Stories of scientists (2 ancient, 2 modern)

Adolf von Oye, German organic chemist, 1835 was born in Berlin on June 36. Due to the synthesis of indigo, it has made important contributions to the study of organic dyes and aromatic compounds, and won the 1905 Nobel Prize in chemistry.

Lifelong birthday present

1845 autumn, Berlin is crisp in autumn, and Beckham's mood is as cheerful as this. He is looking forward to June 3rd1day, which is his 10 birthday. He is already a big boy. Beckham is thinking that his parents will definitely give him a good celebration. Time passed day by day, but nothing happened. On the evening of 30th, Bayer leaned against the window and said to himself, Come tomorrow, tomorrow, my parents will definitely give me a surprise.

65438+1October 3 1, this day finally came, and his mother casually took him to his grandmother's house. Maybe the wonderful program is at grandma's house, Beckham thought.

Bayer was full of joy and skipped into grandma's house, but the room was as usual. He was a little disappointed, so he kept imagining that birthday activities would come unexpectedly. But mom seems to forget that today is him.

I didn't say anything about my birthday. Think of the birthday scenes of previous years-mother's care, father's blessing, exquisite gifts ... Beckham was so sad that he was about to cry. Did mom really forget my birthday?

On the way home at night, Bayer pursed his mouth and walked silently, full of grievances and inconvenient to say it. Careful mother has long seen his mind. Bayer's mother is the daughter of a famous lawyer and historian. She pays special attention to children's education. She loves her son and knows that Bayer is a clever boy. If she is properly educated, she will have a bright future.

Mother lovingly touched Bayer's head and said softly, "When mom gave birth to you, dad was 4 1 year old and still a lout. But he is not content to have no cultural knowledge. Now he is studying as hard as you, and the exam will be held tomorrow. Mom certainly remembers your birthday, but you are going to have a birthday. Do you think it will delay Dad's study? " Bayer still nodded, still with a hint of regret in his heart.

"I know you miss your birthday very much." Mom went on to say, "But you don't know how difficult it is to study when you are old. You won't know until you grow up. Dad didn't have the same learning opportunities as you when he was a child. It's a little late to start studying now, but as long as you stick to it, you will get results. We support dad to study, he will be very happy, and dad will love you more. Isn't this a good birthday present? "

As the mother and son walked and chatted, Beckham's eyebrows gradually spread. He loves studying and his father. Although he doesn't have a birthday present, he smiles happily. His mother took the opportunity to educate him: "Now is a good time for you to study. You must work hard. When you grow up, you can do more for the society and become a capable person. " Mother's words warmed Bayer's heart. Dad is over 50 years old and still studying hard.

Since then, Bayer has studied harder. 10 On the way home on his birthday night, what his mother said had a profound impact on his life. Later, he recalled: "This is the most generous gift my mother gave me on my 10 birthday."

Knowledge is not proportional to age.

John, the father of Yale? Zuo served in the Prussian army for a long time, from officer to lieutenant general of the General Staff. Although I was born in martial arts, I am very interested in the development of science and technology, but I am very busy with my daily work and have no time to study. To this end, he is very upset and often tells his wishes to a priest. It is not too late for the priest to advise him to make a study plan after retirement. As long as he persists, he will have a skill.

Bayer's father remembered the priest's words and began to study geology with his teacher at the age of 50. People around him sneered at him, but he totally ignored him. Bayer's mother knows her husband's mind and fully supports his studies.

After years of research, Bayer's father became an expert. At the age of 76, he became the director of the Berlin Institute of Geology. His father's efforts set an excellent example for Bayer and influenced the young Bayer.

My father not only studied hard, but also respected the teacher modestly, which also deeply influenced Bayer's growth.

That year, Bayer was still in college, and he and his father happened to talk about Professor Kekule. At that time, Professor Kekule was already an authority on German organic chemistry. Young Bayer casually said to his father, "Kekule is only six years older than me ..." His father immediately interrupted him with a wave of his hand and glared at him severely, asking, "Is learning proportional to age? How about being six years older? Isn't it worth learning? When I was studying geology, few teachers were older than me.

This incident was a great shock to Yale, and he was deeply educated. Later, he often said to people, "My father has always been my role model. He gave me a lot of education, and the most profound thing is this time. "

Bayer respects his parents, not only because they often correct his mistakes and care about his growth, but more importantly, their words and deeds give him the best education. Whenever he encounters difficulties in his study and research, a picture of his father with reading glasses studying at his desk under the lamp will come to his mind. An old man in his fifties and sixties has the confidence and perseverance to learn from scratch, but what can't he do at a young age?

