Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 207 155 Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Although Oppenheimer had been in the Cavendish Laboratory for a year, Rutherford still had a deep prejudice against him.

No way, Professor Bridgman of Harvard University had written in his recommendation letter that although Oppenheimer had a smart brain, he was not good at doing experiments.

Moreover, after this person was rejected by Rutherford, he found a relationship with Old Thomson through seeking connections. His teacher also acted as a lobbyist in front of him several times, trying to get Oppenheimer to enter the Cavendish Laboratory .

Although I hate this kind of human relationship society in the UK very much, the teacher can't help but give him face.

Rutherford was very unwilling to accept Kapitsa, so he used the excuse of reconsidering, trying to use the word "delay" to resolve the battle—just like he wanted to delay Chen Muwu's funding for the particle accelerator until next year.

Unexpectedly, old Thomson found his good student Chen Muwu by mistake. At that time, Chen Muwu had just met the Duke of York, who was also from Trinity College, Cambridge University, because of his excellent swimming performance in the Paris Olympics. , earned a large sum of money for the laboratory, which led to Rutherford having to sell him Chen Muwu as a favor.

What he thought at first was that this seemingly unreliable American should belong to the impatient and annoying type, and he probably wouldn't be able to stay under Chen Muwu for a few months.

I just took this opportunity to let Chen Muwu, a good student, realize that being a teacher is not so easy. It is much more difficult than doing a few successful experiments.

Unexpectedly, more than a year has passed since Oppenheimer entered the laboratory, and Chen Muwu came to ask him for a new graduate student.

Rutherford speculated that it might be that he called Oppenheimer from Cambridge University to London to do low-temperature physics experiments, so that the American finally showed his feet.

Chen Muwu had successfully discovered deuterium, but Oppenheimer, who was always by his side to assist, could not reproduce the experimental process by himself.

The deuterium that Aston brought back from the David Faraday laboratory before was prepared by Chadwick and Kapitsa after a short training.

Although it's been a little longer than I guessed, it's also good, at least it's better to be late than never.

If Oppenheimer, the black sheep, is kicked out, Chen Muwu's efficiency in the Cavendish Laboratory is estimated to increase a lot, and he may be able to produce more and better results.

After listening to what Rutherford said, and seeing the "I told him he was unreliable" expression on the teacher's face, Chen Muwu didn't know how to respond.

When he agreed to Old Thomson's request for the first time, he was indeed very apprehensive, thinking that Oppenheimer was a prick, and he was the kind who dared to poison Blackett.

Not long after Oppenheimer entered the Cavendish Laboratory, Chen Muwu had a conversation with him, in which he wanted to clear him out of Cambridge University and recommend him to the University of Berlin or the University of Göttingen in Germany , Throw this piece of hot potato from Pindao's hand to Fellow Daoist.

But Oppenheimer seemed to have identified him, saying that he would not go to Germany, and even Einstein was not attractive to him.

Chen Muwu thought that what he got was a time bomb that would explode at some point, so he was always cautious when getting along with him at the beginning, for fear that he would also receive a poisoned apple.

But the subsequent development completely broke Chen Muwu's stereotype.

Although Oppenheimer is a person with poor hands-on ability and can't do experiments well, he is completely sincere to himself.

Just like Xiao Yueyue, "handsome, selling, strange, and bad" takes up the word "loyalty".

This analogy seems inappropriate. Oppenheimer's level of physics is still much higher than that of Xiao Yueyue's cross talk.

And not only in terms of physics, Chen Muwu also had a very comfortable life with an assistant like Oppenheimer by his side.

After all, he is the person who can lead the development of the atomic bomb in the future. Although he has not yet grown into a full body due to his age and is still somewhat lacking in ability, it is enough to help Chen Muwu and run logistics.

The key is that he still works hard without complaining. He went to the Netherlands when he was asked to go to the Netherlands, and bought ribbons when he was asked to buy insulation ribbons, without any complaints.

America has apples, China has pineapples...

Ah no, Rutherford has Chadwick, and Chen Muwu has Oppenheimer.

