Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 286 25 Theology ends with science

Some people want to use physicists' conferences to increase their country's influence.

Some people want to use the reputation of world-renowned physicists to gain a sense of presence for their country.

Since Pepin donated his land in the eighth century AD, the pope has established a country that unites politics and religion on this land centered on Rome.

This Papal State lasted until the 70th century. It was not until the [-]s that the Kingdom of Italy annexed Rome. The Holy See, headed by the Pope, retreated to the Vatican City. Since then, the Papal State has been in a state of existence in name only.

This state of existence in name only continues to this day.

Changing the status quo would have to wait until 1929. In order to use the prestige of religion in the country to stabilize its rule, Baldhead, who originally resisted religion, reached a compromise with the Papal States and signed the Lateran Treaty with the cardinals, which was finally recognized by the Holy See. The Papal States fell and the Vatican State was established.

Although Chen Muwu does not believe in any religion, he has long been connected with the Pope because of an unexpected incident.

It was at the end of 1924 that Chen Muwu made a ground-breaking statement at the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden. He said that the universe is not static, but constantly expanding. It is even possible that at a certain point in time, the entire universe could condense to a single point. .

At that time, Chen Muwu called the process of expanding from a point with infinite mass and infinite space to the entire universe the "Pangu process."

If it were in the Middle Ages, the pope's prestige and strength would have given Europe the power to fight.

Chen Muwu's behavior will [-]% be regarded as a heretic.

Also said that Pangu used a big ax to split the egg inside, and the light one rose to become the sky, while the turbid one sank to the earth?
Who is Pangu?

The one who created this world, this earth, and the entire universe is obviously God, right?
Didn’t the first sentence in the Bible already explain this matter?
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

“The singularity is emptiness and chaos, where all the laws of physics do not yet apply.

“God said, Let there be light, and there was light.

"He saw that light was good, so he set the speed of light to 299, 792, 458m/s, and made it eternal and unchanged, and it will not change due to changes in the frame of reference.

“God calls light with wavelengths in the range of 0.77 to 0.39 microns ‘visible’ and light outside this range ‘invisible’.

"There are things visible and things invisible, there is light and there is darkness. This is the first day."

He actually dared to say that the world was not created by God but by Pangu. Chen Muwu's blatant pagan behavior would either obediently come to the Papal State to be judged and eventually be burned upside down in the Campo de' Fiori, or else he would stubbornly resist. This would eventually lead to the Crusaders gathering strength and launching another northern expedition to Stockholm.

However, the Papal State, which is now located in a corner of the city of Rome, has long existed in name only.

The Pope and the various bishops under him are terrified every day, fearing that the newly appointed bald prime minister in the Kingdom of Italy, who is ruthless in his conduct and deeds, will take away the last piece of land in the hands of the Papal State if he becomes unhappy. , the Vatican City was also snatched and annexed, completely turning the Pope into an empty vase.

They don't dare to keep their voices down at all now. Even if Chen Muwu made such pagan remarks, the original statement from Rome in the Papal State was just that they hoped to invite Dr. Chen from Cambridge University and Dr. Hubble from the United States to come together if they had the opportunity. Come to Rome and discuss with relevant theological figures from the Holy See what the origin of the universe is.

From the end of 1924 to the end of 1926 now, nearly two years have passed in a flash.

Kapitsa took matters into his own hands and agreed to go to Lake Como, Italy, for Chen Muwu to attend the physicists' conference commemorating the centenary of Volta's death.

The Italian side also promptly published the names of physicists who had agreed to participate in the meeting in newspapers.

People in the Papal States also saw the news in the newspaper and Chen Muwu's name on the list.

So one person communicates it to another person, and then reports it from the subordinate to the superior.

Two years ago, Chen Muwu was only a Nobel physicist. The Holy See made the invitation in the newspaper in order to build on the popularity of his award.

At that time, Chen Muwu's response from the air was that we would talk about it when we have a chance.

Can not be done?Forget it.Okay, actually I don’t really want to invite you here, it’s so funny.If I hadn't won the Nobel Prize in Physics by luck, I wouldn't have looked down upon you at ordinary times. You're just average.Hahahahahaha that’s so funny, you’re really pretending.

