Quantum mechanics After more than a hundred years of development, it has become increasingly into our daily lives. Because quantum mechanics is full of mystery and high-tech, various new terms about quantum mechanics continue to appear in our lives.
However, unlike many ordinary people's curiosity about quantum mechanics, Academician Pan Jianwei of 's research on quantum mechanics is tangible. He has made many world-renowned achievements in the field of quantum communication and is called the "father of quantum mechanics" by many people.
So, is it possible for Pan Jianwei to win the Nobel Prize in Physics ?
The real problem is that if Pan Jianwei has been engaged in research in the field of quantum communication, it is unlikely to win the Nobel Prize , because Nobel physicists are more encouraged to study and discovery of basic science rather than applied science .
Basic science and applied science are two different fields, just like the law of gravity of Newton . This law itself does not have much practical significance to us. Only by applying this law to our daily lives can its significance be reflected. For example, when a rocket takes off, it uses the law of gravity.
. Rocket launching is an applied science, and gravity belongs to basic science.
Pan Jianwei studied applied science and applied quantum mechanics to real life, such as quantum communication encryption, quantum distribution, quantum telepathy transmission, etc.
Both basic science and applied science are very important, and both are indispensable. However, basic science is even more valuable, because the research of basic science usually requires the hard work of generations of scientists or even more than a dozen generations of scientists!
Basic science is like the source of a big river, and applied science is like a big river that flows endlessly. Without a source, there will be no big river.
This is why the Nobel Prize encourages basic scientific research very much. Scientists who won the Nobel Prize in Physics are usually pioneers in the development of human civilization.
With basic science as the "foundation", applied science can better build the "Science Building".
, although Pan Jianwei is unlikely to win the Nobel Prize, he cannot deny his greatness. There are many ways to measure a person's greatness in the world, and the Nobel Prize is just one of them. The Nobel Prize cannot be equated with great painting. You can say that the physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics is great, but you can't say that the scientist who won the Nobel Prize is not great.
And many of the research successes of Academician Pan Jianwei have been recognized by the world and have won many world awards, such as the Fresnel Award, the International Quantum Communication Award, the Marie Curie Outstanding Research Award, and my country's Future Science Award and the National Natural Science First Prize. All such awards are of high value.