Even if the teacher proposes to ask the two of them to change their assistants and send the butler over to help Chen Muwu, he might not be willing to do so.

"Master, you have completely misunderstood Robert, he is a very nice person.

"It's just that it may be because of his young age that he showed the arrogance of some young people.

"I only asked you for Cockcroft because the manpower for this new project is really insufficient. After all, I only did experiments and research in the laboratory before, but this time I want to create a big guy."

"Okay, I promise you that's it."

Rutherford was a little suspicious. Did Oppenheimer have something to do with Chen Muwu? Otherwise, why did he speak well for the Americans?
But his own words have been said like this, Chen Muwu still has no plans to kick Oppenheimer out, so let him go.

Didn't the "Chinese Spirit" written by Dr. Koo that he gave to himself before also write that the Chinese are a nation that knows how to endure?
"Besides, I really hope to see your results. This particle accelerator is very important to me, to the Cavendish Laboratory, and even to the entire physics community. Chen, you must not disappoint my expectations. "

"Teacher, I will work hard and strive to live up to what I entrusted—and let me add another word, when will the first [-] pounds be allocated?"

"In just a few days, I will ask James to contact you and send Mr. Cockcroft to your team by the way!"

Chen Muwu once again brought up the issue of money, which finally wiped out Rutherford's interest, and made him no longer have the idea of ​​continuing to chat with his student today.

"Okay, thank you teacher!"

Seeing that the goal was finally achieved, Chen Muwu resigned knowingly and left the director's office.

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A few days later, Chadwick took a check of [-] pounds, and together with the Cockcroft whom Chen Muwu named, knocked on the door of the room belonging to Chen Muwu in the Cavendish laboratory.

Knowing that he was named by Chen Muwu to be a graduate student, Cockcroft was very excited.

Although he was five years older than Chen Muwu in terms of age, he didn't feel ashamed or embarrassed about it at all.

After all, Chen Muwu is the youngest Nobel laureate, the smartest and the easiest to produce results in the laboratory.

Although he didn't know why he chose him, Cockcroft knew that as long as he could hug Dr. Chen's thigh tightly, it would only be a matter of time before he left his name in the history of physics.

However, after Chadwick left, another person appeared in Chen Muwu's laboratory, which made Cockcroft somewhat at a loss and at a loss.

Who else could this person be besides Kapitsa?

After a few days, he came here again and questioned his good friend Dr. Chen Xingshi again.

Kapica felt that Chen Muwu discovered a new magnetic effect in superconductors earlier than himself, and it can be said that "geniuses see the same thing".

But this time, he snatched the assistant he had just assigned to him, wasn't it just a blatant act of poaching?
His presence was an embarrassment to Cockcroft, who could not afford to offend either the host or the guest in the room.

Cockcroft didn't know whether he should keep silent, or should he choose the new teacher Chen Muwu to show his loyalty?
Fortunately, Chen Muwu resolved the smell of gunpowder that had not yet permeated the laboratory in time.

"Peter, I don't want your student in vain, I'll change it with you, it's okay, right?
"Shi Ruwei, an old acquaintance of yours. He has been doing magnetic research with you before, and he went to David Faraday Laboratory with me some time ago, and he is already familiar with the operation process of that kind of refrigeration machine.

"It just so happens that you also plan to do low-temperature physics research? After all, Mond Laboratory is such a laboratory that specializes in low-temperature physics. If you familiarize yourself with it in advance, you will be more competitive when the director is elected.

"Shi is a very good helper, I hope you can accept him."

Although he resigned from the position of the director of the Mond laboratory, the laboratory he earned for Old Prague cannot do without his own people.

Moreover, Shi Ruwei is Kapiza's professional counterpart, so if he keeps him under his own hands, it is better to let him follow Kapiza, maybe he can also break out into a wider world.

Cockcroft is a newcomer that Chadwick assigned to himself recently, while Shi Ruwei began to study and work with him a long time ago.

