From Almighty Scholar to Chief Scientist

Chapter 207 Give God what is God's and what is scientist's what is scientist's

The celebration party continued until late at night.

The people who attended the party also enjoyed the joy of the banquet.

In particular, all the researchers who have responsibilities in the Lin Xiao project have been praised by others, and some of them have performed better, and have also been invited by other research institutions or universities, such as giving a lecture, Then share the whole process with them.

There are even some people who have been hired by some universities, hoping that they will go to the university to serve as teachers and professors. For some researchers, this can be regarded as their wish. After all, not everyone wants to stay in CERN forever.

All in all, basically these people have received certain benefits, which also made them express their gratitude to Lin Xiao in their hearts.

Without Lin Xiao, they certainly would not have received such treatment.

This can be regarded as a kind of network. After all, there are hundreds of people in the entire project team. Except for more than 100 first-class scholars, the rest are basically young people. Maybe some of them will be big figures in the particle physics field in the future. , it is not impossible for one or two Nobel Prize winners to emerge.

Of course, these future things can only be known by leaving them to the future.

After the party, Lin Xiao and the others sorted out the research process and conclusions, and then published them.

One in science, one in nature, one of W boson mass, one of black holes, each worthy of being published on the cover of these two journals.

Of course, these two journals did exactly that. The paper on the mass of the W boson had a cover of a pattern of W smashing all the particles in the old standard model, indicating that the determination of the mass of the W boson was based on the standard model. A break, though, and in one corner of the cover, there's a tiny formula that seems to be replacing the old Standard Model, and apparently, that formula is the New Standard Model.

For the physics community, the replacement of the new Standard Model is already an unchangeable fact.

As for the Nature journal of the artificial black hole paper, the cover is a huge ring representing a particle collider, and then there is a black hole in the middle. It is very simple. Of course, just a black hole is very attractive.

Of course, by the time this journal was published, it was already mid-December.

The Solvay meeting is very close.

……

Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris.

In Lin Xiao's dormitory.

To be honest, after living in the small villa at CERN for so long, Lin Xiao was not used to suddenly returning to this narrow dormitory, probably because it is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal. .

Of course, it's not a big problem, at least this dormitory is quieter.

At this time, he was preparing for the Solvay meeting.

After all, this is an important meeting, and it should be treated well, and he will introduce his multidimensional field theory to everyone at the meeting. As the pioneer of multidimensional field theory, he must introduce his own new viewpoints.

Of course, these problems are not big. After all, it is only a few months now. There are still relatively few physicists in the world who can understand multidimensional field theory, so no matter what "new ideas" he has, basically A truly new perspective.

Suddenly, his phone rang, and he glanced at the caller. Lin Xiao frowned. It was from Time Magazine.

People from "Time Magazine" contacted him before, saying that they hoped to interview him, and Lin Xiao naturally would not refuse, no matter what, it was an honor for him.

After being abroad for so long, he naturally needs to prepare for returning home.

Although as a Huaguo person, he does not necessarily need foreign honors and awards to commend himself, especially his achievements, but in terms of the domestic environment of Huaguo, these things are always inevitable.

It is an indisputable fact that foreign monks like to chant scriptures, but it is also a tragedy.

For example, Tu Youyou was almost a transparent figure in China before she won the Nobel Prize. She had no doctorate, no overseas study experience, and no academician title. In fact, in 2011, she won the Lasker-DiBakey Clinical Medical Research Award, which is known as the weathervane of the Nobel Prize. Even after she won this award, she caused some controversy in the academic circle, because some domestic scholars believed That should belong to the team, not to her, even though she discovered artemisinin first.

And until later, after she won the Nobel Prize in Medicine, the controversy never stopped, but no matter what, it was of great help to her, just like now people all over the country know her name.

For Lin Xiao, the same is true. A scientist who returns to China with a full body of honor will be cherished more in China.

Especially after he planned to go back, he started to develop on lithography machines. This is undoubtedly a project that requires a huge investment. He has no company behind him, and he does not have tens of billions of property, so the only thing he can rely on is the country.

And it is also necessary for him to use some internationally recognized honors to bring himself capital.