Since you have a hot face and a cold butt, there is no need to ask for trouble.

The matter of inviting Chen Muwu to visit Rome was put on hold.

No one expected that after two years, the popularity of Chen Muwu, a young upstart, not only did not fade a bit, but actually grew higher and higher as time went on.

The Holy See regrets it very much. It seems that they missed a big opportunity to attract the attention of the world to the Papal State.

The Papal State must be kept in the sight of Catholics all over the world at all times, so that there is a glimmer of hope that the Vatican, the last piece of land, can escape the fate of being annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.

Fortunately, things are still looking around.

What was lost was gained in the east, and now Chen Muwu was about to be invited to Italy. Although the place he was going to was not Rome but Como, Rome was not far from Como.

And whatever he said this time, Chen Muwu must be invited to Rome.

So they sent a telegram from the Papal States in Rome to Trinity College, Cambridge University.

It is a pity that the noble Pope Pius XI still failed to let go of his reserve.

This invitation telegram sent to Chen Muwu was written in the tone of a purple-robed bishop.

The official name of the purple bishop is actually the archbishop. He only got this name because the color of the robe he usually wears is purple.

The status of the archbishop is one level lower than that of the cardinal in red, ranking third among the clergy in the Papal State.

The archbishop wrote in the telegram that although His Majesty the Pope is the leader of Catholicism and Christianity in the world, he is also very interested in the latest developments in science in the world today.

His Majesty the Pope entrusted himself with conveying a decree to Chen Muwu, inviting Chen Muwu to go south to Rome after the physicists' conference in Lake Como next spring to meet with His Majesty the Pope and talk about the origin and development of the universe.

Chen Muwu never thought that he would encounter so many things while standing at the door of Trinity College and lifting a luggage from the truck.

At first, I racked my brains and couldn't figure out who the fifth student was. After being reminded by Kapitsa, I realized that this person was an Indian-born Nobel Prize winner in physics who I had a good relationship with a few years ago and later became a British man. Winner Chandrasekhar.

After figuring this out, Kapitsa told him that he had already agreed to the invitation to the Physicists Conference to be held in Como, Italy next year.

After dealing with so many things, Chen Muwu finally planned to bend down and move the luggage piled on the ground into the college. However, the postman came again and delivered such a telegram inviting him to Rome.

To be honest, in just a few minutes, after listening to Kapitsa briefly describing the ins and outs of the Como Conference in Italy, Chen Muwu had not yet decided whether to go or not, and whether he should withdraw his promise to attend the conference. information.As a result, in addition to Como, he has also received an invitation from Rome.

Regarding Rome, Voltaire, the leader of the three heroes of the Enlightenment, who was also a fan of Newton, once made such a sharp comment:
"When we estimate that if Newton, Locke, Clark and Leibniz had been in France, they would have been persecuted; in Rome, they would have been detained; in Lisbon, they might have been burned to death. How should we view human beings? Where is your rationality?”

Naturally, Newton and Leibniz did not say much. The Locke and Clark mentioned in his words were also British philosophers at the same time as Niu and Leibniz.

As a Frenchman, it is understandable that Voltaire fired the French map cannon.

But while he was driving France, he also wanted to win over Rome under the Pope and Lisbon in Portugal.

This is because Voltaire had a fierce opposition to religion, so it is not surprising that he lashed out at Rome. The words about being detained in Rome were also based on the examples of Galileo and Bruno being detained and tried by the Inquisition in Rome. derived from.

But why was Lisbon mentioned?

The origin of the incident was a major earthquake in 1755.

November 1755, 11, was the annual Halloween.

At [-]:[-] in the morning, Catholic faithful are celebrating this festival in a church in Lisbon.

As a result, at this time, a strong earthquake measuring 8.9 on the Richter scale occurred on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean west of Lisbon, instantly burying countless Lisbon citizens.

The earthquake not only triggered a tsunami, but also caused a fire that burned for five days and nights.

This series of natural and man-made disasters directly reduced the population of Lisbon by a quarter.

Another consequence of this incident was to make the pioneers of the Enlightenment even more skeptical of the existence of God.

