昨天晚上，看了一个PBS的纪录片，《Origins: Back to the Beginning》。看这些东西主要是为了练练英语。这一次却是听到了令我惊讶的话。 ROBERT WILSON，因为与同事发现了宇宙中的无线电背景辐射、支持了宇宙大爆炸学说，获得1978年的诺贝尔物理学奖。这位老先生在纪录片中说了下面一段话： When the Nobel Prize was announced, I think probably one of the first things that I thought about was, "Do I really deserve this?" And "Should my name be on the same list with as Einstein?" Which just seemed completely wrong. Over the years I guess I've come to understand that the Nobel Prize is given for discovering something, not for being the smartest person around. So while there are much smarter people around, we did something significant and I feel comfortable with it now. 他知道自己得奖后，首先怀疑自己是否够诺贝尔奖。后来， 他慢慢意识到，诺贝尔奖奖励的是重要发现，而不是研究人员的聪明才智。虽然周围有很恨聪明的人，但是Wilson他们做出来了一些重要的发现。现在这位老先生终于心安理得了。 这老先生坦诚地相当可爱。多数人拿到荣誉之后，便要在人前人后把自己塑造成一个完美的智者。而这位老先生，不仅没有把自己摆那么高，而且还把这种内心深处的隐私展现给公众。 我们国家，左一位大师、右一位大师。大师成群的国度，不仅没有一位做出过这位不聪明人的成就，更重要的是，我们的大师中，仅就坦诚这一点，没有一位可以与此君相比的。大师，应该不教师高一个档次。做教师都要求为人师表、行为示范，大师更应该是社会楷模、榜样。就这一点，我们这里合格的大师不多，人家这位才是合格的榜样、楷模。 呼吁点击此帖的网友们，等你们成了我们国家的大师，不要接受他人的造神化，更不要自我神化，像这位老先生一样，成为受尊敬的人。 ------------ 顺便免费为PSB做个广告。感觉他们的科教纪录篇质量、时效性不逊于大家熟知的国家地理、Discovery channel、BBC等。PSB的纪录片似乎是免费的，随便下载随便看（但我试了几次不行，不知道是不是被有关部门当成匈奴，堵在关外了。我只能靠小毛驴，又慢有旧）。另外，PSB很多纪录片都有一个黑人主持，此人发音特清楚，特别适合我们学英语。
Ching W. Tang原来就是邓青云 一直就知道Ching W. Tang在柯达开创性工作，不过因为自己不做OLED和OFET，所以对Ching W. Tang的中文名是什么 也就不知道，大概是姓唐的位老先生吧。 晚上翻新出的《分子材料与薄膜器件》时发现导言中有邓青云（Ching W. Tang）的字样，原来这就是他的中文名啊， 怪不得偶尔见到“邓青云”这个名字被授予 OLED相关的奖项时纳闷这个谁啊，原来是自己太无知了，不过香港人的中 文的英文名实在搞不明白。 在他的个人主页上，有张照片，舒适地坐在窗前的竹桌边，窗边的有幅字，是楷体的“人为”，我猜测应该是“事在人为”四个字，只是美国的摄影师不懂中国的传统文化，只知道汉字的点缀，却不知老先生将这幅字挂在窗前的含义。也许，当年拍摄这幅字时邓老先生会对摄影师说，一定要把这幅拍全了，可惜网页的编辑全然不懂截掉了；也许。 http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-cn/%E9%82%93%E9%9D%92%E4%BA%91 邓青云（Ching W. Tang，1947年7月23日－），美国物理学家，美国国家工程学院院士、美国物理学会会员、国际信 息显示学会会员、罗切斯特大学化学工程系，化学系及物理与天文学系教授。 目录 1 学术研究 2 生平 3 获奖及荣誉 4 代表性著作 5 外部链接 6 参考 学术研究 邓青云的学术贡献主要在于发现有机发光半导体（OLED)和异质结有机太阳能电池，发展有机发光半导体显示技术。他 在有机半导体材料和有机电子学方面的基础研究和产业化研究得到了业界的广泛承认和肯定 。 生平 邓青云是华裔, 1947年生于香港元朗，祖籍广东。1970年，邓青云获得不列颠哥伦比亚大学化学理学学士学位。1975 年，获得美国康奈尔大学物理化学博士学位。1975年-2006年，分别担任伊士曼柯达公司研究科学家，高级研究科学家 ，助理研究员，高级助理研究员和资深研究员 。2006年至今担任罗切斯特大学化学工程系，化学系、及物理和天文 学系教授 。 获奖及荣誉 1994年，获伊士曼柯达公司颁发的柯达杰出发明家称号 1998年，被美国物理学会遴选为会员 2000年，获伊士曼柯达公司颁发的伊士曼创新奖 2001年，获国际信息显示学会颁发的Jan Rajchman奖 2001年，获美国化学会颁发的Carothers奖 2002年，被国际信息显示学会遴选为会员 2003年，获美国化学会颁发的团队创新奖 2003年，获伊士曼柯达公司颁发的柯达研究实验室资深研究员称号 2005年，获德国Alexander von Humboldt基金颁发的Humboldt科研奖 2006年，被罗切斯特大学聘请为Doris Johns Cherry教授 2006年，被美国国家工程学院遴选为院士 2007年，获电气电子工程师协会颁发的Daniel E. Noble奖 2010年，获罗切斯特大学Hajim工程与应用科学学院颁发的终身成就奖 2002年，被聘请为华南理工大学荣誉教授 2004年，被聘请为上海大学荣誉教授 2010年，被上海大学授予荣誉博士学位 代表性著作 Tang, C. W., Two-layer organic photovoltaic cell, Applied Physics Letters (1986), 48(2), 183-5. DOI: 10.1063/1.96937 Tang, C. W.; VanSlyke, S. A., Organic electroluminescent diodes, Applied Physics Letters (1987), 51 (12), 913-15. DOI: 10.1063/1.98799 Tang, C. W.; VanSlyke, S. A.; Chen, C. H., Electroluminescence of doped organic thin films, Journal of Applied Physics (1989), 65(9), 3610-16. DOI: 10.1063/1.343409 VanSlyke, S. A.; Chen, C. H.; Tang, C. W., Organic electroluminescent devices with improved stability, Applied Physics Letters (1996), 69(15), 2160-62. DOI: 10.1063/1.117151 http://www.rochester.edu/news/show.php?id=2736 2007-01-19 Inventor of Next-Generation Display Technology Joins Faculty Professor Ching W. Tang High-resolution photo for download (University of Rochester) OLED Creator Ching W. Tang Named Doris Johns Cherry Professor Ching W. Tang, professor of chemical engineering and chemistry, and father of the multi-billion-dollar organic light-emitting diode (OLED) industry, has been named the Doris Johns Cherry Professor at the University of Rochester. Tang, the world leader in organic electronics including OLEDs and solar cells, is the first to hold the new chair. "We are very pleased to have successfully recruited Ching Tang and welcome his timely arrival in the Department of Chemical Engineering," says Shaw Chen, chair of the department. "Our commitment to new alternative energy sources and flat-panel displays will be greatly enhanced by Ching's leadership in these fields. Other programs across engineering and the sciences will also be well served by the interdisciplinary nature of his research." Tang is known internationally for his pioneering work on organic solar cells and OLEDs, which