Biography of Deng Jiaxian

Deng Jiaxian (June 25, 1924 - July 29, 1986), a member of the Jiu San Society, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, famous nuclear physicist, pioneer and founder of China's nuclear weapons development, made important contributions to China's research and development of nuclear weapons, atomic weapons. [1]?Born on June 25, 1924, in Huaining County, Anhui Province, to a scholarly family, he was admitted to Zhicheng Middle School in 1935, and was y influenced by the patriotic salvation movement during his studies.After the fall of Beiping in 1937, he secretly participated in the anti-Japanese gatherings. After the fall of Peking in 1937, he secretly participated in anti-Japanese gatherings, and under the arrangement of his father, Deng Yixing, he went to Kunming with his elder sister and was admitted to the Physics Department of the Southwest United University in 1941.He studied at Purdue University in the U.S.A. from 1948 to 1950 and obtained a doctorate degree in physics, and in the year of his graduation, he returned to his country. [2]?

Deng Jiaxian is the main organizer and leader of China's nuclear weapons research and development, Deng has always been in the front line of China's weapons manufacturing, led many scholars and technicians, successfully designed China's atomic and hydrogen bombs, and led China's national defense and self-defense weaponry to the world's advanced level.? [3]?

Elected as a member (academician) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980, he was awarded the first prize of the National Natural Science Award in 1982, two special prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award in 1985, the title of National Model Worker in 1986, and one special prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award in each of the years 1987 and 1989.? [In 1999, he was posthumously awarded the "Two Bombs and One Star Medal of Merit". On December 18, 2019, he was selected as one of the "70 Chinese Returnees in 70 Years". [6]?

Deng Jiaxian died on July 29, 1986 in Beijing at the age of 62 after suffering from rectal cancer due to nuclear radiation during an experiment.

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