Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 170 118 Holland Center for Physics

Unlike before the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony, in the Institute of Theoretical Physics, there was a grand physics scene in which "a group of talented people come together, and young and old people are suitable". Now Copenhagen is deserted.

Most of the other guests who went to Sweden to attend the award ceremony had already returned, and those students of Bohr basically returned to their own countries for Christmas just like Heisenberg and Pauli.

So Bohr said that in Copenhagen he celebrated Chen Muwu's winning of the Nobel Prize in Physics. Apart from Chen Muwu and his party, there were only Bohr and his family present.

In Copenhagen, Bohr sent Chen Muwu the "Berliner Zeitung" a few days ago.

This newspaper has basically become Einstein's "queen" newspaper. They also interviewed Einstein again, asking him about Chen Muwu's Nobel Prize, and Chen Muwu's proposal of Einstein at the award ceremony. The gravitational field equation is wrong, and Chen Muwu said that the universe is expanding and so on.

This time, Einstein surrendered completely. He said that he had only just learned the news, and he had to think carefully about the physical meaning of the cosmological constant term in the gravitational field equation after returning home.

Einstein also called on more astronomers around the world to make further measurements of these galaxies beyond the Milky Way.

If the facts are really like the data listed by Chen Muwu, and the universe we live in is indeed in the process of gradual and discontinuous expansion, then Einstein said that he would not hide it, and would definitely admit that he made a mistake. mistake.

Einstein once again shouted to Chen Muwu in the "Berliner Zeitung".

Einstein persuaded Chen Muwu that there is no shame in admitting one's mistakes.He has admitted his mistake this time, and at the same time, he hopes that Chen Muwu can admit that probability waves and the principle of uncertainty are two wrong theories like himself, and give up these wild ideas as soon as possible.

Einstein resorted to a trick to retreat and advance. After laying the groundwork for a long time, he finally wanted to make Chen Muwu give up the two "violence theories" he put forward in quantum mechanics.

But this time his punch hit cotton, of course Chen Muwu would not give in.

Chen Muqiao was a little worried about his younger brother's behavior. In his impression, Einstein was still the most famous and greatest scientist in the world who repeatedly appeared in Shanghai's major newspapers.

And it was this Einstein who, when he was giving lectures in Ghaihai, discovered his younger brother Chen Muwu with discerning eyes, and recommended him to study in Europe.

In Chen Muqiao's mind, Chen Muwu should not point out Einstein's mistakes on such a solemn occasion, both emotionally and rationally.

Chinese people have always paid attention to respecting teachers and morals, and his merciless criticism of Einstein is completely an act of deceiving teachers and destroying ancestors.

The Luo Cheng in the Beijing opera "The River of Silt", because he deceived his teacher and destroyed his ancestors, learned the method of breaking two guns with one gun from his adoptive father Ding Yanping, and turned around and forced Ding Yanping to death. Is it because Su Dingfang shot him to death in the muddy river at a young age?
Although this story is mostly attached to the novel, but the truth is that truth.

Chen Muqiao thought that what Chen Muwu did was very inappropriate, so after Bohr's reception dinner was over, he put forward his own views with his younger brother in the room.

"Third brother, I remember this Dr. Einstein in Germany, he helped you a lot no matter in Haihai or in the letters you wrote to your family after you arrived in Europe.

"My family is very grateful to Dr. Einstein. Even my mother told me before I left that if I can meet Dr. Einstein when I come to Europe this time, I must thank Dr. Einstein for her. There are good seniors.

"Isn't it a little too much for you to make the situation like this now?

"I think you have to go back to England by land anyway. Why don't I accompany you to Berlin, the capital of Germany, after leaving Denmark tomorrow, and come to accompany Dr. Einstein?"

Chen Muwu has achieved so many achievements in just two years since he came to Europe, and now even Chen Muqiao unconsciously became cautious when talking to him.

Chen Muwu doesn't like to comment on his elder brother's thinking, but now that time is tight and tasks are heavy, he really doesn't want to take another detour to Berlin.

"Brother, he has already admitted his mistakes in the newspapers, if I go to Berlin now, wouldn't it seem a little bit 'it's better to chase after the poor'?
"I personally respect Dr. Einstein very much, but one is one, and two is two. Physics is not sophistication. For the mistakes he made, I can't judge the deer as a horse like Zhao Gao, right?"

Misfortune came out of his mouth, and Chen Muwu unconsciously uttered another poem that should not exist in this world.

