In a simple office in the Chemistry Building, Gao Fan respectfully greeted a 40-year-old teacher.
This person's name is Hai Qingwen, an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry. He graduated from university in the 1950s and has been teaching at Peking University to this day. He is not well-known nowadays, and even the title of associate professor is obtained through qualifications. However,
Gao Fan knew that he would perform outstandingly in the future and become one of the academic giants who could write his name on the cover of textbooks.
Inspired by Pan Chang, Gao Fan decided to hold a thick leg in the department so that he could do some interesting things as an undergraduate. He remembered that there were several great professors in the department who had returned from China after the liberation, but
After considering my small body, I felt that people might not care about me if I came to look for her rashly.
Gao Fan of later generations had never had contact with these great professors. Most of them passed away in the 1980s and 1990s. Those who did not die were already in their twilight years and could not easily move around.
Since there is no friendship in the later life, Gao Fan is too lazy to pursue this relationship in this life. Who knows what the temper of the old gentlemen is. If they don't like his arrogance and give him a frivolous comment, he is
It was self-defeating.
Hai Qingwen is a teacher Gao Fan has had contact with. Gao Fan also participated in a project under Hai Qingwen when he was studying for a Ph.D. at Peking University, so he knows a lot about him and feels that he can be able to strike up a conversation.
Another reason is that Hai Qingwen's research direction happens to be coal chemical industry, which is closely related to ammonia synthesis. Gao Fan can use what he did at Canghai Fertilizer Factory as a stepping stone.
"Who are you……"
Hai Qingwen raised his head from a pile of academic journals and looked at Gao Fan in front of him, a little puzzled. He is a patient with severe prosopagnosia and is somewhat afraid of some unfamiliar faces, fearing that this person is actually him for decades.
An old friend, but he has forgotten it.
"My name is Gao Fan, I am a freshman in the Department of Chemistry, Class of 1982." Gao Fan introduced himself.
Hearing that it was not someone he knew, Hai Qingwen was relieved and nodded repeatedly: "Oh, okay, what do you want to see me for?"
"I wrote a paper and would like to ask Teacher Hai for advice." Gao Fan said.
"Thesis? What is the paper about?" Hai Qingwen asked.
"It's about rare earth catalysts for the synthesis of ammonia." Gao Fan said, and then handed over a stack of manuscript paper and a copy of "Maolin Chemical Industry" magazine.
This paper by Gao Fan is based on the paper previously published in "Maolin Chemical Industry" and has been further deepened.
When he wrote the previous paper, he was still a high school student in Cangtang No. 1 Middle School and could not find any reference materials at hand. In order to avoid cheating, he did not dare to go into too much detail on some of the views in the paper and could only say that he was
imagination, or inferred from the opinions of some journals.
Due to the lack of theoretical basis, the paper is not so much a paper as a work summary, a review of the trial production of rare earth catalysts at Canghai Fertilizer Plant. Of course, industry publications such as "Maolin Chemical" are originally designed to publish various
Mainly work summaries, and sometimes even some industry memoirs or even poems.
This time, Gao Fan went to the Peking University Library for a few days to read through the collection of foreign language journals and found support for many of his views. In this way, the professionalism of the article was strengthened and it looked more like an article.
Academic paper.
He handed the newly written paper to Hai Qingwen together with "Maolin Chemical Industry", which published the previous paper, because he wanted to prove that his research had a provenance. Otherwise, it would be inevitable if a college freshman suddenly wrote a paper.
It will make people suspicious.
"Rare earth catalyst for ammonia synthesis, do you know this?"
Hai Qingwen was indeed interested. He took the information handed to him by Gao Fan, pointed to the side and said, "Sit down for a while, and I will read your article."
Gao Fan sat down. Hai Qingwen began to read Gao Fan's papers.
As soon as he took a look, his eyes lit up, not because he saw any novel ideas, but because the format of Gao Fan's paper was too standardized, exactly the same as papers in foreign journals.
In the early 1980s, Chinese academic journals did not pay much attention to paper format issues. There were no such things as abstracts and keywords. References were dispensable, and there was no requirement for "substantial citations." That is, you could just write as many articles as you wanted.
It’s enough if the article says it’s a reference. No one cares whether you have actually read these articles.
Hai Qingwen reads foreign journals all year round and knows that foreign countries have a set of standard requirements for papers, but such requirements are not taken seriously in China. Even if you write a paper according to foreign standards and submit it to domestic magazines and magazine publishers,
The editor will also change your format and change it to a format that is common in China.
The result of this is that many domestic scholars do not care about the standards of the paper, and believe that this is "writing to convey the truth" and there is no need to adhere to format requirements.
But Gao Fan's paper is full of "international style". It starts with a long list of literature reviews. What Golterman proposed, Stevenson believes that many of the names are familiar to Hai Qingwen, and you can tell Gao Fan at a glance.
If there are no problems with the cited literature, the foundation of this research is solid enough.
The next content surprised Hai Qingwen even more, and there were even some surprises.
Gao Fan analyzed the mechanism of action of rare earths in ammonia synthesis catalysts and used the practice of Canghai Fertilizer Plant as evidence. The demonstration process is very rigorous and there is empirical data. This is a very rare article.
"Did you write this paper?"
After Hai Qingwen read the full text, he looked at Gao Fan with suspicious eyes and asked.
"Yes." Gao Fan replied calmly.
"Who is your supervisor? No, are you a graduate student or undergraduate in the 1982 class?"
Hai Qingwen changed his mind mid-sentence because Gao Fan's face looked too young. It would not be an exaggeration to say he was immature. He didn't look like a graduate student.
"I am an undergraduate student from the class of 1982."
"Undergraduate student? How do you know this?"
"This... can be considered a family background." Gao Fan seemed a little shy and replied, "My father studied chemical engineering, and he is now the director of Canghai Fertilizer Factory. The rare earth catalyst I wrote my thesis on was here
Practical applications are carried out in the factory.”
"You mean, this paper was a collaboration between you and your father?" Hai Qingwen asked meaningfully.
The so-called cooperation is, of course, just a step he wants to leave to Gao Fan. He is now convinced that this article must have been written by Gao Fan's father, asking him to use it as a stepping stone. As for the purpose of knocking on this door, Hai Qingwen also
The answer is that I want to go to graduate school in the future.
In this era, postgraduate admissions were random. Students chosen by the instructor could be recruited directly, and the exam was just a formality. So, Gao Fan's move was to build relationships.
It's just that you're just a freshman and you're doing something like this. Isn't it too ugly?