Reborn and become a Great Scientist

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"Danish astronomy has a long history, dating back to the time of Frederick II in the sixteenth century AD.

"His Majesty the King gave the astronomer Tycho Brahe the Wen Island in the Oresund Strait, and also allocated a ton of gold to build him the first observatory in Europe on the island.

"After Tycho left Denmark, in 1637, King Christian IV funded the construction of the Round Tower Observatory, which is the second national observatory in the world, second only to the Leiden National Observatory in the Netherlands.

"The Round Tower Observatory is the predecessor of the Observatory of the University of Copenhagen. Because the observatory is in the center of Copenhagen, the vibration caused by light pollution and traffic factors is relatively strong. Therefore, in 1861, the University of Copenhagen built a new observatory here. . . . ”

The Director of the University of Copenhagen Observatory, Ellis Stromgren, personally introduced Danish astronomy and the history of the University of Copenhagen Observatory to Chen Muwu who visited the Observatory.

"Horseshoe disease in the spring breeze", as the new Nobel Prize winner in physics, Chen Muwu has been in the limelight recently.

As the discoverer of the ninth planet in the solar system, Chen Muwu is also regarded as a rising star in astronomy.

The word nova was first observed and proposed in Denmark.

And his proposer was Tycho, whom the director of the observatory had just mentioned.

Tycho did not leave Denmark as the curator said, he was driven away by the successor king.

Stromgren didn't dare to neglect the young man in front of him, if his purpose of coming to the observatory was to borrow the astronomical telescope here and discover the tenth largest planet in the solar system.

Then maybe the observatory can put up a sign next to the astronomical telescope, and write "the telescope used by Chen Muwu when he discovered the tenth planet in the solar system", and then collect ticket money from tourists who want to visit, and use it as a fund for the development of the observatory .

Also director of the university's observatory, Stromgren's business acumen far surpassed that of Cambridge's Eddington.

The latter only hopes that his recent popular science book on quantum mechanics can take advantage of the chance that its proposer, Chen Muwu, won the Nobel Prize in Physics to sell a few more copies, and then rely on the royalties earned to subsidize the poorly run Cambridge University observatory.

I heard that some time ago, the British royal family specially allocated an annual fund of [-] pounds to the Cavendish Laboratory. How could such a good thing never come to me?
It's a pity that Chen Muwu will disappoint Stromgren this time.

He didn't come to borrow an astronomical telescope, nor did he come to discover the tenth planet, he just wanted to borrow a few astronomical journals.

"Director Stromgren, I didn't come here to see any stars this time, and you can't see stars at all during the day, can you?
"I'm just recently interested in the distance between the Andromeda Nebula and the Milky Way. I heard that the United States has been observing these nebulae for a long time, and I don't know whether they have produced any results."

After hearing Chen Muwu's reason for coming, Stromgren began to sigh affectionately again: "Dr. Chen, I know that you don't like the equipment of our observatory.

"As you can see, our Danish astronomy research, although our ancestors were once rich, but the current situation is really getting worse every year.

"Take the telescope under the observatory dome, we installed a fourteen-inch refractor in 1895.

"This telescope has already spent all the financial resources of the observatory at that time, but just two years later, the wealthy Yankee built a forty-inch refractor at the Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin.

"Astronomical observation is an activity that costs a lot of money, and Europe is getting poorer and America is getting richer.

"Sigh, I don't know when Denmark, as the birthplace of modern astronomy, will revive astronomy."

Chen Muwu murmured silently in his heart, there is no chance, don’t you see, your Danish astronomer Dreyer has all gone to England, and even became the president of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Although he thought so in his heart, he still politely comforted the dejected director of the observatory on the surface, after all, he had something to ask for.

"Mr. Stromgren, the American economy is nothing more than a false prosperity. I don't think it will be long before this economic soap bubble of theirs will burst and disappear."

He revealed a great opportunity. If Stromgren had a stronger economic acumen, he might be able to earn a [-]-centimeter refracting telescope from the U.S. stock market.

……

Oppenheimer went to the observatory many times and brought back so many journals from the United States to Denmark from the Institute of Theoretical Physics, but none of these journals could find Hubble's papers.

It is impossible to say that Chen Muwu just came here once and just happened to find the answer he was looking for, so he is too chosen by heaven.

But his trip was not empty-handed, because in the database of the University of Copenhagen Observatory, Chen Muwu found a copy of "Popular Astronomy" published in 1915.

One of these was entitled "Spectroscopic Observations of Nebulae," by Vesto Siriver, Assistant Director of the Lowell Observatory.

