1945, in the desert south of Los Romos, a horrible mushroom cloud soared into the sky with dazzling light, and the first atomic bomb was successfully tested.
In the cheers of the scene, Joan Hinton, a physicist who participated in the research and development of the atomic bomb, was frightened by this force that produced great destructive power in an instant.
Joan Hinton was born in Chicago, USA in 192 1 and graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a major in physics. She was also a member of the "Manhattan" program of secret research on nuclear weapons in the United States during World War II. Then, she also participated in the development and delivery of two atomic bombs, Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
When Joan Hinton saw the black mushroom cloud rising over Japan, "This is not a mushroom cloud, this is Japanese bones and meat", she became more and more confused and fell into great pain:
Science should not be like this. If science is like this, then what I want is not science.
It is because of this experience that Joan Hinton, a promising American physicist, gave up his bright future in the surprise of everyone, and not far from Wan Li, he came to China, which was poor at that time.
In Yan 'an, China, Joan Hinton changed her name to "Joan Hinton" and met the love of her life, American Irving Ingest. From then on, they went deep into the rural areas of China and contributed their whole lives to the agricultural mechanization and dairy industry in China.
From a well-known American physicist to a dairy farmer in China, this change in identity is almost inconceivable to outsiders. What happened in that special era?
A talented girl from an elite family
192 1 year, a wealthy family with social prestige in Chicago ushered in the birth of a baby girl, which was Joan Hinton, later Joan Hinton.
Her family is not simple, but rather legendary.
His grandfather was a great mathematician george boole, his grandfather was a famous American writer Voynich, his grandmother was the author of the famous revolutionary novel The Gadfly, his father was a scientific researcher and his mother was a famous educator. His younger brother Hinton enjoys a high reputation in China's literary world for his works such as Turning Over.
Born in such a knowledgeable middle-class family, her life is doomed to be extraordinary.
Both parents are highly educated and have lofty ideals. When Joan Hinton was a child, her mother had high hopes: "When you grow up, you should be a person who benefits mankind."
This expectation slowly took root in Joan Hinton's heart and eventually became her unshakable belief in the face of difficult choices.
Although she inherited the excellent genes from her family, she did not aspire to be a writer, but was more interested in physics. Because science and technology have the power to change mankind, she is determined to make physical research her lifelong goal.
1In the autumn of 942, Joan Hinton was admitted to the Physics Department of the University of Wisconsin. After receiving a master's degree in physics from the University of Wisconsin, she was fortunate to be a student of Nobel Prize winner Fermi and a sister of Yang Zhenning.
At that time, as the head of the nuclear bomb section of the Manhattan Project, Fermi boldly chose 23-year-old Joan Hinton as his assistant to devote her to cutting-edge technology.
When the atomic bomb was successfully tested in the desert south of Los Romos, she was filled with joy and excitement, but this light soon became her nightmare. 1On August 6, 945, Hiroshima was instantly razed to the ground after the atomic bomb was dropped by the United States.150,000 innocent lives lost their breath.
She was shocked. Originally, she devoted herself to science for the benefit of mankind. Unexpectedly, she only brought destruction and killing, in order to become an accomplice of national political mediation.
Joan Hinton's faith collapsed in an instant, and she decided to concentrate on academic research and continue her doctoral studies. But by chance, she found that she was no longer free and was controlled by the US military. Because all her scholarships were provided by the US military, she completely lost confidence in physics.
Just when Joan Hinton was at a loss, her brother Hinton and her boyfriend Irving Ingeste in China had different news.
In their mouth, this is an ancient and progressive country, especially the base area led by the * * * production party, where people's livelihood is respected, people-oriented and changing with each passing day.
The words of relatives and friends branded the red mark of China in her heart. After reading the famous book Red Star over China, her idea of visiting China became stronger and stronger.
Although China was in the most difficult period at that time, the United productive forces exuded charming charm.
After careful consideration, Joan Hinton made an amazing decision to give up his rich life and scientific research in the United States and go to that ancient eastern country to witness its rise and revival.
