He is known as the "father of lithium batteries" in the fields of industry, physics and chemistry all over the world.
He made a rechargeable battery the size of chewing gum, sliced it, and used it in smart phones, laptops, digital cameras, even pacemakers and all mobile electronic devices. No matter how big or small, all energy sources that need electricity are almost inseparable from lithium batteries.
"John is not a clever boy."
John's childhood was not a perfect pastoral life. His father is a history professor at Yale University with a high salary. However, the parents' marriage was very bad, which also brought a tense childhood life to little John and his two brothers and sisters.
At school, John's performance disappointed the teacher, thinking that he had dyslexia or reading difficulties. In short, the comment that "study is not so good" has been with him for 30 years. He himself said, "I know I'm not smart and I'm depressed."
/kloc-entered the local famous Groton school at the age of 0/2. He said that he could pass the exam. "It's an incredible mystery." Fortunately, he can live on campus from now on. Escape from the troubles of parents quarreling every day, "I am very happy to get away, and it feels good to live on campus."
At boarding school, John fell in love with poetry and religious philosophy. But his dyslexia still bothers him. When the teacher read aloud Shakespeare's sonnets, he said to him, "This assignment may be too difficult for you, isn't it?" He is not convinced and hopes that he can do it well. He thinks that the best way to understand and read poetry is to try to write poetry.
He likes writing poems and singing hymns. In his later decades' work and research inventions, he almost juxtaposed the words holy spirit and cobalt oxide cathode. For him, work is as important as sacred faith.
John's college life is not tortuous. He studies mathematics at Yale University. He irons suits, teaches other roommates and earns money to support himself.
During World War II, he was a meteorological analyst. After retiring, he went to the University of Chicago to study physics.
He recalled the situation in class at that time. He knew almost nothing about physics and all the important things in that field. The teacher questioned his physics study. In the end, he successfully completed his doctorate in physics and embarked on the development path of physicists.
In college, he took part in the debate on philosophy and religion, met a graduate student in history, Irene Wiseman, 195 1 got married, and then went to Boston together to start his first job at MIT. There, his job is the research of computer memory chip materials.
In the 1950s, the computer at that time was like a room-sized behemoth. It consists of 18000 small glass vacuum tubes the size of light bulbs. Each lamp tube is electrically heated to emit bright red light, and the heat releases electrons into the lamp tube. By controlling its current, the computer can display 0 or 1.
At that time, vacuum tubes not only consumed a lot of electricity and occupied a lot of space, but also often overheated and crashed. To this end, John and his team began to study magnetic core storage materials. In short, their research results have laid the foundation for all memory storage devices (RAM) today.
His research achievement, later called "Goodnow-Kansen Law", is a milestone in the field of solid state physics and chemistry, and also the theoretical basis for the research work of a new generation of computer engineers and designers. His research combines chemistry, physics and engineering issues, and is praised as the "Bible" of solid chemistry by the industry.
Worked in Oxford University 10 years
In the 1970s, the American government invested a lot of money in the new arms race and research and development, so his laboratory and research on new energy projects were forced to stop, and he had to find another job and work at Oxford University.
At the age of 54, he began to study "batteries" at Oxford University. Exploring the new energy form of batteries was also one of the most difficult and challenging tasks in the scientific and engineering circles at that time, and there has been no breakthrough for decades.
1976, his partner, a chemist named M. Stanley Whittingham, designed the first lithium battery prototype. However, the original battery has a fatal defect "frequent explosion". To solve this problem, he and his colleagues began to study a group of metal oxide compounds. It took four years until 1980, and they finally succeeded in inventing cobalt oxide! At that moment, all the problems were solved!
In the following ten years (1980- 1990), they completed the design of millions of lithium battery products, which made people's smart phones, digital cameras and notebook computers have cheap and inexpensive rechargeable batteries. As the "father of lithium batteries", John Good Nuo enjoys a high reputation in the global scientific community.
He has taught at the University of Texas at Austin for over 30 years.
"I worked until the end of my life."
After returning to the United States, he taught at UT University for more than 30 years, during which he won almost all major honors and awards in science, physics, chemistry and engineering. In 20 12, Obama awarded him the National Science Medal. He trained hundreds of graduate students to continue their career of teaching and educating people.