Beginning in 1912, Siriver used negatives coated with photosensitive emulsion to record the spectrum of the nebula, and calculated the speed of the nebula through the movement of the spectrum.

In this 1915 paper, Sliever gave the velocity of movement of fifteen spiral nebulae.

And in another paper titled "Nebula," published in the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society in 1917, Sliever had measured the speed of movement of 25 nebulae.

The so-called Hubble's law means that the receding speed of distant galaxies is proportional to their distance from the earth.

The physical meaning behind this law is that the universe is not static, and the stars in the sky are accelerating away from us.

At the Observatory of the University of Copenhagen, Chen Muwu has obtained the receding speeds of so many "nebulae".

He transcribed all the moving speeds of these 25 nebulae on paper.

After another careful check, he bid farewell to Stromgren and left the observatory.

All Chen Muwu needs to know now is the distance between these galaxies and the earth.

He only hopes that Hubble will not find any moths at the Mount Wilson Observatory, and can publish the data of these distances according to the progress of history.

……

Time passed day after day. During this period, Oppenheimer ran to the observatory several times, but returned without success each time.

Although he was curious, what did his teacher always read astronomy journals for?

But Oppenheimer never asked Chen Muwu for the answer to this question.

He guessed that even if Chen Muwu told him, he probably wouldn't understand.

Mr. Chen's knowledge reserves are deeper than the sea water of the Atlantic Ocean, so he must study hard by his teacher's side!

Although there was no news about Hubble's thesis, Chen Muwu did receive replies to several telegrams he sent out one after another.

His elder brother didn't call Chen Muwu back until he arrived in Harbin.

It was the end of the year, and the bank business was busy. The second brother Chen Muping, a businessman who valued profits, naturally would not give up the opportunity to make money.

The old lady insisted on refusing to leave her homeland on the grounds of her age.

So the only family member who came to Stockholm to attend his awards ceremony this time is his elder brother Chen Muqiao.

And the journey of the eldest brother is not smooth, full of ups and downs everywhere.

Nanyang University, under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Communications, was not short of money. As the provost, my eldest brother applied for a sum of money for overseas study and education.

In order to get to Europe before the awards ceremony, the steamship that took more than 40 days was naturally too much to sit on.

So I can only take the train by land and spend half a month wandering in the deserted Siberia.

However, the Zhili and Fengli are fighting the second Zhifeng War in North China. Although the Jinpu Railway is unimpeded, the Jingfeng Railway has already been cut off.

Chen Muqiao had no choice but to go north by boat from Qihai, first to Li'an, and then transfer to the branch line of the Middle East Railway from Lushunkou, that is, the South Manchuria Railway, until he arrived at the terminal station Harbin.

After applying for a Sulian visa at the consulate in Harbin and buying a train ticket to Europe, Chen Muqiao sent a telegram to his younger brother, informing him of the train number and expected arrival time.

Chen Muwu didn't expect that only his eldest brother came here.

It seems that the family members should not be very interested in this Nobel Prize.

Perhaps in their eyes, this award is not as good as the second honor medal that President Cao Kun sent to his home.

After all, this medal was in the Qing Dynasty, and it was a real Marquis.

There is no other way but to wait for a while before using that unique trick.

Many people came from Cambridge University, except for the three invited by Chen Muwu in the telegram, Kapitsa said that there was a science reporter from the "Manchester Guardian", and James Crowther would also go with him.

However, his travel expenses will be paid by the newspaper. This reporter from Trinity College has only one purpose of this trip, and that is to do an exclusive interview with Chen Muwu, a newly promoted Nobel Prize winner in physics.

Speaking of reporters, after the announcement of his award, Chen Muwu also received many door-to-door interviews in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Bohr simply vacated the lecture hall on the first floor of the Institute of Theoretical Physics, and held a small press conference for Chen Muwu like he did at the Greenwich Observatory last time.

Among them were local reporters from Copenhagen, British "Times", French "Le Figaro", and American "New York Times" in Denmark.

Of course, neither they nor their readers are interested in esoteric scientific topics.

So on scientific topics, they just routinely ask a few questions.

Among them, what attracted the attention of many reporters present was the question from the reporter of "Berliner Zeitung".

"Dr. Chen, not long ago, Dr. Einstein said in an interview with my colleague that he neither agrees with the quantum mechanics you proposed, nor does he agree with your probability waves. The deterministic principle is an unreasonable principle.

"How do you evaluate his statement?"

