Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 159 Chapter 107
"Master Hantaro Nagaoka:

"See literally.

"It's been a long time since I got in touch with you teacher, I wonder how the teacher is doing recently?
"When you receive this letter, I should have left the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of Copenhagen in Ding Moguo and arrived at Leiden University in Holland.

"I'm thinking about whether I should change my research direction, no longer obsessed with pure theoretical physics research, but return to experiment.

"The reason why I came up with this idea was that I met that Chinese physics genius Chen Muwu at the Institute of Theoretical Physics.

"Although I am very embarrassed, I have to admit that on the road of theoretical physics research, I think I can't compare with this young Chinese.

"During a conversation, I asked him about the mainstream direction of future physics development. Unexpectedly, the answer he gave was not the theory of relativity or the atomic nucleus, which are very popular in the physics circle, but the superconducting effect.

"During the chat, I carefully observed the expression and demeanor of this Chinese man. He answered the questions with clear logic and detailed examples. I can feel that these are the results of his deliberation. It should not be a temporary intention or random fabrication. .

"So after thinking for a long time, I plan to go to the low-temperature physics laboratory of the University of Langley and Leighton to find out whether the study of superconducting effects is a way out for the future physics community.

"I think Imperial University should also develop or purchase a set of low-temperature refrigeration equipment from the West, and our research on low-temperature physics and superconductivity effects should also be established as soon as possible.

"After I arrive at Leiden University, I will have a field trip to see how the cryogenic technology is there, and then I will write a letter to you, the teacher.

"If you need to purchase related equipment, you can ask the teacher to write a letter to inform, and the students will purchase it on your behalf.

"Please teach me more.

"Honored by Yoshio Nishina"

……

As Yoshio Nishina said in his letter to Hantaro Nagaoka, a professor at Tokyo Imperial University, at the ball that night, he still had doubts about Chen Muwu at first, thinking that this cunning supporter would not express what he thought in his heart. Speak up.

But as the conversation deepened, Yoshio Nishina felt more and more moved by the "sincerity" expressed in Chen Muwu's words.

Especially when Chen Muwu said that as an Asian, he himself was struggling in Europe and being bullied everywhere, which made Yoshio Nishina feel the same way.

These Omi monsters are really deceiving people too much.

Heisenberg in Copenhagen is even considered the better of these people.

The worst thing was the Pauli I met when I was studying in Germany, what kind of a guy is he!
Young and defiant, it's just that he is a European.

Did he make any contribution to the development of physics?

On the other hand, Chen Muwu, who is a few years younger than Pauli, has achieved countless achievements in physics, but he is very humble in dealing with people in the world. To use an idiom, he is as humble as a valley.

So before the end of the ball, Yoshio Nishina almost completely accepted the very pertinent suggestion of Chen Muwu, who had a similar illness with himself.

He planned to leave Copenhagen, first go to the Netherlands to see what is going on at Leiden University, and then make a decision on the next step.

However, even though he has completely trusted the Chinese in front of him, Yoshio Nishina is still not completely honest.

After hearing from Chen Muwu that he would spend at least two months as a visiting scholar at the Institute of Theoretical Physics in Copenhagen, Yoshio Nishina made a plan in his heart.

If within the time difference of these two months, I can successfully find the superconducting properties of thallium metal, then wouldn't I be able to successfully cut off Chen Muwu's next achievement in advance!

Non-toxic and not a husband, not to mention the achievements of the Chinese people, Nishina Yoshio has no burden or pressure in his heart.

But Chen Muwu didn't tell Yoshio Nishina completely the truth.

Before he arrived in the UK, he had already gained a firm foothold in the European and American physics circles by relying on two papers.

After arriving at Cambridge University, everyone loves everyone, and flowers bloom. Not only Rutherford and old Thomson who protect the calf, but also Eddington, who has always been gentle and gentle, beat people because of him.

Moreover, Chen Muwu's height and appearance are completely incomparable to Yoshio Nishina.

If you tell him that there are many beautiful girls in Europe who have taken a liking to him, I don't know if this short, round-faced and fat man will cry bitterly, break down in his heart, and even commit seppuku?
……

"Well, Dr. Chen, you poached one of my students just after arriving in Copenhagen. I thought you were all from the Far East, and you should have a lot of common topics with each other. I didn't expect you to dislike him so much."

After a few days of local sightseeing in Copenhagen, Chen Muwu met his brother Bohr again in the office of the Institute of Theoretical Physics.

