237: Materials science is essentially a practical discipline

Academician Jiang Lei looked at Guo Hao seriously.

"I understand, Professor."

Hearing Academician Jiang Lei's words, Guo Hao's heart gradually calmed down.

Indeed!

My mindset seems to have become a bit restless. Relying on my strong Mathematics, I feel that everything can be solved with Mathematics, but in reality, when solving these problems...

Understanding and familiarity with theory are also extremely important things.

My Chemistry foundation is indeed not very good.

In my Computational Materials Science, computation is the root, and Mathematical deduction is the root.

As for experiments... my practical ability is even inferior to a Master's Student.

"It's good that you understand."

Looking at Guo Hao in front of him, Academician Jiang Lei smiled.

"What is learned from books is ultimately shallow; one must practice to truly know. Computational Materials Science is good, but it ultimately needs to be put into practice. No matter how perfect the data you calculate, if you don't understand Chemistry and Materials Science well enough...

The perfect data you ultimately calculate may very likely be impossible to implement, or simply not meet the practical standards. After all, this is a material world!"

Academician Jiang Lei looked at Guo Hao with earnest words.

"I understand, Professor."

"Okay! As for the research topic, you can discuss it with me, but you can also do it yourself. Also, you will do the Laboratory work, and you can also invite Zhao Yang and others to join your research group.

Then, all the equipment in the Laboratory can be used by you, including the access to use the cryo-electron microscope and scanning electron microscope, which I will also give you!"

Academician Jiang Lei looked at Guo Hao seriously.

"I just hope that you can personally create something! Even if your future path is Computational Materials Science, Theoretical Chemistry, I hope you still have a sufficient understanding of actual material research before taking that path!"

"I understand!"

Guo Hao nodded seriously.

"Theory is built on a solid foundation. Teacher knows that your talent in theory is very high, even to a degree that is difficult for me to reach.

But in Materials Science, a discipline that is mainly based on practice, if you cannot truly create new materials, no matter how good your material model looks or how good the data you have, if it cannot be put into practice and become a convertible result, then your model...

Is very likely just the moon in the mirror, flowers in the water. Achievements are made step by step."

Academician Jiang Lei looked at Guo Hao with earnest words.

"I understand, Professor."

Guo Hao also nodded seriously.

He knew very well that Academician Jiang Lei said these words for his own good.

That's right!

Materials Science does not place that much emphasis on the construction of theory, because theory is theory. No matter how good the theory is, if it doesn't produce actual new materials, what is the value and meaning of Materials Science?

This is also why Computational Materials Science has not developed particularly well.

"Alright, I won't say more. Regarding my research group, you can go or not, I don't care about that. When you graduate, I don't care about that either.

In short, graduating from me is both simple and not simple. With your ability, I will have higher requirements for you! But besides that, you can use the Laboratory freely.

You can also use large equipment like the school's cryo-electron microscope and scanning electron microscope. Don't worry about the duration. Also, you can attend my classes or not.

If you have any questions, you can come and ask me anytime!"

Academician Jiang Lei smiled.

"As for getting help, you are already very familiar with Zhao Yang and the others. If you need help, you can always find them."

"Okay, Professor."

Guo Hao nodded.

"Alright, that's all I have to say."

At this time, the smile on Academician Jiang Lei's face gradually faded.

"Your talent is very high, really very high. You may be the most talented student I have ever seen. The achievements you have made now may be unattainable for many people in their lifetime.

But I hope you don't stop here. I hope you can become the benchmark for young scholars in Dragon Country, as you said!"

"I understand!"

Guo Hao nodded solemnly.

"Alright, I know your personality, so I won't say too much more. You should know what to do. I just hope you are not blinded by fame and fortune."

"Got it."

"Okay then, I won't keep you."

Academician Jiang Lei smiled.

"Then I'll leave first."

After speaking with Academician Jiang Lei, Guo Hao left Academician Jiang Lei's office.

For Guo Hao, the words Academician Jiang Lei said were actually very meaningful. What Academician Jiang Lei said was indeed correct. Materials Science, in essence, still needs to produce new materials.

This discipline is essentially a practical discipline, and theory is just a better aid.

Unlike Physics or Mathematics.

Materials Science is essentially a secondary discipline of Chemistry and Physics.

Whether a person is good at Materials Science mainly depends on whether they can create completely new materials. Computational Materials Science is meaningful, but it needs to have real output for this discipline to be meaningful.

It is only meaningful if it provides sufficient guidance.

He deeply understood Academician Jiang Lei's painstaking efforts.

Leaving Academician Jiang Lei's office, Guo Hao returned to the Library.

Shen Luoyan was currently reviewing her studies. With the exam week approaching, Shen Luoyan was still very busy. Although with Shen Luoyan's current knowledge level, completing the exams for the first half of the second year of university did not require such a big effort to review.

But this is Shen Luoyan's personality. Just like when Shen Luoyan was in her third year of high school, she actually knew the material like the back of her hand, but Shen Luoyan still didn't relax her demands on herself at all.

The same is true now.

She is inherently a person who has very high demands on herself.

Looking at Shen Luoyan like this, Guo Hao smiled and sat down beside Shen Luoyan.

He had already directly obtained his Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree, so naturally, he didn't need to worry about the final exams anymore.

The key now is the Dr.'s Degree.

There's no need to mention the Mathematics Dr.. As long as he wanted it, Academician Tian Gang would definitely be eager to directly award him a Peking University Dr.'s Degree, and there would definitely be no problem with the process.

He would even be directly invited over to be a Professor at Yanda Mathematics Institute.

There is no problem with this.

As for the Materials Science Dr., according to Academician Jiang Lei, he would not hold back his graduation, but he would have relatively high requirements for him.

Developing new materials?

A thoughtful look appeared in Guo Hao's eyes.

His hand began to write down his next plan on the paper.

Recently, he hadn't put much effort into Materials Science. On the one hand, Academician Jiang Lei had been working on batteries for the past six months, which is related to Materials Science.

But after all, it was only related to batteries, and the difference was significant. His Computational Materials Science was difficult to be of much use.