時事新聞:我國科學界兩位大師貝時璋錢學森相繼逝世
Two renowned Chinese scientists die
我國科學界兩位大師貝時璋錢學森相繼逝世
中科院生物物理研究所獲悉，著名生物學家和教育家、我國生物物理學的奠基人和開拓者、中國科學院最年長的院士貝時璋先生，2009年10月29日上午在北京逝世，享年107歲。
貝時璋1903年10月10日出生於浙江鎮海縣。作爲我國現代生物學研究和教育的先行者，貝時璋開創了我國生物物理學、放射生物學和宇宙生物學，爲我國生命科學和載人航天事業作出了突出貢獻。
Bei Shizhang, a renowned biologist and educator and founder of China's biophysics, died Thursday morning at the age of 107, according to a statement from the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS) Saturday.
Bei Shizhang, widely considered as the "Father of Biophysics" in China, was born on Oct. 10, 1903, at Zhenhai county of east China's Zhejiang Province.
He is the founder of China's biophysics, radiobiology, cosmobiology and has made important contributions to China's life science and manned space program, read the statement.
He is also a pioneer of Chinese life science research and education and served as the first chief director and honorary director of CAS's Biophysics Institute.
享譽海內外的傑出科學家和我國航天事業的奠基人錢學森同志因病於10月31號8時06分在北京逝世，享年98歲。錢學森是中國航天科技事業的先驅和傑出代表，被譽爲“中國航天之父”和“火箭之王”。今天，在錢老常年居住的家內設置了靈堂，供其身前的老領導、老部下和曾經工作過的單位的同事進行悼念。今天，北京下着鵝毛般的大雪，但是，前來悼念的人卻絡繹不絕。
錢學森 男，漢族，浙江省杭州市人，中*員。1911年出生，曾任中國人民解放軍總裝備部科技委高級顧問，中國科協名譽主席，全國政協副主席。著名科學家。
China's keystone space scientist Qian Xuesen, widely acclaimed as the country's "father of space technology" and "king of rocketry", died of illness here Saturday morning at the age of 98.
In 1956, based on Qian's position paper on the country's defense and aviation industry, the central government set up an aviation industry committee, which later became the leading organization for China's missile and aviation programs.
Under the guidance of Qian, also known as Tsien Hsue-shen, China finished the blueprint on developing jet and rocket technology. He also played a significant role in developing the country's first artificial earth satellite.
"Mr. Qian used to hold academic seminars for us. We exchanged scientific ideas and wrote articles together. The whole time when we worked with Mr. Qian had a great influence on us," Yu Jingyuan, a senior researcher with the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation told Xinhua Saturday afternoon on hearing the news.
In one of Qian's legendary stories, a missile project Team encountered repeated failures during the engine experiments in 1950s. Team members couldn't figure out what was wrong and turned to him. In a meeting, Qian paced around the room, listened to everyone's ideas and ask them further questions for about 40 minutes. He then hinted the team that they should take into account the high-frequency vibration when the engine was running.