Fortunately, Chen Muqiao didn't care about this sentence. He always felt that his younger brother's answer was changing the concept secretly, or he wanted to persuade Chen Muwu to go to Berlin to apologize to Einstein.

But no matter how much he persuaded, Chen Muwu just didn't listen to his opinion, which made Chen Muqiao feel deeply helpless.

The next day, a group of four bid farewell to Bohr in Copenhagen and continued their journey back to England.

From Zealand, where Copenhagen is located, to another Danish territory on the European continent, and then through Germany to Leiden in the Netherlands.

Take the ferry first, then the train, with several transfers along the way.

Sitting on the train, Chen Muqiao was still somewhat dissatisfied with his younger brother.

Oppenheimer could see that the atmosphere between the two was not normal. He wanted to help his teacher and his elder brother ease the relationship, but he couldn't speak Chinese well, so he could only worry on the sidelines.

He couldn't move Ye Gongchao, the rescuer, even though Ye Gongchao could speak Chinese and had a good relationship with both brothers.

But at this time, Ye Gongchao was on the train, rushing to draft in an extremely uncomfortable posture.

After being fooled by Chen Muwu before, Chen Muqiao also thought that it was a good thing that Ye Gongchao wrote the books of George Chen series.

Not only can it make money, but it can also change some of these foreigners' perceptions of Chinese people to a certain extent.

Although the two brothers were at odds with each other now, they reached a tacit agreement on the matter of "exploiting" Ye Gongchao.

In order to divert his eldest brother's attention, Chen Muwu told him not to worry about Einstein anymore.

So on the train, he confessed to Chen Muqiao, and told his eldest brother his plan of running a school in Europe.

Chen Muqiao was really interested in hearing that my younger brother was going to educate in Europe.

But after the excitement, he felt that Chen Muwu's idea was a little unrealistic.

A few years ago, a semi-official "work-study program in France" was launched by many famous people, but it still ended in failure?
How easy is it to establish a school in Europe that trains Chinese students with my younger brother alone?
Chen Muqiao once again expressed his worries to his younger brother, and felt that his idea of ​​staying in Europe to run a school was really naive.

Not to mention anything else, Chen Muqiao didn't believe that Chen Muwu could solve the problem alone.

Indeed, my younger brother won a 10 yuan Nobel Prize in Physics, and the books he and Ye Gongchao wrote together also earned a lot of money.

The money is quite small, as before, it is okay to subsidize the two young people from Beijing to study abroad.

But to say too much and not much, running a school in China is not considered rich, and running a school abroad is not a drop in the bucket?
Chen Muwu had a series of plans to make a fortune in his mind, but he couldn't tell his elder brother about it now, so he could only vaguely confuse the matter of funds, saying that there was a Swedish crown prince who took advantage of Chinese culture and was very interested in it. Qian, he himself just wants to learn more about Chinese culture, and train a few more foreign students along the way.

Chen Muqiao was skeptical about his younger brother's statement. He originally thought that Chen Muwu, who had already obtained a doctorate, would do research in Europe for a few more years, and then call him back to China, or Bei University in the north. Or at Nanyang University in Nanhai, give him a professor Dangdang. After all, although Liang Yuan is good, it is not a family of long-term love.

But before that, Chen Muwu had already shown strong resistance to returning to China, and suddenly said strange and incomprehensible words such as "as long as he returns to China, he will be [-]".

Moreover, if what my younger brother said is true, and the crown prince of Sweden is really willing to pay for such a school out of his own pocket, this condition sounds very exciting to Chen Muqiao.

Because Chen Muwu mentioned to him the issue of establishing a technical school, in Chen Muqiao's understanding, this school founded in Sweden should be similar to the Sino-French University founded in France before, sending Chinese students abroad for work-study programs.

Although Sweden is not an established power like Britain, France, Germany, the United States and Japan, it can still rank second among the great powers.

And Sweden's geographical location is very superior, it is also located in Europe.If students can be sent to Sweden to study abroad, it will also make it easier for them to learn advanced Western knowledge.

Chen Muqiao proposed another solution to his younger brother.

He said that maybe after he returned to China, he could personally go to the Ministry of Education in Beijing to establish a relationship with the government of the Republic of China.

Chen Muwu felt that as the provost of Nanyang University and the second person under the principal, he could still talk to the Ministry of Education.

