Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 288 27 The Germans who defrauded funds

Now that the two topics for papers that will be presented at the Lake Como Conference held early next year have been determined, it also points out the direction for Chen Muwu’s academic research in the next few months.

The manpower around him now is very rich, so there is no need to choose between two research topics, but he can go hand in hand and bloom more.

If artificial nuclear transmutation and quantum field theory are more blooming, then it doesn’t matter if two papers are read out at the same time at this conference.

——Although these two research directions have nothing to do with the Volta whom the conference will commemorate.

If they are forcibly connected, it is Volta's invention of the electric pile, which provided a stable source of electrical energy for mankind.

Chen Muwu's creation of artificial nuclear transmutation can be regarded as the first step in preliminary exploration for humans to obtain stable atomic energy.

But what does it matter whether there is contact or not?

Didn't Bohr also read out an article on the principle of complementarity that had nothing to do with Volta at the meeting?

To put it bluntly, the Physicists Conference held in Como is a win-win situation where Italy pays, the physicists provide people, and everyone travels at public expense for a formality.

What really gave Chen Muwu a headache was whether he should go to Rome after the meeting.

What should he talk to the Pope about after meeting him?
And I went to Rome to see the Pope, so did the King of Italy meet?His Majesty the King's Prime Minister, do you see him?
The only advantage of going to Rome was that Chen Muwu could also see Zhu Zhaoxin, who had defeated him in London for several years, in the Chinese Embassy in Italy.

It is a pity that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Beiyang government cannot find the money to allocate funds to various embassies and consulates abroad. Minister Zhu is now far less prosperous than when he was the charge d'affaires in London.

It is estimated that even if he went to the embassy, ​​Chen Muwu would not be able to eat rich and authentic Chinese food.

After determining the research direction, it is time to assign the next work tasks to the young physicists around him.

Unlike the creation of the theory of relativity, quantum mechanics, including later quantum field theory, has always been the result of the collaborative efforts of physicists from all over the world, mainly Copenhagen and Göttingen.

Although Heisenberg was a good student of Bohr, he also had deep connections with the University of Göttingen.

In fact, both he and Pauli studied and worked with Born at the University of Göttingen. The reason why matrix mechanics uses matrices, a mathematical method that was relatively rare for physics at the time, and for the first time proposed "quantum mechanics" This statement has a deep connection with Born.

It can be said that Bohr visited the University of Göttingen as the first world-renowned physicist to come to Germany after World War I, setting off a Bohr Festival in Göttingen and paving the way for his work in Germany. They have earned a lot of reputation among this group of young students.

And to compare the two again, Bohr was a Nobel Prize winner, while Born was just a young teacher at the University of Göttingen.

It is self-evident who was more attractive to the young Heisenberg.

It can be said that Bohr went to Göttingen and picked the two peaches of Heisenberg and Pauli from Born.

This is just like Chen Muwu once went to Lezhigrad and brought Landau back to Cambridge University.

Heisenberg is considered the backbone of the Göttingen trio of Born-Jordan-Heisenberg. The three of them have made many contributions to the development of quantum field theory.

Dirac is another backbone of quantum field theory. He also has a teacher named Fowler who is a theoretical physics consultant at the Cavendish Laboratory.

In addition, there is von Neumann who has a genius brain, as well as Lao Chen's beloved disciple Oppenheimer, and Chen Muwu himself.

When compiling the lecture notes on quantum mechanics before, Chen Muwu once lamented that he had never fought such a rich battle. It was completely overkill for these future physicists to sit together and write student textbooks.

Now with the topic of quantum field theory, everyone has finally found a good outlet for the strength they have been holding back for a long time.

After meeting Zhao Zhongyao and Cockcroft who were doing experiments, they also met the group doing theory in their own office.

Then Chen Muwu continued to visit room after room in the Cavendish Laboratory, giving everyone gifts he brought back from China.

After sending them to the laboratory, there were many other people who were close to him that Chen Muwu needed to visit.

The advantage of giving only one kind of gift is that he no longer has to distinguish which gift is for whom. He only needs to go back to Trinity College to pick up a new tea, and then he can ride his bicycle to the Cambridge University Observatory.

