I just want to be a quiet scholar

Chapter 539 Imagination and Grounding

The United States always announces some resolutions unilaterally, without considering other people's feelings.

It is true that the head of the Department of Mathematics at Princeton is a very qualified position, but Shen Qi is temporarily unable to hold this position.

After some polite refusals, Shen Qi finally did not agree to Director Knox's recommendation.

After leaving the mathematics building, Zhou Yu'an said to Shen Qi: "I can tell, they want to keep you in the United States."

Unlike honorary professors and foreign academicians, the dean of the Department of Mathematics must reside in Princeton during his tenure.

Of course, Shen Qi also knew this rule, so he declined the invitation to be the head of the Mathematics Department of Pudong University.

"Old Zhou, you are so strong, you two will carry out academic exchanges with them as planned."

After Shen Qi finished his confession, he went to Washington, received the foreign academician certificate of the American Academy of Sciences, and gave a speech.

"Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. In fact, I didn't plan to give a speech at first, because I think I'm just one of thousands of ordinary people, and I don't have any special deeds worth singing on stage."

"Now that I'm here, let me talk about some of my superficial knowledge of science."

"When I was studying in Princeton, I often stopped in front of the statue of Einstein. There is a sentence engraved on the base of the statue: Imagination is more important than knowledge."

"I very much agree with Einstein's famous saying that imagination is a human ability that seems to belong only to gods. Human beings are not the strongest species, and they cannot fly or dive into the bottom of the sea, but the reason why human beings can We dominate the earth because we have imagination and can be the first to create things in our brains that don't exist in reality."

"An excellent scientist must have an excellent imagination. Of course, it is also the responsibility of the scientist to realize the surreal existence created by the imagination."

"Today, the world we live in is becoming more and more like science fiction. Black technology decades ago has now become conventional technology. The surreal existence imagined in science fiction has become reality one by one."

"This puts a higher demand on the imagination of scientists. If the promised sea of ​​​​stars cannot be realized, then life will tend to be dull."

"Okay, that's all I want to say, thank you."

Shen Qi's speech at the American Academy of Sciences aroused heated discussions, and people summed up his scientific ideas, that is, scientists should stand at the height of the stars and the sea, and make life full of expectations and fun.

After leaving the American Academy of Sciences, Shen Qi went to the American Chemical Society and continued to give reports.

"Studies have shown that Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3β is widely distributed in the human brain, and it is a target associated with various diseases. Therefore, research on Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3β inhibitors, especially non-ATP competitive inhibitors agent, which has a better development and application prospect.”

"For this research purpose, our Yanda laboratory designed and synthesized a new type of benzothiazinone compound. During the synthesis process, we innovatively used a new type of molecular hybridization reaction and achieved good results."

"...According to the research results, we found that this new type of compound can be used in the treatment of type [-] diabetes, and the follow-up testing and research and development are still in progress. My report is over, thank you."

Shen Qi's chemistry report was over, and the American Chemical Society highly affirmed the research results of Shen Qi's team.

The president of the American Chemical Society announced: "We suggest that the new organic reaction created by Shen Qi's team be named Shen Qi reaction. At the same time, Mr. Shen Qi will be awarded the Adams Chemistry Prize."

Founded in 1959, the Adams Prize in Chemistry is issued by the American Chemical Society. It mainly rewards chemists who have made outstanding contributions in the field of organic chemistry. There is no nationality restriction on the winners. It is an important international award.

Shen Qi, who has won awards in the fields of mathematics and physics, finally won a chemistry award with his research on C01C-2 and the new reaction he invented during the research process.

System: "A new achievement! The host won the Adams Chemistry Award and was rewarded with 200 million Xueba points. The balance is 51272567 Xueba points, please confirm with the host."

"The conditions for promotion to level 13 in chemistry have been met, please confirm with the host."

There are two conditions for the promotion of chemistry level 12 to level 13.

1. 400 million Xueba points or experience points,

2. Receive an international chemistry award.

Shen Qi has met the two conditions for a top master in chemistry to be promoted to level 13, and he will be promoted to level 13 in chemistry.

System: "Congratulations to the host for advancing to level 13 in chemistry! The host's imagination, logical deduction, judgment, and insight in the field of chemistry have been significantly improved."

"The conditions for promotion to level 14 in chemistry are as follows:
1. 2000 million Xueba points or experience points;
2. Solve a super chemical problem, including but not limited to the development of eight-membered macrocyclic compounds, the leap from chemical evolution to chirality and the origin of life, etc. "

Condition 1, in fact, Shen Qi has already met it.

Condition 2 is very difficult, such as eight-membered macrocyclic compounds, which are extremely difficult to obtain, and chemical reactions in this area are rarely developed, so a principle is stipulated in organic chemistry textbooks, that is, try to avoid forming Macrocyclic compounds with more than eight members.

Correcting a chemical principle is many times more difficult than synthesizing a new compound.

Of course, it is very difficult, whether it is mathematics or physics, up to the current chemistry, Shen Qi is promoted to the 14th level, and the challenges he faces are extremely arduous.

Shen Qi published the research results of C01C-2 and won the Adams Award. His research results have attracted the close attention of some pharmaceutical companies in the United States.

Shen Qi wrote in his thesis, and he himself made a report in public, claiming that C01C-2 can treat diabetes, and it is still in the stage of animal experiments.

Diabetes is a worldwide disease, and it is also an extremely troublesome and painful disease.

Shen Qi gave two speeches in a row in the United States. In the first speech, he talked about the stars and the sea, his unconstrained style, and his elegance.

The second session is about glycogen synthase kinase-3β inhibitors, which is very specific and down-to-earth.

Relevant personnel from several major pharmaceutical companies in the United States, such as Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, and Eli Lilly, attended Shen Qi's report at the headquarters of the American Chemical Society.

The pharmaceutical industry is different from other industries, such as mathematics. It has never been heard that mathematicians working in enterprises can win the highest awards and honors.

But researchers working in pharmaceutical companies have won Nobel Prizes in Chemistry, Medicine and Physiology.

The research and development capabilities of international pharmaceutical giants are not inferior to universities or research institutes.

At the reception held by the American Chemical Society, Shen Qi had extensive conversations with American chemists and chemical R&D personnel of pharmaceutical companies.

"Professor Shen, after listening to your speech, I benefited a lot, and suddenly realized." A Chinese person respectfully handed Shen Qi a business card.

Shen Qi took the business card. The owner of the business card was Xi Zhengyu, the research and development manager of Merck Pharmaceuticals.

"Manager Xi, you're overwhelmed. How many years have you worked for Merck?" Shen Qi asked.

(End of this chapter)