Under the strong opposition of relatives and friends around, Joan Hinton, renamed as "Joan Hinton", set off for Yan 'an, China on 1948. She said: "This is the disillusionment of a dream and the beginning of another belief!" "
It's just that she didn't know at the time that this trip was a lifetime.
Since then, Joan Hinton, who lived in the United States, has disappeared, while Joan Hinton has appeared in China. This decision will also change her life. In China, she prefers people to call her "Joan Hinton" by her Chinese name, which is awkward but poetic, and has accompanied her life and dedication in China for most of her life.
Dedicated to the cause of dairy cows all his life
Under the arrangement of Soong Ching Ling, Joan Hinton successfully arrived in Yan 'an and reunited with her boyfriend Owen Ernst. To Joan Hinton's surprise, the people in the red base areas are very enthusiastic about production, and all people, regardless of their positions, are working together to build the only home in Qi Xin.
Moreover, she has never seen a leader who is so popular with the people as the China * * * Production Party.
The conditions in Yan 'an were very difficult at that time. There are no bright laboratories, and there are no mountains of expensive experimental equipment. Yan 'an seems to be out of touch with science, technology and progress. The people of Yan 'an, on the other hand, tried their best to make a big pot that can cook and fill their stomachs with the rotten iron and knives left by the war.
Joan Hinton saw the wisdom of Yan 'an people. Although the living conditions are very difficult, it is a harmonious scene here. Everyone is equal, and everyone has the same goal. Only in this way can we build a richer and better China.
Joan Hinton knew this was the life she wanted. She said excitedly: "People here live a simple life, and people have the same idea, that is, trying to build an ideal world, which has helped me find new beliefs."
Soon, Joan Hinton, who gradually became familiar with Yan 'an life, married elwin Engelster, who sang with her husband and devoted herself to raising cattle. She became a technician, but instead of studying high-tech nuclear physics, she became a dairy farmer, responsible for increasing the output of dairy cows and innovating agricultural tools.
The conditions are difficult, but people are enthusiastic. At that time, she had a goal: "capitalism does not need an atomic bomb, but everyone needs to drink milk!" " As a result, the cows she and Irving Ingest raised became the main source of nutrition supply in Yan 'an.
Because she accepted the knowledge of nuclear physics since childhood, she was at a loss about the huge cattle, and there were language barriers in communication with Yan' an troops, which brought difficulties to her breeding work.
However, Joan Hinton did not flinch. If her Chinese is not up to standard, she will exchange study and consultation with local young people. If the cows can't figure out their life habits and temperament, she will ask local farmers and animal husbandry experts, especially the purity of milk. She has never adulterated.
Joan Hinton merged into Yan 'an in practice. When the cow gave birth, she stayed in the cowshed all night; She helped the herdsmen save the mare from dystocia; She innovated agricultural tools with discarded shells abandoned by the Kuomintang. With the in-depth understanding of dairy farming technology in China, Joan Hinton took the lead in advocating mechanized cattle raising and embryo transfer of dairy cows.
1949, Joan Hinton took her 100 head of cattle to the trilateral pasture at the junction of northern Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia. There is no road in the pasture, so people can only ride donkeys. However, thanks to the efforts of Irving Engelster, Joan Hinton and local herders, the number of cows increased from 65,438+000 to 1 000. When they were in the Trilateral Ranch, they not only expanded the scale of dairy herds, but also often popularized the knowledge of animal husbandry and epidemic prevention for herders, so that everyone gradually accepted the concept of vaccinating cattle to prevent illness.
Due to the lag of communication, Owen Ingest and Joan Hinton learned the news only 20 days after the founding of New China. Joan Hinton said excitedly in Chinese, Boy, it's amazing that we have finally established a new country.
From 65438 to 0952, Joan Hinton, who was pregnant for seven months, worried about the danger of childbirth and decided to give birth in Beijing. As the Asia-Pacific Peace Conference was held in China, Joan Hinton was invited by Soong Ching Ling to speak as a representative. She also talked about her past participation in nuclear weapons research.