It is said that God loves the world, but why would he inflict such a brutal divine punishment on such a religious festival?
Voltaire said that you might be burned to death if you go to Lisbon, which is exactly what he thought of the fire after the earthquake.

More than 100 years have passed since Voltaire's time, and the power in the hands of the Pope is not what it used to be.

Not to mention Chen Muwu’s claim that the universe was created by Pangu, even now that Chen Muwu has arrived in Rome, he repeats Voltaire’s original remarks, pointing directly at the Pope’s nose and calling him a “two-legged beast” and scolding the people surrounding Pius XI. Those priests in purple and high hats around the world are "civilized villains" and call Catholicism "the most shameful trap of deception laid by all cunning people". It is impossible for the Papal State to continue to rename the Holy Spirit The Inquisition of the Holy Ministry was changed back to its original name, and a three-chamber trial was held to examine Chen Muwu.

At this critical moment of life and death, if you are scolded by others, just say a few words.

As long as Italy does not allow the Papal State to perish, and the Pope is driven out of St. Paul's Cathedral like the Chinese emperor, or even shot like the Czar, then everything is easy to say.

The key is to invite Chen Muwu to Rome and use his reputation in science to create a topical collision between science and theology to attract attention, so that news readers around the world can take the opportunity to notice this huddled man. The dying Papal State in a corner of Rome.

They say that the end of science is theology. Unexpectedly, the end of theology is actually science.

"I remember, you don't seem to have any religious beliefs, right?"

After reading the contents of the telegram, Chen Muwu was frowning and thinking, when Kapitsa suddenly asked suspiciously.

"of course not!"

"Then that mascot in Rome, why did he send you a telegram?"

"They want to invite me, after the meeting in Como, to go directly to Rome to meet the Pope and talk to him about physics and the origin of the universe."

"Dr. Chen, I think they probably want to use your reputation in physics to support themselves. If it were me, I would definitely think twice."

It was obvious to onlookers that Oppenheimer gave his opinion, which made Chen Muwu, who had never known why the Holy See suddenly got involved, gradually understood their intentions.

"Well, let's talk about it. Anyway, I may not even be willing to go to Como, let alone Rome. Forget it, let's move our luggage back first."

The handling of many things has finally come to an end for the time being.

Kapitsa happily rushed into Trinity College with two bottles of Chinese liquor given to him by Oppenheimer.

The conscientious Chen Muwu did not rest for too long in Trinity College after completing a long journey that lasted nearly three months.

The day after returning to Cambridge University, he returned to work in the Cavendish Laboratory.

The first thing to do was to find Zhao Zhongyao and Cockcroft and ask them about the progress of the particle accelerator and why it was finally completed after he left for so long.

Chen Muwu felt relieved after learning that nothing major went wrong, it was just a small problem at the factory.

So he told the two of them to quickly make lithium foil as the target metal for the proton bombardment experiment. This thing had been delayed for too long and could not be delayed any longer.

Afterwards, Chen Muwu chatted with Zhao Zhongyao for a few more words and asked him about the situation of the three New China compatriots after they came to Cambridge University.

The recipients of the several handwritten letters he gave to Wu Dayou, Chen Shengshen and Wang Ganchang were Zhao and Shi, asking them to help with the situation and to ask Kapitsa to come forward when they encountered problems.

After all, if Chen Muwu was not at Cambridge University, then Kapitsa would be Rutherford's favorite student.

Kapitsa is a good friend of Chen Muwu, and Shi Ruweiyou is working as an assistant to Kapitsa and working with him on magnetism research.

Look at Buddha's face without looking at the monk's face, and based on emotion and reason, Kapitsa will definitely help Chen Muwu.

After dealing with the matter at the particle accelerator, Chen Muwu returned to the Cavendish Laboratory.

Although he has been away for several months, there is still a lively scene in his office.

The few magpies occupying his office, you don't need to guess to know that they are still the same people.

Although the quantum mechanics lecture notes have long been published and printed, the original editors of the lecture notes still regard Chen Muwu's office as their editorial office.

Dirac was a teacher at Cambridge University, and he was right here.

But Heisenberg and von Neumann had come to Cambridge University from their respective units for nearly half a year, and they still seemed to have no intention of leaving.

(End of this chapter)