博士入黨自傳

iplan to begin my ph. d. degree study in your biophysics program in the fall term of 1995 and wish to obtain the degree within five years or so .

biophysics develops fast with the fruits of modern physics and chemistry. there is a wide range of fascinating questions in understanding life systems. during these years‘ study at tsinghua university, i constantly tried to improve myself through independent reading. this kept me well informed of the latest development in biophysics which attracts me a lot.

e. schrodinger‘s famous work "what is life" let me think a lot of questions in biophysics. up to now, physicist have made great success in studying simple periodic crystals, but for the complex biological structures possess both aperiodicity and order such as dna, there still exist many challenges. why these aperiodic matter can control the life strictly and precisely? why a small amount of nature catalyst-enzyme can be far more efficient than plenty of man-made catalysts? is the growth of life determined by genetic materials or by self-assembly or by both of them? from the book "liquid crystals and biological structures" written by glenn h.brown and jerome j.wolken, i got deeper understanding of biological structures which possess both mobility and long-range structure order, respond to a variety of external stimuli just like the properties of liquid crystals. the striking architecture at the molecular level shows there is a common physical-chemical origin for all life systems. the oriented molecules in liquid crystals furnish an ideal medium for catalytic action, particularly of the complex type needed to account for growth and reproduction. water, especially the weak hydrogen bond plays critical role in all organism. it determines the protein folding, stabilizes the double helix structure of dna. if we substitute deuterium for hydrogen, the biological system may be destroyed.

某公司一個重要部門的經理要離職了，董事長決定要找一位才德兼備的人來接替這個位置，但連續來應徵的幾個人都沒有通過董事長的“考試”。

這天，一位三十來歲的留美博士前來應徵，董事長卻通知他凌晨三點去他家考試。這位青年於是凌晨三點就去按董事長家的鈴，卻未見人來應門，一直到八點鐘，董事長才讓他進門。

考的題目是由董事長口述，董事長問他：“你會寫字嗎？”年輕人說：“會。”

董事長拿出一張白紙說：“請你寫一個白飯的‘白‘字。”

他寫完了，卻等不到下一題，疑惑地問：“就這樣嗎？”

董事長靜靜地看著他，回答：“對！考完了！”

年輕人覺得很奇怪，這是哪門子的考試啊？

第二天，董事長在董事會上宣布，該名年輕人通過了考試，而且是一項嚴格的考試！

他說明：“一個這么年輕的博士，他的聰明與學問一定不是問題，所以我考其它更難的。”又接著說：“首先，我考他犧牲的精神，我要他犧牲睡眠，半夜三點鐘來參加公司的應考，他做到了；我又考他的忍耐，要他空等五個小時，他也做到了；我又考他的脾氣，看他是否能夠不發飆，他也做到了；最後，我考他的謙虛，我只考堂堂一個博士五歲小孩都會寫的字，他也肯寫。一個人已有了博士學位，又有犧牲的精神、忍耐、好脾氣、謙虛，這樣才德兼備的人，還有什麼好挑剔的呢？我決定任用他！”

點睛：1、“眼高”還要“手低”，當你立志要大幹一番時，不妨先放下身段。2、有時，使你走向成功的不僅僅是淵博的知識，更重要的是你的“氣度”—“氣度決定了高度”。3、你對一些所謂的細節、小節的態度，往往左右著你未來的成就。