Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 233 181 Cambridge Car God Dirac

Anyway, the particle accelerator had already hit a bottleneck, so Chen Muwu moved his office back to the Cavendish Laboratory.

Compared with Trinity College, it is still more convenient here.

Whether it is Dirac at St. Peter's College or Ramsey at King's College, they can come and go freely in and out of the laboratory, and they don't have to abide by those outdated rules.

Because Chen Muwu himself was a half-assed person, even though he wanted to help Ramsey, his ability was limited.

However, it has been more than two years since the handshake question was raised, which has allowed Ramsey to continue thinking about this theorem for a long time. Basically, there is already a formed thesis framework in his brain.

Seeing that he couldn't get any more inspiration from Chen Muwu, he could only follow the established policy.

On the contrary, Dirac and Chen Muwu are very compatible, because this is what he does in his old profession.

But Chen Muwu's thesis plan fell through.

Because he proposed an incompleteness theorem, which shocked the entire mathematics world, Chen Muwu received congratulatory letters from various people from all directions.

In the past few years at Cambridge University, whenever Chen Muwu published an experimental or theoretical result, someone would always write to congratulate him.

If this achievement is reported by newspapers, then the number of letters will be large, and the identity of the letter writer is not limited to the scientific community.

But if it is not reported, but only published in professional journals of the corresponding discipline, then the number of letters will naturally decrease, and accordingly, the content discussed in it will be more meaningful.

Among them, one of the people who frequently wrote to Chen Muwu was Bohr.

On the one hand, it is because their academic views are consistent in most cases, except for the time long ago when Bohr unequivocally denied that light is a kind of particle, and even sacrificed energy conservation to come up with the BKS theory. Then got slapped in the face.

On the other hand, it is because, as the director of the Institute of Theoretical Physics, Bohr has always wanted to poach himself, a good junior, from his teacher to Copenhagen.

So every time he learned that Chen Muwu had come up with something new, Bohr would always write a letter to his younger brother at the first time, and even accompanied him to Stockholm to receive the Nobel Prize. The main thing was to accompany him.

So the incompleteness theorem is no exception. As usual, Bohr is a rainbow fart, and of course at the end there is the sentence "Copenhagen needs theoretical talents like you. As long as you open your mouth, all the treatment and so on will be arranged for you." .

But this time, after throwing an olive branch, Bohr added another paragraph to the letter, asking Chen Muwu what he said before to write another paper on quantum mechanics, what was the specific content, and whether it had been published.

Chen Muwu wanted to write the thesis, and now Bohr reminded him, so he shared his thoughts with Dirac.

He wanted to prove the mathematical equivalence between matrix mechanics and wave mechanics in the Hilbert space, and he needed the help of a top student in the mathematics department.

Facing Chen Muwu's invitation, Dirac gave him a good and bad answer.

The good news is that Fowler, who was born in the Department of Mathematics, also believed that this problem was worth studying, so he handed it over to Dirac. After a long period of deliberation, he had a very complete idea.

The bad news is that Dirac not only has a perfect idea, but he has even solved the problem.

send.

Chen Muwu had always thought that his idea was so good that it was more than enough to write a paper, and it could also bring a little mathematical shock to physicists.

But who would have thought that he had finished writing it!

"Paul, have you delivered your paper yet?"

"Thesis? I didn't write it as a thesis, but I want to write this calculation and derivation process into the "Quantum Mechanics" lecture notes that I will write soon."

Dirac's straightforward answer made Chen Muwu dumbfounded.

Write something that is basically a proof of pure mathematics into a physics textbook, then this proof process, or who is this book for?

For a few mathematics students who are interested in quantum mechanics, that's of course no problem, but it's a bit of trickery.

If it is indeed a physics textbook, if the proof process is written in it, most physics students will not be able to understand it, right?

"Paul, otherwise you should not write this part of the content into the book, but write it as a paper and publish it. Otherwise, when the time comes, you will learn this chapter according to the school you teach in this book, whether it is the teacher who lectures or the lecturer. students, it will be a torment for them."

Dirac focused on persuasion. At the beginning, he only regarded this proof as a thinking problem assigned by his mentor Fowler. Even though he had already solved it, there was no need to write it into a paper.

But since Chen Muwu said so, it doesn't matter if he writes it out.

