-A message from the Nobel Prize winner to the youth in China.

Jane. Dorset county

(French immunologist and physician. He was awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the human leukocyte surface antigen system and its role in blood transfusion and organ transplantation. )

For teenagers and their parents in China.

I suggest teenagers and their parents:

First, please respect others, everyone is different; Just like you, he is unique in this world.

Second, please respect others, everyone has the freedom to choose; Only by letting them stand on their own feet can they have self-esteem.

Third, don't cause pain to others, whether it hurts the body or the spirit; When you hurt others, you will also hurt yourself.

Kenichi Fukui

(Japanese chemist. The frontier orbital theory of chemical reaction has become a powerful tool to explain and explore chemical reactions.

Won the 198 1 Nobel Prize in chemistry. )

Nature led me to the road of scientific research. I like walking on the mountain road after the rain. The mountain road I often walk is a natural rugged path. Walking on the road after the rain, my feet are tied up by the rain and slide down step by step, often covered in mud. But I'm still happy. Although I am over 60 years old, this walk, which covered me with mud, still brings me unspeakable joy. I like to immerse myself in the embrace of nature. Childhood memories are almost all experiences of direct contact with nature. Perhaps these experiences are not so reliable, but these experiences let me know about nature and learn a lot of knowledge that books can't. I personally experienced the unparalleled depth, beauty and exquisiteness of nature.

I grew up in an ordinary family that has nothing to do with science. It is the rich personal experience accumulated in nature that makes me choose the road of scientific research. Nature not only led me into the kingdom of chemistry, but also was an indispensable old teacher when I was exploring chemical theory. It is precisely because I was close to nature when I was young and attracted by the abstinence of nature that I embarked on the road of studying science. When natural science became my lifelong career, when I was trying my best to engage in creative work, I further felt the awesome existence of nature.

Sidney. Altman

(Canadian molecular biologist. Discovered the biocatalytic function of ribonucleic acid and won the 1989 Nobel Prize in chemistry. /Some ideas about science. )

/kloc-when I was 0/2 years old, I got a Seyrig? Haitz's The Interpretation of Atoms. This book gives a brief overview of the periodic table of elements and atomic structure, which deeply attracted me. This book made me understand that the design of the periodic table is not only scientific, but also very beautiful. The periodic table also made a scientific prediction for elements that people didn't know at that time. All this aroused my great interest. To be sure, this book aroused my interest in atomic physics.

My parents always encourage me to study and cultivate my interest in learning. They think that reading, receiving education and working hard are the only ways for a person to succeed. I believe these truths are wise words for anyone anywhere.

p？ g？ Dezanna

(French theoretical physicist. The method created to study the order phenomenon in simple systems was extended to the study of more complex material forms, especially liquid crystals and polymers, and won the 199 1 year Nobel Prize in Physics. )

Speech by China Youth

Precision work is a fine tradition of the Chinese nation, which has been fully reflected in arts and crafts. In modern research, China people can also show the same advantages. Young China students should not only care about popular technologies such as computers and communications, but should first pay attention to a deep understanding of nature. Perhaps in the next century (referring to 2 1 century-editor's note), what we need to deepen our understanding is about biology and neurophysiology, and our thinking about future social ethics.

George? Xia Pake

(Polish-born French physicist. Multi-tube is an important particle detection device in research, which was successfully developed and won the 1992 Nobel Prize in Physics. )

Never be afraid. It is too late.

If it is not too late, I am willing to leave this stage of my life journey, leave the battlefield of particle physics, and make some other attempts. It will be a new battlefield with more complicated conditions and more touching the essence of human nature. My companions in the concentration camp taught me: never be afraid that it is too late. Dreaming of tomorrow means that you have designed the future ... and then, you have made a lifetime arrangement.

Jens. c？ Sko

(Danish biochemist. First, the discovery of the enzymes that transport ions in human cells-sodium ions and potassium ions-glands won the 1997 Nobel Prize in chemistry. )

To the young people of China.

Scientific progress is very important to social development, and young people's interest in science and science communication is even more important.

Science contains many aspects and can be divided into basic science and applied science. Basic science aims to deepen our understanding of natural science and has no direct practical value. Basic science questions what has been accepted by people and expands our knowledge boundary. Applied science uses basic science to get results and turn them into useful things. Basic scientific research is first carried out in universities, which is characterized by unpredictable research results. In order to promote the development of basic science and let scientists exclude the influence of economy and politics, it is very important to choose research topics freely. Even though these findings may not seem to have any practical value at first, they will eventually become useful-sometimes many years later. Therefore, basic science is the basis of applied science, and applied science is also the basis of the development of the whole social science.

Doing basic research is exciting. You are free to choose your own research topic, or at least you should be free; It is a challenge to your imagination to question what people have accepted and try to expand the boundaries of knowledge and obtain new information that no one has ever obtained. You never know what you will achieve. From the ordinary to the most unexpected, the most important results are possible. However, if you are only interested in the results, don't make the choice of being a scientist, otherwise this choice may become your disappointment.

The vast majority of scientific achievements are the bricks and stones of the science building in which scientists from all over the world participate, so it is very important to exchange information freely. It is extremely rare that a research result directly forms the foundation of a new building. Only when you are willing to speculate and systematically explain the problems, try to find solutions and get satisfaction from daily theories or experiments can you truly become a scientist. And once you become a scientist, you can't find a better job than being a scientist.

Best wishes. If you choose to be a scientist, good luck!