As a good friend of Einstein, although the two people have some differences in their concepts of physics recently, after meeting Chen Muwu, the first topic Eddington talked about after the greetings was to ask Chen Muwu about his time in Berlin. At that time, what did I talk about with Professor Einstein?

So Chen Muwu briefly talked to Eddington about what new ideas Einstein had on the theory of unity.

"Chen, do you think it is really possible to combine electromagnetic force and universal gravitation as Professor Einstein said?"

As the source of inspiration for Einstein's last unified theoretical hypothesis, the affine theory, when Eddington asked this question, the expression on his face was both expectant and deeply worried.

When he was still superstitious that affine theory could really solve the problem of unifying two basic forces, Einstein called Eddington a genius and the person closest to the truth.

However, since the affine theory quietly failed, Eddington began to doubt whether Einstein's idea was correct.

I heard that after Chen Muwu arrived in Germany, he discussed this issue with Einstein for several days, and finally rejected his new idea. Eddington became more doubtful about whether the two forces could really be unified in the end. .

He planned to chat with Chen Muwu, one of the two parties involved in the conversation, to learn the details of the matter and what Dr. Chen really thought.

After that, I quickly wrote a letter to my good friend Einstein to see if I could persuade him to get out of the misguided and getting deeper and deeper path of unified field.

"Well, Professor Eddington, I think this matter, how should I put it? It is still unclear whether there are only two basic forces in this world. As for whether these two basic forces can be unified, based on my current situation, level, I’m not sure whether it’s feasible...

"...However, it is undeniable that Professor Einstein's view is a very meaningful attempt, and it may be able to promote the development of physics and mathematics."

Chen Muwu started talking about chariots again, because until he traveled through time, the four basic interactive forces had not been unified and successful.

But it cannot be said based on this that a unified theory can never be realized. After all, it may just be that a good method has not yet been found.

After leaving the observatory, Chen Muwu visited other places, including the Eagle Club, which is full of athletes, Penguin Press, and the Department of Sinology of Cambridge University.

Even Chen Muwu, an academician of Gonville and Caius College, Joseph Needham, sent him a gift from China.

There was no way, who made him so popular at Cambridge University and made so many friends?

It was not until Saturday that Chen Muwu attended the weekly gathering of the Cambridge Apostolic Society with his last large gift.

This is also the last place where he needs to send gifts.Among the group of apostles who joined the Cambridge Apostolic Society with him in 1924, many have graduated and left Cambridge University, either to find jobs in various parts of the UK, or to take over their family's business, and have become angels who do not have to attend meetings every week.

Of course, a group of new apostles will join this secret society every year.

The Apostle of Flowing Water, the iron-clad Chen Muwu...and Ramsey.

After meeting Ramsay again, Chen Muwu always felt that this young man seemed to have gained a lot of weight compared to before.

Because he was already very familiar with the situation, he no longer cared about etiquette and directly asked his question in a joking tone.

"Brother Chen, isn't this all your fault? Because of your handshake problem, I spent the whole summer studying how to develop a new theory from this problem, so I neglected physical exercise and didn't even go swimming. I swam in the Cam River several times.

"I also wanted to go to the Cavendish Laboratory to find you, but I was told that you had left Cambridge University and returned to visit relatives in China.

"Brother Chen, really, why are you like this? You didn't say anything in advance before leaving the UK and returning to China."

Judging from what Ramsey meant, he should have achieved good results in Chen-Ramsey theory, so he wanted to talk to Chen Muwu.

But this person is also a person with poor association skills. Chen Muwu has been absent from the regular gatherings of the Apostolic Society every Saturday for several weeks. Didn't Ramsey notice this?

And invisibly, Chen Muwu saved Ramsey's life.

As long as he never goes swimming in the Cam River, he won't be infected with parasitic diseases, and maybe he won't die as young as before.

Otherwise, just try to persuade the Eagles Club to buy a piece of land in Cambridgeshire and dig a swimming pool for the benefit of future generations.