Chen Muwu, who came late, lost the right to author a paper. He agreed to Bohr, so he had to find another way.

Although today's forms of entertainment are scarce compared with later generations, Cambridge students always find something new to enjoy.

Drinking, dancing, playing sports, and watching movies are traditional entertainments that have endured for a long time.

Playing mahjong, which suddenly exploded at Cambridge University a few years ago, is still thriving.

Recently, however, these college students with excess energy have developed a new sport, which is racing.

In recent years, whether it is the United States or Europe, the development of the automobile industry is very rapid.

The types and shapes of cars are also changing with each passing day, and more and more cars are beginning to take the route of fully enclosed compartments.

The Lagonda convertible that Kapitza bought two years ago was still fashionable at the time, but it is now on the verge of being eliminated by the times.

Moreover, the car's power system has also been greatly improved, so whether it is in terms of appearance or performance, his car no longer has any advantages. The price of a car worth [-] pounds is rapidly depreciating.

But Kapitsa is the one who can't stay idle. Of course, he doesn't want to miss this new motorsport, and he will never miss it.

If he was not busy, he would be in every race in Cambridge University, but every time he came back with a feather and never achieved any good results.

If you want to get good grades, you have to change cars.

If you want to change the car, you have to spend money to buy it.

But Kapitsa was out of money.

In the past three years, the reason why he has been able to live happily at Cambridge University is that, in addition to the dead salary from Trinity College and Cavendish Laboratory, he can also receive an additional Clark Maxwell Scholarship every year.

This scholarship is also awarded by the Cavendish Laboratory and is awarded to the most outstanding students or newly graduated staff who have just joined the work.

Scholarships have been awarded since 1920 and are selected every three years.

The first to receive a scholarship in 1920 was Chadwick, and the second three years later, it was Kapitza's turn.

By last year, he had received the last tranche of the three-year scholarship, and this scholarship clearly stipulates that it cannot be repeated, and its third winner will be selected this year.

It stands to reason that the best student in Cavendish's laboratory is undoubtedly Chen Muwu.

Even if Chen Muwu had arrived at Cambridge University a few months earlier, Kapitsa might not have had anything to do with the incident in 1923.

Not long ago, Rutherford also revealed to Chen Muwu that this scholarship should be given to him in the next three years if nothing goes wrong.

But looking at the hesitant expression on his teacher's face, Chen Muwu knew what Rutherford was holding back in his heart and wanted to say but didn't say it.

"Teacher, I'm very rich now, so I don't want the money from this Clark Maxwell scholarship. Let's move it to a classmate who needs it more."

Chen Muwu should be the richest student in the entire Cavendish Laboratory, except for Oppenheimer.

Just a prize of seven to eight thousand pounds for the Nobel Prize in Physics alone can kill the entire wealth of many students in seconds.

Therefore, the Maxwell scholarship of only [-] pounds per year is just a small matter of icing on the cake for Chen Muwu.

But for the other poor students, the six hundred pounds was by no means a small sum, it was nothing but help in need.

However, Rutherford, a teacher, certainly couldn't say it directly about persuading people to give up scholarships.

Whether Chen Muwu wanted it was one thing, but whether he gave it to him was another.

He can not, but you can not give.

Fortunately, after hearing Chen Muwu's answer, Rutherford's frown immediately relaxed.

This good student of his, besides high IQ, also has a high EQ. He can read words and expressions, see subtleties, and understand other people's thoughts.

Before the announcement of the new Maxwell Scholarship, Chen Muwu didn't know who the new winner was.

All he knew was that Kapitsa must not be.

Received a salary each from Trinity College and Cavendish Laboratory, even without the scholarship, it would have little impact on Kapitza's quality of life.

However, since last year, he has been in love with Anna who is far away in Paris, and the travel expenses for traveling back and forth each time are not a small expense.

Under such circumstances, it must be wishful thinking to want to buy a new car for at least a thousand pounds to participate in racing activities.

Unless you can find other ways to make money, or find other ways.

Smart Kapiza found the solution, Chen Muwu.

Since Rutherford knew that Chen Muwu was rich, Kapica knew it too.

Rutherford was embarrassed to ask Chen Muwu to give up the scholarship, and Kapitsa was also embarrassed to ask Chen Muwu to borrow money.