Never tire of learning, never tire of teaching.

Bayer lived up to his parents' expectations. He first studied physics and mathematics at the University of Berlin for two years. Due to serving in the army for one year, my studies were interrupted. From 65438 to 0858, he studied chemistry with Benson and Kekule successively. Bunsen and Kekule were both famous German chemists at that time. Benson invented the emission spectrometer and discovered two new metals, rubidium and cesium. Kekule realized the structure of benzene ring in his sleep. Under the guidance of two famous teachers, Bayer has made great progress in his studies.

At the age of 23, he received a doctorate from the University of Berlin. Since then, Bayer has completed a number of sensational research work in the field of chemistry. At the age of 37, he became a professor at the University of Strasbourg, enjoying a high reputation in Europe, and many people asked him for advice.

At that time, a doctor Emile was born in Strasbourg, the youngest in the 307 years since the school was founded? Fisher believed that Bell could become a teacher both academically and morally. He refused the invitation of many universities to hire him as a professor and willingly joined Bell as a teaching assistant. Under the careful guidance of Bayer, through several years of study and research, Fisher's research level in organic chemistry gradually surpassed his teacher Yale. Bayer knows this best. 1One day in the summer of 882, Yale invited Fisher to his office. Bayer said, "Fisher, you and I have done a good job in recent years. Your research in organic chemistry has surpassed mine. There will be no more gains from working here. Let's change places. "

Fisher never wanted to leave his teacher. He was a little worried: "no, I don't want to leave you, teacher." Without you, I wouldn't be here today. ……"

Bayer didn't let Fisher go on. "That's settled. I recommend you to teach at Xia 'nan University. A change of environment will increase your talents. "

Bayer is not mistaken. Fisher is really excellent. 1902 won the nobel prize in chemistry. Three years later, Bayer also won the 1905 Nobel Prize in chemistry.

Bayer is a modest and sincere person. Besides Fisher, Bayer has trained many outstanding talents, some of whom have won Nobel Prize, such as his student Vilander (1927 Nobel Prize in Chemistry).

It is particularly interesting that Fisher's student warburg won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine with 193 1 year, and warburg's student Chris won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine with 1953. It can be seen that Bayer's personality and research methods have been passed down like genes.

ViccorGrignard is a French organic chemist. 187 1 was born in Cherbourg, France on May 6th. The discoverer of Grignard reagent. 19 12 won the nobel prize in chemistry.

A superior family makes a worthless tramp.

1871May 6, a little boy named victor grignard was born in Cherbourg, a beautiful Haidian town in France, which is the home of a prestigious shipyard owner. Parents look at their children with unspeakable happiness. Which parents don't love their children, not to mention the good economic conditions at home. Therefore, children are given whatever they want, and everything is obeyed by children. The couple thought that as long as the children had fun. Never criticize or discipline children.

When he reached school age, his parents sent him to school early, hoping that he would become a knowledgeable and educated person, and invited a tutor to tutor him. But Greenia has developed the bad habit of being spoiled and idle. Primary and secondary schools never know how to study hard, and of course they have not learned anything. To make matters worse, parents can't control it, and others dare not. Who wants to offend this rich boss? The love of parents makes the prodigal son of society. The whole city of Cherbourg knows that Victor Griya is a famous guy. And he himself is pretentious, thinking that everyone in this city is afraid of him as a big "hero"

The Count of Puerto Rico sternly lectured, and the prodigal son of grignard returned.

1In the autumn of 892, Victor Griya was 2 1 years old, still doing nothing all day and having fun.

One day, Cherbourg's upper class held another dance, and grignard, who had nothing to do, wouldn't miss this opportunity. It seems that this kind of activity is specially held for him, and he can choose his favorite partner at will and dance wildly. On the dance floor, he found a girl sitting opposite him beautiful and dignified, which is rare in Cherbourg. Before you know it, you start to move. Why don't you ask her to dance? Grignard smartly walked up to the girl, bowed slightly, and habitually waved and said, "Please dance."

The girl sat quietly as if she had something on her mind. Grignard leaned forward and whispered, "Miss, please join us." The girl rolled her eyes slightly, showing disdain. The girl has heard of grignard's evil deeds. She won't dance with such an uneducated guy. Greenlandia has never touched such a real nail in her life, let alone put her face in public. This is a blow to Greenia, and it's a bit confusing. He was full of anger, annoyance, shame, anger and hate, but he stood there for a while, not knowing what to do.

A good friend came up and whispered, "This girl is a famous countess of Puerto Rico from Paris." Grignard can't help but gasp, cold sweat seeping. After a pause, he went forward to apologize to the count of Puerto Rico and had to find a step for himself.