Of course, Lin Xiao did not forget that the old man said that he could go to him for anything, and the country would not let Lin Xiao down.

But if Lin Xiao can obtain such more capital, it will also give the country more reason to help him. After all, domestic resources need to be allocated.

So, now that Time Magazine came to interview him, it was just an appetizer.

……

Soon, Lin Xiao came to an empty classroom and came here to accept an interview with Time Magazine.

This can also be regarded as the first media interview he has accepted since the publication of the multidimensional field theory nearly half a year ago.

The reporter is a man, and there is a photographer.

"Mr. Lin, hello, I'm McLenne Kane, a reporter from Time Magazine."

After seeing Lin Xiao, the man greeted him with a smile, and stretched out his hand to Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao shook hands with him and said with a smile, "Hello Kane."

"Mr. Lin's name, I have heard it for a long time, especially after the birth of your multidimensional field theory, we have been wanting to interview you, but we have not been approved, and now we can finally interview you."

When McLenne Kane thought of this incident, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion. When did Time Magazine want to interview someone, when was it so sad?

But it was with Lin Xiao that they failed to contact each other for six months.

This made them want to give up for a while, anyway, they don't necessarily have to interview Lin Xiao - because when they judge the most influential person of the year, they don't have to interview.

However, when faced with a scientist like Lin Xiao who is considered comparable to Einstein and Newton in the physics community, they still chose Zhenxiang.

Hearing what McLenne Kane said, Lin Xiao couldn't help laughing, "This matter, it's really because I've been too busy for a long time, so I haven't accepted an interview. I finally finished work a while ago, so I agreed. Your interview."

McLenne Kane nodded with a smile and said, "It seems that we are quite lucky."

After a pause, he continued, "Then let's start the interview now?"

"Ok."

Lin Xiao nodded.

"Time" does not often interview people, but the interviews are usually with people who have attracted international attention for a period of time, or they have chosen the person of the year.

Although Lin Xiao was not selected as the person of the year, it is clear that he has attracted a lot of attention in the world.

The photographer set up the camera, and the background of the two is a blackboard full of calculation formulas. If you are a person who studies high-energy physics, you can easily know that it is the standard model that has been perfected by multidimensional field theory.

If the standard model is fully expanded, it is a rather complicated formula, which can be written in about [-] to [-] lines. Of course, the formula on the blackboard is simplified. However, since the multidimensional field theory introduces more unknowns, so Still seems complicated.

But this also makes their interviews more compelling.

The camera started recording, the cameraman held the clipboard in his hand and closed it with a 'snap', and the interview officially started.

McLenne Kane asked: "So, who is the person you admire the most?"

Lin Xiao frowned. The interview questions were indeed a little different from normal interviews.

Then, he smiled slightly: "The people I admire are the people."

McLenne Kane was taken aback, "The public?"

"Yes."

Lin Xiao nodded slightly: "The people, or the vast majority of the people, don't have much desire, they just want to live a good life and not encounter troubles, such as being bullied or oppressed. , as long as this is the case, they feel that their lives are worry-free, and even if they suffer a little oppression, they will try their best to endure it."

"So I admire the people, because they are most like a 'normal person'."

McLenne Kane didn't understand, "The most like a normal person? What's there to 'admire'?"

Lin Xiao smiled and said: "Because people have 'desires', and the way for normal people to satisfy their desires is to rely on their own efforts to obtain them."

McLenne Kane nodded half-understanding, and then said with a smile: "So that's the case, but I thought the person you admire the most would be a scientist like you."

Lin Xiao shook his head slightly: "That's too common. Since it's your interview, of course I have to give a slightly different answer."

McLenne Kane smiled, and then asked the next question.

"Then, your 'slightly different' answer is left for other people to comment on. Let's move on to the next question now."

"It may be difficult for ordinary people like us to imagine what the universe looks like in the minds of physicists. Under your multidimensional field theory description, our universe has many dimensions, so how do you think these different dimensions look like? "

Lin Xiao: "If you talk about the thoughts in my mind, I might think that there is actually a life in four-dimensional space standing beside us, or that what we are stepping on is a life in two-dimensional space."

