Chapter 672 The Disdained Turing Award Silver Bowl
[China's first Turing Award winner]
[China's Turing Award winner who shocked the world]
[He is a Turing Award winner and China's chief scientist]
[China is not inferior to others as it is the first to win the Turing Award]
[Scientists should dare to climb Mount Everest]
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On the second day after the special plane arrived in Beijing, major domestic media reported on it. The front-page news was undoubtedly the news that Liu Tao won the Turing Award.
It can be said that it is not an exaggeration to describe it as the focus of attention.
It was also this time that the Turing Award entered thousands of Chinese households, and people knew that there was an international computer field called the 'Turing Award', the highest award, and the Turing Award is also known as the 'Nobel Prize in Computers'.
For a long time, the Chinese people have paid the most attention to the annual Supreme Science and Technology Award, which is the highest level award among the five national science and technology awards in China. It is awarded to scientific and technological workers who have made major breakthroughs in the forefront of contemporary science and technology or have made outstanding contributions to the development of science and technology, and have created huge economic or social benefits in scientific and technological innovation, transformation of scientific and technological achievements and high-tech industries.
The most well-known one is the "Two Bombs and One Satellite" Medal of Merit, which was awarded to a total of 23 scientific and technological experts who made outstanding contributions to the development of the "Two Bombs and One Satellite". Since the "Two Bombs and One Satellite" Medal of Merit was awarded there, no one has won it. It belongs exclusively to the scientific and technological workers who made outstanding contributions to the development of the "Two Bombs and One Satellite".
Therefore, the Supreme Science and Technology Award has become the highest level award and the most valuable. It is awarded once a year, with a maximum of two each time. So far, except for Liu Tao and Yang Zhenning, all winners of the Supreme Science and Technology Award are winners of the "Two Bombs and One Satellite" Medal of Merit.
It can be said that the highest science and technology award is actually equivalent to a lifetime achievement award. Unless you make a particularly great contribution, you have to work hard for your whole life and wait in line.
In addition, the National Natural Science Award has the highest gold content. The National Natural Science Award is awarded to scientists who have explained natural phenomena, characteristics and laws and made major scientific discoveries in basic research and applied basic research. Among them, the winner of the first prize of the National Natural Science Award will inevitably be selected as an academician, and the winner of the second prize of the National Natural Science Award will become a reserve force for academicians, a national outstanding youth, and a Yangtze River Scholar!
The next is the National Technological Invention Award, which is awarded to scientists who use scientific and technological knowledge to make major technological inventions such as products, processes, materials and their systems. The first prize winners basically get a direct pass to the selection of academicians, and the second prize winners become a reserve force for academicians, a national outstanding youth, and a Yangtze River Scholar.
The next is the National Science and Technology Progress Award, and the special prize has the highest gold content.
In addition to the national awards, the next are awards at the ministerial level and the national industry association level; then there are awards at the provincial level and the provincial industry association level; and finally there are awards at the municipal level and the municipal industry association level.
This is the current ladder construction of Chinese awards, from the city, province, ministry and then to the national level, from low to high.
Before, everyone didn't know about the "Turing Award" because there was no media that would promote the "Turing Award". Everyone knew that the international award was the "Nobel Prize". The reason was that when promoting Yang Zhenning before, they emphasized that he won the Nobel Prize in Physics at the age of 35, and then everyone knew about the Nobel Prize.
Now, the "Turing Award" is known by almost all Chinese people.
"Dad, why is it a silver bowl, not a gold bowl? Americans are so stingy!" Liu Jingming looked disgusted.
"Why is it a bowl? Not a gold medal?" Liu Yingqing looked curious. Normal people would think of gold medals, silver medals, bronze medals, or certificates and awards.
Bowls, they had seen them for the first time.
Liu Tao smiled and explained to them.
There are many theories about why the Turing Award is designed as a silver bowl, and there are two main theories. One theory is that in the Middle Ages, victory was accompanied by a banquet, and people drank victory wine, so a bowl-shaped object was used as a symbol of reward, with delicious food in it, and forks and the like were used to eat the victory food; another theory is that the American habit of "bowl" is because the first trophy was designed based on a bowl-shaped stadium, and the bowl form has been continued since then.
Of course, some people say that this is specially for the winner to eat or hold fruits, because there are Turing Award winners who do this.
As for the silver bowl instead of the gold bowl, it can only be said that the sponsor's sponsorship fee is limited.
Many people will say that foreign awards are so fair, open, and transparent, but in fact, that is just a lie, because many awards are sponsored by companies, and as long as there are corporate sponsors, they will inevitably be affected.
It can be said that awards at home and abroad must have this or that deficiency, and there is no perfect one.
Several children played with the silver bowl for a while, and then put it away.
Liu Jingming and Liu Yingqing were sent to the gymnasium to swim. They started to join the swimming team last year. In addition to studying, they practiced swimming and prepared to become swimming athletes.
Not only these two, but also Liu Qingan and Liu Manhua are receiving sports training, but one is practicing basketball and the other is practicing tennis.
Liu Tao does not object to the children's love of sports. As long as the children like it and have talent in this area, he supports it.
After all, sports can strengthen the body.
And the career of athletes is often short. It is not too late to do other things after the career ends.
Of course, Liu Tao also has requirements for them, that is, they cannot fall behind in learning, they must do both and do both well.
As for whether they can achieve results in sports, Liu Tao does not care much. If they can achieve results, they will naturally continue to be professional athletes. If they cannot achieve results, it means that they are not talented enough.
The athlete industry also pays great attention to talent.
If you don’t have enough talent, no matter how much you practice, it will be useless.
Just like Gao Min and Fu Mingxia, who are now famous, they have outstanding talents and achieved results early. Gao Min won the National Diving Championship and National Games Trials at the age of 12 in 1983, becoming the youngest national champion in Chinese history. In 1986, she won the World Swimming Championships Springboard Diving Championship at the age of 16, creating the highest score in the history of the World Championships. Then she won the three-meter springboard gold medal with absolute advantage in the 1988 Olympics, becoming the first Chinese Olympic women's springboard diving gold medalist. In recent years, she has won gold medals and demonstrated strong dominance.
Similarly, Fu Mingxia, who is only 13 years old now, has become a rising star in the Chinese sports world, defeating her peers and winning gold medals one after another.
Liu Tao supports his children to practice sports and has enough resources for his children to follow this path, but whether they can achieve results depends on talent for 70% and their own efforts for 30%.
Liu Tao can't do anything about this.