Are there any examples of ignorance?

Some things can often be done better when we don't know how difficult it is. This is what people often say: ignorance and fearlessness.

1796 One day, at the University of G? ttingen in Germany, a 19-year-old young man was extremely talented in mathematics. After dinner, he began to do three routine math problems assigned to him by his tutor.

As usual, the first two topics were successfully completed in two hours. The third question, written on a small piece of paper, is to make a positive 17 polygon with only compasses and an uncalibrated ruler. The more young people do, the more tired they feel.

Difficulties aroused the young people's fighting spirit: I must do it! He picked up compasses and rulers, drew on paper, and tried to solve the problem with some unconventional ideas. Finally, when there was a glimmer of light outside the window, the young man breathed a sigh of relief, and he finally made this difficult problem!

After the homework was handed over to the tutor, the tutor was shocked at once. He said to the young man in a trembling voice, "did you really do this yourself?" Do you know that you have solved a math unsolved case with a history of more than 2000 years? Archimedes didn't solve it, Newton didn't solve it, and you solved it overnight! You are a genius! I have been studying this difficult problem recently. When I assigned you a topic yesterday, I accidentally put a small note with this topic in the topic for you. "

Many years later, when the young man recalled this scene, he always said, "If someone told me that this is a math problem with a history of more than 2,000 years, I could not solve it for one night."

This young man is Gauss, the prince of mathematics.

Lincoln who refused to give up

Perhaps the best example of staying the course is abraham lincoln. Want to know who has never given up, don't look!

Lincoln, who was born in poverty, faced setbacks all his life. He failed in eight elections, failed in business twice and even had a nervous breakdown. Many times, he could have given up, but he didn't, and it was because he didn't give up that he became one of the greatest presidents in American history. The following is Lincoln's resume before he entered the White House:

18 16 years, his family was driven out of the place where he lived, and he had to work to support them; 18 18 years, mother died; 183 1 year, the operation failed; 1832 ran for state legislature but lost; 1832 I am unemployed and want to go to law school, but I can't get in. 1833, he borrowed money from his friends to do business, but went bankrupt at the end of the year. It took him 16 years to pay off his debts. 1834, he ran for the state legislature again and won!

1835, when he was about to get married after his engagement, his last wife died, so his heart was broken; 1836, he completely collapsed and was ill in bed for half a year; 1838, tried to become a spokesman for state legislators, but failed; 1840, trying to become an elector, failed; 1843, defeated in the parliamentary election; 1846, participated in the parliamentary election again and was elected this time! Going to DC Washington, the performance is remarkable; 1848, seeking re-election of members of Congress failed!

1849 I wanted to be the land director of my own state, but I was rejected! 1854 ran for the United States Senate and lost; 1856 was nominated by the vice president at the Republican national convention, and the number of votes was insufficient 100. 1858, he ran for the United States Senate again and lost again. 1860 was elected president of the United States.

God's backup

One night in June 5438 +2002 10 was the most painful and sad day for Izumi, a famous Japanese pianist. When he was playing the piano, he suddenly had a cerebral hemorrhage and fell to the ground, and his right side was paralyzed from then on. Fortunately, there is no danger to life. In the first few months, Guan Quan was optimistic. He thought that he could get back on the stage after a period of recovery, and his magical and dexterous right hand could turn Edward? Greg and gene? Sibelius's music has a different kind of romance.

Unfortunately, it backfired. For nearly a year, his right hand could not move. For a pianist, losing his right hand almost means losing the ability to play music, which makes Quan very depressed and more and more depressed. His Finnish wife Maria whispered to Quan one day, "Why don't you try your left hand?" Left hand? The spring paused. Just as some people are left-handed, there are several songs written for left-handed players in the music industry.

Unable to resist his wife's persuasion, he promised to try. As a result, take out the British composer Frank? Bridge wrote a tune for a friend who lost his right hand in World War I, and Quan began to play, totally immersed in the music, forgetting that he played with one hand.

From then on, Quan began to play with his left hand. However, many left-handed music scores are too short to play in concert halls. Quan invited several old friends, including students studying music, to help him, and also actively participated in the creation of about 30 songs suitable for left-handed playing.

He returned to the stage and gave dozens of concerts every year. This piece of music was tailored by the composer for his left hand. Every time he plays, he sits on a special stool as long as the piano, so that his left hand can cover the whole piano keyboard. He made several documentaries and even performed a duet with Japanese Queen Michiko.

In 2006, at a concert four years after his stroke, completely immersed in the charm of music, he suddenly touched the keyboard with his right hand-he had forgotten that he was a paraplegic. Suddenly, his right hand can really hit the keyboard, and with his left hand, he finished the bullet. Although it was a bit bumpy, the miracle really happened.

Quan later said at a concert: "When I play with my right hand, I feel the leaves sprout in spring." At this time, his wife Maria, the Finnish wife who has been with him for 40 years, shed tears of excitement. It was she who told Quan that God had a backup. The right hand can't move, the left hand; The right side is paralyzed, and the left side is still healthy, only half of it is missing.

Really, we have not lost everything, whether it is the frustration of life or the deformity of limbs; Nothing in this world can make you completely desperate. As long as you can find your own backup, another door of life will be reopened for you.

The Pride of Disabled People —— Helen Keller

Helen Keller, an American blind and deaf woman writer and educator, lost her sight and hearing because of illness at the age of one and a half, which is unimaginable and unbearable pain for ordinary people. However, Helen didn't give in to fate. With the teacher's education and help, she overcame the disease with strong perseverance, learned to speak, "obeyed" her fingers and mastered five languages. At the age of 24, she graduated with honors from the famous Radcliffe Women's College of Harvard University. After that, she devoted her life to the welfare of the blind and deaf people in the world, and was praised and commended by many governments and people. From 65438 to 0959, the United Nations launched the "Helen Keller" movement. Her autobiographical work "The Story of My Life" has become a classic of English literature, translated into many languages and widely circulated.

Hunting with eagles

Hawking, a scientist, seems to have a weak learning ability when he was a child. He learned to read very late. After school, he never got into the top 65,438+00 in his class. Moreover, because his homework is always "untidy", his teachers think he is "hopeless" and his classmates regard him as the object of ridicule. When Hawking 12 years old, two boys in the class took a bag of candy and bet that he would never succeed. The classmates ironically nicknamed him "Einstein". Who knows, after more than 20 years, the little boy who was not outstanding in those days really became a master of physics. What is the reason?

As it turns out, with the growth of age, Hawking became interested in how everything works. He often takes things apart to get to the bottom of them, but when he reassembles them, there is nothing he can do. However, his parents didn't punish him for it, and his father even gave him a "coach" in math and physics. At the age of thirteen or fourteen, Hawking found himself very interested in the study of physics. Although middle school physics is too easy and simple, it is particularly boring, but he thinks it is the most basic science, which is expected to solve the problem of where people come from and why they are here. Since then, Hawking has started a real scientific exploration.