Who knew that the countess had long wanted to teach the tramp a lesson? She didn't buy Greenia's account, just smiled coldly with a disdainful expression on her face. Pointing at grignard, she said, "Please go away and stay away from me. I hate being blocked by an uneducated playboy like you! "

Spoiled grignard was ashamed at this time, and his prestige, pride and domineering were swept away. Grignard, who dominated Cherbourg for many years, was beaten out of the water by the Countess of Puerto Rico in a few words.

Run away from home and turn over a new leaf

Fortunately, grignard has not lost his self-esteem and knows shame. Knowing shame is almost brave. Grignard stayed at home and reviewed his behavior. Over the years, under the indulgence of parents and society, what role have I played? People in their twenties, five-foot men, want technology instead of technology and morality instead of morality, which has become a "public hazard" in society. When he thought that Puerto Rican girl had taught him a lesson, everyone around him was whispering, and people had already seen through their own character, and friends were hiding from showing up. It seems really unpopular. Seeing through his own behavior and realizing his mistakes, grignard felt relaxed in life. He wasn't born a bad guy. Superior family conditions and Cherbourg residents' respect for his family have made him what he is today. No one in Cherbourg will criticize him, and no one will believe that he can repent. If you want to start over, you must leave Cherbourg. If we find the cause of the mistake, we must correct it immediately. Grignard is determined to run away from home. He left a letter to his family: "Please don't come to me, let me start over, I will beat myself and create some achievements ..."

Grignard's parents have long recognized the failure of their education, but they have no way to start. Now that their son has realized that he has to take a new road, they are happy from the bottom of their hearts. They finally realized that they could no longer spoil their son and let him find a new way out by himself. The old couple didn't stop their son from moving, nor did they look everywhere. They just waited quietly for his good news.

Study hard and make a name for yourself.

Grignard ran away from home and came to Lyon. He wants to study at the University of Lyon, but he has never studied hard. There are too many neglected studies in primary and secondary schools. How can such a foundation be admitted to a university? Grignard had to start from scratch. Fortunately, an educator named Louis Bough sympathized with his experience and was willing to help him with his lessons. After the careful guidance of the old professor and his own efforts, it took two years to finish the make-up lessons. In this way, grignard entered the University of Lyon for placement. He knows that the opportunity to learn is hard-won, and there is only one way at present: work hard, work hard, and work hard again; Energetic, energetic, energetic again. At that time, Barbier, the authority of organic chemistry in our school, took a fancy to his diligence and talent, so grignard studied and engaged in research work under the guidance of Professor Barbier. 190 1 was awarded the doctorate for discovering Grignard reagent in grignard.

After running away from home for eight years, grignard fulfilled the promise he left behind when he left home. When he left his hometown, he was a playboy that everyone hated, but now he has become an outstanding chemist. The elders in his hometown cheered for him and decided to hold a celebration party for him and invite him back to his hometown. But he doesn't want to attend such a meeting. He can't forgive himself for all kinds of bad behavior when he was a teenager, and he is ashamed to face his hometown folks.

19 12 The Scientific Committee of the Royal Swedish Academy decided to award grignard the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for inventing Grignard reagent, which had an important influence on the development of organic chemistry at that time.

When grignard learned that he had won the Nobel Prize in chemistry, his mood was hard to calm down. He knew that his achievements were inseparable from his teacher, Barbier. It was Mr. Barbier who gave the project he started to grignard to continue his research. Under the guidance of Mr. Barbier, grignard discovered the Grignard reagent-the organic compound of magnesium produced by the reaction of metallic magnesium with alkyl halide in ether solution-usually called alkyl magnesium halide. Therefore, grignard wrote to the Nobel Fund Committee of the Scientific Committee of the Royal Swedish Academy, and sincerely requested that the Nobel Prize in Chemistry be sent to Barbier. At this time, grignard was not only a studious and fruitful scholar, but also a man of noble character.

When the news of grignard's winning the prize spread, one day, he received a congratulatory letter. There is only one sentence in the letter: "I love you forever!" " "This is a congratulatory letter from the countess of Puerto Rico. Over the years, grignard has always remembered the education and severe reprimand of her female uncle. The countess's expression returned to his mind. Without the countess's stern advice, grignard would not be where it is today. I have written to congratulate her now. It's really hard to live with feelings. Grignard always remembers the deep feeling of the countess's "scolding" and encourages herself to keep moving forward. It is not terrible for a person to make mistakes. What he is afraid of is no self-esteem and no sense of shame. The countess of Puerto Rico scolded a dude and a Nobel Prize winner.