"Forgive me, forgive me."

Chen Muwubao cupped his fists and cupped his hands forward, handing over the two bags of tea he had brought with him.

"The best tea from China, I bought it specially for you when I returned to China. How about it, brother Ramsey, am I interesting enough?"

——Although he said this to everyone.

"By the way, I have something to ask you."

Gifts should not be received in vain. Ramsay, who had just received the tea, had not had time to rejoice and say some polite words of gratitude when Chen Muwu blackmailed him.

“I have a Chinese compatriot who also entered Cambridge University this year and is now a freshman at Trinity College.

"He is more interested in mathematics than physics. I hope you can give him some help.

"How about I treat you another day and invite you two to meet?"

Chen Muwu said a bit too much. Before leaving China, Chen Shengshen was just a freshman at Nankai University, and he was studying in the physics department under Rao Yutai.

He has not found his future study direction at all, but according to Chen Muwu, his little brother has become very interested in mathematics.

"Of course, no problem. It just so happens that I can see if all Chinese people are as smart as you, or are you just an exception?"

Ramsey said this not to look down on the Chinese, but just to make a little joke with Chen Muwu.

After the greetings, Ramsey wanted to take the opportunity of the Apostolic Society gathering to introduce to Chen Muwu the latest achievements of the Chen-Ramsey theory during his absence.

However, Chen Muwu can also be regarded as a popular figure in the Apostolic Society, and many people are waiting for Ramsey to come up and say hello to their brother Chen after he leaves.

Ramsey had no choice but to leave again, and agreed with Chen Muwu to visit him in the Cavendish Laboratory after a while.

"Easy to say, easy to say, Brother Ramsey, I will definitely welcome you in the office when the time comes!"

The next person who came forward to greet Chen Muwu was Montagu, another rich second generation member of the Apostolic Society.

Although he had graduated and left, after hearing that Chen Muwu had returned to the UK, he rushed back to Cambridge University from London today just to meet Chen Muwu at the gathering of the Apostolic Society.

Mathematician Ramsey and Chen Muwu were chatting about mathematics, and Montagu, the chairman of the ITTF, and Chen Muwu were naturally talking about table tennis.

The first World Table Tennis Championships—originally called the European Table Tennis Championships. Because of the participation of Chinese Chen Muwu, it was upgraded to a world-class event—will officially open in London on December 12 at the end of this year.

As a representative of China in the ITTF and a participant in the first World Table Tennis Championships, Montagu hopes that Chen Muwu can participate on time.

Seeing Montague and hearing about the World Table Tennis Championships, Chen Muwu remembered that he seemed to owe the ITTF chairman a men's singles championship trophy, the China Cup.

He later played a few games with Montagu, the national player of the British national team, at Cambridge University. As a result, he found that he might not be able to play as well as him at the community table tennis table, but his record against Montagu was actually It means losing less and winning more.

Since then, Chen Muwu has had great expectations for the upcoming World Table Tennis Championships. Maybe he will donate a men's singles championship trophy and he may be the first athlete to own this trophy.

One after another, Chen Muwu didn't know how long it took him to finally say hello to these people from the Apostolic Society.

Next came the meal and chat stage. Chen Muwu went to a corner and found a person who was responsible for connecting with Penguin Publishing House. He wanted to talk to him about helping Oppenheimer publish his travel notes.

Perhaps because of the introverted character of the Chinese people, Chen Muwu always maintained a very low voice in public places such as Apostolic Society gatherings.

The loudest voice in the room was an international student from the United States. It was said that he was the son of an oil tycoon.

This man was talking among the crowd: "I received a letter from my father from the United States a few days ago. The letter said that a German guy actually proposed an extremely extreme idea at the meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Outrageous theory.

"He said that the seven continents on the earth were originally just one piece of land. Later, after a series of events such as splitting and drifting, they became what is printed on the world map today.

“Except for the chairman of the meeting who was inconvenient to participate in the vote, everyone else rejected this wild hypothesis.

"Germans of this level still want to go to the United States to defraud funds. I think the mythical German academic community is nothing more than that!"

(End of this chapter)