From Almighty Scholar to Chief Scientist

Chapter 385 The Value of the Manuscript

"Hey, isn't this Academician Lin, a rare visitor."

At the door of a house, an old man opened the door, looked at the young man standing outside, immediately showed a kind smile on his face, and welcomed him in.

Hearing the old man's question, the young man immediately showed helplessness, and said, "Old Yang, don't call me academician Lin, just call me by my name."

The young man is naturally Lin Xiao, and the old man is Yang Zhenning.

"Hahaha, isn't it just a name, it's okay to shout it, not to mention that I should also shout it. If such a young academician doesn't shout it, it will be bad."

Old Yang said with a smile, and after closing the door, he led Lin Xiao into the living room.

Mr. Yang was pleasantly surprised by Lin Xiao's arrival, but he was not surprised, because Lin Xiao would come to visit him occasionally, maybe once a month when he was free, and maybe once every few months when he was busy.

Now, although the Lantern Festival has just passed, it still belongs to the first month after all, so it is not surprising that Lin Xiao came to see him.

"Come on, have a glass of water."

"Oh, thank you."

Lin Xiao took the water and thanked him.

Although there is a nanny at home, but this glass of water was poured for him by Mr. Yang himself. Of course, just pouring water is only a master's way, but for Mr. Yang's physical condition that is over a hundred years old, it is indeed a bit rare .

Then, Elder Yang stuffed him with some fruits, and said with a smile: "Come on, these strawberries are quite sweet. I just picked them yesterday. Try them."

"Okay, okay, hey, that's all."

Lin Xiao couldn't laugh or cry, and felt a little emotional in his heart.

This kind of scene is almost like every time he goes back to his hometown, his grandparents always give him food and drink.

And the old man in front of him has once been on the Nobel Prize podium, and is considered to be a top scientist among all physicists in the history of the world.

It's just that when he returns to life, he is no different from a normal old man.

"I'll take it here for you, and I'll carry another bag for you when I leave later, but you haven't come to my place for a long time, and I don't know how long it will be until the next time."

Yang Lao insisted on stuffing another one for Lin Xiao, then shook his head and said, "I don't know when, I won't be able to see you again."

"How could this be..."

When Lin Xiaogang was about to say not to say such things, Mr. Yang waved his hand, interrupted him, and said, "Okay, I don't need to talk about these nonsense, I think you are here today, you probably have other business to see me Right? So you’d better just speak up and see if I, an old man, can give you some help.”

Hearing what Mr. Yang said, Lin Xiao stopped being polite, and said, "Mr. Yang, I really have something to ask you about the quality gap."

Elder Yang was taken aback for a moment: "Is there a quality gap problem?"

For this problem, probably the physicists all over the world are not as familiar with it as he is.

After all, the prefix of the name in this question contains the last name of him.

As the proposer of the Yang-Mills gauge field theory, he made the greatest contribution in the process of proposing this theory. For this point, even another Mills has admitted to the public.

Because of this, he is also very familiar with the issue of mass gap.

He smiled and said: "It seems that our Academician Lin has set his sights on an ultimate problem. Good thing, good thing."

Lin Xiao said helplessly, "Old Yang."

Mr. Yang laughed haha, and then he finally recovered his seriousness, and said: "Okay, let's not talk about it, of course, there are many problems related to the quality gap, and I know a lot of things, what do you want to know? What about it?"

Elder Yang, who had regained his integrity, finally had the rigor in his studies.

But Lin Xiao didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "Everything."

"all?"

Elder Yang was taken aback again, showing a little surprise: "It seems that you really need to solve that problem first!"

Before, he thought that Lin Xiao just became interested suddenly. After all, when Lin Xiao came to him before, he often learned about some related issues like him, such as anecdotes in the physics world of the last century, or some academically unreasonable things. known things.

But this time, Lin Xiao seemed to have some ideas.

"In that case...then you come with me."

Elder Yang stood up and walked towards the house.

And Lin Xiao followed quickly, and soon came to Old Yang's study.