Moreover, Ma Xulun, who is now acting as the deputy minister of education, is also a provincial person, and there is a fellowship between him and him.

If the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China really came forward, then this school established in Sweden imitating the Sino-French University might really be able to operate.

Chen Muwu felt that his elder brother's idea should come from Haoxin, but he really came up with a bad idea.

During the current Beiyang government period, the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China had no money at best.

After four years, if the king's flag changes at the top of the city, it will not only mean that there is no money, but it may also turn to the domestic blood transfusion.

Who can bear this?

Chen Muwu quickly stopped his elder brother's daydreams: "Brother, I don't want to have any contact with domestic government departments. Although I am far away in Europe, I probably know how many times the government's cabinet has changed during the two years I have been abroad.

"The warlords of the direct line and the warlords of the Feng line finished a battle. Although the little emperor who had been under house arrest in the Forbidden City for more than ten years was kicked out, Cao Kun, the president who was elected by bribery, was put under house arrest by General Feng Huanzhang again. .

"Nowadays, all government departments are too busy to take care of themselves, how can they have time to manage my school?

"Brother, to be honest, after the ceremony, I stayed in Stockholm for a few more days to discuss with the Crown Prince of Sweden the matter of building a school there.

"If there are no accidents, it is estimated that news will come from this school before next spring.

"I'm telling you about this matter today because I want to invite you to do my little brother a favor and be responsible for managing the school's related matters after the school is actually completed.

"I can give lectures as a person, but when it comes to running a school, no one I know has more experience than you, brother."

Chen Muqiao felt that his younger brother's thoughts were somewhat unrealistic.

But he didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm too much, after all, the starting point of this matter was good.

So Chen Muqiao half-jokingly agreed: "It's easy to say, as long as this school can finally be established, then I will resign my teaching position at Nanyang University and come to Europe to accompany you."

It was also his casual joke that eventually became a promise that had to be fulfilled.

The four spent a total of two days and one night on the road, and finally arrived in the small city of Leiden in the Netherlands on the second night.

As the hometown of the famous painter Rembrandt, although Leiden is only a small town in the Netherlands, Leiden University is the oldest and the highest-level university in the Netherlands.

Scholars at Leiden University have also left behind many contributions to physics over the centuries.

Christian Huygens, who proposed Huygens' principle, is a graduate of Leiden University.

It was from him that the theory of light fluctuations gradually replaced the particle theory proposed by Newton.

The first capacitor in the history of physics was also the Leiden bottle invented in the Leiden University laboratory.

As a source of power for electrical experiments, the Leiden bottle is an important basis for electrical research.

After the invention of the Leiden bottle, people began to study the nature and characteristics of electricity.

In modern times, the status of Leiden University in physics still cannot be underestimated.

Zeeman who discovered the Zeeman effect;

Zeeman's teacher, initially explained the Zeeman effect, and also proposed the Lorentz of the Lorentz transformation;

Deduced the non-ideal gas state equation and proposed the van der Waals of intermolecular force;

Also, the main reason why Chen Muwu came to Leiden University this time is the former director of the Low Temperature Physics Laboratory, Kamalin Onnes who first discovered the superconductivity effect.

These four people are the four Nobel Prize winners in physics that the Netherlands has so far, and they are also professors and alumni of Leiden University.

For such a small university, the number of Nobel Prizes in Physics is twice that of the United States and four times that of the Republic of China.

Bohr used his strong connections to help Chen Muwu find someone to receive them in advance.

Professor Ehrenfest of Leiden University, with his two students, Uhlenbeck and Goldsmith, waited on the platform of Leiden Railway Station long before the train arrived.

These two Chen Muwu's contemporaries are currently studying for Ph.D. under the teacher Ehrenfest.

Without Chen Muwu, they would have been the first to propose that electrons have spin two years later.

As for Ehrenfest, he was an Austrian Jew who had acquired Dutch citizenship and was a close friend of Einstein and Bohr.

Historically, the latter two physicists who refused to accept each other often quarreled over issues related to quantum mechanics, and Ehrenfest has always played the role of mediator in it.

The most famous photo of Einstein and Bohr was also taken by Ehrenfest in his own home.

Ehrenfest was also a student of Boltzmann, a professor at the University of Vienna. In the end, he followed in the footsteps of his teacher and embarked on the road of no return to suicide.

As soon as they met, Ehrenfest began to give Chen Muwu his long-prepared welcome speech with enthusiasm and chatter.

