Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 299 38 Guests from afar

Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.

When he first went to the editorial office of "Annals of Physics", Einstein was looking forward to Chen Muwu's latest paper.

As a result, I didn’t wait for the first time I went there, and I still didn’t wait for the second time I went there...

Waiting and waiting, but only waited for a piece of interesting news about Chen Muwu from the UK.

In this way, Christmas and New Year passed, and Einstein's enthusiasm was completely exhausted by time.

He also stopped visiting Planck's editorial office in the magazine so frequently. In the end, the latter called Einstein to tell him that he had received the experimental paper from Cambridge University.

In fact, when he first read the paper, Planck didn't realize that the mailing address of this paper was the Cavendish Laboratory, and the author column of the paper had two familiar names, which was Chen Muwu's letter to himself and Einstein. The one promised.

It wasn't until he read the content of the paper, which was about a nuclear reaction using artificially accelerated particles, and verified the mass-energy equation through calculation at the end of the reaction, and read a letter of recommendation written by Chen Muwu at the end of the paper, that Planck understood this. It's the one Dr. Chen was talking about.

It is the first time to complete an artificial nuclear reaction, and the weight of this paper is also not low.

Being able to publish it in the "Annals of Physics" can be regarded as a shot in the arm for this journal, which is lagging behind in the competition.

In his mind, Planck had already confirmed that he would publish this paper as a cover article. At the same time, he did not forget to call Einstein quickly, call him to his office, and then show off vigorously.

When he received the call from Planck, Einstein still looked like he had lost his passion.

You said Dr. Chen, it is understandable that he is younger, and it is understandable that he likes to be pushy, but if he does not study physics well, why does he always do some crooked things?
Instead of exploring where a lost novelist went, it is better to study physics patiently and strive to make more and greater new achievements if you have this time.

Like Planck, Einstein first saw the Cavendish Laboratory in the address bar, and then saw two unfamiliar names.

He must have sensed his doubts, so before he could speak, Planck, who was sitting behind his desk, rushed to answer: "No need to look, these two people are students of Dr. Chen, and the entire experiment includes this paper. It was all done under his guidance.”

Einstein then continued reading suspiciously. He found that most of the paper was talking about the advantages of particle accelerators and how to use this machine to accelerate protons and complete the first artificial nuclear reaction in human history, protons plus lithium. The nucleus of an atom splits into two alpha particles.

In fact, the paper written here is already a qualified academic paper. As long as it works well, it will be no problem to win the Nobel Prize in the next few years.

However, at the end of the paper, another paragraph was added to calculate the conversion of mass and energy using the currently known data.

This paragraph is the icing on the cake that proves my mass-energy equation.

Einstein could tell at a glance that this was definitely Chen Muwu's handiwork.

Only he can make such a miracle. While celebrating after obtaining the experimental results, he also does not forget to see something new from them.

No wonder Chen Muwu wrote to himself before the experiment was completed, saying that he would soon be able to verify the correctness of the mass-energy equation.

"Dr. Chen has done another amazing experiment!"

Putting down the manuscript of his paper, Einstein couldn't help but sigh to Planck.

"Yes, why did I let such a genius go in the first place and watch him go to England?"

Planck's tone was filled with regret that Einstein felt too.

He once again regretted that the communication between himself and Planck was not smooth, so that he put Chen Muwu in London but failed to recruit him to Berlin.

If Chen Muwu had entered the University of Berlin from the beginning, Einstein felt that he would be able to help him cure this bad habit of being pushy.

Moreover, the atmosphere in Germany is much better than that in the UK. There are not so many newspapers competing with each other for sales, and there are not so many unscrupulous reporters who will do whatever it takes to get news.

Chen Muwu must have been immersed in the unhealthy atmosphere in Britain for a long time, so he contracted so many bad habits.

Alas, it would be great if people could go back to the past, as Dr. Chen said at the beginning.

