Xueba's Sea of ​​Stars

Chapter 263
"One of the lessons students learn from studying the problem of stellar brightness is that building a model requires 'parameter awareness.'"

"Scientists use models to explain phenomena, and all models are inseparable from parameters. The reason why stars can be seen by people depends on the joint action of two parameters."

"So the grasp and adjustment of parameters play a vital role in establishing a model."

"Wait... wait, slow down, I'm a little dizzy."

Following Wu Bin's eloquence, Gu Jiaqi was finally defeated, rubbing her temples and laying on the sofa thinking about life.

"Hahahaha." Now Pei Jiamin couldn't hold back, laughed out loud, looked at Gu Jiaqi and said, "Do you still feel happy doing the paper now?"

"No!" Gu Jiaqi sat up straight, "I...I just need to digest it. Brother Wu Bin's speech is very interesting."

"Is there anything you don't understand?" Wu Bin asked with concern.

"No, no." Gu Jiaqi waved her hands, "It's because I can't keep up with the rhythm, it's all right now, Brother Wu Bin, go ahead and talk."

Wu Bin: "If there is something you don't understand, just tell me at any time, and I can explain it to you."

"Okay." Gu Jiaqi nodded.

"What is the purpose of what I just said? It is to let children learn part of the foundation of science during the process of inquiry, that is, to construct a model and set up a parameter."

"In this way, in their future studies, for example, when studying issues such as solar eclipses, they will immediately think that building a model needs to care about parameters, and modify the parameters based on the observation results."

"Do you have compasses?" Wu Bin suddenly asked Gu Jiaqi.

"Yes! Wait a minute." Gu Jiaqi ran into the room after finishing speaking.

Taking advantage of the time when Gu Jiaqi left, Pei Jiamin looked at Wu Bin and said, "Professor Wu has become an expert in astronomy again?"

"I've studied it a little bit." Wu Bin smiled and nodded.

Just when Pei Jiamin was about to complain, Gu Jiaqi had already rushed out with compasses and a piece of paper.

"Here." Gu Jiaqi handed the compasses and paper to Wu Bin.

"Thank you." After taking the compass, Wu Bin drew a semicircle on the paper.

"To be more specific, it is to correct the orbital inclination and adjust your model based on the observed results." Wu Bin clicked a few positions on the circle, "It is the positional relationship between the sun, the ground and the moon."

"emmmmmm..."

After staring at the circle on the picture and meditating for a long time, just when Wu Bin thought she was not feeling well, Gu Jiaqi suddenly slapped her forehead and shouted.

"I got it!"

"Pfft ha ha ha..." Pei Jiamin laughed again and rolled over on the sofa.

"Why are you laughing, I just understand!" Gu Jiaqi pouted with displeasure.

"Tell me, what did you realize?" Wu Bin asked with a smile.

"I know what Brother Wu Bin wants to tell me is that even if you can't instill all the complicated knowledge of astronomy into children, you can still teach them scientific methods first, right?"

"Summary is very good." Wu Bin couldn't help applauding Gu Jiaqi twice, and looked at Pei Jiamin who was stunned and said, "You're still laughing, your sister is much better than you."

"You really listened." Pei Jiamin was very surprised, "I'm impressed with you."

"Actually, I was a bit blind." After receiving the praise, Gu Jiaqi suddenly became humble, but the smile on her face showed that she was very happy.

"Don't be modest, your conclusion is correct. What I said to you just now is exactly what I mean. Teaching should not just be a list of facts. Scientific methods and the cultivation of scientific vision are equally important."

"Well, I think Brother Wu Bin is so good, no wonder you taught my sister to Jiaotong University." Gu Jiaqi looked at Wu Bin with stars in his eyes.

"Hey, hey, why are you getting me involved all of a sudden." Pei Jiamin, who was lying down suddenly, expressed dissatisfaction.

"Okay, okay, don't talk, don't talk." Skipping this topic, Gu Jiaqi asked again: "Which faction do you belong to, Brother Wu Bin? Do you support astronomy as an independent course, or do you not support it?"

"Me?" Wu Bin thought for a while after listening, "How should I put it, this is a question determined by the general environment. If we list an astronomy class separately now, I guess the teacher of this class will also be a perennial teacher. A busy and sickly person."

"Ah? What do you mean?" Gu Jiaqi, who didn't understand for a while, was a little confused, but quickly realized, "Oh, you mean that you will be robbed by the main teacher, right?"

"Yes." Wu Bin nodded.

"Why? Astronomy should be considered a very important class, right?" Gu Jiaqi was puzzled.

"Because there are very few people who will engage in astronomy in the future, but there are many places that need to use physics, geography, and mathematics. Generally speaking, the current status of astronomy is not much different from that of art and sports. It can only be regarded as a hobby. There are even astronomy in China. There are very few universities in the department, which is enough to see.”

"Okay..." Gu Jiaqi was a little disappointed after hearing this, "Which one of these universities with astronomy departments is better?"

"The University of Science and Technology is not bad, and it is now united with the Purple Mountain Observatory. If you plan to continue your research in the future, you can theoretically find Zitai researchers as mentors. They can be said to be the most advanced group of people who study stars and seas in China."

Gu Jiaqi: "Is it Brother Wu Bin's school?"

"Yes, if you are really interested, I can tell you the general situation of the Department of Astronomy at HKUST."

Gu Jiaqi: "Really!? Then...then I will seriously consider it."

"Wait, Jiaqi, you don't really want to take the astronomy department, do you?" Pei Jiamin looked at Gu Jiaqi's serious expression, and suddenly realized that things seemed to be heading in a direction she hadn't expected.

"Yes, I'm serious!" Gu Jiaqi nodded.

"I've never heard of you having such an ambition... You can't be enthusiastic about this matter for 3 minutes, it's a lifelong event." Pei Jiamin's tone was a little anxious.

"Of course I understand the importance, but in fact, I have been very interested in galaxies since I was a child. Although I also know that this kind of thing cannot be chosen based on interest, in the next year, I will try to learn more about astronomy of."

"Well... Although I don't want to dampen your enthusiasm, but before you learn more about astronomy, I think you should first understand the score line of the University of Science and Technology."

"Russia!" Gu Jiaqi's expression suddenly froze, and then slowly looked at Wu Bin, and suddenly remembered that this is the school where the top student in the college entrance examination went!
"If you count the number of students enrolled...in a certain sense, it is not as simple as Jingbei." Wu Bin responded to Gu Jiaqi who was looking at him.

"tell!"

"No! I will try!"

(End of this chapter)