthday in Shaoyuan Restaurant. Before the dinner, the three old friends of the Southwest United University: Yang Zhenning (right), Zhang Shoulian (middle) and Huang Kun (left) reunited, leaving a precious group photo. Photographed by Shen Keqi and provided
After obtaining a master’s degree in physics, Yang Zhenning was admitted to the University of Chicago for a doctorate degree in the United States. Huang Kun was admitted to the University of Bristol at public expense and went to the University of Bristol to study under Mott (NF Mott, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1977); Zhang Shoulian went to the Department of Electronic Engineering at Purdue University. After going abroad, Huang Kun and Yang Zhenning didn't communicate often, and they wrote thousands of words. When he first went to the United States, Zhenning Yang worked in the Allison laboratory. The experiment was not smooth. There was a joke among colleagues that "Where there is an explosion, there is Yang Zhenning". In early 1947, Yang Zhenning wrote a long letter to Huang Kun, using the word disillusionment to describe his feelings. On April 1, Huang Kun replied a long letter, which has been kept in Yang Zhenning's correspondence file.
About six or seven years ago, Mr. Yang showed me the letter written by Huang Kun and asked me to ask Mr. Huang if he kept the original letter written by him, because Yang himself did not keep a copy. It is a pity that during the Cultural Revolution, Huang Kun dealt with all the letters and photos of overseas contacts. Fortunately, the letter Huang Kun sent to Yang Zhenning is still intact. I read the letter written by Huang Kun to Yang Zhenning more than half a century later, and found it very interesting. I am familiar with Huang Kun who is over sixty years old, but I don't know Huang Kun who is just over 27 years old when I write this letter (picture 2, the author and Huang Kun). After reading this letter, I seemed to have passed through the "time-space tunnel" and returned to the years before the founding of New China. I experienced the mentality of that generation of overseas students and listened to young Huang Kun's views on many things.
Figure 2. Huang Kun and Zhu Bangfen discussed research work in the office
In 2004, to celebrate Mr. Huang Kun’s 85th birthday, the Institute of Semiconductors of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the School of Physics of Peking University and the Department of Physics of Tsinghua University compiled a collection of Huang Kun’s works [1 ], I ask Mr. Yang Zhenning to write a preface. Mr. Yang is pleased to write a preface to the anthology with the title "A Letter from Huang Kun to Me in April 1947". He "believes that graduate students in the Department of Physics will get it from this letter. Some encouragement and inspiration". After removing the first few lines of Huang Kun’s letter, I attached it to the preface of Mr. Yang Zhenning of "The Collected Works of Huang Kun".
Due to the limited distribution of "Huang Kun Collection", many interested readers may not be able to read itthis letter. September 2, 2009 is the 90th birthday of Mr. Huang Kun. The full text of this letter (with individual words corrected) was published in Physics magazine to commemorate Huang Kun’s birthday (see the full text of Huang Kun’s letter at the end of the article and the photo of the last paragraph of the original letter shown in Figure 3). I think this is useful for the current development of Chinese science. Important practical significance and reference effect. This article is my thoughts on reading this letter to commemorate the 90th birthday of my beloved Mr. Huang Kun.
1 "China has us and without us, makes a difference."
Huang Kun wrote a long way into the question that their group of overseas intellectuals were most concerned about at the time: returning to China or not returning to China? On the one hand, "Looking at the current chaotic situation in China, going back to study is naturally affected, and a scholar is obviously not enough to save the political situation"; on the other hand, "If you delay the purpose abroad only to escape, it seems to violate our conscience. We are. From the bottom of my heart, I still feel that China makes a difference with us and without us."
