Free Web NovelChapter 722: Chapter 397: I’m talking about the competition, what are you talking about?
The Wolf Prize was established in 1975. R-Wolf initiated the formation of the Wolf Foundation with the aim of "promoting science and art for the benefit of humanity". A total of $10 million was raised from donations by members of the Wolf family to reward individuals who made outstanding contributions to the advancement of human science and art civilization.
The award is evaluated once a year, and is given to individuals who achieved outstanding achievements in art (architecture, music, painting, sculpture), mathematics, physics, chemistry, agriculture, and medicine.
The Wolf Prize is a lifetime achievement award, making it one of the highest accolades in the world.
As the prize is privately funded, it is very fair, and the mathematics and physics awards are the most influential.
The Wolf Mathematics Prize, along with the Fields and Abel Prizes, has become one of the three major awards in mathematics. As the Nobel Prize does not have a category for mathematics, the influence of the Wolf Mathematics Prize has increased.
The Wolf Physics Prize is also highly regarded and is considered extremely valuable. Many Wolf Prize winners in Physics have gone on to win the Nobel Prize in the same field, such as Kenneth Wilson, Martin Lewis Perl, Pierre Gilles de Gennes, Yoichiro Nambu, Makoto Kobayashi, and others.
The only drawback, perhaps, to the Wolf Mathematics Prize and the Physics Prize is that the timing of the awards is not fixed. Since the beginning of the new century, there has been a randomness in the evaluation of these two prizes. In some years, no awards are given, while in others, they are awarded consecutively.
This year was no exception.
The Wolf Foundation announced its list of winners, and there was no Wolf Mathematics Prize. This means that there will be no Mathematics Prize this year, but the name of Zhao Yi was among the winners of the Physics Prize.
This took everyone by surprise.
In everyone’s eyes, Zhao Yi should have been awarded the Wolf Mathematics Prize, not the Physics Prize. His achievements in mathematical theory have reached unprecedented heights, cracking one of the three major mathematical conjectures, and advancing the basis of mathematical theory. His significant contributions certainly warrant any mathematics prize, but the Wolf Foundation did not award a Mathematics Prize this year, instead, it awarded Zhao Yi a Physics Prize.
"This isn’t good news."
Some media outlets reasoned, "With Wu Jianxiong as a precedent, it also means that Zhao Yi cannot win the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the Higgs boson."
Yang Zhenning and Li Zhengdao jointly proved the non-conservation of parity, while the experimental physicist Wu Jianxiong confirmed this. Wu Jianxiong confirmed the non-conservation of parity.
Yang Zhenning and Li Zhengdao were awarded the Nobel Prize for this achievement, but Wu Jianxiong, as the discoverer of the non-conservation of parity, was also theoretically qualified to share the Physics Nobel Prize.
However, Wu Jianxiong only won the Wolf Physics Prize later.
Zhao Yi’s case is similar, proving the position of the existence of the Higgs boson, basically makes him the discoverer of this experimental finding, with the opportunity to share the Nobel Prize in Physics with the theorist.
Now, the Wolf Foundation has suddenly awarded him the ’Wolf Physicist Prize’, a situation that is very similar to Wu Jianxiong’s back then, so some people have pointed out that "Zhao Yi won’t be awarded the Nobel Prize." freewёbnoνel.com
There are many media reports that have basically confirmed this.
Zhao Yi found the stories interesting. Some analyses even made him want to laugh. Everyone was eagerly hoping for him to win the Nobel Prize. He felt quite moved, but hoping to win the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the Higgs boson, he could only say, ’the imagination is really beautiful’, because early on, many media outlets reported that he could only win ’half a Nobel Prize in Physics’.
Of course, the Nobel Prize in Physics can’t be divided, so half is as good as none. He didn’t expect to win the Nobel Prize in Physics just by discovering the Higgs boson.
So he doesn’t mind.
Others, however, were quite sorry for him. Dai Tianqing kept saying, "He had a chance, it’s a pity."
"Indeed."
Zhang Wei also felt it a pity, "How could the jury just give you a Wolf Prize?"
Zhao Yi gave a bitter smile, "Don’t say that the Nobel and Wolf Prizes are not related, even if they were, my proof wouldn’t qualify for the Nobel Prize. I think our research has more hope." ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com
He was referring to ’2CV-Bing Hydrogen Molecule’ and the ’Tianqing Protein’.
Everyone in the lab brightened up.
"There is a chance, definitely a chance," said Dai Tianqing excitedly. "In the future, I can brag that I participated in the research that won Zhao Yi the Nobel Prize in Medicine."
"So, I’ve won half a Nobel Prize in Medicine."
"Haha..."
Although everyone in the lab was full of anticipation, the Nobel Prize in Medicine is not easy to win. Even if the ’2CV-Bing Hydrogen Molecule’ and ’Tianqing Protein’ drugs are very effective and able to cure AIDS, it will certainly take a long time to have an impact. For the Nobel Prize in Medicine is just that type of award that takes considerable time before it can be granted.
