Xueba's Sea of ​​Stars

Chapter 132 How Deep is the Professor's Routine
"The basis of the Human Genome Project - the structure of DNA, was determined using the physical method of X-ray diffraction."

"Protein folding is an important and unsolved problem in molecular biology."

"The significance of this problem is to solve how proteins express life information, which has a very important role in solving major diseases such as Parkinson's disease and mad cow disease."

"In the study of this issue, traditional biological methods have huge limitations. On the contrary, scientists have made many major breakthroughs by using physical methods such as thermodynamics and kinetics."

In the process of listening, Wu Bin wrote down the key points of Song Nanfeng's words one by one, especially for some problems that have not been completely resolved despite making breakthroughs. This is truly an unknown field for human beings. If He can be the first to attack...

'Hey, cool batch! '

Of course, the problem that stumps so many talented people in the world must be quite difficult. Now he must not even have the ability to do research, but this does not prevent him from having a huge motivation to learn!
"Hey, why are you giggling?" Song Nanfeng patted Wu Bin and shouted, "You're almost drooling."

After hearing this, Wu Bin wiped his mouth quickly, coughed awkwardly and said, "I didn't think about anything, but I think physics is really interesting, and it can be used for everything."

"That must be, I just gave you a typical example." Song Nanfeng said, shaking the water glass in his hand, and then pointed to the vortex formed by the hot water in the glass, "In recent years, with the The focus of biological research has gradually shifted from macroscopic organisms to microscopic molecular scales, from qualitative descriptions to quantitative analysis. Biophysics is like the center of this vortex, bringing more and more things into it. "

Looking at the whirlpool in the cup, Wu Bin was thoughtful.

"So physics is because we have rich experience in dealing with complex problems quantitatively, so many biological problems can be explained with the help of physics?"

Luo Wenmin, who was sitting by the side, heard Wu Bin's words, squinted his eyes and nodded, "You can teach a child, you can teach a child."

Song Nanfeng also nodded in relief, and continued to popularize science with Wu Bin about the outstanding contributions of physics in materials science, electronics, and chemistry. By the time he finished speaking, the lunch break was almost over.

But Wu Bin obviously still had more ideas, so he took advantage of the remaining time to quickly ask the question that confused him from the beginning.

"What about finance? Why can finance use physics?"

"Oh~ you still remember." Song Nanfeng smiled, and changed his sitting position to think for a while, "In your opinion, finance seems to be a subject that has nothing to do with physics, right?"

Wu Bin nodded without hesitation. He couldn't think of the relationship between physical energy and finance. If Song Nanfeng told him that things produced by physics would have economic benefits, he would be very disappointed.

"Then listen carefully. In fact, theoretical physics and finance are not only related, but also have a closer relationship than the majors I told you before."

Seeing Wu Bin's surprised expression, Song Nanfeng also knew that he had already whetted the kid's appetite, so he started to explain with a smile.

"First of all, and most importantly, theoretical physics and finance have many common grounds. Have you ever understood economics?"

Wu Bin shook his head.

"Well, let me tell you a concept first, that is, social and economic activities are a system composed of a large number of individual events. Can this be understood?"

Wu Bin understood for a while, then nodded clearly.

"Well, then similarly, the research object of statistical physics is a large number of particle systems."

"This... can this also be related?" Wu Bin couldn't help but complain.

"Don't worry." Song Nanfeng shook his head, "In the financial market, there are many individual events and behaviors that are often driven by unpredictable human thoughts, and in this regard, physics is similar to it, the quantum physics system There are also completely uncertain, ups and downs of the Tao that even forecasting cannot predict."

Hearing this, Wu Bin was still dazed, and even made him become interested in economics.

"But the difference between the two is that physics has a way to study this phenomenon. Guess what will happen in this case?"

This time Song Nanfeng did not whet Wu Bin's appetite, and directly announced the answer.

"It turned out that a physicist discovered that the theory of quantum electrodynamics could be used to analyze changes in stock options."

"Pfft!" Wu Bin's mouth opened wide, "This... this is also okay???"

"Unexpected, hahaha." Wu Bin's exaggerated expression immediately amused Song Nanfeng, and he laughed for a while before continuing.

"I won't lie to you. In fact, some behemoths in the financial market, such as Swiss banks and Wall Street securities companies, have hired a group of PhDs in high-energy physics and theoretical physics for more than ten years. Even Columbia University Wall Street job advertisements are posted on the bulletin boards of the physics department."

"Things... Physics is awesome!"

After listening to these contents, Wu Bin really felt a huge wave in his heart at the moment. The physics he thought he was about to hold in his hands appeared in a different posture and appeared farther away, which made him crazy again. fascinated.

At this time, Song Nanfeng looked at Luo Wenmin next to him, and asked politely: "Professor Luo, I remember that there are a few outstanding graduates of your Peking University who are well-known in the financial world, right?"

Luo Wenmin was taken aback after hearing this, a little puzzled why Song Nanfeng suddenly threw the hydrangea to him, and after laying the groundwork for a long time, B gave him Peking University to pretend.
After thinking about it, Luo Wenmin suddenly understood a little bit. It is estimated that the two of them were so anxious to fight just now, which damaged their image, so it is time to show their demeanor.

So Luo Wenmin was not hypocritical, nodded and said: "There are a few, it should be the class in 96. At that time, there were three graduates who went to Stanford, North Carolina, and the University of California, all of whom were physics and finance students." He is good at applying his profound mathematical knowledge to financial research. '

"The most famous one I remember is Huang Ming, who was snapped up by Chicago Business School, Harvard Business School, Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, and MIT Sloan School of Business when he graduated. Do you want to invite him to coach?"

After finishing speaking, he added a sentence: "It seems that he was also named the "Most Potential Doctor of the Year?" by the United States.

"Professor Song remembers it better than I do, so there is such a thing." Luo Wenmin nodded with a smile, and then replied politely, "However, there are many talents like HKUST."

But Song Nanfeng shook his head after hearing this, "There are not many of them. The students in our University of Science and Technology are still relatively rigid. They only like to study physics as a major. They don't like to touch anything else. It's really worrying me to death."

'MMP... so I'm waiting here! ' Luo Wenmin was so angry that he almost cursed, this set is too deep!
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