I particularly admire Huang Kun's following sentence, which is comparable to Mr. Peng Huanwu's "No reason to return to China". It is a portrayal of the historical mission and patriotic tradition of Chinese intellectuals to "take up the prosperity of the world". With this spirit, Chinese intellectuals are not equivalent to "senior technicians," and they are different from overseas students in other developing countries. What does
do when returning home? Huang Kun said in the letter that Yang Zhenning "successfully organizes a truly independent physical center should be more important to you than a Nobel Prize." In fact, this is Huang Kun's own idea, but he did not use such wording. I remember Huang Kun said at the beginning of this century: "In recent years, people in the press have asked me many times:'Is it a big loss if you haven't done research for a long time?' I always disagree with this view. After returning to China, it is necessary for the development of the objective situation to go all out to engage in teaching work. It is an issue that obeys the overall situation of the country. This is not a sacrifice in my career, because teaching work does not affect my ability to display my intelligence, but from another He has increased his talents and realized his own value.” [2]
History shows that in the specific environment of China in the 1950s, Huang Kun made pioneering contributions to the solid-state physics and semiconductor physics in China and cultivated Throughout generations, this historical feat is indeed more important to China than his personal academic contribution. With practical actions, he realized the "devotion to the cause" in this letter, which must also be above the achievement of his own position, . On this point, Huang Kun remained unchanged throughout his life.
Many older scientists returned to China with the ambition to devote themselves to their careers. For example, Ye Qisun "seeking a research center for China's academic independence", Hua Luogeng, Qian Sanqiang and other seniors returned to China also aimed to contribute to Chinese mathematics and nuclear science. The development of science and technology has laid the foundation, although their own personal scientific research results are less, they still have no regrets. In contrast, many of our "senior intellectuals" today only seek the interests of individuals or small groups, and do not consider the interests of the country and the people. They are indeed ashamed of the title of intellectuals, and it is indeed a misfortune for the country and the people!
2 "Ten Thousand Thousand Enemies"
"Historical Records of Xiang Yu Benji" records that the young Xiang Yu said that "the sword is an enemy, it is not enough to learn, and it is not enough to learn thousands of enemies." Xiang Yu's "ten thousand enemies" refers to strategy, and he did not learn well. , And finally had to "Farewell My Concubine." In the letter, Huang Kun compared his doctoral tutor Mott to the "enemy of ten thousand people", and said with emotion:
Whenever I see Mott's influence, I have feelings. He is really the so-called ‘enemy of ten thousand people’, and he never makes full use of it from morning to night. Do your own research, help many people do research, organize various special discussions inside and outside the Lab, participate in various national technical committees, entertain various industrial inspections to donate money, deal with departmental affairs, and go abroad from time to time To give a lecture...that is, a few people like him have supported the scientific research of the entire UK.
Huang Kun described Mott as an energetic and diligent academic leader in the letter, but Huang Kun's use of "ten thousand enemies" also implies anotherThis means that Mott is an academic leader with a strategic vision. Mott once pointed out that the scientific community "needs scientists with a clear mind to point out to his colleagues where science is heading and what needs to be done for it" . Indeed, first-class research institutions have such "ten thousand enemies", and a few "ten thousand enemies" support scientific research in a developed country. I once heard from Mr. Huang that some of my colleagues who studied and worked with Huang Kun in the UK later won the Nobel Prize, and they do not necessarily have special talents. It was Mott who looked forward and took them to the direction of vigorous development and brought out a group of people. In 1954 Mott left the University of Bristol and served as the director of the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge for 17 years. During his tenure, he had four Nobel Prize winners in physics. This credit "enemy of ten thousand people" commented on Mott, showing Huang Kun's sharpness.
Huang Kun did not equate "the enemy of ten thousand people" with "genius". For a long time, Huang Kun believed that scientific research needed a "genius". He didn't think he was a "genius". "There is no ambitious goal, but it's okay to do it step by step." In Huang Kun's mind, masters like Mott and Born are not "geniuses"; among the people he has contacted, he believes that only Yang Zhenning is truly a "genius". In the letter, he used Mott to encourage Yang Zhenning to get rid of the disillusionment. However, Huang Kun seems to have more expectations of Yang Zhenning, not limited to becoming the "enemy of all people" in physics research in China.
"Peaches and plums are not spoken, the next is a tragic", "the enemy of thousands" Mott naturally played a decisive role in the selection of Huang Kun's research direction and the formation of academic style. In the early 1950s, Huang Kun proposed that China should vigorously develop semiconductor science and technology. In the early 1980s, he vigorously advocated the research of semiconductor superlattice microstructure physics, which showed his strategic vision. In the past 10 years, the overall level of scientific research in our country has improved significantly. There are a large number of smart and outstanding young people in my country. At present, an important factor restricting the development of scientific research in our country is the lack of "ten thousand enemies" like Mott.