"I have always respected Dr. Einstein, because without him giving lectures in the Far East and recommending me to Europe, it would have been very difficult for me to achieve so many achievements.

"He is the leader who led me on the road of science, and I am very grateful to him.

"However, Dr. Einstein is also a human being after all, not an omniscient and omnipotent God, so it is normal for him not to understand what God thinks.

"So of course he's going to make some mistakes, it's not a surprise."

Chen Muwu's tone was so loud that the reporters at the scene immediately cheered up, and they all recorded what he just said in their notebooks, not daring to omit even a single letter.

Everyone thought that Chen Muwu was criticizing Einstein's previous criticisms of him, but Chen Muwu was actually paving the way for his Nobel Prize speech.

After the scientific questions were asked, the questioning atmosphere at the scene finally became active.

After Chen Muwu achieved multiple achievements in physics, astronomy and the Olympic Games, and finally won the highest honor representing science - the Nobel Prize, the public's attention finally fell on him.

Everyone is full of curiosity about this mysterious oriental man: Is he a human being, or a prophet who can see the future?

Some people also began to ask questions about Chen Muwu's personal life:
"Dr. Chen, what kind of sports do you usually like?"

The reporter who asked this question was quickly ridiculed by his colleagues.

He also realized the stupidity of his question, so he immediately corrected it to "Apart from swimming, what other sports do you like?"

Chen Muwu thought of the few table tennis games he played in the institute these days, so he gave this answer.

Some people also asked him what books he had read recently besides physics books.

This question is exactly in Chen Muwu's arms, so after recommending "Murder on the Paris Express" at the Olympic press conference, he once again recommends Chandler, a new British detective novelist, to readers all over the world through these newspapers. Yorke's second novel, There Were None.

In order to show their closeness, the reporter of "Tokyo Daily News" even stood up and asked in broken Chinese with weird tones: "Dr. Chen, congratulations on winning the Nobel Prize in Physics! As an Asian, I am also honored to receive the first Nobel Prize in Physics.

"The Overlord of Western Chu in your country once said, 'Wealth does not return to the hometown, it travels like clothes and embroidery at night'. After you win the award, do you have any plans to return to China? If you return to China, will you consider giving lectures here?"

I really don't know much about Chinese culture, so this example is not very appropriate here.

Because in "Historical Records", as soon as Xiang Yu finished saying this sentence, others scolded him for bathing in monkeys.

"Of course I plan to go back to China, but going to Ben to give lectures is not currently in my plan."

Chen Muwu's answer was already very polite.

If he doesn't go to America, let alone Ben?

Chen Muwu was not afraid that he would be assassinated, but he was afraid that if he really took the ship to cross to Ben, he might be detained and locked up with a hundred Ben girls as soon as he arrived in Yokohama, and forced to lend them to grow.

Of course, some people became interested in Chen Muwu's emotional life and asked him if he was married, or if he had a date.

If not, what requirements does his Quarry meet?Do you want to marry a Chinese, or is it okay to be a European?
Regarding the answers to these questions, Chen Muwu could only pretend to be stupid, and he was vague and perfunctory.

……

Blackett from the University of Göttingen in Germany also wrote back to Chen Muwu.

On the one hand, he congratulated Chen Muwu for winning the Nobel Prize in Physics, and on the other hand, he also expressed his gratitude to Chen Muwu for paying his travel expenses home.

De Broglie even sent two calls back to Chen Muwu from France.

The letter was from the afternoon after Chen Muwu sent the power, informing him that he and Ye Gongchao would definitely go to Stockholm to attend the awards ceremony.

Another telegram was added a few days later. De Broglie said in the telegram that Ive suddenly came to the door and asked them if they would go to Sweden.

After getting an affirmative reply, she said that she would also go with them.

De Broglie asked Chen Muwu to rest assured that he would choose a reliable maid from his own family and let her take care of Xiao Chen's sweetheart along the way.

But a few days later, Chen Muwu saw another rhetoric in the reply letter he received from Aifu.

Eve said she was not sure if she would be able to make the trip to Stockholm as promised, and had to go home to ask her mother, Marie Curie, for advice.

This is not consistent with what De Broglie said in the telegram.

However, the loophole in this reply was quickly discovered by Chen Muwu.

That is, the postmark time of the letter from the Paris post office on Ive's reply letter is one day later than the time of the second telegram sent to him by De Broglie.

In other words, Ive should have obtained the consent of Mrs. Curie long ago, so she went to de Broglie and wanted to go with them.