"You must be Dr. Chen, Albert mentioned you more than once in his letters to me.

"At that time, he was still lecturing in the Far East, so he sent me a letter across the ocean, saying that he had discovered a genius in physics in the Far East.

"After you arrived in Europe, I realized that what Albert said was indeed true. In just two years, you have already provided many important inventions and discoveries for physics.

"By the end, I was even dreading receiving and opening every issue of the Annals of Physics that came in from Germany.

"Because I'm afraid that your papers will be published there, and every time I read them, it makes me realize that I really don't know anything."

This rainbow fart is really comfortable to praise.

No wonder both Bohr and Einstein can become friends with this Ehrenfest.

Chen Muwu hurriedly said politely: "Professor Ehrenfest, you are really absurd."

"Dr. Chen, you don't have to be modest, everything I said is true, if you hadn't made so many achievements, Sweden would not have been able to award you this year's Nobel Prize in Physics.

"A few days ago, Professor Einthoven also returned to Leiden University. The school plans to help you hold a celebration banquet with him to celebrate the two winners of this year's Nobel Prize."

Einthofen, this year's Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine, is also a professor at Leiden University.

More than half a month ago, Einthoven and Chen Muwu arrived in Stockholm one after the other to accept the award.

Now, the two of them came to Leiden in the Netherlands one after the other.

Fate, amazing.

Uhlenbeck and Goldschmidt stepped forward to help a few people with their luggage, and then they took the tram to Ehrenfest's house in Leiden.

Chen Muwu suddenly found that after he came to Europe, he went to France once, Denmark once, Sweden once, and now the Netherlands this time.

Every time I lived in someone else's house, I didn't even stay in a hotel once.

My network seems to be okay, right?
After a simple dinner, Ehrenfest invited the guests to the living room to chat.

Everyone knows that Ehrenfest mainly wants to chat with Chen Muwu.

So Chen Muqiao excused himself to be tired from the journey and planned to rest first, while Ye Gongchao was sent to his room to continue working on the manuscript.

Only Oppenheimer is by his teacher's side, and he will not give up any chance to meet the seniors in physics.

Ehrenfest chatted with Chen Muwu first, and introduced Leiden University's plan for the Nobel Prize celebration banquet to him.

He also told Chen Muwu that he had contacted the low-temperature physics laboratory and that he could take him to visit and communicate with the laboratory at any time.

Then Ehrenfest introduced the scenery around Leiden and invited him to visit the most famous windmill in the city if he had time.

After chatting so much, Ehrenfest of "Xiang Zhuang dances the sword with the intention of Pei Gong" finally inadvertently chatted with Chen Muwu about the next topic.

"Dr. Chen, in the last year, Albert and I have exchanged many letters.

"At that time, Albert praised you every now and then in his letters, and even told me that the most important discovery in his life was not the theory of relativity, but you, Dr. Chen.

"However, in the few letters Albert wrote to me recently, he had some fears about the probability waves and the uncertainty principle you mentioned.

"Albert always felt that the world should not be like what you described in quantum mechanics, and even wrote to me in a letter that he felt that you created a monster with teeth and claws, trying to destroy the law of causality in this world.

"To be honest, I still haven't fully understood the quantum mechanics you created and the several concepts developed and extended on the basis of quantum mechanics. It's hard for you to evaluate the relationship between you and Albert. Who is right and who is wrong.

"Albert is not malicious, he is just a little stubborn in the pursuit of the truth.

"The relationship between the two of you was so good before, but now because of your different opinions on physics, the differences between you are getting bigger and bigger. I always feel that this is not a good thing.

"Dr. Chen, I have an unfeeling request. After your matter at Leiden University is settled, let's go to Berlin together, or I can write a letter to invite Albert to Leiden, how about it?
"Procrastinating on the issue between the two of you is not the way to go, the relationship will only get worse.

"It's better to meet in person, have an academic discussion, and clarify the problems and contradictions between each other."

Well, this is another lobbyist.

It is estimated that Einstein did not know that Chen Muwu had come to Leiden University, and Ehrenfest did not have time to write to him to inform him.

Ehrenfest was able to say these words to Chen Muwu because he followed his own heart. This person should be dedicated to the development of physics, and he does not want him and Einstein to turn against each other because of academic issues.

In his previous life, the two people he mediated were Bohr and Einstein.

Only this time, Bohr was replaced by Chen Muwu.

(End of this chapter)