On January 27, the California Institute of Technology officially awarded the University Science Award to Xiang Nan, and held a grand award ceremony for this purpose.
"Raj, congratulations to you." Leonard congratulated.
"Thank you." Xiang Nan nodded, then looked at Penny beside him, "Hi, you're here too, welcome!"
"Congratulations." Penny smiled.
Looking at the now high-spirited Xiang Nan, she felt somewhat regretful.
When Xiang Nan first got together with her, he was just an unknown researcher.
But after breaking up with her, his career flourished and prospered.
I heard Leonard say that he has now become a famous figure in the school, and he has even won such a heavyweight award as the University Award. It is really amazing.
The reason why she knew this award was very important and remarkable was because when she, Sheldon and Leonard were having dinner together that day, Sheldon was so angry that he broke his own when Leonard said he had won this award. All the lunch boxes were smashed.
After being friends with Sheldon for half a year, she knew that it was his unique way of complimenting him.
"Thank you." Xiang Nan nodded and smiled, "I'm very happy that you can come. By the way, you and Leonard are now..."
"Oh, we're just friends." Penny looked panicked and quickly waved her hands in defense.
Seeing her say this, Leonard suddenly showed an embarrassed expression.
"Oh." Xiang Nan nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
To be honest, he could have brought Lalita here tonight.
However, he was afraid that something might happen if Lalita met Peggy, so he didn't tell her about it.
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"By the way, Sheldon didn't come because he had something important to do. I hope you won't be angry with him." Leonard apologized to Sheldon again.
"No, it's actually a good thing if he doesn't come." Xiang Nan waved his hands and smiled. He didn't want Sheldon to appear at the award ceremony at all.
Because Sheldon likes to steal the limelight very much, with him here, the entire awards ceremony will not be clean.
"Weird! Weren't you good friends before? How come your relationship has become like this now?" Penny asked confused when she saw this.
She remembered that Xiang Nan and Sheldon had a very good relationship, but why have they become strangers now? !
"It's a long story, so I might as well not tell it." Xiang Nan waved his hands and smiled, not wanting to mention it again.
"Leonard~" Seeing that he was hesitant to speak, Penny obviously had something to hide, so she couldn't help but ask Leonard for advice.
Leonard didn't want to talk more.
The reason why Xiang Nan and Sheldon turned against each other was because of him.
He asked Xiang Nan to come up with ideas to save Sheldon, but Sheldon became angry with Xiang Nan instead.
He had a quarrel with Sheldon, and Xiang Nan stood up for him, only to be angered by Sheldon again.
Both things are related to him, what else can he say.
Seeing that he didn't want to say anything, Penny asked more urgently in private.
With Leonard's dog-licking personality, it was only a matter of time before she gave in when she continued to question him.
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After a while, the award ceremony officially began.
The master of ceremonies was Howard Wolowitz, a benefit Xiang Nan fought for.
"Ladies and gentlemen, good evening, I am Howard Wolowitz." Howard hosted. "It is my honor to introduce to you the winner of the annual University Science Award, my good friend Dr. Rajesh Kusapally. !”
As soon as he finished speaking, warm applause broke out in the hall.
Xiang Nan went all out in the second half of last year and achieved astonishing results. He not only discovered a rare habitable planet, but also found the Higgs boson, solving a century-old problem in physics.
Such a series of amazing achievements made him the most dazzling rising star in the school. Winning the University Science Award this time can be said to be well-deserved, and everyone is sincerely convinced.
"Now I invite Dr. Rajesh Kusapally to come on stage to accept the award!" Howard announced with a smile again.
Xiang Nan immediately took the stage amidst the applause of the crowd and received the trophy from Principal Seibert.
"I'm very grateful to the school for awarding me this award. This is recognition of my hard work last year." Xiang Nan held up the trophy and smiled. "I would also like to thank Principal Sebot, Dr. Gablehouse, and my good friend Huo Huo. magnificent……"
Just as he was delivering his acceptance speech, thanking his friends for allowing them to share this honor, he heard a voice in the back row of the hall shout, "I object to you winning this award!"
When everyone heard this, they were stunned and all turned their heads to look back.
Xiang Nan was also startled. He stood on tiptoes and looked around, and saw a man in a black hood standing up from the last row.
"Your paper "Edgeworth-Kyber Fragment Disk" has major flaws. How can such an unrigorous academic style deserve a university science award?" the hooded man continued.
"Edgeworth-Kyber Fragment Disk" is the first paper Xiang Nan published after he came to this world.
It proposes a new algorithm to eliminate slope and distance selection effects in a known TNO population, thereby deriving the expected parameters of a "true" EKB.
This is of great benefit to the study of the Kuiper belt, so after its launch, it was quickly accepted by the top journal "Astrophysics" and made Xiang Nan an instant celebrity.
Nowadays, the hooded man is questioning the "Edgeworth-Kyber Fragment Disk" paper as having major flaws, and questioning Xiang Nan's lack of rigor in academic research.
If the accusation is true, it will cause significant damage to Xiang Nan's reputation.
So when they heard what he said, everyone turned to look at Xiang Nan in confusion, not knowing what explanation he had.
"This cryptic gentleman, my paper was reviewed by dozens of experts and scholars, and it was published in the Astrophysical Journal after it was confirmed to be correct by the guidance of Dr. Gablehouse.
If there is a major flaw, why didn't anyone notice it but only you? ! Xiang Nan smiled slightly and said, "Besides, tonight is an awards ceremony, not a seminar." If you have any objections to my paper, you can discuss it with me privately. Let’s not discuss it here and waste everyone’s precious time. "
After hearing what he said, everyone nodded.
Xiang Nan's paper was published in the "Astrophysics" magazine, and this magazine is the top academic magazine in the industry. The review is extremely strict and there are basically no major mistakes.
"Are there no errors in top journals? The reason why I found this problem is because I am smarter than all of you." The hooded man continued to shout.
"Hundan, Sheldon, take off your hood and get out!" Howard heard his voice and immediately stood up and shouted.