As soon as we met this time, Bohr gave him a "dismissal".

But seeing the smile on his face, Chen Muwu could guess that what he said was probably a joke.

"Professor Bohr, you really know how to tell jokes. I have more common topics with a pig than I have with myself.

"Do you have anything in common with the Germans who occupied Schleswig, Denmark?"

Just after finishing speaking, Chen Muwu felt that the last sentence was a bit inappropriate.

Bohr, who was sitting behind the desk, kept showing Chen Muwu with his eyes that there were not only the two of them in this office, but also Bohr's close assistant, the German Heisenberg, sitting on the sofa.

"Uh," Chen Muwu hurried back to make excuses, "Werner, I'm just making an analogy. Forget it, let me change it to something more acceptable to you.

"Facing the French who occupied Alsace and Lorraine, and the Poles who occupied Danzig, would you, as a German, talk to them calmly?"

After thinking for a while, Heisenberg gave his answer: "Well, how should I put it, although I hate the French and the Poles, but if we are only talking about science, I don't think we should care about their nationality. My teacher Professor Sommerfeld, Professor Planck in Berlin, and Professor Einstein, they all have many good friends in the French physics circle."

"Werner, you are wrong, although science has no borders, scientists do have nationalities.

"Besides, most people in this world don't think like you. In the two consecutive International Mathematicians Conferences and the two consecutive Solvay Conferences, the Allies headed by Germany were not allowed to participate, which is to refute you The best example of this kind of naive thinking.

"However, I still have to apologize for my behavior. I didn't want to meet someone in Copenhagen who made me unhappy, so I made my own claim and found a reason to send him to the Netherlands.

"Professor Bohr, I still hope to get your forgiveness."

Chen Muwu's attitude of admitting his mistakes was very sincere.

But everyone was "sent" away by him, no matter how good the attitude of admitting mistakes is, what's the use?

"Chen, you don't have to blame yourself too much. As a visiting scholar, PeopleSoft certainly has the freedom to come and go,"

Bohr paused after saying this, and wanted to take out his pipe and light it.
But he also remembered that Heisenberg once told him that Chen Muwu didn't like the smell of tobacco very much. Bohr, who hoped to impress him, had a battle between heaven and man in his mind for a while, and finally gave up the plan to smoke.

"If possible, I would rather send away ten or even one hundred PeopleSoft, just to keep you in Copenhagen."

"Uh...Professor, you really value me too much."

Chen Muwu did not expect that Bohr could forcefully switch to this topic in such a place.

"It doesn't matter, there will be a long time to come, I think I have plenty of time to allow you to stay here." Bohr forced a smile on his face.

"However, then again, Chen, do you really think that research on superconducting effects will be the mainstream development direction of physics in the future?"

Yoshio Nishina's mouth is really looser than the waist of the old lady's cotton trousers.

He can just go quietly by himself, why should he announce it to the world?No wonder Oppenheimer's mood is not very high these days.

Could it be that after listening to the message, he also felt that superconductivity is the mainstream of physics in the future, and then thought that his teacher was hiding something?

Alas, I will have to find Oppenheimer to explain it later.

But now, he still has to deal with Bohr and Heisenberg in front of him.

"Well, Professor Bohr, it is undeniable that physicists still know too little about low temperature.

"I don't know if you have seen, but in my second paper on Chen Statistics last year, I discussed the existence of a condensed matter.

"I've always been interested in whether this kind of condensed matter exists, maybe after I finish this battle of quantum mechanics, I'll go back and study low-temperature physics.

"Of course, it is not ruled out to study superconductivity by the way."

The first half of the talk about engaging in condensed matter is completely nonsense.

But what Chen Muwu said about superconductivity in the second half is the truth.

He really wanted to, and at the same time he had to study the issue of superconductivity.

If he does not make a few achievements in superconductivity, then Yoshio Nishina realizes that he has been deceived, and it will be a matter of time.

Now that the big cake has been drawn, it is necessary to bake this cake, so that it can be said to have a beginning and an end!
Bohr did not go into Chen Muwu's words, anyway, as a pure theoretical physicist, he was not very interested in any experiments.

"Well, Chen, if you think there is a need for research on the superconducting effect, I certainly support you to try it. But as you said, the current priority is to win the battle of quantum mechanics. I listen Say, you were on Einstein's side and received a lot of resistance?"

