Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 372 111 Nobel Prize Celebration Banquet

This telegram forwarded by the University of Cambridge and sent by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, containing the list of this year's Nobel Prize winners in physics, completely detonated the entire Solvay Conference venue.

After the meeting was temporarily over at noon, a large number of reporters gathered outside the gate of Solvay Palace. The words in everyone's mouth had the keyword Nobel Prize, which confirmed that the telegram from Cambridge University was not fabricated by themselves. , but confirmed that the winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics is among all the participants of the Solvay Conference.

Because Belgium is not a big country in scientific research, even in the capital Brussels, there are very few reporters who specialize in reporting science news.

Most of the reporters work part-time, and among all the physicists attending the Solvay conference this time, there are no physicists from their country that these journalists are familiar with.

But even so, it does not prevent them from meeting more famous people inside.

So Einstein, who dressed casually, became the target of reporters because of his iconic fluffy hair on top of his head.

But they didn't want to interview Einstein, they just wanted to use him to find this year's new Nobel Prize winner in physics.

"Professor Einstein, could you please help me point out who is Zhao Zhongyao and who is Cockcroft? The two of them won this year's Nobel Prize in Physics. What is your comment on this?"

I have just attended the morning meeting. I didn’t listen to either of the two speeches given by Chen Muwu and Eddington. I just looked at Einstein who was suffering from philosophical thoughts during the academic exchange with Wittgenstein. How do I feel today? Not very pleasant.

So after walking out of the venue, he became even more bored with the reporters who surrounded him for a moment and asked endless questions.

He raised his arm and pointed at Chen Muwu behind him, and said impatiently:

"I'm not very familiar with the young people in the Cavendish Laboratory. It's our first meeting this morning, and we don't know each other formally. Ask Dr. Chen Muwu over there, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics this year. It was under his guidance that the two winners successfully built particle accelerators.

"Oh, by the way, I want to congratulate them on winning the Nobel Prize. I also hope that physicists can uphold the spirit of seeking knowledge and seeking truth, discover more physical laws, and can't just know a little bit about it, or don't ask for a complete explanation, and luckily find a solution that is consistent with the real world. If a physics formula fits well, we will regard it as a golden rule without exploring all the principles behind the formula. This approach is not rigorous and wrong.

"..."

Einstein wanted to continue talking, and took advantage of the opportunity of being interviewed by reporters to secretly criticize Chen Muwu and his quantum mechanics based on probability.

However, these reporters did not want to hear the endless talk of Einstein. They came to Leopold Park for the hot news.

So after he "pointed the way", reporters rushed to Chen Muwu, who was distracted by Einstein, and asked him who the two Nobel Prize winners this year were, and asked him politely. His thoughts on this year's physics prize.

Chen Muwu knew that these reporters wanted to interview Zhao Zhongyao and Cockcroft, so he pointed at the two people in the center of the crowd and introduced them to them.

"The Chinese gentleman with black hair, black eyes, and yellow skin is Dr. Zhao Zhongyao, this year's winner, and the British man with glasses on his right is this year's other winner, Cockcroft. "

Sure enough, after Chen Muwu's introduction, the vast majority of reporters swarmed around the main speaker.

Only a few unlucky ones saw the crowd in Wuyang Wuyang over there and felt that they couldn't squeeze in, so they chose to interview Chen Muwu and asked him what he thought about these two people winning the Nobel Prize in Physics.

"Opinion? Of course I am very happy, because the particle accelerator invented by the two of them can be regarded as an extremely convenient tool for physicists to study the microscopic world. It has greatly improved the quality of research in the laboratory and also It has found a new way for mankind to explore the mysteries within the atomic nucleus..."

Chen Muwu switched to an official tone and said a bunch of clichés that were the same as those he had not said.

He didn't mention a word of his own in his words, instead emphatically placing all the credit on Zhao Zhongyao and Cockcroft.

Chen Muwu really wanted to keep a low profile, but some people were unwilling to let him keep a low profile.

While he was being interviewed, several other famous scientists who came to the Solvay conference were also being interviewed.

Chen Muwu heard a familiar loud voice among the crowd.

"Of course, congratulations to the two young men who won the physics prize! They are also good students in the Cavendish Laboratory!"

Rutherford was proud of his horseshoe disease. This was the first time in four years since he took over the Cavendish Laboratory that one of his students won the Nobel Prize.

The fact that they won the award this time gave a slap in the face to those who had doubted whether a New Zealander could manage this laboratory with the highest level of physics research in the UK.

These young guys are really up to date, allowing him to follow suit.

"What is the specific use of this particle accelerator? I really want to explain this to you, but the explanation requires some advanced physics knowledge.

"To put it simply, the accelerator manufactured in our laboratory has sold an unknown amount of money to top physics laboratories under more than a dozen of the most famous universities in the United States and Europe in less than a year. Taiwan, isn’t this enough to show how successful the development of this machine is?”

"No, no, no, they are not my students. In the past few years since they came to the Cavendish Laboratory, they have all worked under the guidance of Dr. Chen.

“In the past few years since I became the director of the laboratory, the laboratory has generally been thriving, and many new inventions and discoveries have been made in physics and other related disciplines.

"But if you ask me which one I am most proud of, I would definitely say it was Dr. Chen Muwu who was sent by Professor Eddington and whom Sir Thomson agreed to admit to Trinity College."

The tall hat that Chen Muwu had been trying to avoid wearing was forcibly placed on his head by Rutherford.

He does not mean that.

After hearing what Rutherford said, the most heart-wrenching thing was not Chen Muwu’s colleagues and classmates in the Cavendish Laboratory.

