Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 241 189 Is it decisive?
After sending von Neumann to Kapitsa's car, Chen Muwu turned around and entered the Cavendish Laboratory again, returning to his office.

His office is often left unoccupied for two or three days as his army moves to another particle accelerator house in Cambridgeshire.

But every time I go back to the office, this small room is always bright and clean, and it is spotless every time, which is all thanks to Oppenheimer.

Americans always feel that after he returned to the UK from China at the beginning of this year, the teacher seemed to have started to neglect himself intentionally or unintentionally.

He first went to develop some kind of particle accelerator, then wrote a paper on mathematics, and seemed to have published a paper on physics, and then suddenly participated in the strike.

As the son of a rich family from New York, Oppenheimer actually dislikes strikes.

He has been in Cambridge for two years, and he has long been used to drinking coffee every morning while having breakfast, while reading the "Times" published that day brought from London by train.

He also often escaped from Cambridge, a place that is academic in addition to being academic, and took a train for more than two hours to go to London, the second largest city in the world, to find fun.

The biggest impact of the strike on him is that the traffic is not smooth, the newspapers can't get in, and he can't get out.

There is no new task Chen Muwu arranged for him in his studies, so he can only spend a lot of free time every day drinking in the Eagle Bar.

However, because of the traffic, the beer in the bar could not be replenished in time. In the last few days of the strike, there was only the bootleg wine that the bar owner bought from the countrymen, which was terrible to drink.

Like Sima Zhong, Emperor Hui of Jin who sighed "why not eat minced meat", Oppenheimer did not understand why these workers from all walks of life in the UK accompanied the miners on strike.

In the twilight years of the empire, old-fashioned and old-fashioned, the decline of all walks of life is evident.

If it weren't for Chen Muwu, then the UK would just look beautiful, far less prosperous than the new empire on the other side of the ocean.

When it comes to Chen Muwu, Mr. Chen's recent neglect of him has become a problem for Oppenheimer.

Coupled with the fact that it was the graduation season, recently graduates with doctoral hats on their heads were often seen in Cambridge University, which made Oppenheimer feel even more uncomfortable.

After graduating from Harvard University, he traveled across the ocean and came to the UK, and it has been two years since today.

It can't be compared with Mr. Chen, who has only been studying for one year and has picked up a doctor's hat from the world's highest university.

But you can always compete with Mr. Chen's friend, Dirac.

Dirac and Chen Muwu published papers together, and he and Chen Muwu also published papers together!

And there are two or three articles in one post, which is much more than that of Dirac.

What's more, my own papers are all experimental, which is very popular in the Cavendish Laboratory, which places more emphasis on experiments.

In terms of emotion and reason, he felt that there should be no problem for him to graduate this year.

It should be reasonable for Chen Muwu to spend one year and himself to spend two years, one year earlier than Dirac, who has been at Cambridge University for three years, right?

People have self-knowledge, and Oppenheimer has it too, but not too much.

Chen Muwu was not in the Cavendish laboratory. Old Thomson, the former director who had promised to recruit him into the laboratory, would only come here every now and then because of his age, like an old lion inspecting his past venue.

There are a few friends of Mr. Chen in the laboratory, like Kapitsa and Blackett, and their attitude towards Oppenheimer is still very good.

Except for the above few, most of the rest are Rutherford's cronies and students.

It was Rutherford at the beginning, and he did not agree with him to enter the Cavendish Laboratory. Because of the relationship between old Thomson and Chen Muwu, although he said he came in, when he got along with those people, both sides were basically laughing. The meat doesn't laugh, and they hate each other in their hearts.

Under such an atmosphere, Oppenheimer felt that there was absolutely no need for him to stay here. Every two or three days, he would come to Chen Muwu's office to clean up. In the library of the Christian College, I study by myself and study mathematics.

He didn't suddenly become interested in mathematics again, it was just because Chen Muwu suddenly started to study mathematics, so Oppenheimer also changed careers temporarily.

If on that day, Chen Muwu started to study how to build airplanes, then Oppenheimer would definitely learn how to make steel right away.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one in the office, Chen Muwu dug out the latest newspapers. He wanted to see if there had been any change in the wind direction reported by the British media after the general strike.

Especially the part about himself, although he pretended to be cool for a while, but he was also afraid that the British upper class would retaliate against him.

Fortunately, everyone seems to have forgotten about this incident. At least on the surface, the news reports about this incident were only the reprints of that article in the major newspapers that resumed publication in the days just after the strike ended.

Chen Muwu even had such a thought in his mind, you reprinted my article, shouldn't you give me some royalties?

But he wasn't stupid enough to take the train to London and ask the gang in Fleet Street for money.

If you offend the uncrowned king, they will inevitably arrange you in various newspapers.

Von Neumann's personal communication skills are very good. He just drove around Cambridge University with Kapitsa and Dirac, and when he returned to the Cavendish Laboratory again, he and The two hit it off.

It's not surprising to get along with Kapitsa, after all, he is optimistic and cheerful, and he is well-known in Cambridge University and even in Cambridgeshire.

But it was not easy to chat and laugh with the taciturn Dirac. Chen Muwu, who lived under the same roof with him at the time, took several months to complete this matter. Unexpectedly, von Neumann only used Less than one morning.

If it weren't for the gentleman's character in everyone that restrained them, maybe when they entered Chen Muwu's office just now, they would have already hooked their shoulders.

Because there was still work to be done, Kapitsa showed his face in the room and turned to leave.

Before he left, he did not forget to tell von Neumann to take some time and go to the Eagle Bar for a drink together.

The people of Su Lian really love wine, but he still doesn't recommend drinking with von Neumann.

It is said that von Neumann was also an occasional alcoholic, no different from a Russian.

