Chapter 43 How Geniuses Solve Problems
If you observe carefully, there is a big difference between the six-membered ring structure and the hexagonal structure. With the level of knowledge of the science and engineering professors at Tsinghua University, it is not impossible to see this.
But Professor Guo made a preconceived mistake. Zhang Wei had told him before that it was burned white phosphorus, so when he saw a similar structure, he took it for granted that it was indeed burned white phosphorus. white phosphorus.
Another very important point is that Professor Guo has never seen graphene.
Before graphene was made, no one had ever seen what graphene looked like. People's judgments about unknown things are definitely biased.
The same is true for Professor Guo. He has never seen graphene, so naturally he would not have thought that the photo in front of him was graphene. In addition, the white phosphorus mentioned by Zhang Weizhi impressed Professor Guo so much that he made a wrong judgment. normal.
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Until the punishment result comes out, Zhang Wei is required to stay within the school and is not allowed to leave.
Fortunately, there are network cables and computers in the dormitory, so I can play games online without getting bored.
Early in the morning, Zhang Wei got up from the bed and sat directly in front of the computer without even bothering to wash his face. After logging into QQ and then onto MSN, a new email prompt appeared on the screen.
Zhang Wei opened his email and found that it was an English email. After clicking it, he quickly glanced at it and probably understood the content of the email.
The email stated that the person who wrote the letter was named Carl Weiman, who was a reviewer of Zhang Wei’s paper, and he had some questions to ask Zhang Wei.
Then the problem is a series of technical terms that I can’t understand!
"Karl Weiman? Being a reviewer for Science must be very impressive! Search it and find out where it comes from."
As soon as I searched for this name, I was immediately frightened. Jump, he is actually the winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics!
"Here I go, the Nobel Prize winner is my reviewer! He won the prize in 2001 and is a popular star in the academic world!"
Zhang Wei has realized that the publication of this paper has already It's almost the same, otherwise "Science" wouldn't use Nobel Prize-level reviewers.
How can a paper that requires Nobel Prize-level reviewers not be published?
“When this paper is published, I will be considered a scholar endorsed by a Nobel Prize winner.”
Zhang Wei smiled proudly and found the super thick dictionary. , and started to find out what the Nobel laureates asked.
Half an hour later, Zhang Wei searched and searched and finally figured out the questions asked by the Nobel laureate. He sat by the computer with a gloomy face, not knowing how to reply at all.
Because the question asked by the Nobel Prize winner was too professional, he couldn’t answer it at all!
"I'm just copying a paper. The questions you asked are not in the paper. How should I answer them!" Zhang Wei fell into deep thinking.
Before the paper is officially published, it is normal for the author and reviewers to communicate.
Reviewers can directly ask the author about their own questions, and both parties can also discuss the issues. The reviewer can even assume the role of a mentor and provide revision suggestions to the author.
If Zhang Wei was in the United States, Carl Weiman would probably have called him directly.
At this time, the autistic man also got up from the bed and saw Zhang Wei with a sad face.
The autistic person thought Zhang Wei was worried because he was about to be punished. He wanted to comfort him but didn't know how to say it.
He pondered for a minute, and finally came up with six words: "I didn't do anything."
"You really know how to comfort people!"
Zhang Wei looked at the autistic man with a wry smile: "I'm not worried about punishment, I'm worried about something else. Chen Ming, let me ask you, what should I do if I ask you a question but you don't know how to do it?"
“Ask Professor Fang.” The autistic man replied.
How about asking Professor Fang from the Department of Physics about the Nobel Prize-winning expert?
Professor Fang said, you really praise me enough, I thank your whole family!
"What if the question I asked is too profound, and Professor Fang doesn't know it either?" Zhang Wei continued to ask.
The autistic man was silent for a long time, and then said slowly: "Then shut up!"
Zhang Wei suddenly became enlightened!
If you can’t solve the problem, you can solve the person who raised the problem! What should I do if I can’t answer the question? Quite simply, shut up the person who asked the question!
As long as you don’t ask, there’s no problem! Perfect solution!
Autistic person, you are really a genius, you are such a fucking genius!
Thinking of this, Zhang Wei immediately began to reply to Carl Weiman's email.
