Big shots, big events, such as Qian Xuesen, who has spent his life in space?

China's "father of industry" in different fields;

1, the father of Chinese railways-Zhan Tianyou

Zhan Tianyou (1861-1919), an expert in modern railway engineering in China, is known as the first railway chief engineer in China. He is responsible for the construction of Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway and other projects, and is known as "the father of Chinese railways" and "the father of modern engineering in China".

2. Mao Yisheng, the father of modern bridges in China.

Mao Yisheng (1896 65438+1October 9-1989 65438+10/2) was born in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu. Civil engineer, bridge expert, engineering educator, academician of China Academy of Sciences, academician of American Academy of Engineering and academician of Academia Sinica.

Mao Yisheng presided over the construction of Qiantang River Bridge, which was the first modern large-scale bridge designed and built by China people themselves, and became a milestone in the history of railway bridges in China. After the founding of New China, he participated in the design of Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge.

3. Qian Xuesen, the father of China's aviation missiles.

Qian Xuesen (1911.12.1-2009.10.31), a world-famous scientist, aerodynamicist, founder of China's manned space flight.

Known as "the father of China's space flight", "the father of China's missiles", "the father of China's automation control" and "the king of rockets", the launch of China's missiles and atomic bombs was at least 20 years ahead of schedule because of Qian Xuesen's return to China.

4. Hua, the father of modern mathematics in China.

Hua (1910.1.12-1985.6.12) mathematician, academician of China Academy of Sciences. He is China's analytic number theory, matrix geometry, canonical group and automorphic function theory.

It is listed as one of the 88 great mathematicians in the world in the Chicago Museum of Science and Technology. The international achievements in mathematical research include Fahrenheit theorem, Fahrenheit inequality and Hua Wang method.

5. Yuan Longping, the father of rice in China.

Yuan Longping (1930.9.7-), a native of Dean County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, is an expert in hybrid rice breeding in China and a pioneer in hybrid rice research and development in China. He is known as "the father of hybrid rice in the world".

6. Hsin P. Soh, the father of China radar.

Hsin P. Soh (1907 65438+1October1983 65438+1October 30) was born in Yangzhou, Jiangsu. Great theoretical physicist, "the father of China radar".

He devoted his whole life to education and scientific research in China, with a profound foundation in mathematics and physics, and trained a group of outstanding physics talents. One of the physicists who studied quantum mechanics and relativity in early China turned to meteorological science. In his later years, he contributed to the study of marine physics in China.