Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 164 112 Departure from Stockholm

Chen Muwu stood up quickly, and he even ran to Oppenheimer's side.

"Robert, where is the advertisement you mentioned? Show me! Show me quickly!"

"Okay, Mr. Chen, let me look for it."

Chen Muwu took the open No. 20 page four of The New York Times handed over by Oppenheimer, and the first thing that caught his eye was the fur advertisement that almost took up the entire page.

In the upper right corner of the page, there is a block of tofu that takes up less than one-tenth of the entire page, densely written with words, which should be the article published by the whimsical astronomer that Oppenheimer mentioned:
"Spiral Nebulae Are Actually Star Systems: Dr. Hubbell Confirms The Idea They Are 'Island Universes' Like Our Own".

"Washington, November 22.

"Dr. Edwin Hubbell of the Mount Wilson Observatory at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, using the observatory's powerful telescopes, confirmed the view that the spiral nebula appears as a rotating cloud in the sky. , are actually distant star systems, or should we call them 'island universes'.

"..."

It is estimated that the editor in charge of typesetting made a mistake. Everywhere in the title and content of the article, Hubble’s name Hubble was misspelled as Hubbell, so the name became Hubbell accordingly.

But this does not prevent Chen Muwu from being able to identify that this Huber is exactly Bihuber.

Whether it's his name Edwin, his work place at the Mount Wilson Observatory, or the title of this "news", they all point to the fact that this person is Hubble.

But why didn't Hubble publish his own great discovery in an astronomical academic journal, but first published it in the "New York Times"?
And looking at this meaning, Hubble probably still did what Oppenheimer said, and he published it at his own expense. After all, except for his "press release", everything else on this page is advertisements.

Hubble Space Telescope.

Hubble Asteroid 2069.

Hubble craters on the moon.

……

In Chen Muwu's memory, Hubble, with the blessing of that space telescope, should be the greatest astronomer of the [-]th century.

However, the actual situation today is somewhat different from the impression in Chen Muwu's mind.

The current Hubble has no right to speak in the American astronomy community at all. He is just a rookie who has devoted himself to astronomical research for five years. He is just an ordinary staff member in the Mount Wilson Observatory.

In the current mainstream astronomy and philosophical cognition, the Milky Way is the universe, and the universe is the Milky Way, and the two are equivalent.

But Hubble's observations overturned this cognition.

The distance between the Andromeda "nebula" and the earth is far greater than the radius of the Milky Way measured by people.

This shows that the Milky Way is not the universe, and there are still star systems like the Milky Way outside the Milky Way we live in.

Although in 1920, there was a big debate on this matter in the American astronomy community.

The traditional side supports the view that "the galaxy is the universe".

On the other hand, the emerging side supports "there are stars beyond the Milky Way".

In that big debate, the two sides basically had a [-]-[-] split, and neither could convince the other.

But after that debate ended, the traditional speaker, Harold Shapley, was named director of the Harvard University Observatory shortly thereafter.

Some people in later generations have conspiratorial theories that the reason why Shapley became the spokesperson of the traditional party and supported the Milky Way as the universe was actually to submit a nomination certificate to the conservative American astronomy community, so he was able to enter the Harvard University Observatory as he wished.

Hubble's observation results are extremely "rebellious" to the current astronomical community.

If he took his results to discuss with his colleagues, it is estimated that the response to him should not be a calm academic debate, but a direct dismissal notice.

Publishing this result in an astronomical journal, it is estimated that it will only hit a wall everywhere, and it will not pass the peer review at all. It can only receive countless rejection letters that have been printed long ago.

That's why Hubble ingeniously published the result obtained after his own observation and calculation in the "New York Times" at his own expense.

As for why his name was misspelled, that is a historical mystery.

Chen Muwu was very excited when he finally saw the news that had haunted him for many days.

Unexpectedly, the interview article after I won the Nobel Prize and the advertisement that Hubble bought for his own research discovery appeared in the newspaper on the same day. This is really a coincidence.

Perhaps God just threw out a leopard when he rolled the dice that day, so that these two manuscripts were arranged together.

It's a pity that Hubble did not give specific data on the distance of each galaxy from the earth in the "New York Times" article, which is equivalent to just announcing this phenomenon to the world.

This is not so good.

The "New York Times" in Chen Muwu's hand was published on November 23.

But this does not mean that today is the 24th or 25th, in fact it has come to the last day of November.

Because the "New York Times" printed in the United States has to be loaded on a ship at the port and cross the entire Atlantic Ocean before it can be sent to Chen Muwu in Copenhagen.