So he drove a convertible Lagonda with a crocodile welded on the radiator again just like the time two years ago. After seeing Chen Muwu, he let him get in the car without any explanation, saying that he would take him for a drive around Cambridgeshire. wind.

Although he didn't know what he was going to do, Chen Muwu felt that it would be good to sit in the car and enjoy the wind, so that he could think about the subject and ideas of the thesis.

Dirac, who was always taciturn and restless, actually asked this time to take him along for the ride.

So except for Blackett's absence, three of the four members of the Cavendish trio were in this car.

Kapitsa, who was used to racing cars, drove the car very fast, and Chen Muwu sat in fear, regretting that he would cause some accidents.

If the car accidentally crashed into a tree, I don't know if the history of physics will be rewritten in the next few decades.

God bless, in the end the car stopped in the shade of a big tree without any risk.

Kapiza was calm and relaxed, Chen Muwu was sweating profusely, and Dirac was very excited.

Kapitsa, who had already made up his mind, began to persuade Chen Muwu to buy a car and drive it.

Not only does he have so much money, but with the series of honors he has now received, as well as his popularity at Cambridge University, instead of buying a car of his own, he rides a bicycle like Eddington all day long. Some drop in price.

After putting on a high hat for Chen Muwu, Kapitsa, who wanted to see him poorly, began to sell him the second-hand car that everyone was sitting on.

"Although I bought this car two years ago, it has been maintained very well in the past two years, and it is very fashionable in both appearance and color matching, which is very suitable for young people like you.

"Chen, instead of buying a new car, it's better to buy this one. I spent [-] pounds two years ago, plus the cost of maintenance and updating parts in the past two years also cost a lot of money.

"As for the condition of the car, you have experienced it personally today. I don't want more, as long as you pay 800 yuan, how about it? Is it a conscience price?"

Chen Muwu didn't know that Kapiza wanted to buy a new car, so he didn't understand why Kapiza suddenly said today that he would sell the car to himself.

He didn't want to agree to this thing without a word at all, but he didn't expect Kapiza to even set the price.

Seeing what that means, if it wasn't for him not being able to beat Chen Muwu, Kapiza would even want to buy and sell by force.

Uh, want to buy a car?

You can buy it, but you don't have to.

Cambridgeshire is the only place with big farts. It is enough to ride a bicycle at ordinary times. What is the use of buying a car?

Could it be that you want to drive to London, but the conditions of the car and the road conditions make driving a car a torture.

He's not a car enthusiast!
not to mention……

"Peter, if I want to buy a car, why not buy a new car in better condition and performance, why should I buy your car?
"And if the car is as good as you say it is, why did you sell it?"

"Uh, this is naturally because, as I said just now, the shape and color scheme of this car are too fashionable, suitable for young people like you, but I'm in my 30s this year, and it's a bit unstable to drive this kind of car .”

Kapitsa made an impromptu excuse, but if even he can be regarded as prudent, then there should be no ungentlemen in Cambridge University.

"I don't want it," Chen Muwu shook his head, "If I want to drive, I will buy a new car and drive it myself."

Kapitsa was a little disappointed. If he couldn't sell this car, he would definitely not be able to raise enough money to buy a new car.

Still, buying a new car?

Yes, racing cars, why use your own car?

Chen Muwu and himself are good friends, if he wants to buy a new car, it is equivalent to owning a new car.

It's not too much for good friends to borrow each other's cars to drive, right?
Kapiza suddenly found a better way than selling his favorite car at a discount. He wanted to sell Chen Muwu a car that he had been looking forward to for a long time.

If Chen Muwu can buy this car back, coupled with his excellent driving skills, he will definitely be able to win the No.1 in the Cambridge Racing Competition.

Kapitsa was about to continue speaking, but unexpectedly, another person in the back seat spoke earlier than him.

"Peter, if you sell this car, can it be cheaper? I want it very much, but I can't afford [-] pounds for a while."

Dirac still couldn't get out of the excitement of the racing, and his questioning voice at this time was many times louder than when he was usually speaking.

Kapiza's carefully planned second-hand car sales campaign failed to impress Chen Muwu, the buyer in his mind, but it awakened the future No. [-] street killer of Cambridge University in advance.

(End of this chapter)