Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 371 110 Telegram from Cambridge University

Because the staff member who just came in hurried towards the center of the venue as soon as he opened the door.

Therefore, Chen Muwu did not see the expression on his face clearly, and could only feel that the frequency of this visitor's walking seemed to be a bit high.

Could it be that something important happened?

Otherwise, why was he walking in such a hurry?

Chen Muwu couldn't understand it, so he simply stopped thinking about it. It probably had nothing to do with him anyway.

Einstein was not an impatient person, but since he and Chen Muwu said goodbye in Berlin last year, and this year he was unable to attend the Como Conference in Italy at the beginning of the year due to his own reasons, the two of them have not seen each other for nearly a year.

During this period of time, Einstein came up with many physical problems that could "refute" Chen Muwu in the mechanics of force and force him to give up the uncertainty principle.

Now that he finally met Chen Muwu in Brussels, he couldn't wait to make the junior physics student he was optimistic about realize his mistake, so that he could turn back and stop obsessing about studying those quantum theories that don't know what is right or wrong in the microscopic world.

Einstein very much hoped that Chen Muwu could help him and explore the ultimate mystery of the universe with him, and combine the two most basic interactive forces of gravity and electromagnetism.

That's why after Chen Muwu agreed to have a good chat with him about physics issues related to quantum mechanics, he directly scheduled the time for the two of them to discuss the issue after dinner today.

Einstein couldn't wait any longer.

Chen Muwu felt that he should have nothing to do tonight. Instead of running around visiting other physicists in the residence, or sitting in his room waiting for others to visit and chatting about everything, he might as well go directly to talk to Ai Chat with Einstein.

He has decided to pull out a big killer weapon this time that can calm Einstein. Even if he cannot make the highest-ranking person who opposes quantum mechanics accept his theory and no longer oppose it, at least It also allows the two people to put aside this dispute completely and continue academic exchanges and cooperation while bypassing quantum mechanics.

"Okay, no problem," Chen Muwu nodded and agreed to Einstein, "Professor Planck is old and needs enough sleep. After dinner today, I will be waiting for you in the room, Professor Einstein. welcome."

While the two people were talking, the Solvay Foundation staff member who had just entered the venue also walked up to the target person of his trip.

The staff handed the piece of paper to the chairman of the meeting, Professor Lorenz. After reading what was written on the paper, Lorenz stood up again, took the note and walked straight to where the British scientists gathered. , handed the note in his hand to Rutherford in the center.

Chen Muwu keenly captured this situation in the venue: the paper in the hand of the staff member looked like the paper used by the telegraph office in form and size.

After Lorenz read the contents on the paper, he sent the paper to Rutherford. Could it be that something happened at the Cavendish Laboratory of Cambridge University? Or is there something going on at Rutherford's family?
  Seeing this situation, Chen Muwu wanted to get up and ask the teacher what happened.

After all, he is one of Rutherford's favorite students. In Chinese culture, it is said that "once a teacher, always a father." If something happens to the teacher, it is of course his duty as a student to do so.

But before Chen Muwu could stand up again, the first person to leave was Lorenz, the chairman of the meeting.

He took the paper handed back by Rutherford, chatted with the other party for a few words, and then walked back to the podium at the front of the lecture hall.

Many people in the entire auditorium in the lecture hall saw what happened suddenly.

Except for a few people near Rutherford who knew the specific content of their conversation, no one else knew anything about it.

"Thank you, thank you Dr. Chen Muwu and Professor Eddington for taking the stage to speak. I didn't expect at first that the theme of our conference is about atomic nuclei, but it can also be connected to the sun and the universe.

"Professor Eddington came up with an amazing idea, and Dr. Chen Muwu also conducted an amazing experiment based on this idea. We would like to thank them for their contribution to the further development of physics.

"Now, I will temporarily interrupt the proceedings of the meeting because I want to take this opportunity to announce good news."

Lorenz raised the note in his hand and continued:

"The staff sent me a telegram, saying that it had just been received not long ago. The sending address was the Cavendish Laboratory of Cambridge University..."

Lorenz mentioned the good news and the Cavendish Laboratory, and Chen Muwu already had a vague suspicion about it.

It's just that he didn't guess the specific candidate, so he still listened carefully to Lorenz's speech on the rostrum, not daring to miss any information.

"The telegram said that we have received notification from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences that this year's Nobel Prize in Physics has been announced. Two doctoral students, Zhao Zhongyao and Cockcroft of the Cavendish Laboratory, and Professor Wilson jointly won the prize. Congratulations to them for this year’s [-]th Nobel Prize in Physics.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Lorenz took the lead in applauding with the hand holding the telegraph newspaper.

Immediately afterwards, the audience burst into thunderous applause. Amidst the intensive "pah pah pah" sounds, Chen Muwu seemed to vaguely hear a loud voice: "Zhao, Cockcroft, congratulations!"

Chen Muwu was not surprised at all that this year's Nobel Prize in Physics landed at the Cavendish Laboratory.

When he saw the situation in the venue and heard Lorenz's foreshadowing, he had already guessed it.

The remaining [-]% or [-]% was because he didn't know who this year's winner was, and he didn't expect Stockholm to just move out the three-yolk egg.

This is not the first time in history that the Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three physicists at the same time.

As early as 1902, when the second Nobel Prize was held, the physics prize that year was won by France's Becquerel, Pierre Curie and Marie Curie.

And now this result is already the best scenario among Chen Muwu's various assumptions about the candidates for the award.

Even though Professor Wilson, an older generation of physicists, was taken care of, the hard work of Zhao Zhongyao and Cockcroft was not in vain.