Many Nobel laureates in medicine received their awards based on research or discoveries made ten to several decades earlier.
These scientific breakthroughs slowly fermented and had an impact, and only after curing many people or when the technology had a high coverage rate would the researchers or discoverers be awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
So, talking about the Nobel Prize in Medicine is still premature, perhaps one could consider it in five or ten years, or even longer.
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After Zhao Yi left the lab, he returned to his staff dormitory and turned on his computer. He found an email from the Wolf Foundation announcing his award in an old inbox.
Perhaps the Wolf Foundation couldn’t find his new number or frequently used email address, so they sent the email to an inbox he doesn’t use often. They probably thought it wouldn’t matter, as it was not necessary to directly notify him, as the news had already been announced and Zhao Yi would certainly know about it.
Zhao Yi found the phone number and called. The call was answered by a staff member of the Foundation.
"Hello, this is Zhao Yi."
He said in English, "I would like to ask if it is necessary to pick up the Wolf Prize in person?"
The foundation staff member on the other end was taken aback, "In principle, it must be done in person..."
"All right then."
Zhao Yi said, "You can go ahead and cancel my award because I absolutely won’t be accepting it."
"..."
The staff member, clearly caught off guard, stammered for quite some time before finally saying, "Wait a moment."
Soon, the person on the other end of the line changed.
"Is this Zhao Yi?"
"Yes."
"The man himself?"
"Yes."
"I heard your request, but we can’t cancel the award." The person on the other end sounded frustrated, "If you can’t attend the award ceremony, how about we keep your certificate and prize money for the time being, until whenever you...."
Zhao Yi promptly shook his head and responded, "But I may never claim it in the future." He doesn’t like the feeling of people waiting for him, even if it’s just for him to claim some award, it still feels like some unfinished business.
"You really threw us a curveball."
The person on the other end chuckled bitterly, "Well, I can propose to the committee that someone else can accept the award on your behalf. Of course, he or she must have valid identification."
Zhao Yi thought for a moment, envisioning a certain figure in his head, then nodded in agreement, "Fine!"
...
Fan Lei never expected he would be given such a task one day—to receive Zhao Yi’s award in Country D on his behalf!
"You’re kidding, right?"
Fan Lei’s expression was quite comical.
Zhao Yi said seriously, "The Wolf Foundation Committee suggested that I find someone to help claim the award. There are two winners for the physics prize this year, so it seems it’s only fifty thousand dollars. But I thought about it, there’s no harm in taking what’s being offered."
"But I don’t speak German," Fan Lei hesitated, "and I have never been abroad."
"I’ll find you a German translator. When the time comes, you two go together. I’ll cover all of the expenses, and reimburse you five-thousand dollars, that’s ten percent of the winnings. Any unused money is yours to keep."
"..."
Fan Lei realized he had no reason to refuse.
Unable to resist, Li Renzhe said, "Zhao Yi, it seems like Fan Lei doesn’t really want to go, why don’t I go instead? I have a German elective, I can say a few sentences. Plus, I only need twenty thousand, how about it?"
Zhao Yi glanced at Li Renzhe, picturing him on the award stage, nervous to the point where he wouldn’t know what to do with his hands. He rapidly shook his head and repeated his offer to Fan Lei, "I can give you six thousand dollars, not a penny more."\p>
"OK!"
Feeling threatened by the competition, Fan Lei immediately nodded his agreement. An all-expenses-paid trip to Country D, an opportunity to make an appearance on an international award stage, and the potential to earn a good sum of money.
This was an opportunity he definitely couldn’t miss!
"By the way, Zhao Yi, I heard Hamburg in Germany is not bad, there’s a place called St. Pauli...hehe..."
"Ahem, feel free to check it out, but be careful."
"Do I seem like that kind of person?"
"I’m not covering those expenses though."
"I’m merely mentioning it, I won’t have the time!" Fan Lei said nonchalantly. "Also, I’m not really interested in foreign ones."
Listening from the side, Li Renzhe suddenly perked up and said, "Old Fan, you’re really going? I’ve also heard of St. Pauli. I heard it’s filled with beauties, legal ones, mind you."
"Legal what?" Fan Lei asked in confusion.
"You know...that thing, that thing you guys were talking about?" Li Renzhe tried to explain with normal language.
Fan Lei said in confusion, "We were talking about football. Next week is the Hamburg derby match against St. Pauli, it’s going to be spectacular. I plan to watch the match, what are you talking about?"
Zhao Yi nodded in agreement.
"...I also mean the football match, the Hamburg derby." Li Renzhe weakly responded.
"I thought you were..."
Fan Lei suddenly realized and said," Renzhe! When will you grow up, always thinking of these inappropriate things? You have Wen Qian, what else are you planning to do, you tell me..."
"#@￥%..."
After a round of scolding, Li Renzhe snapped back angrily, "Get lost!"