Chen Muwu nodded: "Indeed. It seems that Dr. Einstein's philosophy made him attach great importance to the law of causality."

"He has indeed become a bit stubborn recently, and has become more cautious in physics. However, Chen, I personally agree with your point of view, and the same is true for Werner."

Bohr looked at Heisenberg, who quickly nodded in acquiescence.

"The entire Institute of Theoretical Physics agrees with your point of view."

"Professor Bohr, I am very honored."

"Chen, I'm thinking about this. By taking this opportunity of your coming to Copenhagen, can you give some public lectures to young people in the Institute of Theoretical Physics. Tell them about your quantum mechanics?

"I think that if there is a real war, only one general is not enough. If the general has no soldiers under his command, then he becomes a poor commander in name only.

"This group of guys in Copenhagen are very passionate about physics, especially your quantum mechanics. If you can train them a little bit, then this is definitely a new force with high combat effectiveness and can help you fight Win the quantum battle.

"Chen, don't worry, the labor fee for this course will definitely depend on you."

"Professor Bohr, you are very polite in your speech. Being able to give lectures at the Institute of Theoretical Physics is also something to be proud of. I am just afraid that my level is not enough, and I will make people laugh and mislead my students."

Chen Muwu is already very familiar with lecturing, especially quantum mechanics.

He had already tested the waters once before at the Kapitsa Club organized by Kapitsa.

Then he followed Rutherford's arrangement and gave a series of lectures to all the young and old in the Cavendish Laboratory.

Chen Muwu can now stand on the podium without any stage fright no matter how many people are sitting below.

But as for how much the audience understood, he couldn't guarantee it.

This is not because what he said is too obscure and difficult, but because the steps are too big, and the content is a bit advanced for today's people.

……

After agreeing to Bohr’s lecture invitation and pretentiously preparing for two or three days, Chen Muwu began to lecture on the quantum mechanics he “created” to a group of young people in their 30s and [-]s in the lecture hall of the Institute of Theoretical Physics.

Oppenheimer, who had heard similar content twice, was thus promoted to a teaching assistant for this course.

As an undergraduate, he understands quantum mechanics better than all the Ph.Ds here, which makes him very proud.

Regarding the matter of superconductivity that Yoshio Nishina mentioned before, Chen Muwu spent a long time talking, and finally explained it clearly to him.

After hearing that it was similar to what he had imagined when he left the meeting, and that the teacher really deceived the unpleasant person with fake news, Oppenheimer was finally happy again.

He knew that the teacher would not lie to himself.

……

Compared with the old-fashioned Cambridge University, Copenhagen, full of young people, is really an uninterrupted "youth storm".

These peers may respect Chen Muwu who imparted knowledge to them in class.

But every spare time, in addition to asking questions, many people come to Chen Muwu and Oppenheimer, inviting them to do various activities: such as going to the cinema in the city center to watch new movies, go to the Listen to an opera in the theater, continue the dance in the lecture hall like the previous one, or go to the bar to drink all night.

Only the last activity will be mercilessly rejected by Chen Muwu.

Because Chen Muwu is the swimming champion of the Olympic Games, so it is natural to find him in sports.

Bohr invited Chen Muwu more than once to take a walk in the beech forest in the Karamborg Forest outside Copenhagen during his break time. This was Bohr's favorite way of exercising.

In the Institute of Theoretical Physics, the most popular sport among young people was beyond Chen Muwu's imagination.

pingpong.

The sport of table tennis was popular for a while at the beginning of the [-]th century, but it suddenly disappeared in most parts of Europe.

Only in a small number of countries in Eastern Europe has it continued.

However, in the 20s, perhaps because of the end of the First World War, the sport of table tennis began to recover gradually.

During the break time, in the reading room of the Institute of Theoretical Physics, no one loves learning anymore.

Everyone occupied the long table in the reading room, set up homemade nets, took out celluloid balls and wooden rackets, and played ping-pong here.

The early ball-making technology was not perfect, so the shape of the table tennis ball is the same as that of a basketball. It is made of eight-petal celluloid pieces spliced ​​together to form a spherical shape.

The rackets are also very simple, they are all cut into round wooden boards with handles, and only a few people will cover the wooden boards with a layer of rubber.

As for ball skills...

The best players among these guys are all using slicers.

And because the score rule completely inherited the 21-point system of tennis, this led to a smelly and long game time, and it was not entertaining.

Seeing the ping-pong ball, the Chinese gene in Chen Muwu's body was activated again.

