Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 281 20 Abnormal Einstein

Planck looked disappointed. Although he proposed to hold a lecture at the last minute and did not give others enough preparation time, it seemed impolite.

But he felt that he and Chen Muwu had been cultivating a relationship all morning, and the other party had to sell him to save face no matter what.

Although there is not much preparation and no specific content, even if you stand on the stage and say a few words, it is better than not holding this lecture.

As long as Chen Muwu can stand on the stage, he will be a monumental figure and a role model for these students in the Department of Physics and even the entire University of Berlin.

At a young age, he has made outstanding achievements in his own subject of physics and other adjacent subjects.

If Chen Muwu were allowed to shout a few words to the young students in the audience on the podium of the auditorium, "If you want to succeed, go crazy first and rush forward at all costs" and "Fight once and you will be rich for three generations. Only by working hard can you not fail." "This kind of brainwashing slogan has a motivating effect on these students that is definitely no less than a shot of blood.

Planck's fantasy was beautiful, but the speech method he imagined was definitely not suitable for Chen Muwu.

However, within a few years, Germany will have a master speaker who will not only inspire students at the University of Berlin, but directly inspire non-Jewish citizens throughout Germany.

As a result, before Chen Muwu responded whether he wanted to give a lecture at the Department of Physics of the University of Berlin, Einstein came out halfway and denied his invitation.

Unwilling to give up, Plank turned his head to Chen Muwu, who had not expressed his position yet, but the latter just shook his head at him with an apologetic expression on his face.

Originally, if he had not met Pauli and two other staff members from the Department of Physics of the University of Berlin yesterday, Chen Muwu might not have visited here today.

In addition, the discussion with Einstein about the unified theory has not yet been completed. If Chen Muwu gives another lecture at the University of Berlin this afternoon, Einstein, who is probably starting to have fire in his eyes right now, will really have a knife in his mind. .

"I'm really sorry, Professor Planck. I did have an appointment with Professor Einstein this afternoon. We have to discuss some issues. Besides, I personally didn't make any preparations in advance for this invitation you sent out at short notice. I guess I didn't make any preparations in advance. There is no useful content. You can't let me give a lecture on the topic "Relativity and Materialism" again in Germany, the center of physics in the world, right? Not to mention that it will be taught by all of Germany. Physicists ridiculed me, and I probably won’t be able to pass Professor Pauli’s test.”

"The Theory of Relativity and Materialism" is only a special product in a specific country. This is a small black spot that cannot be avoided in Chen Muwu's resume.

But as long as Chen Muwu is great enough in the future, it shouldn't matter much.

Perhaps the spearhead of the attack will instead be directed at the country that was smeared while alive and whipped again and again in death, mocking this country for being so bad that even a great scientist like Chen Muwu could not enter its territory. Fortunately, the content of the lecture with such a title came out.

I wonder if someone will say something like, "Chen Muwu will also stand up and toast when he comes" this time?
Smiles neither appear nor disappear out of thin air. They only move from one person's face to another.

Although this statement was created based on the law of conservation of energy, it was not science but just a joke. But after Chen Muwu rejected Planck's invitation to give lectures, he saw with his own eyes the smile of approval on Einstein's face, who had just been depressed. , but Planck, who had been looking forward to it just now, had the same expression as Einstein's before.

Xiao Chen certainly couldn't let the physics senior feel unhappy because of him, so after rejecting Planck, he added a few words.

"I'm sorry, Professor Planck. It's a pity that I can't give a lecture at the University of Berlin, an institution of higher learning with a long history. If there is another opportunity in the future, I will definitely not miss it again.

"However, after I leave Germany, I may write another paper and send it to you. I hope Professor Planck can help me more and publish it in the Annals of Physics."

Although Planck has resigned as chairman of the physics department at the University of Berlin, he will remain as editor-in-chief of this physics journal for a few more years.

Compared with the position of head of the physics department, the daily work of a journal editor is much more leisurely.

He no longer has to participate in the management of the entire physics department and only needs to read a few manuscripts every day.

Even if Chen Muwu has been unsteadily contributing to the "Annals of Physics", it is inevitable that the "Annals" will be surpassed by the emerging "Journal of Physics".

