This book is part of the "Great Masters" series from the Peking University Institute for Advanced Study in Humanities. It is an excerpt from Wang Zhengxing's *The Beauty of Rigor and Conciseness: Wang Zhuxi's Lifelong Pursuit of Physics*, supplemented with images and rich materials. Wang Zhuxi (June 7, 1911 – January 30, 1983), also known as Zhiqi, was a physicist and educator from Gong'an County, Hubei Province. He served as Vice President of Peking University. He graduated from the Department of Physics at Tsinghua University in July 1933 and received his PhD in Philosophy from Cambridge University in July 1938. He was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1955. Wang Zhuxi mainly engaged in research in theoretical physics, particularly thermodynamics, statistical physics, and mathematical physics. He also made outstanding contributions to the optimization of Chinese character retrieval schemes. This book focuses on Mr. Wang Zhuxi, using time as a narrative thread, and tells his story...
本书是北大文研院系列书籍中“大先生”系列的一种，依托王正行所著《严谨与简洁之美——王竹溪一生的物理追求》一书摘编，补充图片，资料充分。王竹溪(1911.6.7-1983.1.30)，名治淇，字竹溪，湖北公安县人，物理学家、教育家，曾任北大副校长。1933年7月毕业于清华大学物理系，1938年7月获剑桥大学哲学博士学位，1955年当选为中国科学院院士。王竹溪主要从事理论物理特别是热力学、统计物理学、数学物理等方面的研究，还在汉字检索方案的优化等方面做出了突出贡献。本书以王竹溪先生为主角，以时间为线索，讲述了
本书是北大文研院系列书籍中“大先生”系列的一种，依托王正行所著《严谨与简洁之美——王竹溪一生的物理追求》一书摘编，补充图片，资料充分。王竹溪(1911.6.7-1983.1.30)，名治淇，字竹溪，湖北公安县人，物理学家、教育家，曾任北大副校长。1933年7月毕业于清华大学物理系，1938年7月获剑桥大学哲学博士学位，1955年当选为中国科学院院士。王竹溪主要从事理论物理特别是热力学、统计物理学、数学物理等方面的研究，还在汉字检索方案的优化等方面做出了突出贡献。本书以王竹溪先生为主角，以时间为线索，讲述了