He also went up and passed the addiction a few times, just a simple fast break and smash, and he didn't even use the loop ball, and he beat these Bohr students helplessly.

People nowadays have never seen this kind of skill before, and they are amazed that Chen Muwu not only swims well, but even plays table tennis well.

Those who were not convinced came to the door to challenge and asked Chen Muwu to give advice.

After a few innings, the arrogant voices gradually disappeared, leaving only an excited Oppenheimer yelling from the sidelines.

In the end, the young people in the Institute of Theoretical Physics had to reach a consensus in private.

That is, every time before playing table tennis again, one or two people from the participating athletes will be sent in turn to ask Chen Muwu for advice on physics.

We can't let this big sports monster come to the reading room to ruin their only fun in spare time.

……

During these days of lectures, Chen Muwu had good and bad impressions of Heisenberg.

In the beginning, Heisenberg would come to the classroom early every time and sit in the exclusive seat for good students in the middle of the first row.

Not only did he listen carefully, but he also took notes in his notebook meticulously.

However, Bohr, the owner of the institute, only occasionally visited the lecture hall and visited several times.

Chen Muwu had never seen his senior brother sit on a bench and listen to a class in its entirety.

He also thought that this was because Bohr was the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics after all, and he should have figured out what he wanted to express from his previous papers.

But the truth of the matter is that Bohr was a little embarrassing. He didn't want to sit in the audience and listen to a young man who was nearly 20 years younger than himself.

That's why Bohr sent his confidant General Heisenberg to ask him to listen carefully in class, take good notes, and repeat it to himself when he comes back.

Chen Muwu didn't know the twists and turns behind it, and he couldn't stop praising Heisenberg in his heart.

No wonder he was able to go from undergraduate admission to doctoral graduation in three years. He never expected to love learning so much.

It's just that this good impression of my peers who love to learn didn't last long.

One morning, Heisenberg's figure suddenly disappeared in the first row.

Chen Muwu's first reaction was that he was sick?

In his memory, it seems that Heisenberg had symptoms of hay fever.

But after thinking about it, it is already the end of October, and even the chrysanthemums have already bloomed.

And where are the flowers in full bloom that can produce pollen and make Heisenberg allergic?

Chen Muwu and other students inquired, and Heisenberg was not sick, but since this morning, no one has seen him in the institute.

This made Chen Muwu standing on the podium secretly slander: It seems that the patience of this German is only so!
I can't stand it for a few days!

……

However, Heisenberg reappeared that afternoon, making Chen Muwu understand that he had misunderstood him in the morning.

Because after opening the door of the guest room on the third floor where he lived, Chen Muwu found that it was not only Heisenberg who knocked on the door, but also another person standing behind him.

"Mr. Chen, I didn't disturb your rest, did I?"

"No, please come in."

"Let me introduce, this is another student of my teacher Professor Sommerfeld, who is now a lecturer at the University of Hamburg, Wolfgang Pauli.

"After he learned that you had come to Denmark from England, he rushed over from Germany just to meet you. I just picked him up from the train station."

"Wolfgang, this is the one you have always wanted to meet, Dr. Chen Muwu from Cambridge University."

Before Heisenberg introduced him, Chen Muwu had already recognized Pauli through his recognizable eyes.

Why is he here?Fortunately, Copenhagen is the Institute of Theoretical Physics, so there are no experiments to do.

And judging by his face and expression, he looked unkind to the visitor.

Now Pauli is somewhat dissatisfied with his junior brother Heisenberg who first introduced himself to Chen Muwu.

Because in his opinion, this is Heisenberg's performance that he thinks his status and reputation are not as good as Chen Muwu's.

"Dr. Pauli, hello."

Chen Muwu stretched out his hand first.

This made Pauli even angrier.

He reached out his hand very perfunctorily, and touched Chen Muwu.

Pauli's brows were furrowed from the moment he entered the door, and he didn't even say "Hello" in his mouth.

After putting down his hands, he cut straight to the point: "Mr. Chen, I have recently carefully studied several papers you published this summer. Now I want to regret to inform you that in your papers, I found that A utterly ridiculous error."

Chen Muwu found this sentence familiar.

Not long ago at Cambridge University, he had heard it from Dirac who had broken into the lecture at the Kapitsa Club.

And today in Copenhagen, it was Pauli who broke into his room, and did it all over again.

Why are the first words you guys meet so disappointing?
(End of this chapter)