His students described the tutor's personality and said:
"He is a model of commitment and care. He is very kind and nothing disappoints him. It's hard for you to find such a person. "
"He is a very, very kind person. The best scholar tutor I have ever met in my life. "
"His achievements are great; But he has a good heart. From him, I learned to focus on my work and keep a positive attitude every day, and good things will follow. "
"For many years, I have been observing his relationship with his wife. This may be a one-in-a-million exception. Their mutual respect and dedication are couples I have never seen before. "
Now at 4 o'clock every afternoon, John drives his Honda Accord to the nursing home where his wife lives on time. She is in the terminal stage of Harmonism, and she will never speak again. But when they watched the news together, she held his hand.
In their 64-year marriage, they ate together almost every night, which has never changed. Now, John feeds her with a spoon every day
Whenever his wife's birthday or wedding anniversary, he will bring a bunch of flowers and a handwritten poem to celebrate the birthday and wedding anniversary together. He said, "I go every night, which is very important. She knows I love her. We have no children, this is our mutual affection. "
John is used to going to bed early and getting up early. I arrive at the office at half past seven every day. He has never considered retiring, and he hopes to be helpful in his lifetime.
When reviewing his life's research career, he always shrugged his shoulders naturally and habitually and said, "I was in the right place at the right time;" I didn't think about what I got from it, only what I can do. "
John once said: "some of us are like turtles, walking slowly and struggling all the way." When they are 30 years old, they still can't find a way out, but the tortoise knows that he must go on. "
My little idea
As long as life begins, it will not be too late. Goodenough began to study lithium batteries at the age of 18! It was not until he was 97 that he won the Nobel Prize. Einstein proposed the theory of relativity at the age of 26, Edison invented the incandescent lamp at the age of 32, and Madame Curie won the Nobel Prize at the age of 36. 30-year-old young people, 40-year-old people and 50-year-old adults often set limits for themselves. They often say, oh, it's too late now. If I were 65,438+00 years younger, I could start from scratch. . . The case of Goodenough tells us that it is not too late to start now. If we persist for many years, we will surely create miracles.
Jiang Ziya was honored by later generations as "a hundred masters", "the originator of military strategists", "on God" and "Wu Zu". As the chief think tank and the highest military commander, he assisted in cutting Zhou and building Qi, which had a far-reaching influence on later generations. However, he became famous only at the age of 72, and his family came down at birth. When he was young, he made a living by selling meat and wine. He has been unknown for most of his life, but he has always insisted on studying astronomy, geography and military strategy, and studying the way of governing the country and ensuring peace. At the age of 72, he finally waited for Xibo Hou Jichang.
Deshun Wang, who has been called "the most handsome old man" by netizens for several years, is 85 years old. 1936 was born in an ordinary family in rural Shenyang. He has not received a good education since he was a child. /kloc-entered the social struggle at the age of 0/4, first as a conductor for a motorcycle, and later as a worker in a military factory. But he was full of interest in literature and art. At that time, he didn't need money to attend classes at the Cultural Palace. He signed up for a drama class and a dance class and used his rest time to recharge himself, which laid a key foundation for his later entry into the drama troupe. 1960, the old man entered the shenyang military area command Repertory Theatre through his own efforts. Although his education is not high, he spends all his rest time learning to charge. At the age of 44, he also taught himself English, and gradually he became famous in the drama circle.
At the age of 49, when he was supposed to retire, he quit his stable job, gave up his spacious house and all the good treatment, and came to Beijing with his family and began to drift north. In Beijing, he began to learn pantomime. Because pantomime is a physical performance, it requires a lot of body. At that time, the 50-year-old father refused to admit defeat and resolutely walked into the gym. Skiing and swimming are even more rain or shine, and hard work pays off. The old man's original "modeling pantomime" was a great success.
At the age of 57, he created a "living sculpture". In order to perform a "living sculpture", he began to practice muscles at the age of 60.
Deshun Wang's father is getting younger and younger. At the age of 65, he began to learn to ride a horse. At the age of 78, he started riding a motorcycle again. At the age of 79, he walked on the runway. Became a DJ after 80.
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