Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 210 Chapter 158

Although Chen Muwu refused for a long time, he finally sat on the back seat of Eddington's bicycle reluctantly after Eddington repeatedly "invited" him in an undeniable tone.

In order to prevent himself from falling off the bicycle seat, Chen Muwu still held Eddington's waist tightly.

The classic scene in the movie "Roman Holiday" was staged in Cambridgeshire in advance, but it was a pity that it was not Audrey Hepburn sitting in the back seat, and a gentleman was riding a bicycle, but it was not Gregory Peck either.

During this iron horse trip from the Cavendish Laboratory to the University of Cambridge Observatory, Chen Muwu roughly listened to the ins and outs of the incident from Eddington's mouth.

In the summer of 1919, astronomers from seven countries—Belgium, Canada, France, Great Britain, Greece, Japan, and the United States—discussed at the preparatory meeting of the International Research Council held in Brussels and jointly established the International Astronomical Society. The main purpose of such an organization as the National Federation is to promote and maintain astronomy from all aspects through international cooperation.

When Chen Muwu discovered Huang Dixing before, Eddington was the first to inform the Federation of the situation for him.

It was also because of this incident that the federation held a temporary meeting and finally agreed to name the new planet after the Yellow Emperor.

The International Federation of Astronomers has agreed to hold a general meeting every three years to allow astronomers around the world to communicate the latest research results to each other.

The first meeting was held in Rome, the capital of Italy, in May 1922.

Three years have passed since then, and the second general meeting happened to be held in Cambridgeshire, England.

It stands to reason that Chen Muwu, as the most famous astronomer and astrophysicist in the world today, will definitely be invited to attend this general meeting.

But in the matter of his invitation letter, there was a big oolong.

Previously, the reason why Eddington informed the International Union of Astronomers of the discovery of new planets in the solar system on behalf of Chen Muwu was that although China had established an astronomical society at that time, it was not connected with the International Union of Astronomers. You are not eligible to send messages to the federation.

And Chen Muwu was not a member of the Royal Astronomical Society, a member association of the Federation, so he was not qualified to send a message to the International Federation of Astronomers.

After that, he was admitted as a member of the Royal Astronomical Society and was eligible to participate in this year's general meeting of the International Union of Astronomers.

The original invitation letter was also intended to be sent to Chen Muwu through the Royal Astronomical Society.

But at this time, the Chinese Astronomical Society also found an organization and got in touch with the International Federation of Astronomers. They will send people to London to participate in the second general meeting as observers.

Now, which party should invite Chen Muwu has become a procedural issue: Although Chen Muwu is a member of the Royal Astronomical Society, he is not British after all.

In the end, the Federation decided to invite Chen Muwu to attend the meeting by sending a letter to the Chinese Astronomical Society.

In terms of formality, such a formality must be followed, and at worst, he will be notified in private.

After all, whether it is Eddington or Rutherford's son-in-law Fowler, they will participate in the second meeting, and they are both hosts of Cambridge University, responsible for preparing for the meeting in Cambridgeshire.

But there is a mistake here. Although the Chinese Astronomical Society has contacted the International Union of Astronomers, this Chen Da astronomer is not a member of the Chinese Astronomical Society.

When he was in China, he only gave a lecture at Bei University once, and there were very few professionals who actually listened to the scientific content of that lecture, and most of them came to listen to it for fun.

Therefore, Chen Muwu's true level has not been shown, and has nothing to do with astronomy, and naturally he has not been able to establish contact with the Chinese Astronomical Society.

In addition, in the past six months, Chen Muwu has been at the David Faraday Laboratory in London, and his time in Cambridge is very limited, and he didn't know that they were preparing to hold an astronomical conference.

When it came to Eddington and Fowler, things got even more chaotic.

Eddington thought that Fowler would appear in the Cavendish laboratory every day, because his office was here, and he would meet with Chen Muwu very often, and he would naturally be notified of such an incident.