Until the last minute of the lottery draw, Chen Muwu had been worried that because Zhao Zhongyao was Chinese, the jury would ignore his contribution to the development of the particle accelerator and give the prize to Wilson and Cockcroft. These two came from the Caucasian carve-up of Europe.

Now that the dust has finally settled, the stone that has been hanging in my heart for a long time has finally fallen.

Chen Muwu also raised his hands and clapped his hands several times. Then he turned around and apologized to Einstein for breaking his promise: "Professor, I think tonight's discussion will probably be postponed until later, because There will probably be a celebratory dinner for the two physicists over at Cambridge University."

The two reasons given by Chen Muwu were very reasonable. It was not good for Einstein to be angry with Dr. Chen because he did not keep his promise. But this does not mean that Einstein will not bargain for this. He still asked with some persistence: "Then can I go to this celebration banquet? We can just have a brief chat at the banquet!"

Chen Muwu did not want to overshadow the banquet and become the protagonist of the banquet because of his loud quarrel with Einstein.

But don't hit the smiling person. After all, this banquet is held for celebration, and you can't say that Einstein is not allowed to participate.

"Of course, Professor, you are the greatest physicist of our time, and everyone will want to see you at the banquet.

"I'm sorry that I have to leave temporarily to go to Cambridge to understand the specific situation of the matter. I will come back here again later."

Einstein muttered something, but Chen Muwu, who rushed to the teacher's side in a hurry, didn't hear it at all.

"It won't be the case soon, it won't be the case soon..."

Because of Chen Muwu's foresight, both Zhao Zhongyao and Cockcroft came to Brussels to attend the Solvay Conference.

At this time, the two new Nobel Prize winners in physics were being gathered around spontaneously, accepting everyone's congratulations.

Rutherford, who suddenly turned from the center of the small group to a peripheral figure, saw Chen Muwu rushing here from the corner of the venue, and took the initiative to join him.

"Chen, these are all good students you taught! You can obviously take credit for the particle accelerator, but you gave it away selflessly."

Chen Muwu didn't want to explain to Rutherford that if he really developed the particle accelerator by himself, there was no telling who would win this year's Nobel Prize in Physics.

He just smiled and accepted the teacher's congratulations, and at the same time he did not forget to reply: "It's all thanks to your teaching, teacher, and it cannot be separated from the full support of all colleagues in the Cavendish Laboratory."

From the conversation with Rutherford, Chen Muwu briefly learned the ins and outs of this telegram.

Because this year's three physics prize winners all work at the Cavendish Laboratory, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences sent the telegram directly to the University of Cambridge.

Because two of the three winners were in Belgium at the time, Cambridge University forwarded the telegram to Brussels.

At the beginning, Chen Muwu chose to bring Zhao Zhongyao and Cockcroft to the Solvay Conference. On the one hand, he felt that these two people had a high probability of winning the Nobel Prize. On the other hand, he also wanted to bring the two people together. After the meeting, he was taken to Sweden, and while waiting for more than a month to receive the award, he made some preparations for the construction of the cyclotron.

Earlier when he was still at Cambridge University, Chen Muwu also asked Professor Wilson if he would come to this year's Solvay Conference.

Because in Chen Muwu's mind, Professor Wilson's probability of winning the Nobel Prize was lower than that of the two particle accelerators, so at that time he did not talk too much, saying that he would definitely win this year's Nobel Prize. For the Physics Award, Professor Wilson’s final response was that he would not participate.

When the final results came out, three people won the award together, which was an unexpected surprise.

If a person wins the Nobel Prize, the prize money will naturally go to the winner.

——But at the award ceremony, there was a charity foundation relying on the Swedish royal family, asking if you would like to donate part of the prize money to charity.

No one can save face, so every Nobel Prize winner must donate a part of it more or less before receiving his or her bonus.

Chen Muwu also donated a sum at the beginning.

These philanthropists really make money. A touch of their upper lip to their lower lip and three sentences can make a Nobel Prize winner pay.

Chen Muwu thinks that when he attends the awards banquet this year, he can also set up a charity foundation with the Swedish Crown Prince, so that this group of rich princes, nobles and upper-class figures can contribute to supporting the education of the poor in the Far East.

The money raised from donations is invested in the Prince's College in Stockholm, isn't it also for the cause of education in the Far East?

Who said China is not the Far East?

If two people win the Nobel Prize at the same time, whether they are collaborators on the same project or participate in two independent but related projects, their prize money will be divided equally, and there is no problem.

But if three people win the Nobel Prize, there is something to be said for it.

Three people won the award for the same project, so there is no problem in sharing the award equally.

But if two projects are related to each other and win the prize, according to the drawer principle, there must be one winner in one project and two winners in the other project. The distribution of resources among the three in terms of bonuses is 50%, 25% and 25%.

Because Zhao Zhongyao and Cockcroft both participated in the particle accelerator project, each of them has 25%.

Because Wilson invented the cloud chamber and excelled in various observations in the laboratory and the particle accelerator, he alone received 50% of the bonus.

No matter what, it is a happy thing to win the Nobel Prize.

The physics prize awarded by Zhao Zhongyao and Cockcroft is the second Nobel Prize awarded by Rutherford after he took over the Cavendish Laboratory - the first one was of course his best student Chen Muwu.

Wilson's cloud chamber had been invented long before Rutherford returned to Cambridge. Professor Aston, who won the Chemistry Prize in 1922, relied on the same results for his award.

After the small episode caused by a telegram ended, the meeting got back on track.

During this time, Einstein, feeling that there was no hope of discussing the problem with Chen Muwu at the meeting, left the corner of the room and found a seat next to the German physicist.

Chen Muwu, who returned to his position, opened the pen and wrote something on the blank papers before.

The moment of the "ultimate showdown" with Einstein was coming soon, and he had to make some preparations in advance.

(End of this chapter)