3 doing research and "doing Routine"
Huang Kun wrote in his letter what he suddenly realized:
is the same as you think, I also found that more than half of the research time is doing routines. One day, I seemed to suddenly realize that theoretical physics and experimental physics were so parallel. I used to think that I was doing experiments, so I spent a lot of time doing this and pretending to be that way, but theoretical physics relied on extremely cleverness. That day, I suddenly realized that doing theoretical work had to spend most of my time on work out detail. Many thoughts are slowly ripening when they work out detail on one side.
Huang Kun studies physics, he must do everything by himself. He feels that if he doesn't think deeply about a specific scientific problem, if he doesn't calculate something by himself, he won't be able to use his brain, and it is difficult to make any innovative results. He could not imagine that he could see the development trend of the subject by looking at the literature and attending some academic conferences. Huang Kun still insists on working on the front line after the old age. In addition to discussing problems in the office, he often sits for a long time, writing, calculating, and thinking constantly. He often works at the desk at home, even on holidays. During the Spring Festival, I went to Huang Kun's house to pay New Year's greetings. Several times he was very happy to bring out some calculations he made at home for discussion.
The history of science has shown that most major scientific breakthroughs were discovered "by accident" by researchers who spent the entire day in the laboratory and in the front line of research, relying on scientific intuition and insight. They were hard work and hard work. The last opportunity is rarely achieved by based on advance planning. The group of young academicians, Yangtze River Scholars, and National Distinguished Youth Fund winners who have done the best in China's research are still sitting in the laboratory all day long, installing this, or sitting in front of the computer programming. Not only are students doing routine work, but some people have rarely read the literature and rarely participated in the most important international academic conferences in the subject. Some people even focus on competing for research funding and awards. To judge others is to be judged by others. It is a pity that some young academicians who have done excellent research are "reused" as university presidents! This kind of talent system and atmosphere will not change. Although China can follow international research hotspots to do research and publish high-impact factor papers, it cannot make first-class major results.
There are many other interesting aspects of this letter, such as the desire of young people and the sense of disillusion caused by the unsatisfactory environment, Huang Kun’s appreciation of Bernard Shaw, and the conciseness and clarity of Bernard Shaw’s drama on par with Einstein’s theory of relativity, a the way of life and the way of life, etc. The Huang Kun who wrote this letter is energetic and energetic, which is very different from the Huang Kun after the sixtieth birthday. However, many basic characteristics of Huang Kun reflected in the letter, such as the unity of idealism and ordinary mind, low-key life, and sense of humor, have remained unchanged after 50 years. The sense of mission of intellectuals mentioned in Huang Kunxin, the urgent need of first-class research institutions for academic leaders with strategic vision-"the enemy of thousands", and most of the work of scientific research workers have to do routines on the front line, These three points are exactly the three key issues that urgently need to be resolved in the current development of Chinese science.
To commemorate Huang Kun, the mountains stand up, the scenery stops; learning Huang Kun, my generation has a long way to go, but we can only do our best and die!
References
[1] Qin Guogang, Gan Zizhao, Xia Jianbai, Zhu Bangfen, Li Shushen (eds). Collected Works of Huang Kun. Beijing: Peking University Press, 2004
[2] Huang Kun. My Road to Scholarship. Xia Jianbai, He Chunfan. Collection of Huang Kun, 1999
Huang Kun's letter to Yang Zhenning on April 1, 1947:
Zhenning:
Needless to say, you will guess it, after a year, how happy to receive your long letter!