On the contrary, these people recognized Chen Muwu's ability more than anyone else. They were all direct or indirect witnesses of Dr. Chen's achievements in the laboratory.

And all of them are beneficiaries of the investment and funding that Dr. Chen single-handedly brought to the laboratory.

Those who really felt that Rutherford's words were like a knife stabbing into their hearts were Max Planck and Einstein from Germany.

The former complained about why he didn't listen to Einstein and recruited Chen Muwu to the University of Berlin. The latter also complained about Planck, why he was so disobedient in the first place.

Human beings' joys and sorrows are not the same. Looking at these wasp-like reporters in front of him, Planck only felt that they were noisy.

The reporters spent almost half an hour outside the gate of Solvay Palace, snapping many photos before leaving, and finally dispersed like a tide.

Rutherford stood on one side with Zhao Zhongyao and Cockcroft, and he called Chen Muwu to his other side.

"Chen, Dr. Chen, you always bring surprises to me. We are in Brussels tonight and we must have a good celebration. How about you go arrange this?"

Chadwick did not follow Belgium because he had to stay at the Cavendish Laboratory.

In his absence, it was of course incumbent upon Chen Muwu to run errands for Rutherford.

But it was obvious that the other two people won the prize, but the teacher wanted to take the credit on him. This made him feel a little uncomfortable and wanted to correct Rutherford's statement:

"Teacher, Mr. Zhao Zhongyao and Mr. Cockcroft were able to win the Nobel Prize entirely because of their own efforts. I only provided a little help."

There is actually a second part to what Chen Muwu said, to the effect that I cannot win the Nobel Prize without your help.

When the words came to his lips, he felt that it seemed inappropriate to say these words in front of so many people, so in the end he did not say them out.

Rutherford said that he asked Chen Muwu to prepare the celebration dinner, but basically the host, the Solvay Foundation, took care of most of the work for the dinner.

After lunch, the afternoon meeting continued according to the original schedule. Physicists who wanted to speak on stage came to the podium one after another, but both those giving reports and those listening were more or less absent-minded.

Einstein no longer chose to sit in the corner of the venue with Chen Muwu, so he was left with only Wittgenstein, who confided a lot of bitterness to Chen Muwu.

"Dr. Chen, you are a little unreasonable. I thought you said when you were at Cambridge University that many physicists tried to use the theory of causality to refute your view of quantum mechanics on a philosophical level.

“So while I was studying quantum mechanics at Cambridge, I prepared a lot of philosophical content.

"After the results arrived, I discovered that the person discussing the problem with me was actually a professional physicist, and he was also the very famous Einstein."

Hearing his accusation, Chen Muwu felt a little guilty.

Although Wittgenstein did have amazing fighting power, he talked about his philosophical views all morning, which made Einstein, who was tireless, hang up the fight-free card.

But he did deceive Wittgenstein to come here from Cambridge University in the name of discussing philosophy.

I don’t know what Einstein said to him during the morning when he took the stage to speak.

"Ludwig, didn't you find during the morning discussion that Professor Einstein was a firm believer in causality? In the previous meetings, he always shared some philosophical views with me. You also You know, my philosophical level has always been weak, so I have to bring in you as a reinforcement."

A wry smile appeared on Wittgenstein's face: "Chen, Professor Einstein showed his philosophical thoughts during the conversation, but what he said was more about physics.

"Although I have read the quantum mechanics lecture notes you recommended, I really can't understand the thought experiments he mentioned."

Thought experiment? Chen Muwu captures key elements of Wittgenstein's discourse.

In the several debates about quantum mechanics between Einstein and Bohr in history, the former provided a thought experiment that seemed to be able to measure both position and momentum at the same time, or to measure both time and energy at the same time. to point out the contradictions in the uncertainty principle.

The latter, through thinking, found the contradictions in the former's so-called thought experiment and continued to defend the correctness of the uncertainty principle.

Did Einstein think of a thought experiment again? So which one did he think of this time?

"What did Professor Einstein say? Ludwig, can you still remember it clearly?"

"He seemed to be talking about a clock, a spring, and a box, and put these things together to form a strange experimental device.

"He also drew a schematic diagram at the time, and he took the paper away in the end, so I can't help you reproduce the specific style of the experiment designed by Professor Einstein."

Wittgenstein had an apologetic look on his face, but what he didn't know was that the information he provided was enough for Chen Muwu.

If nothing else, what Einstein proposed was a light box that he thought was very cleverly designed.

This was also the one that took Bohr the most time to get the answer among his many thought experiments. The latter thought about it sleeplessly for a whole night while holding his pipe in his mouth, and finally found the solution.

But had Einstein proposed this thought experiment once when he met him a few years ago?

Chen Muwu can’t remember clearly.

If he had proposed it, then this time it should be an improvement on the light box.

However, everything remains the same. Einstein's carefully designed thought experiments were designed to deny the uncertainty principle, but without exception, there would be flaws in this.

As long as you can skillfully use the uncertainty principle, you will definitely be able to find flaws in it and defeat Einstein in one fell swoop.

Now that Wittgenstein has given some clues, Chen Muwu now feels more confident.

After he finished answering Einstein's questions in the past two days, he gave an experiment that neither party could confirm or falsify, and could only wait for future technological development, and asked the two to temporarily sign a truce agreement.

The afternoon meeting ended quickly, and the staff of the Solvay Foundation came in to inform that a banquet venue had been temporarily arranged in the restaurant, and everyone was invited to attend the banquet.

(End of this chapter)