This part of the journey will naturally take a week.

And the Nobel Prize award ceremony will be on the [-]th of next month, starting from Copenhagen to Stockholm, there must be at least two days of extra time on the way.

Therefore, there is not much time left for Chen Muwu. If he wants to obtain the specific data of the distances of galaxies before the awards ceremony, he must write to Hubble to ask for them.

And it must be too late to write a letter, so I can only send a telegram.

This time, Chen Muwu did not bother Xu Zhaoxiong at the Republic of China Embassy in Denmark. Two telegrams were sent to the United States, and there were only a few words.

The reason for the two telegrams was that Chen Muwu didn't know where Hubble was now.

Was it at the Carnegie Institution in Washington, or at the Mount Wilson Observatory in Pasadena, California?
To be on the safe side, Chen Muwu thought it would be better to post to these two places.

Seeing Chen Muwu leave in a hurry after reading this page of the newspaper, Oppenheimer was surprised again.

Why is he leaving in such a hurry?
Could it be that he saw a fur advertisement in the newspaper and planned to buy one to wear?
Not to mention, with his teacher's height, body shape and appearance, he can control any clothes he wears.

……

At the Carnegie Institution, Hubble is making final preparations.

He plans to present his latest discovery to his colleagues at the New Year's meeting of the American Astronomical Society in a month's time.

So instead of returning to Los Angeles, California, he stayed in Washington, D.C., writing a speech for the upcoming New Year's Day speech.

After he finished reading the telegram sent by Chen Muwu from Copenhagen, Hubble was a little "tired and at a loss for what to say".

Chen Muwu stated in the telegram that he was on the side of Hubble and on the side of truth.

He also cited a Chinese proverb "there is heaven outside the sky" to firmly support the view that "there are other galaxies outside the Milky Way".

After that, Chen Muwu asked Hubble for the specific data of each galaxy.

And he also expressed to Hubble in the telegram that if authorized by the discoverer, Chen Muwu is willing to announce this important discovery of Hubble to the world at the upcoming Nobel Prize awarding ceremony.

Hubble did not expect that his new discovery would float across the Atlantic Ocean and spread to Europe so quickly.

And on the other side of the ocean, some people soon stood up to support themselves.

This person is not an unknown person, but the newly promoted Nobel Prize winner in physics, the discoverer of the ninth planet in the solar system, Chen Muwu, who has made great achievements in physics and astronomy.

In the last few years when the American scientific community looked up to Europe and respected Europe, although Chen Muwu was young, his academic status was very high.

And this Chen Muwu, who had no connection with him before, actually expressed his willingness to announce this great discovery at the Nobel Prize awarding ceremony.

The contents of the telegram really flattered Hubble.

The world-wide attention of the Nobel Prize award ceremony is far higher than that of a regular meeting of the American Astronomical Society.

Although there is no broadcast, there will definitely be a large number of journalists from all over the world who will follow and report this annual scientific event.

If Chen Muwu can really announce his Hubble discovery to the world at the award ceremony.

Regardless, it would be an extremely honorable event.

The point is, maybe the results of my work in recent years will be accepted by the world smoothly.

The stubborn old guys of the American Astronomical Society may no longer blindly deny the matter of extragalactic galaxies, but have to weigh it carefully.

Hubble was so excited that he didn't know what to do. After he finally calmed down, he immediately found out the data he had measured, ran to the telegraph office, and sent it to the University of Copenhagen for the research on theoretical physics at the University of Copenhagen according to the telegram address left by Chen Muwu. Called back.

The reason why he was so anxious was, of course, that Chen Muwu had indicated at the end of the call that time was running out, and he might leave Denmark soon and go to Sweden to receive the award.

If Hubble fails to restore the power in time, it is likely to miss this opportunity.

……

In the end, Chen Muwu obtained the specific data on the distances of these galaxies without any risk.

Hubble reported the distances to seventeen galaxies, fourteen of which were among the 1917 nebulae observed in Sliever's 25 paper.

It was the first time I saw the remaining three galaxies, because they didn't have corresponding speeds, so they could only be excluded by Chen Muwu.

Now that the speed and distance are available, and the data that can reveal that the universe is expanding is held by Chen Muwu, he can finally give this upcoming speech as originally planned.

But he may not have much time now, because the guests who went to Stockholm to attend the award ceremony have already gathered in Copenhagen one after another.

Kapitsa's group set off from the UK, following Chen Muwu's old path.