But later, according to his younger brother, von Neumann drank only to put on a show, and he was able to get others drunk while seizing the wine through many small tricks on the wine table.

He is willing to participate in the drinking party, just because on that occasion, the relationship between people can be quickly shortened.

Von Neumann and Kapitsa nodded, agreeing to his invitation with body language.

After welcoming the two guests to the sofa, it was Dirac who spoke first, which surprised Chen Muwu again.

"Chen, John said that he also wanted to participate in the lecture notes on quantum mechanics and write them together. What do you think?"

Uh, when he heard the first half of the sentence, Chen Muwu thought it was Dirac who was finally free, urging himself.

Some time ago, there was a vigorous general strike in the UK, but Cambridge did not stop, and everything was still operating as usual.

It was also during this period that Dirac completed his doctoral dissertation defense, and now he can be called Dr. Dirac just like Dr. Chen.

After finishing his doctoral defense, he will naturally write a book, but he did not expect the second half of his sentence to invite von Neumann to write a book together, and seeing this relationship, Dirac even broke the kind of Cambridge University has a conservative ethos, calling each other by their names directly.

Is this the wrong medicine?What ecstasy soup did von Neumann give him?

"Paul, did you mean it yourself, or did Dr. von Neumann mean it?"

If he was not sure, he felt that it would be better to confirm.

"Dr. Chen, if you don't mind, just call me John."

"Don't dare. This Feng in your surname is a nobleman as soon as you hear it."

Von Neumann's family, up to the surname of his father's generation, is still called Neumann.

Von Neumann's father, Max Neumann, was a lawyer in Hungary and a director of the largest bank in Hungary at that time. Because of this status, he was a member of the Hungarian royal government.

The old Neumann was promoted by the government to aristocrats of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1913, so their family's surname began to carry the word Feng.

Some people say that this nobleman was donated by his banker father, but within a few years after the money was spent, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was gone. Their family name was lucky, at least it was preserved.

Chen Muwu wasn't sure whether this matter was true or not, so he brought it up in front of him, either intentionally or unintentionally.

"How can a PhD from Budapest University be compared with two Cambridge PhDs? Dr. Chen, don't be kidding, just call me John."

Von Neumann avoided talking about the aristocracy.

"I chatted with Paul about his latest thesis in the car, and then I learned that he was able to write it because he was inspired by Dr. Chen.

"Paul chatted with me again, and I plan to write a lecture on quantum mechanics with you recently. It just so happens that I plan to stay at Cambridge University for a few months, and Director Rutherford said that if I can't find anything, I will Arrange me into the experimental group.

"It would be better to kill me than to let someone like me who has never done an experiment into the lab, so I wondered if I could get involved and write the handouts with you.

"I'm better at this than experimenting."

While talking, he raised his hand and pointed his finger at his brain, without mentioning that he told Fowler before that he wanted to enter the Cavendish laboratory for experiments.

Chen Muwu naturally raised his hands to welcome the strong laborers who rushed to deliver them to their door.

The textbook written by Dirac plus von Neumann is definitely a classic among the classics.

It's just that after this book is written, how many people can understand it?Then it has nothing to do with Chen Muwu, who is also one of the authors.

After I die, who cares about the flood?
"Of course that's fine. Recently, many things have come to me all at once, and I'm a bit overwhelmed. John, if you can join in, it's a big favor for Paul and me.

"Oh, by the way, Paul, can you bring Robert back? I've been busy with other projects recently, and I seem to have neglected him a bit. I was speaking about quantum at the Cavendish Laboratory and the Kapitza Club. Mechanics is the speech he helped me sort out. He is nice and smart, but he is a little sentimental in his heart. If he participates in writing a book together, he can just find something for him to do."

Once he habitually cleaned the office, the careful Chen Muwu once again noticed him who had entered the cold palace.

If this typical case can be included in "One Hundred Rules of Jewish Wisdom", it will definitely make a lot of money from royalties.

Von Neumann, as a guest, could not intervene in the request made by Chen Muwu, and Dirac, as a friend, had no objection.

After agreeing to write the book, Dirac returned to St. John's College to pick up his personal belongings, and he planned to stay in this office for the next few months.

And Chen Muwu accompanied von Neumann, planning to find something to eat in a small restaurant serving students.

With no one else around, he was finally able to speak to the target person a few words of his own.

All the dissatisfaction with Chen Muwu that I had hidden in my heart in Göttingen before, slowly began to dissipate after meeting him in person, and it has long since disappeared without a trace.

As a genius, von Neumann understood the differences between him and Chen Muwu, who is also a "genius".

The genius of Dr. Chen is that there are countless novel ideas in his brain, and these ideas can always be proved correct by himself or others just right.

My genius is just the opposite. My calculation ability and comprehension ability can definitely be regarded as top-notch, belonging to the type that can be understood at a single point.

The only thing missing is that.

Isn't this just complementary to Dr. Chen?
Von Neumann felt that it would not be impossible for him to stay at Cambridge University for a few more months, trying to get more wool from Chen Muwu.

These two people have their own thoughts, one regards each other as a super human body calculator, and the other regards each other as an invincible inspiration generator, so they get along very politely.

On the way to the restaurant, von Neumann was still flattering Chen Muwu.

In terms of quantum mechanics, he is still a beginner, so he can only make up for his old profession of mathematics.

While chatting, the two of them talked about the incompleteness theorem, saying that the birth of this theorem completely shattered the completeness and self-consistency of Hilbert's axiom system.

Well, the fish started biting the hook before throwing the rod.

Then Chen Muwu simply dropped the bait, turned his head to face von Neumann, and said in a chatty tone: "John, do you think the determinability in the axiom system proposed by Professor Hilbert is true?" Yes, is it still not established?"

(End of this chapter)