Scholar’s Starry Sea

[statisticalphysics]

“Statistical Physics”

Bi Wanqing habitually knocked on the blackboard.

“Its function is to study the macroscopic motion law of a large number of particles, atoms, and molecules. It is a very important branch of Physics.”

“teacher you are Did you learn this?” Wu Bin 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 in the future, he could pretend to be such a perfect ratio in such a natural tone.

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

【Lev D. Landau 】

“Landau, the textbook written by him is the most recommended in Statistical Physics, because he himself is a Condensed Matter Master. Later I have also successively published classic textbooks on mechanics, classical field theory, non-relativity Quantum mechanics and so on.”

Speaking of this, Bi Wanqing showed a look of memories.

“His textbooks cover a wide range, and the description is very clear, and he has continued to revise and publish until now. It can be said that it has become a book.”

Speaking of which Bi Wanqing changed the conversation, “After reading this book, I will look at the Chinese version of the Physics statistical textbook. There are quite a few loopholes. The most important thing is that you can’t always describe the point. That’s it, it won’t scratch you. The most itchy part, some even give you the feeling that he wrote it upside down, making students completely confused when learning.”

“You said I asked you to watch Calculus as soon as Mathematics came up. Learn more about functions, can you understand?”

“Definitely not.” Wu Bin shook his head vigorously.

“And some textbooks will give people this feeling. Another point is that you can find many translated scientific works in the library, such as Wiener’s “Cybernetics”, Poincaré’s “Science and Hypothesis, Fermat’s “Introduction to Plane and Solid Loci” and so on, but their original works are all in English, do you know why I want to emphasize this point?”

“Russian…” Wu Bin thought for a while and replied: “Does this mean that there will be deviations when they are translated into Chinese?”

Bi Wanqing gave an admiring look after listening, “Almost right, but this deviation is not It is not the kind of deviation that you understand that the translation is wrong. To translate such scientific works, the requirements of the translator are very high. The translator must not only be proficient in English and understand all kinds of rare words, but also have a deep understanding of the book he is translating. The professionalism described by the age.”

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

[Understanding]

“When different people read a novel, they will have different understandings and feelings. The same goes for scientific works. Many translations have actually been done very well. But they may still express what the original author meant.”

“Oh~”

Hearing this, Wu Bin understood it completely. English is a major part of the scientific community. What kind of status.

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

“Of course.” Wu Bin nodded.

“It was because many people thought that English could better express the scientific system than Chinese, but if you look at it from the current perspective, it is purely trying to find anyone or anything in a crisis. You have to speak Chinese. Where did you lose? It was only because of the late start.”

“At that time, or now, it is the same. After all Peak scholars in the world wrote their papers, they had to be translated into English for publication. The reason for communication is that English is the most popular language in science. This has led to the fact that there are very few good Chinese textbooks in the field of natural sciences. The more you go to school, the more you need to read foreign textbooks.”

Bi Wanqing smiled bitterly after speaking, “Did I… pull it a bit far.”

“No, teacher, what you said was very profound and helped me a lot.” Wu Bin is serious. replied.

Bi Wanqing laughed after listening, “It’s fine if you can think so. I heard Teacher Cai talk about you in detail. In one month, I went from 0 points to full marks in Physics. Among them, innate talent and Efforts are indispensable, so I think you must be a teachable talent, just want to say something to you.”

“Thank you for the teacher’s teaching.” Wu Bin said respectfully.

“I heard Teacher Cai say that your learning experience is 20 hours a day. Do you know what my first reaction is after hearing it?”

“Russian…no I know.” Wu Bin shook his head, thinking in his heart that he probably thought I was blowing amazing.

“It’s miss.” Bi Wanqing slowly walked off the stage, “Students who used to study hard, there are so many students, many of them make people feel distressed when looking at them, they are too tired, it is really frustrating I am reading.

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

I have heard of IMOWu Bin. The International Mathematics Olympiad, commonly known as the Mathematics World Cup, is a top platform for top Mathematics players from all over the world.

“I don’t really understand this. pass. “For the world of learning the gods, Wu Bin used to have no idea of ​​going gossip.

“12 times, in 15 years, he won 12 championships, one made the whole world think that all yellow people are Brilliant record of birth with an abacus. “Bi Wanqing is full of breath when she speaks.

“amazing! “

After listening to Bi Wanqing’s words, a sense of national pride spontaneously emerged in Wu Bin’s mind.

“But from 2015 to 2017, China has been unprecedented for three consecutive years. Won the championship. “Bi Wanqing is sighed again.

“Why? “

“Have you heard the call to lighten the burden more than once, right?” “

“En. “Wu Bin nodded.

I don’t know when burden reduction has almost become the most important part of the Education Bureau. A large number of policies introduced are related to burden reduction, such as the “Ten Prohibitions” in the past few years.

This includes the prohibition of schools from organizing selection examinations on their own. Schools in the compulsory education stage are strictly prohibited from using various competition certificates, academic competition scores or grade examination certificates as the basis for enrollment, and schools in the compulsory education stage are strictly prohibited from setting up key classes of any name. , Fast and slow classes, etc..

“I also know that children have worked hard, but I don’t allow children to learn difficult knowledge. How to select and identify those geniuses? When we relax, other countries can pay back Running forward, the South Korean team won the IMO championship last year. They took 170, but we only took 159. “

After saying Bi Wanqing added another sentence, “After you have an idea of ​​the competition, you will understand what 11 points means. “

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