Reflections on the beauty of physics

Ten years ago, when I was a graduate student, when I was writing a program about physical equations, my tutor said to me, I hope your program is as beautiful as poetry! The first time I heard that physical programs should be as beautiful as poetic language, I was a little puzzled. What is the relationship between body language and poetry? Why does the teacher want me to write a poetic physical programming language? After working for five years, I happened to read The Beauty of Physics, and I got it. As Mr. Yang Zhenning said in the preface of the book: "What is poetry? This is the essence of thought. A few short lines tell a person's inner voice and a person's thoughts. Scientific research is also a beautiful poem. The equation we are looking for is the poetry of nature. "

Tutors have the thinking of scientific beauty, so I hope that the program of writing physical content should be symmetrical and neat, giving people beauty and pleasure. This is a higher job requirement for me, and it also cultivates my aesthetic feeling.

Understand the tutor's good intentions, how to spread the education of beauty to more students and influence children? Continue to deepen the book "The Beauty of Physics".

1, Newton and Li Bai

Li Bai's "Forgetting Lushan Waterfall" flies down to thousands of feet, and it is suspected that the Milky Way has set for nine days.

Newton looked at the moon in the sky and the apples in the tree? Reminiscent that they are unified by the same law, the famous equation of gravity is written.

2. Maxwell equation

The symmetrical beauty equation composed of four simple formulas shows the beauty of the unity and harmony of electricity and magnetism in nature!

I can't tell my students so many wonderful feelings without being a physics teacher. Is it useful to read this book? Yes, as a parent, it is the child's first teacher, but also depends on it!

Interact with children-101On the evening of October 5, our family watched the war together in Changjin Lake. The next day, Hao Hao, a child, told me about Shui Piao, who was impressed last night-playing six times. Hao Hao went on to say, "I found a rule in Shui Piao, that is, the length of the second drift is half that of the first drift!" "I carefully observed Hao Hao and found that the simple, harmonious and beautiful laws behind the phenomenon were amazing. I immediately affirmed him. It is amazing that Hao Hao can observe the situation in Shui Piao so carefully and find this simple rule.

We scientists also found the law from this observation. There is a scientist named Galileo in what my mother taught my brother and sister in high school. He put a stone on an inclined board and found that it took a drop of water to reach the bottom of the board. Then he constantly adjusted his position and found that when he put the board four times farther away, it took two drops of water to reach the bottom of the board. This is similar to Hao Hao's discovery! Hope to hear and see more discoveries! This is my first reaction after reading books about physics and beauty.

* * * Reading is an important bridge to communicate with children. Parents can read this book with high school students and communicate with them. They have a certain knowledge of popular science and physics in senior high school, so they can have a good interactive discussion. Let communication be no longer just an empty truth.

Readers and distinguished guests, let's judge the beauty of heaven and earth and analyze the reason of everything! Enjoy the beauty of the book "The Beauty of Physics" together!