As the number of manuscripts Planck had to review became smaller and smaller, his work became more and more leisurely.

After promising to write a paper, the look on Planck's face finally changed from cloudy to somewhat better, but it has not completely cleared up yet.

Chen Muwu didn't have to worry about the topic of his thesis. Einstein had sent him the ready-made thesis content a day before.

After leaving Germany, Gao Luo will also write a paper demonstrating why transformation theory cannot solve the problem of unified fields, to completely dispel Einstein's thoughts and let him quickly find a new method to continue chewing on this hard nut. .

Chen Muwu thinks that after his new paper is published, he doesn't know whether Planck's face will reappear, but the smile on Einstein's face should disappear for a while.

After lunch, Einstein reluctantly took over Chen Muwu's next itinerary at the University of Berlin from Planck.

The so-called itinerary was just to take Chen Muwu into his office, and then discuss with him the important matter of unifying electromagnetic force and universal gravitation.

Although there is an office in the school, because Einstein often went to the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Physics, this room at the University of Berlin was not used much, but it was still kept clean and tidy.

Regardless of whether the content is correct or not, Chen Muwu felt that the way to discuss issues with Einstein was much more comfortable than when he discussed issues with Bohr in Copenhagen.

Even though he respected the rising star Chen Muwu and made Bohr, a big smoker, extremely restrained from smoking in front of him, it was still difficult to change the official authority he had cultivated after becoming the director of the Institute of Theoretical Physics.

Bohr was notoriously fickle when discussing issues with others.

His thinking and writing habits were gradually modified through discussions with students, assistants or visitors.

When Bohr wrote articles, every time he thought of something, he would have people record his thoughts and inspirations, and then revise them repeatedly.

Because of this unflattering writing style, his assistants were changed one after another.

The last unlucky guy, Kramers, was made mentally ill by Bohr and was admitted to the Copenhagen University Hospital, and finally left him.

Current assistant Heisenberg seems to be doing well in Copenhagen. However, after coming to the UK from Denmark and arriving at Cambridge University, even if Chen Muwu returned to China on vacation, Heisenberg was still unwilling to leave the Cavendish Laboratory. Just the feeling of freshness that comes from just arriving in a place.

The only person who could cure Bohr was the straightforward Dirac.

In the original time and space, after Dirac graduated with a doctorate from the University of Cambridge, he first went to the University of Göttingen to join Oppenheimer, and then parted ways with him. The latter went to Leiden in the Netherlands, and the former went to Copenhagen in Denmark. .

Bohr relied on his reputation among young physicists to attract a steady stream of free labor to the Institute of Theoretical Physics.

When Dirac got there, of course he couldn't escape discussing physics problems with Bohr, and by the way, he served as his assistant to record this bad luck.

No matter how good Dirac's character was, he couldn't stand this kind of back-and-forth revision work.

Dirac, who was very irritated by Bohr, said this to Bohr after his outburst:

"Professor Bohr, when I was in middle school, my teacher taught me not to start writing before I have understood the sentence." But now with Chen Muwu, Dirac will no longer be able to leave Cambridge University after graduation. The British left their homes and wandered around Europe.

As a result, the world of physics lost another famous scene, and no one could point out in person how tortured Bohr's way of writing papers was.

Einstein and Chen Muwu discussed the issue of unified theory for a whole afternoon in their offices, but still did not produce any useful results.

In other words, the strangest thing is that it can produce results. Chen Muwu has been controlling the points accurately all the time, pretending to understand in his belly.

But the Einstein of today is different from the Einstein of yesterday.

He doesn't show any anxiety now. Even if Chen Muwu is leaving Berlin tomorrow, the two of them are still in the same boat in their research on unified theory.

After dinner in the cafeteria of the University of Berlin, Einstein did not invite Chen Muwu to continue burning the midnight oil with him in his office. Instead, he told Chen Muwu to rest as soon as possible after returning. He would visit the hotel again during the day tomorrow. Continue to explore this problem that troubles you.

Chen Muwu vaguely felt that Einstein's behavior today was a bit strange, but he didn't take it to heart.

Perhaps Einstein gradually felt that this transformation theory might be a bit unreliable when used to explain the unified theory?
After walking back to the hotel with Oppenheimer, before going upstairs, Chen Muwu specifically asked the front desk if they had bought their train tickets to Paris tomorrow.