And the reason why she said that she was not sure in the reply letter was probably because of the girl's unique reserve, or because she wanted to surprise Chen Muwu Chen Muwu.

Don’t guess what a girl’s mind is, a boy, you can’t figure it out after guessing~
……

Apart from telegrams from Britain, France and Germany, Chen Muwu also received many congratulatory letters congratulating him on his award.

Because only a small group of people knew that he left the UK for a visit to Copenhagen, these congratulatory letters were basically sent to Trinity College, Cambridge University, and then packed by Kapiza and forwarded to Chen Muwu.

Teachers and students from Trinity College, Cavendish Laboratory, Swimming Club, Apostolic Club, colleagues from the fields of physics, astronomy, and sports, as well as Chinese students studying in Britain and France, basically worked with All the people he met and passed letters wrote congratulatory letters.

A few people that Chen Muwu didn't expect included Prince Albert, the Duke of York, Chen Lu, the Minister of the Republic of China in France, and even the unscrupulous businessman from General Electric who sold his vacuum pump at a high price.

There is not a single domestic letter. It is estimated that the time is too short. Those letters are still running on the Siberian Railway, right?

Chen Muwu opened these letters one by one to check, and the contents of the letters were basically the same.

There were, however, a few of them in which everything else was written.

Crown Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden, the Chinese culture fan who met Chen Muwu at the British Embassy in France after the Olympic Games, invited Chen Muwu to stay in Stockholm for a few more days after receiving the Nobel Prize.

Because Sweden is the crown prince's home after all, he must do his best to be a landlord.

Einstein also wrote a congratulatory letter to Chen Muwu.

In his letter, he flattered Chen Muwu, highly praised his gamma ray scattering experiment and electron diffraction experiment, saying that this is a great discovery in the history of physics, which has made great progress in physics and so on.

He deserves the Nobel Prize.

Einstein was so courteous, and Chen Muwu couldn't understand what he did.

Wasn’t it not long ago that he just wrote a letter to criticize himself, and he also took the initiative to accept an interview with the "Berliner Zeitung", not only criticizing himself, but also causing Bohr to suffer?

Why did he suddenly become the leader of the Kua Kua Sect now?
If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. Chen Muwu turned to the second page of the letter, and he saw the dagger hidden at the end of the map of Yan Kingdom by Einstein.

As an elder, Einstein tried his best to persuade him not to go astray, to give up the unacceptable probability waves and the principle of uncertainty, to turn around, and to embark on the broad road of causality again.

After reading the complete letter, Chen Muwu couldn't laugh or cry. No wonder Einstein praised himself to the sky at the beginning of the letter.

This is not even a letter of appeal, but a letter of persuasion!

This old man is really stubborn. In his previous life, he didn't think that quantum mechanics was complete until his death, and he didn't know if he could let him accept it in this life.

……

After reading so many letters, Chen Muwu's time in Copenhagen is not much left.

However, Hubble's paper has never appeared in the newspapers.

As time passed day by day, Chen Muwu became more anxious every day.

He even wanted to send a telegram to the United States, directly asking Hubble himself: Have you finished measuring the nebula data?If you don't hurry up and publish it in a journal, what are you waiting for?

Oppenheimer saw that Chen Muwu's recent state was not right, so he tried every means to help his teacher relieve the pressure.

He even imagined asking his classmates in Copenhagen, "Are there any prostitutes in this city", as Cao Cao asked others in Wancheng, trying to take Chen Muwu there to relieve the pressure.

Of course, this idea only exists in his brain and has not been put into practice.

But Oppenheimer found his way anyway.

On the last day of November, Oppenheimer knocked on the door of Chen Muwu's room with a stack of newspapers.

"Mr. Chen, the New York Times reporter in Copenhagen has sent a newsletter with the contents of the last press conference."

"Put it over there, I don't have time to read it right now."

Chen Muwu pointed to a corner of the table in the room, where many newspapers were already placed.

"Mr. Chen, I read this newspaper and found an interesting article in a corner full of advertisements.

"A Ph.D. from the Carnegie Institution named Hubbell, who at his own expense placed an ad in the New York Times announcing his 'new discoveries' in astronomy:
"He actually said that the spiral nebula is not inside the Milky Way, but outside, just like the 'island universe' that Kant said back then.

"This man is really whimsical!"

"What? What did you say?"

Chen Muwu was shocked.

　Report that you are safe, the fever has subsided, and the condition is already very good today.

　　Try to make up for the previous two days, thank you for your concern.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)