is in line with my conjecture, you will join the ranks of first and second-rate physicists sooner or later. Since I came to England, my confidence has naturally only increased. You and I can say that the research is developing on the upper and lower levels, but I don’t feel any separation from the feeling and disillusionment you describe. Your troubles are not my troubles, because we are "in a different situation." But I know that if I am in your position, the feeling is about the same, almost undoubtedly, the disillusion will be deeper. Whatever I can achieve, it doesn't immediately lose its meaning and become extremely plain. On the one hand, this is the nature of human beings. On the other hand, in our backward situation in China, people with dreams naturally put their energy on "upward" and forget that the road of life should be flat. In the stage where we roll our eyes and look up to create our personality, we have not cultivated to appreciate the calmer enjoyment the world can give. This makes life without excitement dull. Physics will probably always be a knock on a half-open and half-closed door to me. There is always a place to struggle. It can not be said that it is plain and unremarkable, and it does not mean "flat". What
is most similar to what you think is that at , I also found that I do Routine for more than half of my research time. One day I seemed to realize that theoretical physics and experimental physics were so parallel. I used to think that I was doing an experiment. Naturally, I did this and pretended to be that many times. But theoretical physics relies on extremely cleverness. That day, I suddenly realized that doing theoretical work had to spend most of my time on work out detail. Many thoughts are slowly ripening when they work out detail on one side. Because my request is more humble, this awareness did not disappoint me. Instead, it made me feel that although smart people do more research, it also leaves a little room for ordinary people to do research for this reason.
My habit is the least good at "writing". Before I had a systematic idea, I didn't know how to do it. Maybe it was the challenge when I organized these questions, and when I needed to make the details, I was still interested because I responded to the challenge. Maybe if I were more clever, I would think that the problems are divided into two sets, one is the existing method, which can be solved naturally as long as the mind is clear and the method is used skillfully, and the other is the insoluble problem. The former is routine and drudgery, and the latter is frustration. Your thoughts may be similar to this. Naturally, like me, I have developed a habit and feel that all problems are only in the physical principles of illustrate, and everything is easier to become trivial. Compared with you, I might be ashamed. Since then, there has been almost no general theories of the so-called "high-brow"Dip your hands. However, I do not regret it. Because with my abilities, the route I followed is probably more beneficial. I spend the entire time doing current research, discussing their problems with others, and watching some sporadic and solid-related theories and data. Physics seems to have fallen from the sky to the ground, trading height and grandeur for a sense of reality.
There are two advantages to discussing with others. First, my self-confidence is somewhat increased. Although this is the most prosperous theoretical school in the UK, I believe that I am still one of the outstanding young people. As long as the research done in general is worth doing, I should still have the status of doing research. Secondly, discussing their problems with them very carefully is really tantamount to increasing my own research experience. It seems to make me feel that after returning to China, I shouldn't go to a dead end. This trend comes naturally: Solid's problem is very trivial, and the methods and personalities of the British emphasize commonsense, while avoiding profoundness. Although Mott's own Mathematical ability is extremely high, he likes simplistic models and methods the most. Speaking of Group theory, although a Junior staff member taught a lesson, he was so frustrated that he couldn't figure it out. I was still in Kunming while attending classes. When the class came, I lost my mind and ignored it when I came down. So I still don't understand.
bought the Einstein, Minkowsky, Lorentz Collected paper on relativity some time ago. Because I have already decided that the theory of relativity won't do my job. I just turned over a few Einstein's articles when I was bored. It was really simple and clear. General theory only looked at the initial stage, using special theory to treat accelerated system, and the articles about predict red shift and light ray bending have no sense of mystery. The strange thing is that I have tried to watch it in China before, and I didn't think it was so straightforward.
Many people proposed a paradox about Fitz-contraction in tea a few days ago. Although it was also noisy for a long time, I resolved it. So it seems that when rationalizing these things, the mind will automatically become more mature. Generally speaking, I am not without feeling of self-danger, because I seem to just draw knowledge from previous basic knowledge by borrowing the integrity of a little thought acquired recently. The increase in basic knowledge is very limited. This kind of basic stagnation conflicted with conscious's "upward" heart and made me feel panic.
Although my general progress is very limited, it is even more trivial to judge the research from my heart. I have written (2+1/3) articles in total. Two of them are at least on the subject, and they were mostly fixed when I wrote to you last time. But I don't remember if I said it. When the sizes of the two atoms in the alloy are different, the lattice must be twisted. One of them is to use elastic analogy to assume a simple distortion which is quite arbitrary. In the future, superpose will predict the effect on X ray reflection. The other article of
uses a very simplified model to calculate the Heat of formation of the alloy. Although it started early last year, there has been no reasonable result. It was only recently discovered that the polarisation of the electron cloud must be calculated. The Thomas-Fermi method I used gave acceptable results. But how reliable it is can be doubted.