If you haven’t bought it today, it might be too late tomorrow.

The front desk gave a satisfactory answer, saying that the ticket had already been taken care of, and it was paid for by Mr. Einstein, so they did not need to pay additional compensation.

Yo ho!Einstein handled this matter in an honest way. He even paid for the tickets for them.

When we meet tomorrow morning, I should at least say thank you to him.

Oppenheimer also praised Einstein to Chen Muwu. After all, when Chen Muwu and Planck were reminiscing in the department chair's office this morning, he had been staying with Einstein.

He recounted to Chen Muwu in detail what happened in Einstein's office today, including how he discussed the unified theory with him. Under his inspiration, Einstein came up with those novel ideas. .

At the end of the sentence, Oppenheimer even had a grateful expression on his face:
"Dr. Chen, Professor Einstein is such a good person! He praised me for my good study of relativity today, and said that after I graduate from Cambridge University, he would help me find a teaching position at the University of Berlin, but... …”

"Just what?"

"He said he hoped I could recruit you to the University of Berlin."

Chen Muwu was speechless after hearing this.

It is strange enough that Einstein and Oppenheimer discussed the unified theory with great gusto.

He actually wanted to recruit Oppenheimer to the University of Berlin to recruit himself as a subordinate, which was a bit whimsical.

"Robert, do you want to teach at the University of Berlin?"

Chen Muwu did not respond to Oppenheimer, but asked a question.

"Well, of course, I really want to find a good job for myself before graduation. Many universities in the United States have sent me teaching invitations, but in Europe, the University of Berlin is the first one. You You know, the teaching level and reputation of American universities are not as good as those of Europe, so I was very excited when I heard Professor Einstein bring this up. But if you don’t stay in Berlin, I will It will definitely not come."

Seeing Chen Muwu's serious expression, Oppenheimer was a little confused in his explanation.

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm just asking casually. If you are willing, you can become a teacher in Stockholm in the future."

"That would be great. I am willing to go to Sweden, Dr. Chen!"

Regarding Oppenheimer's future, Chen Muwu didn't think about it for the time being.

If he did not return to the United States but followed him to Sweden, then he might not be able to become the leader of the Manhattan Project.

There's another thing. Now that I'm here, is it necessary that the first country in the world to grow mushrooms is the United States?

With this question, Chen Muwu lay on the bed and fell asleep.

The next day, which was their last day in Berlin, Einstein came to the hotel where they were staying early.

Chen Muwu was also very cooperative with this senior as he had been the previous two days, and still coaxed him to discuss the unified theory for more than half a day.

Today, Einstein was even more abnormal and even took the initiative to stop the discussion with Chen Muwu.

He looked at his watch, narrowed his eyes and smiled thoughtfully and said: "Chen, in half an hour, you will almost be leaving. There is a long way to go, and it is not too late for us to discuss this issue in the future.

"In this case, you guys pack your bags first, and I'll wait for you downstairs. When you're ready, we'll get in my car and go to the train station together."

Chen Muwu felt that Einstein might have really felt that there was a problem with his theory, so the discussions over the past two days ended faster and faster.

Since the hosts were unwilling to talk any more, Chen Muwu was happy to do so.

After packing their luggage with Oppenheimer, the two of them walked downstairs and picked up their train tickets to Paris, France tonight from the front desk.

Einstein not only spent a lot of money to buy the fastest train for the two of them, which could cover the more than 1000 kilometers from Berlin to Paris in just over one night.

He was so considerate that he not only sent a car and driver, but he also accompanied the two guests to the train station as he had done when they arrived.

After getting off the car, Chen Muwu prepared to say goodbye to Einstein and politely thanked him for the meticulous hospitality he had prepared for him during the three days in Berlin.

But something surprising happened again.

Einstein conjured a suitcase out of nowhere, smiled and nodded to Chen Muwu.

"Professor, what do you mean?"

"The child of Madame Curie's family is getting married. If I didn't know about it, forget it. Now that I know it, I have to go to Paris to say hello to my old friend! In addition, Chen, before the wedding, we There are still a few days left to continue talking about the previous topics.”

(End of this chapter)