physics

Zhao Zhentang

Zhao Zhentang is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Zhao Zhentang rather than just read about it. In short: Zhao Zhentang (Chinese: 赵振堂; born May 1961) is a Chinese engineer and currently vice-president of the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is a member of the Chinese Nuclear Society (CNS) and the Chinese Physical Society (CPS).

Key takeaways

Zhao Zhentang belongs to physics; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Zhao Zhentang to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Zhao Zhentang from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Zhao Zhentang (Chinese: 赵振堂; born May 1961) is a Chinese engineer and currently vice-president of the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is a member of the Chinese Nuclear Society (CNS) and the Chinese Physical Society (CPS).

Biography Zhao was born in May 1961. After the resumption of National College Entrance Examination, he enrolled at Tsinghua University. He carried out postdoctoral research at the Institute of High Energy Physics in 1990. For the next few years he continued his laboratory work at the institute, where he took part in the research of Beijing Electron Positron Collider (BEPC). He was a visiting scholar at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). In 1998 he moved to Shanghai to participate in the construction of Shanghai light source accelerator. He served as deputy director of the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics in June 2001, and nine years later promoted to the director position. In December 2018 he joined the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute and was appointed as vice-president. He has been director of the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility since 2019. He is a researcher at the Shanghai Key Laboratory of Cryogenic & Superconducting RF Technology.

Honours and awards 2013 State Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class) November 22, 2019 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)

References

External links Zhao Zhentang Archived 2020-02-03 at the Wayback Machine on the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (in Chinese)

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Zhao Zhentang

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Zhao Zhentang claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In physics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Zhao Zhentang before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Zhao Zhentang ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Zhao Zhentang

In research: Zhao Zhentang appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Zhao Zhentang in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Zhao Zhentang is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1961 births, Chinese physicists, Living people, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Zhao Zhentang outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Zhao Zhentang in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Zhao Zhentang means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Zhao Zhentang in simple terms?

Why does Zhao Zhentang matter?

Because it connects several physics ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Zhao Zhentang?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Zhao Zhentang.