邓稼先,1924年出生于安徽省怀宁县,其父是清华、北大哲学教授。1947年,邓稼先通过了赴美研究生考试,于翌年秋进入美国印第安那州的普渡大学研究生院学习。由于他学习成绩突出,不足两年便读满学分并通过了博士论文答辩。此时的邓稼先只有26岁,人称“娃娃博士”。 Deng Jiaxian was born in Huaining County, Anhui Province in 1924 and his father is a professor of philosophy at Tsinghua University and Peking University. In 1947, Deng Jiaxian passed the exams for postgraduate study in the United States and entered Purdue Graduate School in Indiana the following year. Due to his outstanding academic performance, he finished full credits in less than two years and passed the dissertation defense. At this time Deng Jia first only 26 years old, known as “doll ”.