But Fowler believes that Eddington and Chen Muwu have a better relationship, and will definitely come to him as soon as Chen Muwu returns to Cambridge University.

Everyone thought that the other party would do such a thing, but it turned out that no one could do it well.

When it was time to sign in for the conference the day before the opening, someone finally realized that something was wrong.

The staff prepared an invitation letter for Chen Muwu to attend a more advanced banquet, but was told by the visitor that the Chinese Astronomical Society only sent him, not Chen Muwu—and even though Chen Muwu is the most famous person in the world Chinese scientist, but he is not a member of the Chinese Astronomical Society.

This was embarrassing, and the staff rushed to report layer by layer, and finally reported to Eddington.

And Eddington was preparing for the next event. After hearing this, he immediately put down all the work at hand, stepped on his bicycle and rushed to the Cavendish Laboratory.

After talking about these things, Eddington still didn't forget to complain to Chen Muwu, complaining that his junior from Trinity College, Fowler, was unreliable.

"It's true that Ralph is in the lab every day, but he hasn't informed you of such a big event?"

"Uh, Professor Eddington, although I have been in the Cavendish Laboratory these days, I always stay in my room, and I don't show up much, let alone meet Professor Fowler, you Don't blame him. Since the conference has not yet opened and I know about it, it's not too late, is it?"

Eddington could scold Fowler, but Chen Muwu couldn't go along with it, so he could only share the responsibility on himself, acting as a peacemaker between the two senior brothers.

After experiencing bumps all the way, the two finally arrived at the destination of this trip.

Sitting on the back seat of a bicycle made of welded metal pipes, his young waist was almost broken.

Chen Muwu sighed again, what a feat it is for Eddington to set Eddington number E to 84 under such vehicle and road conditions.

A very common misconception is that it only takes four more long-distance trips of more than 80 miles in a single day to go from 84 to 84 in Eddington.

In fact, the E goes from 80 to 84, and in the worst case, requires 84 more long-distance rides of more than 84 miles in a single day, that is, starting from scratch.

"Professor Eddington, your driving skills are very good, but your riding experience on this bicycle is really not flattering.

"After a while, I'll help you upgrade this bike after I'm done with the work at the Cavendish Laboratory, how about it?"

But Chen Muwu didn't plan to do it himself, he could only draw a few blueprints at most, and then find a craftsman to help him make a shock absorber on the bicycle.

If possible, add a transmission system.

Eddington did not doubt Chen Muwu's hands-on ability. Anyone who can do experiments in the Cavendish laboratory for several years will not be too bad at his hands.

He also entered the Cavendish Laboratory after graduating from Trinity College, and studied thermal radiation for a period of time under the hands of Old Thomson.

But Eddington himself is not good at fiddling with the machines on the experimental bench, so within a few days of entering the laboratory, he was persuaded by old Thomson to leave, and he had to go to the Greenwich Observatory in London to analyze the asteroid Eros parallax.

That was the first time Eddington came into contact with astronomical work. This selection of personnel by Old Thomson made the Cavendish Laboratory lose a mediocre staff member, but it also brought an outstanding person to the UK. astronomer.

He just didn't understand that his bike was already the best in the UK market, and Chen Muwu said he wanted to upgrade it, what could it look like?
Chen Muwu briefly told him his thoughts, using hard springs to slightly increase the riding comfort when encountering bumpy roads, and then using the gear set to save more effort when riding up and downhill.

Eddington nodded after listening, thinking that he could give it a try.

"However, Professor Eddington, didn't you just need to inform me today? Why did you bring me here?"

At the end of the explanation, Chen Muwu raised his own question.

What appeared in front of him now was the University of Cambridge Observatory, which had been away for nearly two years.

The telescope dome not far away is where he discovered the Yellow Emperor Star.

"Uh, Dr. Chen, that's the case. In the past, when we held any academic exchange activities at Cambridge University, we would organize participants to visit Trinity College and Cavendish Laboratory, and take everyone to experience Newton first-hand. Where Sir and Maxwell professors work.