They also left the UK by boat from Norwich Port, but instead of abandoning the ship in Helsingoor, Denmark, they went directly to Gothenburg, a port city in Sweden on the North Sea coast, and then took a train from Gothenburg to Stockholm. I will not come to Copenhagen to meet Chen Muwu.

But apart from them, whether it is Blackett from Göttingen, Germany, or De Broglie, Ye Gongchao and Eve from Paris, France.

If these people from the European continent want to go to Sweden, they must go to the sea from the port of Rostock in Germany, first to the port of Gaisel in Denmark, then to Copenhagen, then cross the Øresund Strait to Malmo in Sweden, and finally from Malmo to Sweden. Arrive in Stockholm by train.

Copenhagen is on the cusp of this route.

Blackett, who arrived first, has not seen each other for seven or eight months since the two parted ways in Brussels in April.

Although after Blackett met his old friend Chen Muwu, he couldn't wait to hug the latter.

But after seeing Bohr and other people, Blackett still showed his usual dullness and inarticulateness.

It seems that those dull Germans in Göttingen have not changed his character.

Blackett and Oppenheimer, the "destined doom" in his previous life, also shook hands politely.

But unlike in his previous life, after Oppenheimer learned that Blackett, like Kapitza, was Chen Muwu's best friend at Cambridge University, he immediately respected this big, stupid British man.

"Chen, congratulations on winning the Nobel Prize! Oh, yes, I should call you Dr. Chen now. I didn't expect you to arrive at Cambridge University later than me, enter the Cavendish Laboratory later than me, but put on the enviable hat first." Doctor's hat."

"Thank you, Patrick."

Fortunately, Blackett once said in a letter to Chen Muwu that he expected to graduate with a Ph.D. next year, otherwise this topic would be really embarrassing.

"By the way, I didn't return empty-handed this time."

After exchanging pleasantries, Blackett put his hand in the inside pocket of his suit.

He fumbled for a long time, but what he took out was not a gift box, but an envelope.

"I heard that I'm going to attend your award ceremony. Professor Max Born of the University of Göttingen specially found it and handed it to me before he left. He wanted to invite you to come to Göttingen after receiving the Nobel Prize. Tingen went to visit for half a month.

"He also specifically told me that Professor Einstein is also looking forward to your visit to Germany. If you can go to Göttingen in the end, Einstein will also rush there from Berlin. He can't wait to see you. I want to meet with you."

Chen Muwu smiled wryly after hearing this, how could Einstein want to meet himself?
He clearly wanted to raise a teacher to inquire about the crime, and even went to Göttingen to kill himself offline.

If he hadn't given a speech against the cosmological constant term in Einstein's field equation at the upcoming awards ceremony, maybe Chen Muwu would really like to accept Born's invitation to argue with Einstein a few times, and fight with him by the way. Play mahjong and win the money back to England.

But Chen Muwu is about to give Einstein a "big gift", which is really hard to see.

He was afraid that after meeting Einstein, the other party would either be red-eyed or red-faced, or both.

Chen Muwu decided to return to the UK immediately after the awards ceremony, and of course it could be France, to let Einstein hang out for a while, and then explain to him slowly.

"Patrick, what a coincidence, I promised Sir Rutherford to return to England before the end of the year and spend Christmas with him.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to go to Göttingen to attend the appointment this time. Tonight, I will write a letter of apology to Professor Born and inform him of the regrettable news."

Bohr, the director of the Institute of Theoretical Physics who accompanied Chen Muwu to receive the guests, was not very interested in Blackett, a young experimental physicist from Göttingen.

However, he keenly captured the information in the conversation between the two.

At the beginning, I also studied and worked with Rutherford for several years, but why didn't the teacher invite him to his home for Christmas?
There was a little bit of jealousy in his heart.

……

Before leaving Paris, de Broglie sent someone to send a telegram to Chen Muwu, informing him of his expected arrival time in Denmark.

But Eve has been kept in the dark, she always thinks that her coming to Copenhagen this time is a surprise for Chen Muwu.

So after arriving at the gate of the Institute of Theoretical Physics, Ai Fu began to bow her body and follow behind the large Ye Gongchao.

She hoped that when they met, she could scare Mr. Chen, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, as punishment for not being diligent in writing letters to herself after he left France.

"Brother Hanchen, I haven't seen you for a long time, I really miss you little brother!"

Until now, Ye Gongchao still doesn't know Chen Muwu's "good intentions" in inviting him to Denmark.

He was really happy for his family friend from the bottom of his heart. Although Ye Gongchao did not understand physics, he had been immersed in Europe and America since he was a child, so he naturally understood the gold content of the Nobel Prize.