In the study room, you can see books on science everywhere, and of course there are also some books that are common in the study room, such as the Four Great Classics, or Zi Zhi Tong Jian, Shi Ji and so on.

But for the two scientists who are engaged in natural science research, they are naturally not concerned about these things.

"Let me look for it, I remember I kept some of my old manuscripts here."

"As for the problem of quality gap, although I couldn't solve it at the beginning, I also discussed it with many people, and these manuscripts are preserved..."

"Well, I found it, it's this box, it's on top."

Lin Xiao looked up and saw a box on the top of the bookshelf.

He said, "I'll get it."

"Come on." Elder Yang stepped aside and sighed, "It's useless to be old, it's tiring to stand still."

Lin Xiao brought a chair over and took down the box.

There is dust on the box, it seems that it has been there for a while, after cleaning it, it clearly shows its true colors
"That's it, hey, I still remember these things clearly."

Looking at the box that Lin Xiao carried down, Mr. Yang said with a smile.

And there was a combination lock on the box, and Mr. Yang said the combination without any hesitation.

I opened the box, and there was a thick stack of straw paper inside. It can be seen that the paper was originally white, but it has turned yellow now.

As for the handwriting on it, although the ink has been scattered, it is still possible to see what is written on it.

"Well, this is part of my collection, and the other part is in the Qinghua Library. After I returned to China, I donated many manuscripts to them. You should be able to find them there."

But Lin Xiao looked at so many papers, and couldn't help but marvel in his heart, there are so many, if you count the part donated to Qinghua, there may be even more.

Of course, he also has a lot of manuscripts, all of which are preserved.

Maybe one day, he will also donate these manuscripts to a certain library, and then maybe for future generations to look up to?
"Thank you, Old Yang."

"There's nothing to be thankful for." Yang Lao waved his hand: "I think the meaning of these manuscripts is to wait until one day they are handed over to another person, and then this person no longer needs to care about it from the original owner. Between the lines, find out the knowledge points that have been ignored."

"Of course, this is also the meaning of the existence of knowledge. It can be passed on continuously, and then it will shine its final glory in the hands of others."

"It's like me, an old man, who can no longer create these things on paper, so I have to take the responsibility of handing them over to you."

Mr. Yang gently picked up the first piece of paper, as if seeing himself when he was young, and then put it back gently, saying: "So, I will leave all these things to you, so that they will not be destroyed after I leave." It would be a pity for my family members to throw it away as worthless things."

Lin Xiao nodded: "I know, I will take good care of it."

Then he smiled: "Of course, maybe one day in the future, I will also take these manuscripts of yours and hand them over to others along with mine."

Mr. Yang was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "This is even better. My previous knowledge has been passed on to two people, and your knowledge has also begun to be passed on. Maybe it can be passed on for a longer time."

Lin Xiao laughed: "That would be the best."

"En." Yang Lao nodded, turned around and walked out of the study, and asked at the same time, "Are you staying for dinner today?"

"Eat." Lin Xiao did not refuse.

"Okay." Elder Yang smiled even more.

……

After having a meal at Yang's hometown, Lin Xiao embarked on the process of collecting materials again, that is, going to Qinghua's library to borrow the materials donated by Mr. Yang.

These things are necessary for the problem he wants to solve.

To solve the problem of the mass gap in the Yang-Mills gauge field, he certainly needs to see what these predecessors have thought.

In this way, we can better serve him in solving these problems in the future.

In this way, I came to Tsinghua University. In fact, it is not far from Yang Lao's house, because Yang Lao lives in the master's residence that Qinghua specially built for him, and the distance between the two places is not far.

When Lin Xiao came here, he didn't attract too many people's attention. After all, he didn't want to attract others' attention, but after arriving at the Qinghua Library, he needed a series of procedures to rent the manuscripts of Mr. Yang. He had no choice but to make a phone call.

So after spending a lot of time, he finally borrowed all of Yang's manuscripts on the Yang-Mills gauge field theory and the mass gap problem.

The next step is to dig through these manuscripts to find out those things that have been ignored but actually have hidden value.

It's like a treasure hunt and requires patience.

(End of this chapter)