2009年10月31日上午,令亿万中国人民敬仰的杰出科学巨擘、北京师范大学附属中学的老校友钱学森在北京逝世。成千上万的海内外人士闻讯慨叹:钱学森是上天给予中国的瑰宝。人们盛传新中国成立初期,我国用11名被俘美国飞行员换回一个钱学森、一个钱学森能顶5个海军陆战师(时任美国海军 On the morning of October 31, 2009, Qian Hsueshen, an outstanding alumni who admired hundreds of millions of Chinese people and an alumnus of a secondary school affiliated to Beijing Normal University, passed away in Beijing. Thousands of people both at home and abroad lament the news: Qian Xuesen is a gem given to China by God. People rumored to be in the early days of the founding of New China, China used 11 captives of American pilots to exchange money Tsien Hsien, and one money Hsueh-Sen could top five Marine Corps (when the United States Navy