"why is that?"

Lin Xiao stretched out his hand and pointed to the plane, "Imagine, there is a piece of paper on this plane, why can we see this paper?"

McLenne Kane thought for a moment and asked, "Because the light is reflected into our eyes?"

Lin Xiao smiled and nodded: "It can be understood in this way."

"However, there are requirements for us to 'see' something. Imagine why we can't see air? For example, we can't see oxygen? But we can see liquid oxygen?"

"This involves the problem of particle density, and for two-dimensional space, it is an infinitely thin piece of paper."

"In the case of infinite thinness, it cannot accommodate our particles, because you must know that particles have a volume, which means that their particle density is zero, which makes it even more impossible to reflect our three-dimensional light, so we can only Seeing things in three dimensions."

"So from this point of view, we can't see two-dimensional space, and there are two-dimensional spaces everywhere around us."

"The same is true for the four-dimensional space. The 'light' that passes through the four-dimensional space will pass through our three-dimensional space, so it will not be seen by us."

"Of course, you can also understand it this way: to establish a three-dimensional rectangular coordinate system, x, y, and z are the length, width and height, so we don't live in the 'length and width' of the second dimension, but in the third dimension." As for the life of the fourth dimension, if a four-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system is established, w, x, y, and z are the four axes, they mainly live on the fourth axis, instead of representing length, on the three axes of width and height."

Listening to Lin Xiao's introduction, McLenne Kane couldn't help feeling amazed: "Is this so? Then if we say that, will it affect the two-dimensional space if we wave our hands?"

Lin Xiao shook his head: "The force we exert comes from the electromagnetic force, and the electromagnetic force requires electrons and photons, but obviously the infinitely thin two-dimensional space cannot accommodate the electrons and photons in our three-dimensional space."

McLenne Kane nodded. Although he was a little confused, he could probably imagine what Lin Xiao meant.

Then, he asked: "So, is this your judgment based on multidimensional field theory?"

"Yes." Lin Xiao nodded.

"What if the real high-dimensional space is not carried out according to your understanding?"

Lin Xiao smiled: "If the universe does not proceed according to my mathematical deduction, then I think our universe is too bad, or in other words, our universe is false, it must have been designed by a real creator out, because only the Creator can design without following the rules."

"Oh, God won't be happy to hear you."

"God belongs to God, and scientists belong to scientists." Lin Xiao replied indifferently.

McLenne Kane was taken aback, and then said with emotion: "From this, I can be sure that you are a great scientist."

Lin Xiao laughed: "I believe every scientist thinks this way."

McLenne Kane did not respond and moved on to the next question.

The "Time" interview is no different from a normal interview, asking questions and then answering them. Since Lin Xiao is being interviewed as a scientist, the questions are basically related to mathematics.

Until the end, McLenne Kane asked the last question: "Mr. Lin, do you think theoretical science or applied science is more important?"

Hearing this question, Lin Xiao frowned, and then said with a smile: "I always firmly believe that theoretical science is the most important, and I will always contribute to solving the problems of theoretical science. As for applied science-if you know the Bourbaki School , you will know that the Bourbaki school does not like applied mathematics, and my teacher is Jean-Pierre Serre, who is also a Bourbaki school, although this concept has not had much influence in modern times , but it still survives, just like even if I study physics now, I am only studying theoretical physics."

"Leave the matter of application to others. I just want to explore the more profound truth."

A bright smile appeared on McLenne Kane's face, "Then I wish you further development on your path of theoretical science."

"Thank you."

The interview is over.

McLenne Kane got up and extended his hand to Lin Xiao again, and the two shook hands.

The first question was asked by Time Magazine, and the last question was asked by someone else.

But now, he has got a relatively satisfactory answer. As a theoretical scientist, I hope he will become more and more great, because the theory is universal.

"Oh, by the way, we need to take another photo of you. If there are no accidents, you will appear on the cover of next week. In addition, your name will also be included in the 100 most influential people of this year. Congratulations .”

Lin Xiao smiled and nodded: "Thank you."

(End of this chapter)