So as soon as they met, Ye Gongchao strode towards Chen Muwu.

"Gongchao, how is your study in France? You wrote those two novels, but they sold a lot in the UK. Give me an account, and I'll have someone call you the agreed amount."

"The main reason is that brother Hanchen's creativity and ideas are really good, and the little brother just made a little effort."

Ye Gongchao, who suddenly learned that he had made a fortune, was of course very happy.

It's just that he completely forgot that just before entering the door, Ive told him to slow down.

So now a very embarrassing situation appeared: Chen Muwu and Ye Gongchao shook hands in front of them, while Ai Fu, who was hunched over, was neither advancing nor retreating, while De Broglie on the side happily watched the jokes on the field.

The flushed Aifu simply smashed the jar, and jumped in front of Chen Muwu in three steps at a time.

"Hey, Mr. Chen, long time no see!"

She spoke English this time.

The kind-hearted Chen Muwu didn't intend to expose the "surprise" that Ave had prepared for himself with all his heart, and he still put on a surprised expression.

"Eve, why are you here?"

While saying hello, the two gave a hug in the French way.

This made Bohr on the side stunned.

According to the informant sent back by Heisenberg who had already returned home for Christmas, Chen Muwu should be an upright person who is not close to women.

He hadn't invited any of the Copenhagen girls to a single dance at the welcome ball he had given in his honour.

Apart from chatting with Yoshio Nishina who had left the institute, he had been sitting in the lecture hall for several hours.

At first, Bohr thought that this was a unique oriental tradition, which made Chen Muwu a little cautious in front of women.

Unexpectedly, today, he saw another side of Chen Muwu who is extremely enthusiastic.

Bohr felt that his junior was really unfathomable.

But there is one thing to say, this little girl is indeed very beautiful and juicy, standing with Chen Muwu, it can be called a match made in heaven.

I don't know whose girl it is, and I don't know who will take advantage of the other if these two people get along.

This meeting had a happy ending in the end.

As the host of Copenhagen, Bohr wanted to arrange for everyone to stay in the hotel where Heisenberg took Pauli to stay last time.

Unexpectedly, the Frenchman, who had been standing by the side silently from the beginning, suddenly said, "Professor Bohr, don't bother, I have already asked my servant to open a room in the best hotel in the city."

De Broglie was just stating a fact. After all, as a nobleman, he always chooses the best in terms of clothing, food, housing and transportation when traveling.

But in Bohr's heart, he had a very bad opinion of this rich French man.

Isn't it just a few stinky money!If you hadn't hugged your junior brother Chen Muwu's thigh, and picked up an electron diffraction experiment by chance, who would know who you De Broglie are?
Although there will no longer be a Copenhagen School in this life, Bohr and de Broglie are still on opposite sides of each other.

……

Now that everyone who is going to Stockholm has arrived and the award ceremony is coming soon, there is no reason to linger here in Copenhagen.

Chen Muwu's originally planned route was to go north from Copenhagen, take a boat from Helsingr, and head to Helsingborg, Sweden.

Helsing (hels) means neck in the Danish-Swedish language family, and here refers to the narrowest part of the Øresund Strait.

The two cities face each other across the strait and are only four kilometers apart, the shortest distance between Denmark and Sweden.

Therefore, compared with the [-] kilometers from Copenhagen to Malmö, the time on the boat is correspondingly much shorter.

Before traveling from England to Denmark, Chen Muwu almost died in the North Sea, so now he is a little afraid of taking a ship, and he naturally hopes that the time will be as short as possible.

However, Bohr had long rejected Chen Muwu's idea, because Helsingborg did not have a railway, and they could not go directly to Stockholm from there, nor could they go to Gothenburg or Malmö, which were connected by railways with Stockholm.

Helpless, Chen Muwu had no choice but to board the boat at the port of Copenhagen with a group of people.

After boarding the boat, he held on to the armrest beside the seat tightly, and closed his eyes in fear.

The clever Ive quickly guessed why Chen Muwu became like this, so she put her mouth next to Chen Muwu's ear mischievously, and said softly: "Mr. One small weakness is the fear of taking a steamship.

"You look like this, how can you know the UK in the future? I don't think it's better, just stay in France, stay in Paris, and stay with me."

　Pushing a book, more than 60 works on the fantasy new book list, can only be said to be very strong.

　　In the card world, each series of myths is unparalleled.

　　Su Yan, a painter who came through time, used the rich Chinese cultural system to uncover the dusty past and create an oriental legendary card group that suppresses everything!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)