1/3 is unintentional, almost pure calculation. Fröhlich and another student used the force of Møller Rosenfeld theory to calculate the binding of light nuclei. He talked about it in the lecture, because otherwise it would be difficult, so in H-3 they assumed that wave function is a product of functions of diff kinds of coordinates. I just added this symmetry seriously, very trivial. As a result, a section was added to their text. (Maybe you don’t understand, that (2+1/3) may be enough to fill the paper together, although it is not too certain. Mott is very casual, saying that the paper is Damned Nuisance at all!) The whole article of
Very boring, on par with my Li calculation. Generally speaking, what I do is naturally better than what I do in China, but I still [][] still feel that it is just waste paper and waste printing. I'm not too upset about it. At first I thought we were too critical compared to them. Since we are followers, we should not be so. Secondly, I always think that my research will probably improve qualitatively, so I don't have to worry about my own mistakes. If I have time, I can prepare it before the end of April, maybe it can be counted as submitting the paper before the summer vacation, otherwise I have to wait for the winter vacation. Because I just came to S [][][] to give me a minimum of three years of "getting off the horse", so I am not in a hurry to get a degree sooner.
I really had the heart of beauty after summer vacation. The first is because the thesis here is still very slim and I don't want to make preparations. Recently, I had a headache because of asking for travel expenses, asking for US dollars and going for visa transportation... And I haven't saved up any money, I am afraid it will be difficult to make money under the action. Very typical I am lazy in the face of trouble, so I decided to give up the plan of this trip and decided to go to Edinburgh Max Born to be a guest for one or two seasons. Your letter this time shakes my will a bit. Especially because I came to the United States, I most naturally came to Chicago as a guest of metal research. Zener is familiar to Mott, and I think it’s best to stick to solid. Then, is it a great pleasure for us all to meet? Listening to the three of you traveling beautifully, naturally I am very envious. But if I make plans now, it will probably be winter at the earliest. I have to think about it!
The most speculative Chinese classmate with me here is Cao Richang from Geng Fund Education. I was with him on two summer trips last year. This year he asked me to go to Switzerland with him in June. Because I'm afraid I might have an exam in June and I can't decide. Because this is joining a cheap tour group, there is no hope if I decide early, so I have given up. In addition, a female graduate student in the same room (quite intellectual, without feminine attraction) went to Paris with her brother and a friend during the summer vacation. Because she and I came to Bristol at the same time, they were very familiar with each other and knew that I would not be able to go to Switzerland, so I asked if I would I have not yet decided to join. The upside is that they can still speak French, but the downside is that they are probably not as comfortable as they can go with their Chinese friends. What makes me hesitate is that if I don't go, maybe I won't have a proper chance to go again, so the case is pending.
What you said may have been influenced by individualism, reminds me of what Wang Hongzhen from B.C. Geology said to me when he came to Bristol. He said that our top intellectuals in China have become more and more disconnected from China's roots, and gradually become a kind of international people, and are embarking on the same path as Indian and Jewish intellectuals. This statement is undeniable, and it left me a deep impression. At the same time, he said that what he can't forgive the most is that Intellectual is making long-term calculations abroad. Others have a sense of justice and authentic insights, so he said this from the bottom of his heart. But the fact is undeniable. The possibility of staying in Yingneng for a long time is much smaller than in the United States. Therefore, he can speak outside the court, which is extremely easy. But I was very wary. As far as I know, quite a few stopped in the United States. This is really natural. Looking at the current mess in the country, going back to study is naturally affected. A scholar is obviously not enough to save the political situation. It seems that hardship is not pleased, so why bother! But if we believe that our intellectuals are not just a high-level technician, but should also have the power to maintain the mind, we have to look at it as a crisis.