"Originally, for this meeting, we also wanted to take them to the two places mentioned above according to the usual practice.

"However, after all, all the astronomers who came to the meeting this time, and our University of Cambridge Observatory made a major astronomical discovery not long ago, so we temporarily shifted the location of the visit here.

"And the reason why I invited you here in such a hurry is that I want you to be a guest of this visit."

The major event that Eddington didn't specify in his mouth refers to the discovery of Huang Dixing by Chen Muwu.

This is indeed a recent hotspot in astronomy, but at the end of last year, in his Nobel speech, Chen Muwu first mentioned that Andromeda is outside the Milky Way, and the Milky Way is not the whole picture of the universe, and then pointed out that the universe is not static but constantly expanding After that, the astronomers turned their attention to a wider place above everyone's head.

But in any case, the discovery of Planet X, which astronomers have been looking for for decades, is considered a major event.

Now that we have all come to Cambridge University, we must visit the place where the Yellow Emperor Star was discovered.

Stromgren, director of the Observatory of the University of Copenhagen, had imagined when Chen Muwu visited the observatory that if Chen Muwu discovered the tenth planet in the solar system there, he would put up a sign next to the telescope, indicating that it was "the tenth planet." "Planet Discovery Site", and then let astronomers and tourists from all over the world buy tickets to visit, and earn a certain amount of money to supplement the expenses of the observatory.

Although the first half of his vision was unfortunately not realized, the second half became a reality at the Cambridge University Observatory.

Eddington really did this this time, but as a British gentleman, he was too shy to collect money from his astronomy colleagues from all over the world.

After the two arrived at the observatory, they took a short rest and prepared, and then welcomed a small visiting group.

Chen Muwu felt that the visiting group should be some big names who came to the meeting, because he found that the person who accompanied these people was actually the Chancellor of Cambridge University, Arthur Belfort.

This Lord Balfour was also an aristocratic student who went straight from Eton College to Trinity College, Cambridge University. He served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for three years from 1903 to 1905. Then he was full-time Minister of Irish Affairs. In order to suppress the Irish independence movement, he adopted a lot of bloody methods, known as "Bloody Balfour".

Although he was cruel to the Irish in his own country, Belfort supported the Jews.

The "Balfour Declaration" named after his surname is the government's public pledge to support the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine, and it is also the source of the Middle East's continued chaos for decades to come.

When I signed this declaration, I just hoped that those wealthy Jews could financially support the Allies who were fighting against the Allies.

After being introduced by Eddington, Chen Muwu realized that this was actually the school supervisor he had met for the first time.

However, Chen Muwu was not interested in this person, because Belfort also appeared at the Paris Peace Conference after the First World War.

For the Chinese, Balfour is a villain. In order to win more interests for Britain, he began to talk wildly, saying that China did not spend a shilling for the war, and no one died.

This completely ignores the contribution of those Chinese laborers on the battlefield of World War I!
After the peace conference was over and he returned to England, Belfort went all the way and sent the Chinese workers back to China on the pretext that they were "impeding the stability of the place".

When he didn’t cross over, he just read such vague words in the history books when he was in school, saying that China was treated unfairly at the Paris Peace Conference, so the diplomats refused to sign the peace treaty , to express dissatisfaction.

The Chinese in France who was the leader of the Republic of China delegation until last year's Olympic Games in Paris, and Xie Dongfa, who was an external reporter for Ta Kung Pao during the Paris Peace Conference, told him about these nasty things in international relations, Only then did Chen Muwu experience such a humiliating period of modern history.

Under Eddington's introduction, Chen Muwu politely shook hands with Belfort.

Before the supervisor could begin to praise him, Chen Muwu spoke directly with some impoliteness: "Lord Balfour, it's a pleasure to meet you! I don't know if I, as a Chinese, should also be deported immediately. Send them back home?"

(End of this chapter)