is the new flat-panel display that offers superior imagery for far less power than even the most advanced LCD displays today. In addition to the discovery of efficient OLEDs, Tang has been credited with a number of key innovations leading to the commercialization of a new flat-panel display technology, including the development of robust luminescent materials, novel color pixilation methods, fabrication processes for the manufacture of OLED displays, and the adaptation of technology for high-definition OLED displays. Tang is also widely recognized for his seminal work early in photovoltaics, which could lead to major improvements in the ability of solar cells to capture energy from the sun. OLED and photovoltaics are like two sides of the same coin; one converts energy into light for a display, and the other converts light from the sun into energy. "Ching Tang is the most accomplished and the highest regarded innovator in the organic electronics industry, and we're delighted to have him as a member of our engineering program," says Kevin J. Parker, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University of Rochester. "Our Department of Chemical Engineering has grown dramatically over the last few years, sporting a superb forward-looking doctoral program. Ching's addition highlights the hallmarks of the University's engineering, from the photonics started by the nation's first optical doctoral program to our strategic focus on alternative energies at present." Tang is a fellow of the American Physical Society, of the Society for Information Display, and was recently elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He holds more than 70 U.S. patents and has published 70 papers, including three highly cited papers based on his original work on solar cells and OLEDs. Tang has received a number of awards, including the Eastman Innovation Award (2000) from Eastman Kodak Company, the Carothers Award (2001) and the Team Innovation Award (2003) from the American Chemical Society, the Jan Rajchman Prize (2001) from the Society for Information Display, the Humboldt Research Award (2005), and the Daniel E. Noble Award (2007) from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Tang obtained a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of British Columbia in 1970, and a doctorate from Cornell University in 1975, also in chemistry. Tang joined the Kodak Research Laboratories after graduating from Cornell in 1975. Initially, he worked on solar energy conversion and succeeded in developing the first organic solar cells with 1 percent efficiency based on a structure that he invented. A few years later, he went on to discover the high-efficiency organic light emitting diode—the OLED, and spent the rest of his career at Kodak primarily leading the research and development effort in OLED. The Doris Johns Cherry Professorship was established in July 2006, with a gift of $1.5 million. Doris Johns Cherry died on Jan. 17, 2005, and bequeathed a generous portion of her estate for unrestricted support of the University. "Though I did not know Doris, I have learned that she made major decisions only after completing her due diligence," says Joel Seligman, president of the University. "The fact that she chose to leave the bulk of her estate to the University and gave us the flexibility to designate it to endow this important, named professorship is a high compliment. I believe that today's celebration affirms the wisdom of her choice. We will forever be grateful to Doris, and to her friend and counselor Jim Vazzana for the role he played in so carefully fulfilling her wishes." Mrs. Cherry graduated from West High School in Rochester at 16, earned a bachelor's in economics from the University of Rochester in 1943, and was a member of Theta Eta Sorority. After returning to Rochester in the 1950s from Chicago, she worked at the University in the benefits office for eight year before joining the Wiedman Wiedman law firm where she worked until the mid-90s. She served as communication chair for her 50th reunion in 1993. In recognition of Mrs. Cherry's generosity, a tree was dedicated in her name just outside Wilson Commons on the River Campus of the University. Contact: Jonathan Sherwood 585.273.4726
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