走进中国100位院士的家
2008-1
外文出版社
《钱江晚报》 编
284
On China’S road to prosperity and modernization，“academi-cians”are an extraordinary group．In China，the word“academician”refers to members of theChinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy OfEngineering．They are the outstanding representatives of science，technology and engineering in China．Academician is a perma-nent honorary academic title．Academicians are elected from elitescientists in China and abroad every two years，based onrecommendation．Usually the nominee should be the recipient Ofan award higher than National Award for Science and TechnologyProgress（Grade 2）or National Award for Natural Sciences（Grade 2）．The first 81 members of the Academic Committee（their title was changed in 1994 to“academician”）were selectedin March 1948 by the state．1n 1955 the Chinese Academy OfSciences began to appoint academicians．In 1994 the ChineseAcademy of Engineering began to do the same．From 1955 to2007 more than 1，800 academicians were chosen，among whomnearly 100 were foreign academicians．
This book contains the records of interviews made by reporters with 100 academicians in their homes. We hope to open a window for readers to get to knowacademicians' lives and personal charm. Therefore weavoided an overall, concrete description of academicians' experiences and achievements. Through the interviews we hope to display the academicians' values, attitudes to life and personalities. The 100 academicians interviewed are engaged in differentfields of research, and their characters are all different. Nevertheless, we found that their values and attitudes to life are the same.
PrefaceLu Ke: Competitive Young AcademicianYuan Longping: Rejoicing in Boundless Rice FieldsHan Jisheng: Devoted to Healing PeopleYang Le: A Cheerful MathematicianDeng Jingfa: A "Catalytic" SmileLi Lemin: Have You Got Broadband?Li Xingxue: Academics Should Keep Aloof from the Material WorldLei Xiaolin: My Greatest Ambition Was to Become an AcademicianWang Yousheng: Explore the Academic WorldGao Congjie: Drinking-water from the OceanCao Chu'nan: Hardships Temper a ManMa Zaitian: I Only Till My Own LandYin Wenying: Opening the Chinese Book of /nsectsShen Yungang: Love for Light and LifeRen Mei'e: Reed Stalk with ThoughtsLin Xiangdi: The Busier, the HappierJin Qinghua: Finding Oil for the MotherlandHou Renzhi: The One That Never Fades awayXu Xi: 20 Years Saved by Mere ChanceDuan Xuefu: A Life Brightened by CalculationsWang Ren: Picking up Shells in the Ocean of ScienceWang Renxiang: Gazing at the Milky WayLiu Baojun: Stones from Other Hills May Polish the JadeWang Xuan: Man behind the Founder GroupBei Shizhang: Devoted to the Research of LifeWang Zhenyi: Reformer of Cancer CellsWang Shouguan: An Asteroid Is Named after HimWang Debao: Add Flavor to LifeLu Yaoru: Fifty Years with KarstYe Lianjun: Looking into the EarthBai Chunli: Dance with NanotechnologyKuang Dingbo: Eyes of Meteorological Satellite Fengyun ISun Yisui: A Happy and Joyful LifeSun Youxian: A Busy but Happy ManSun Jun: Tunnel TravelerZhu Zhaoliang: Scientist in DilemmaTang Dingyuan: Infrared Ray Lights up My LifeXu Xueyan: A Life of Shipbuilding DreamsXu Genjun: Searching for the Most Profound Truths in the MostCommon ThingsXing Qiyi: The Meaning of Life……
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It is said that even though you are not an artist you can learn toappreciate art；even though you are not an athlete you can enjoyfootball；and even though you are not a scientist it doesn't meanyou cannot comprehend and appreciate science．The publicationof this book iS meant to invite readers to meet Chinese academi-clans So that they can learn to understand and appreciate science．As early as in 2000 we began to plan the publication of thisbook．Later，a group of reporters，mainly journalists from the Qianjiang Evening News,began to carry out interviews withacademicians．Because of the length of the editing process weupdated some of the contents．But we discovered that severalyears later，when we again interviewed the academicians，theirlives were unchanged．So we have preserved much of the con-tents of the original interviews，because they are a true record ofthe academicians'lives．