Planck was naturally very happy when he picked up a good paper, but Einstein was only an advocate of the reviewer model of the Journal of Physics and had nothing to do with the operation of the journal itself, so he did not miss out on it. A paper and feel sad.

Switching the focus back to the Cavendish Laboratory, the novelty of becoming the acting director of the laboratory in the first few days has completely disappeared. Now Chen Muwu is very busy with various big and small things.

Regardless of whether there are older or younger professors, teachers, staff and students in the laboratory, as long as someone has a new experimental idea, they will make an appointment with Chen Muwu to meet and chat.

Of course, they also include people who are afraid of Rutherford's majesty, and at the same time don't think highly of the young vision of Chen Muwu, who think they can take this opportunity to fish in troubled waters and defraud the acting director of a large amount of funds.

In addition to meeting with these experimenters who are asking for money every day, Chen Muwu also has meetings with other laboratory executives from time to time to summarize the development of the laboratory in the past period, and then plan and look forward to the general direction of the next research.

However, this last point is not difficult for Chen Muwu. The Cavendish Laboratory has just successfully built a particle accelerator at a large cost. The main research direction in the future is of course to design experiments around this machine.

Teacher Rutherford probably noticed this, so he chose to set off home at this time. He guessed that Chen Muwu would not be able to do anything wrong.

Rutherford really guessed it right. Chen Muwu followed the laboratory management step by step and seemed to have completely forgotten about the cyclotron that burned endless money.

——Of course, this is not because Chen Muwu has lost his passion, but because he has no money, or the laboratory has no money.

In addition, there is another reason, that is, he selfishly wants to keep the cyclotron in Sweden.

Only by manufacturing the most advanced equipment in the world in the shortest time could he have a chance to gain a reputation in the academic world at that school in Sweden.

In addition to the above daily management tasks that Rutherford has done for many years, the director of the Cavendish Laboratory also faces various unexpected situations.

For example, for colleagues from all over the world who come to Cambridge to visit laboratories, Chen Muwu occasionally has to come out to receive them, depending on their status.He has to face countless tasks every day when he opens his eyes. This made the acting director deeply realize that management positions are the tomb of scientific research. It also made him admire the talent of the former leader of the laboratory, Rayleigh III. Wise, if you say you will be a director for three years, you will be a director for three years. You will never be sloppy and will not miss this position for a second.

Fortunately, the research that Chen Muwu wants to do has long been assigned to Zhao Zhongyao's group and Dirac's group. With these right-hand men, Cambridge University will not fall behind in physics competitions held by universities and research institutions around the world. Downwind.

Today, Director Chen is still busy with reception work. This time the guest is an old friend whom we have written and telegraphed before but never met in person, Dr. Hubble from the Mount Wilson Observatory in the United States.

Although Hubble was the first astronomer in the world to observe and calculate the position of Andromeda, he also asked Chen Muwu to mention his achievement at the Nobel Prize award ceremony, and based on this, he deduced that our universe may be expanding. in process.

However, when a new theory is proposed, it is always necessary to give others who are stuck in their ways some time to accept it.

It may seem like a long time, but in fact, it has only been two years since Hubble proposed this result.

Therefore, the previous International Union of Astronomers held in Cambridge did not send a meeting invitation to Hubble, a "marginal astronomer" in the United States.

So today, it was really the first time that Chen Muwu met Dr. Hubble, whom he had known for a long time.

To be honest, Hubble was able to cross the ocean and come to the UK this time, thanks to Chen Muwu.

Of course, it was not that Chen Muwu abused his power after becoming acting director and spent laboratory funds to invite his old acquaintance to visit the UK, but it was a long story.

Knowing that Chen Muwu was going to Italy to attend the Como Conference in March this year, the Papal States also wanted to take advantage of the situation and invite him to Rome.

And that was not the first time that the Holy See expressed favor to Chen Muwu. As early as when Chen Muwu proposed the idea of ​​the expansion of the universe and the creation of Pangu when he received the Nobel Prize in Sweden, the Papal State quickly responded and issued a statement inviting Chen Muwu went to Rome with Hubble to discuss the connection between science and religion.

