时事新闻:我国科学界两位大师贝时璋钱学森相继逝世
Two renowned Chinese scientists die
我国科学界两位大师贝时璋钱学森相继逝世
中科院生物物理研究所获悉，著名生物学家和教育家、我国生物物理学的奠基人和开拓者、中国科学院最年长的院士贝时璋先生，2009年10月29日上午在北京逝世，享年107岁。
贝时璋1903年10月10日出生于浙江镇海县。作为我国现代生物学研究和教育的先行者，贝时璋开创了我国生物物理学、放射生物学和宇宙生物学，为我国生命科学和载人航天事业作出了突出贡献。
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.
享誉海内外的杰出科学家和我国航天事业的奠基人钱学森同志因病于10月31号8时06分在北京逝世，享年98岁。钱学森是中国航天科技事业的先驱和杰出代表，被誉为“中国航天之父”和“火箭之王”。今天，在钱老常年居住的家内设置了灵堂，供其身前的老领导、老部下和曾经工作过的单位的同事进行悼念。今天，北京下着鹅毛般的大雪，但是，前来悼念的人却络绎不绝。
钱学森 男，汉族，浙江省杭州市人，中*员。1911年出生，曾任中国人民解放军总装备部科技委高级顾问，中国科协名誉主席，全国政协副主席。著名科学家。
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.
