Chapter 345 The Gate of the New Era (fourth update, please subscribe)
Taiping Province is one of the three provinces in Nanyang, adjacent to the North Borneo Company. Its capital, Taiping City, was the former Balikpapan. A city dominated by the oil industry, but with economic development, the oil industry will no longer be its core industry in the future.
Although Taiping University is a university in Taiping Province, according to the plan, it is one of the five key universities in Borneo along with Nanyang University, University of Sarawak, Yongning University and Yongan University. Like several other universities, There are also mainly German professors here, and the students are mainly from the mainland. After all, hundreds of thousands of middle schools in the mainland are limited by the size of universities every year and do not have access to universities. The enrollment scale of universities in Nanyang is many times larger than that in China.
The only problem is English, because all universities in Nanyang teach in English, so that domestic middle school students pay attention to English in the hope of studying in Nanyang in the future.
In the eyes of many people, going to Nanyang to study at university is no different from studying at university in China. It is just a matter of taking a boat. You don’t even need to buy a ticket. As for university, it is also free.
July is the opening season of Taiping University. In just two days, thousands of young people from Tangshan came to this university, and the old students assisted them with various procedures. In fact, these old students were no more than They were just one semester early.
“University here is not free!”
Leading the freshmen who had just come from China into the dormitory, Feng Qingyun pointed to the desk under their bed and said.
“This desk and the library are related to your tuition fees!”
“Senior, what do you mean?”
Tang Qisheng asked, carrying the rattan suitcase.
“It’s very simple. Learning and eating are the people’s blessings. In this case, if we can’t study seriously and instead focus on chores other than studies, how can we be worthy of the people?”
< br>Song Kun adjusted the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said disdainfully.
“What are trivial matters outside of school work? Is it true that as the newspaper said, “don’t talk about world affairs”? The so-called family affairs, state affairs, and world affairs are all concerns, so don’t talk about them...”
Besides Song Kun, Ye Yuntao put the cloth package on the bunk with his name on it and said.
"The affairs of the world are none of your business. If the world is so good, why do you come to Nanyang? Since I came to Nanyang, isn't it just to study hard? I want to ask about the affairs of the world and return to your world. I just want to read good books. That’s fine, the book has its own golden house, and the book has its own beauty. I, Ye, was able to find a place to study in college because I burned incense in my previous life. Whoever hinders my study, I will not be the first to forgive him!”
The words were harsh, and there was also a hint of ruthlessness in his eyes. When he looked at me, he seemed to be telling them, if you affect my study - I have a temper.
This guy is still wearing a military uniform. He has just retired from the army. He has been on the battlefield and killed Japanese soldiers.
Such a person is definitely not something to be dealt with lightly.
Then his expression changed, and he said with a smile on his cold face.
"Senior Feng, look, we just have to say that we have forgotten you. Please tell us, doesn't this admission brochure say that universities in Nanyang are free? Why do we have to charge money again? Senior, I'm really sorry I have no money, and the severance pay has been spent long ago.”
That look just says on my face that I have no money, so don’t frame me.
"Student Ye, don't worry. All universities in Nanyang do waive tuition and miscellaneous fees and provide meals, but there is a prerequisite,"
Looking at the four people in the room, Feng Yunqing explained.
"That is, tuition fees are linked to grades. If any student's grades are lower than the average grade point, not only will he have to pay tuition for this semester, he will also need to pay tuition for the next semester, and he will also need to make up payments. A series of expenses such as food and accommodation. In other words, as long as your grades are up to standard, you definitely don’t have to pay tuition. On the contrary, well, you have to pay tuition.”
Is it fair?
It is indeed very fair to at least tell everyone about their college - it takes effort.
“Oh, I was scared to death just now! I thought I really had to pay!”
Wang Li, who had been silent along the way, finally broke the silence and said. "As long as it's about exams and grades..."
As he spoke, he took out a Chinese-English dictionary from his pocket and began to study it. When the other three saw this, their hearts tightened. Who would come to Nanyang if they were from a good family? No, there are also people from good families who are willing to come. There is no one who studies in Nanyang. These universities in Nanyang are full of famous teachers from Germany, including some Nobel Prize winners. There are even professors from Tangshan who abandoned their studies and came here to become students.
Volume!
The new students felt the pressure on the first day.
Stress is tangible – it’s money.
The tuition here is not cheap, it costs hundreds of dollars per semester!
Yes, nothing is more important than studying!
The students who had just arrived did not even need anyone to supervise them, and they devoted themselves to their studies with all their strength.
Student papers, professors and lecturers are not necessarily relaxed either. Because of their support for the Nazis, almost one-third of university professors in Germany are banned from teaching. In Germany, many professors are carrying bricks on construction sites. !
So, Nanyang has many choices when it comes to the choice of professors. If they are not good enough, how can they afford the salary of six dollars a day?
However, not everyone can get a salary of six dollars. Many lecturers only have three dollars. Herbert Matare, who is doing experiments in the laboratory of the Department of Physics, is one of them. But even three dollars, for him, not only saved his family from hunger and cold, but also gave them hope.
Now, all he wants is to do his job and prove his worth. Over the past few months, he has been continuing to work with students on a discovery he made during World War II—an “interference” phenomenon he saw in germanium rectifiers: If two contacts are close enough—a distance of Within 100 microns, the potential on one contact will flow through the current on the other contact. Unknown to him, this is consistent with what Bratton in the United States observed in germanium materials.
Originally, in history, Matare had to wait until 1947 to continue this research after being hired by Westinghouse Electric's subsidiary in France. But now, some changes have taken place. Last September, he experienced He almost froze to death in the first cold weather after the surrender, but finally figured it out - come to Nanyang!
He was lucky enough to catch up with the expansion of universities in Nanyang and get a teaching position at Taiping University.
A few months ago, Matare led the team to achieve irregular electrical signal amplification.
“We should need purer germanium.”
Almost subconsciously, Matare thought of meeting Heinrich Welker on the ship to Borneo. During the war, while he was participating in the military's radar research, Welker carried out purification of germanium in Munich. They lived in adjacent cabins on the ship and discussed academic issues many times. They knew that Welker had done work in this area and he was now a professor at Taiping University.
So Matare called Welker directly.
"Heinrich, are you still doing research on the purification of germanium?"
The answer is yes, after all, as a semiconductor expert, he has been working on silicon and germanium crystals Purification process. Soon, Welker asked his assistant to send Matare the pure germanium sample he had just prepared.
After solving the material problem, the development speed was accelerated a lot. A week later, Matare obtained sustainable and reproducible results using high-purity germanium samples produced by Welker.
In the experimental notes, Matare suppressed his inner excitement and wrote meticulously: "Voltage gain 100, power gain 40, current loss 1/2.5..."
Xiao Mingjie, Zhu Ruixin, Xiao Peiwu and others, As assistants, they participated in the entire development process. Now faced with the results of the experiment, they all signed Matare's notes with hands that were shaking with excitement to show their approval and prove that they are not just students. , is also Matare's assistant.
When Matare and his assistants cheered for this result in the laboratory, they had no idea what this day, July 21, 1947, meant to the world.
They made the world's first transistor!
Historically, Matare's invention was only one month later than Bratton and others. Even though what he is developing now is a clumsy point-contact device, it will soon be It will be replaced by the junction transistor, but it is still the world's first transistor.
On this day, they created a new era...
(End of Chapter)