But this appearance exposed his whereabouts. This made the American government very angry. 1In July, 953, Truth magazine published an article defaming her: "Han Chun is an escaped atomic spy."
Joan Hinton ignored these public opinions. She concentrates on her dairy farming research. She is satisfied with her present life, and she is not angry at all. At the same time, Joan Hinton took China as her home and raised her three children in this vast land.
As well-known foreign experts, Han Chun's family can enjoy many benefits, but they want to be integrated into this land, and they can't be special in education like the locals, and give the children the most valuable lesson.
My son recalled: when I was a child, my mother taught our brother English, but everyone was addicted to the authentic Shaanxi Plateau dialect, so that the three children went to the United States to "study abroad" when they grew up, and finally spoke their mother tongue-English fluently.
"I just want to be with the cow."
1966, in recognition of Joan Hinton's contribution to China's animal husbandry, the relevant departments in China gave her deputy ministerial level treatment and a house. However, Joan Hinton stuck to his principles and didn't do anything special.
Because she didn't come to China to pursue personal material interests, it was the equality and prosperity of all people in New China that made them see the future and hope of mankind.
At the same time, she expressed her wish: she just wanted to be with the cow.
Many times, because of the difficult domestic conditions, she chose to scrimp and save, and bought a lot of advanced equipment from her own pocket and sent it to the farm. In sharp contrast, all the furniture in Joan Hinton's house is not worth 2000 yuan.
On one occasion, Han Chunsheng was ill, but refused to be hospitalized. Finally, she stayed for a few days until there was nothing she could do. She said, "It costs the country a lot of money to be hospitalized, which is a waste."
1982, Joan Hinton came to Beijing cattle farm and was kept in cattle all day. With his pure and realistic style, he has successfully improved the annual milk yield of cows from less than 7,000 kg to 9,000 kg, and some cows even produce more than13,000 kg, which directly promoted the rapid development of China's dairy industry and even dairy industry.
In addition, Joan Hinton also developed a set of direct-cooling milk cans, which filled the blank of dairy industry in China.
Joan Hinton has been studying the quality and yield of dairy cows in China all his life, so the mechanization of dairy farming in China and the high-quality development of dairy industry in China will go so smoothly.
In Joan Hinton, China, I have been enjoying quiet and beautiful years. The important thing is that Erwin Engst has been with her, holding hands and helping each other.
Their lifelong hope is that the cows in the dairy farm can thrive.
In a video before Joan Hinton's death, we can still see that she was over 80 years old, and her habits have not changed for many years-when the first ray of sunshine in the morning is all over the earth, she will get up to look at cows, study milk production records, check the operation of equipment, and be diligent as always.
In February 2003, Irving Engelster died.
The love of my life is gone, but those cows are unfinished concerns. Erwin Engst once said before his death, "I am relieved that you can manage these cows." Every day, Joan Hinton will walk alone through the path they walked together and go to the dairy farm to see the calves.
In 2004, Joan Hinton became the first foreigner to obtain the right of abode in China (that is, China green card).
Until 20 10 died, she still lived in a small bungalow not far from the cattle farm in the country, enjoying poor food and the afterglow of the sunset every day. In fact, Joan Hinton's income is not low, but they never spend money recklessly. Instead, all the wages are used to buy foreign high-quality cattle semen and hardware tools.
Joan Hinton once said, "I participated in the two greatest events of the 20th century-the atomic bomb and the China Revolution, which is enough." I really ended my life here because I love this land. She was buried under a tree in a dairy farm with her husband.
Joan Hinton once said before his death: "There are actually only two kinds of classification of milk, pure milk and impure milk. Being a man is the same, either being a pure person or not doing it."
And she is a "pure" person, a person with pursuit and faith. Although she is of American descent, she is a true friend of the people of China.
Author: Anna, an explorer who is passionate and curious about four-dimensional space.
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