I argue with you because you think your basic thoughts and the contradictions encountered in this must be the same as mine. Speaking out the subject clearly may help me strengthen my will. For example, I think two Brazilians have come here, they are also graduate students, but I declare that if possible in the future, they will settle here. I can't help but feel envious. At the same time, when I sometimes tell people that I will return to China in a year or two, they often behave suspiciously and seem strange.Why do I not want to live in this orderly and secure place and jump into the fire pit. Although I can't imagine how our handful Confucian scholars can influence how many national fortunes, in fact, we can't help but feel that we seem to be very independent from the outside, it is almost like a few meters put in a stone mortar and must be smashed. But I still feel that the Brazilians have to stay here, and there is no need to explain to their conscience, because Brazil is still Brazil, and there is no difference between them and nothing. If we procrastinate abroad only for evasive purposes, it seems to violate our conscience. We still feel sincerely that China has us and does not make a difference.
Have I told you that one of my discoveries after I came to the UK was Bernard Shaw. Many of his play prefaces are really wonderful, and their conciseness and clarity are the same as reading Einstein's articles. My thinking is also affected a bit. The first is that his positive spirit is unforgettable. The second is . He seems to have added a Grandeur beyond personal pettiness to human life. I can't explain in detail. I can only guess that he just added a personal synthesis to the previous philosophy. In other words, what we lack is philosophy (Philosophy of Life). But I think if we really read philosophy, we must look at things and things, and we don't know what is right and what is wrong and cannot benefit. But after Shaw's genius said it for sure, we can accept it. We don’t need to talk about the right and wrong of his opinion, as long as we can accept it, it will be more beneficial. Because we want philosophy, not for academic interest, but for practical value. We want a way of life, whether it is the way of life or not. And I think intuitively we know that there will be no the way of life, and any actual way (suddenly I think it’s the so-called "Dao" in China, human struggle ever the same!) is arbitrary and can be done consistently What makes sense is clever.
One thing I want to say is that Shaw's consistent opinion on humans is that humans always follow the destined direction. A real woman follows the path of continuity of race. Effort at attraction when young, focusing on the subtle tactics of marrying someone, and treating children after marriage. The biggest goal of A real man is always work, fulfillment of self-achievement. The more capable, the stronger this tendency. I think it is precisely this heartfelt tendency to cultivate the personality of seeking higher and higher education in the Chinese environment. It is precisely because China is in the trend of "catching up". Although it has created extremely strong expectations that you cannot fulfill, it also leaves a greater scope for such expectations.
Whenever I see all the influence of Mott alone, I think about it. is really the so-called "enemy of ten thousand people". From morning to night, he does not make full use of . Do your own research, help many people do research, organize various special discussions inside and outside the Lab, participate in various national technical committees, entertain various industrial inspections to donate money; deal with departmental affairs, and go abroad from time to time To give lectures...that is, a few people like him have supported scientific research throughout the UK.
If you still have faith in scientific research itself, what else can be richer in adventure and excitement than building up a Chinese Physics Research Center! ? I believe you must have such ambitions, so what should make you disillusion? I think that as long as people can put their ambitions on Abstraction beyond themselves, the power of personality will increase immediately. There is no disillusion but fresh challenge. Once the focus of interest is on the individual,Sooner or later, I will feel that this purpose is too trivial, and all the effort is not worth it. The rich life of religious people and revolutionaries is not also jumping out of personal circles. You say that Mrs. Wu struggles with heroic and romantic, but life is still not rich. Isn't it because this struggle is only sent to a small person, so even in her own reflection, I am afraid that she can only have pathetic tears, and can not have satisfaction. I believe you must think that
is correct. Isn't your position just right to accept this positive solution? Consistently developing the idea, for example, successfully organizing a truly independent physical center should be more important to you than a Nobel Prize. At the same time, in this step, the heart of devotion to the cause must also be above the achievement . Because you talked about disillusion, so I said my opinion of you and hope not justify it. I think you and I will agree!
did not expect to stretch the letter so long, many of which are general discussions, hope did not make you too tired. Maybe there is no need to declare that all the opinions of my preach are imply that I have failed to reach or maintain, that is, because I failed here, I miss it repeatedly, and I can't help but blurt out the discussion. We feel weak, we feel we need declare to strengthen ourselves. Active and non-self interest are my only salvation. I can't reach it, so I have to call it out. Happy
!
Kun
April 1st
Figure 3 The last paragraph of Huang Kun’s letter
This article was originally published in Physics Magazine, Volume 38 (2009), Issue 8, Page 575-580.
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