Chen Muwu was going to Rome this spring, so naturally he could not favor one over the other. The Holy See also sent an invitation to Hubble, who was trapped in the United States and had no aspirations, and promised to bear the round-trip travel expenses.

After finally going to Europe, Hubble decided to go around a month or two in advance and visit his colleagues in the astronomical community.

Crossing the Atlantic from the United States, the first stop must be the United Kingdom.

Of course, you can also choose Ireland, which has just been independent for a few years, but most of the world now believes that there is no scientific basis for this separatist force in a wilderness.

As an aside, although Ireland has been independent for several years, the full name of the United Kingdom is still the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

It will have to wait until April this year before the British Empire, which is already on the decline, will reluctantly pass a bill and officially change its name.

Although Chen Muwu has made great achievements in astronomy, he can only be regarded as a half-assed astronomer.

In order to express his welcome to Hubble, who came from afar, he specially invited Director Eddington from the observatory to accompany him.

With these two people, Chen Muwu once again felt the difference in personality between Americans and British.

Hubble and Oppenheimer were equally passionate and straightforward.

When visiting the Cambridge University Observatory, he, like Professor Campbell, the president of the University of California at the previous astronomers conference, exclaimed without caring about the feelings of others, "Dr. Chen, you use astronomical glasses of this caliber. Did you discover Huangdi Star under the observation environment?"

This made Eddington, who was accompanying him, feel vaguely unhappy, but the British gentleman spirit in him prevented him from suppressing his anger.

But unlike Campbell, Hubble did not choose to use a hoe to dig into the wall.

He himself was the kind of person who stood aside among American astronomers and was depressed and frustrated. How could he have the heart to push Chen Muwu, a good friend whom he met for the first time, into a pit of fire?
After complaining about the observation environment here, Hubble still looked regretful and even wanted to give up his corner.

"Dr. Chen, although the astronomical telescopes in the United States are more advanced, my life in the United States is not very good.

"Even if completely unquestionable observational data is placed in front of them, there are still many die-hards who do not admit that Andromeda is a galaxy and still stubbornly call these extragalactic galaxies nebulae.

“I think the academic environment in the United States is really bad. I wanted to take advantage of this trip to Europe to inspect the instruments and equipment and research atmosphere of various observatories. If I find a suitable place, I will move my family to Europe.

"I actually really want to do research with you, Dr. Chen. I thought so before we met. After we met, this thought became stronger.

"It's just a pity..."

"I understand, I understand everything."

Sensing that Hubble was about to complain about the equipment and environment of the Cambridge University Observatory again, Chen Muwu quickly interrupted him.

Eddington's face already looked like that. If he were allowed to continue talking...

One rides a bicycle every day for exercise, and the other stays up late every day to watch the stars. They are about the same age. If these two people get into a fight, wouldn't it be obvious who wins?
Under the guise of wanting to have a detailed chat with Hubble in his office, Chen Muwu dragged him back to the Cavendish Laboratory from the Cambridge University Observatory.

The news revealed in Hubble's words made Chen Muwu very excited. He never thought that Hubble wanted to defect to him.

But there are some things he cannot say at the Observatory, and he cannot say them at the Observatory.

Although he is frustrated now, Hubble is a core figure in future cosmological research.

If he can do research with him, then the strength of Chen Muwu's small group will be greatly improved, and the research direction will become more and more comprehensive.

Although the Cambridge University Observatory cannot enter Hubble's eyes, it does not mean that other places cannot.

After all, in far away Northern Europe, I have a big financial backer, and I have always wanted to build an observatory for him.

At that time, Chen Muwu felt that the observatory could be built, but there was no need to start construction during the first phase of the school's project.

However, things are always developing and changing. Hasn’t the time to build an observatory come now?
(End of this chapter)