Dear Professor Carl Weiman, I am very honored to be able to communicate with you... (omitting some polite words)
Due to the limitations of experimental conditions, I cannot fully answer the questions you raised. Give you an accurate answer.
But I can mail you an original sample of atomically thin carbon film. I believe that Stanford University’s advanced experimental equipment can give you the answer.
This was followed by another polite words from Bala Bala, which I will omit.
What Zhang Wei means is very simple. I can’t answer your question. If you want to know the answer, I will send you the sample and you can study it yourself!
After carefully checking the email content several times, Zhang Wei pressed the send button.
"It's morning here, and it should be night over there in the United States! I guess the Nobel Prize winner has already got off work. It seems that he won't reply until at least tomorrow. Then I'll play two World of Warcraft first. Enjoyable!"
Clicking on the Haofang battle platform, Zhang Wei tortured two rookies again and found it boring!
"The level of players in Haofang is too low, and it's boring to abuse them. It's a pity that the VS platform has not been established yet, otherwise we can find a few masters to compete."
Zhang Wei quit the game, but found that on MSN A new email reminder has appeared.
“No way, the Nobel Prize winner replied so quickly!”
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Doing scientific research in China requires spending time in experiments day and night Work overtime in the room. The same goes for doing scientific research in the United States!
In the eyes of scientists, there has never been such a thing as a "labor law". As long as you enter the laboratory, it is a waste of sleep and food.
The chicken soup articles on the Internet will tell you how strictly the eight-hour work system is observed in foreign countries. If it exceeds one minute, the boss will be fined! Compared with China's 996, it is simply too happy.
But the fact is that foreign elites are also in volume. The more elite you are, the more powerful your roll will be!
In fact, whether at home or abroad, those who strictly abide by working hours and clock in and out on time have lost their room for advancement.
Anyway, this is how it will be in this life, so I might as well just lie down and be a carefree loser.
Even in a relatively relaxed system, no leader can rise through the ranks just by working eight hours a day.
Scientific research institutions bring together the little minds with the highest IQs, so naturally they are the most troubled place. Even after dark, Stanford University's Wayman Laboratory is still brightly lit.
Carl Weiman, a Nobel Prize winner, did not get off work. He simply nibbled on a sandwich sent by his female assistant and continued to work on the front line.
How can I win the Nobel Prize if I don’t care?
There was a beep from the computer, telling Carl Weiman that there was a new email.
Carl Weiman came to the computer, clicked on the email and saw that it was a reply from the mysterious Chinese scientist Zhang Wei.
When he clicked on the content again, Carl Weiman stood stunned on the spot.
“He is willing to share the original sample of graphene! There are such selfless scientists in the world!”
This is graphene! It must be the greatest discovery in the first ten years of the 21st century. Under normal circumstances, even if you take a look at the real thing, the relationship is not strong enough!
What’s more, it’s the Wayman Laboratory at Stanford University, which has the world’s top equipment. As long as you can get a little sample of graphene, you can produce dozens of papers within half a year!
I gave you the sample, and you published dozens of papers in half a year and thoroughly studied graphene, so what the hell am I still doing?
So you should be cautious about sharing samples, and at least there should be some exchange of benefits. Otherwise what scientist would do such a stupid thing?
But this mysterious Chinese scientist is actually willing to share samples! And no conditions were put forward!
What spirit is this? It is a great scientific spirit!
In an instant, figures appeared in Carl Weiman's mind.
He thought of Bruno, the astronomer who was burned to death by the church for insisting on the truth.
He thought of Madame Curie. In order to study the theory of radioactivity, he had been dealing with various radioactive elements for a long time and eventually suffered from leukemia.
He thought of Carl Schmidt, who deliberately made himself sick in order to better study the yellow fever virus. He laid the foundation for the development of the yellow fever vaccine, but he died as a result.
One by one, the sages flashed in his mind, eventually becoming his impression of Zhang Wei.
“It must be the pursuit of scientific ideas that prompted him to share such important scientific results so selflessly!”
Carl Weiman took a deep breath and sighed: "This Professor Zhang Wei is a truly great scientist!"
Carl Weiman's rank was so high that he would never have thought that he would So I was able to get the graphene sample entirely because Zhang Wei was too good at it.
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(End of this chapter)