For Kapitsa, the latter's learning ability and hands-on level have long been recognized, and he is a very good student and assistant.

Coming in a rage and leaving happily, Kapitsa felt that he had taken advantage of it,
He even thought that Chen Muwu's exchange of Shi Ru for Cowcroft was a kind of compensation for himself.

"Mr. Cockcroft, you are welcome to join our group. I heard that you just got married not long ago, so I wish you a happy wedding!"

After Kapica left, Chen Muwu held a simple welcome ceremony for the newcomer in the laboratory.

Oppenheimer was quietly listening to the teacher's address for this newcomer. Just now, Chen Muwu's team added a Caucasian person other than himself, which suddenly made him feel more crisis feel.

After hearing that Chen Muwu was still using the traditional method of "surname + Mr" in Cambridge University, Oppenheimer secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Apart from Kapitza, Brackett and Dirac, who were good friends of Chen Muwu, in the Cavendish laboratory, only Oppenheimer was called by Chen Muwu, Robert.

This invisibly shows the closeness of a relationship, and the new British guy should not pose any threat to him.

"Thank you, thank you Dr. Chen. I don't know what kind of research you want me to join this group?"

Cockcroft talked about Dr. Chen one by one, making Chen Muwu realize that because he had been thinking about the particle accelerator all the time, he seemed to have forgotten to ask Rutherford about the professorship again.

But seeing that the teacher gave the funds happily this time, Chen Muwu felt that it would not be too late to have a heart-to-heart talk with Rutherford after the particle accelerator was developed.

Chen Muwu once again found out the generator model he had made before. Although he had already demonstrated it in front of the teacher, the members of the group he formed temporarily, like Cowcroft, did not know what they were about to do. something.

Seeing that the machine had been assembled by Chen Muwu, Oppenheimer realized that the irrelevant things that the teacher asked him to buy before were not for entertainment, but really useful.

As the charge on the tin can continued to increase, the note attached to it gradually floated up.

The door of the laboratory was opened just at this time, and Oppenheimer didn't pay attention to this phenomenon, thinking that the floating up of the note was due to the convection effect caused by the air circulation after the door was opened.

Old Thomson, the dean of Trinity College who returned from vacation, had a whim today and planned to visit the Cavendish Laboratory.

Although he had resigned as the director of the Cavendish Laboratory a few years ago, to show respect for him, the laboratory still divided several rooms for Old Thomson to use in his experiments. of.

In the first few years after leaving office, Old Thomson would often come to the laboratory to do some experiments, and together with Aston, he would use a mass spectrometer to study atoms and isotopes.

But as he got older, Old Thomson became more and more powerless in academic research.

Coupled with the fact that "personnel is metabolized", the last batch of old students he knew graduated one after another, and the new recruits all followed Rutherford's lead, so old Thomson was no longer in the Cavendish laboratory. There are a few acquaintances left.

In addition to the student Rutherford, and two old assistants Wilson and Aston, among the new generation of students, only those who were recommended by Eddington and Rutherford were specially recruited by him Chen Muwu, from Disch Laboratory and Trinity College, knew old Thomson best.

There is also the American guy who found himself through several relationships and wanted to enter the Cavendish Laboratory no matter what, he can be regarded as a half acquaintance.

He was entrusted to Chen Muwu by himself, more than a year has passed, how are they getting along?

When old Thomson entered the room, Chen Muwu was just telling some students the source of his inspiration for this generator: "This method of using a medium to transport charges and gradually accumulate potential is not something I came up with. Instead, it refers to a drip generator invented by Lord Kelvin 60 years ago.

"The newspapers always say that I am a genius, and I can always come up with all kinds of novel ideas. But these are false rumors. The truth is just like what Sir Newton said, I am just standing on the shoulders of giants.

"I hope that you should also look through the things left by our predecessors from time to time. If the first director of this laboratory, Professor Maxwell, didn't look through the manuscripts left by the predecessors, he would never have found out. What a great physicist was Mr Henry Cavendish, who gave our laboratory its name!"

(End of this chapter)