Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 376 115 English-speaking wooden man

The reason why Chen Muwu went to find Rutherford tonight was to talk to his teacher. After the Solvay Conference is over in a few days, he would not go to school with the large army, but would We took Zhao Zhongyao and Cockcroft directly from Belgium to Sweden to participate in an "exchange visit" there. By the way, we were waiting for the arrival of December to collect the Nobel Prize money and medals from the Stockholm City Hall. .

The so-called exchange visit in Chen Muwu's words is actually to secretly make some preparations for making a cyclotron at his own school in Stockholm, and to see if it can be officially started in just over a month.

In his description of Marie Curie, Rutherford was willing to let Chen Muwu leave the Cavendish Laboratory and go to Sweden to build this more advanced cyclotron because the University of Cambridge could not afford that much money, so he could only Let yourself "fly to more happy places".

In fact, Chen Muwu told a little lie here. Rutherford had no idea that Chen Muwu had any plans to build a cyclotron.

Chen Muwu had rehearsed this matter in his mind. If he proposed his plan to build a cyclotron to his teacher after Rutherford returned from New Zealand, even if the Cavendish Laboratory had enough funds to spend the initial 10,000 yuan on the cyclotron, The pound reserve fund is estimated to be cautious, and those who are careful with their calculations are unlikely to be willing to spend this amount of money.

If Chen Muwu once again emphasizes that this cyclotron can be built with 10,000 pounds, then Rutherford may finally agree to his request.

But if Chen Muwu tells the truth, the 10,000 pounds of funds are only initial funds. If the funds are spent later, additional funds will be needed.

It is estimated that even if he is as eloquent as Kuai Wentong, he may not be able to persuade Rutherford's inner stubbornness.

After the Prince's College in Stockholm was finally completed and officially put into use, Chen Muwu felt that he would gradually devote his body and mind more and more to Sweden. Sooner or later, he would leave Cambridge University and the Cavendish Laboratory.

Then consider building this cyclotron as a start. If you want to compensate Rutherford, the teacher who single-handedly trained you, then go back to Cambridge University and help them build a cyclotron.

"People are in good spirits when happy events happen." At today's Nobel Prize celebration dinner, Rutherford, who drank a few more glasses of wine, was glowing. He was very happy that under his leadership, the Cavendish Laboratory has made another outstanding achievement. An achievement.

Seeing Chen Muwu coming to see him again, Rutherford, who was slightly drunk after drinking too much, looked at his good student, and the more he looked at him, the more he fell in love with him.

If Chen Muwu hadn't come up with a good idea based on Lord Kelvin, Rutherford felt that the Cavendish Laboratory would have been able to create a particle accelerator four or five years later than it is now.

——His estimate is really accurate.

So after seeing Chen Muwu, he said hello happily: "Chen, what can you do?"

If it weren't for the fact that this was a formal dinner, Rutherford would have really wanted to open his arms, hug Chen Muwu into his arms, and give him a bear hug.

Chen Muwu expressed his "intention to come" to his teacher, saying that there was only more than a month left before the Nobel Prize award ceremony. If he returned to the UK after the conference, he would have to leave again within a few days and travel across the ocean. The sea reaches Stockholm in the east of Sweden.

Instead of going through such a hassle, I could only stay at Cambridge University for a few days, and I wouldn't be able to produce any academic results in this short period of time.

I happened to have received an invitation from the Crown Prince of Sweden to give lectures in Stockholm for a month in November. So why not just go directly to Sweden after the Solvay Conference, which would save a lot of time and money on the road? physical strength.

Chen Muwu's request was reasonable, and even if it was a little unreasonable, Rutherford might still agree. Who made Chen Muwu his most capable assistant and his favorite student?

Rutherford nodded in acquiescence and joked to Chen Muwu: "The future heir to the throne of Sweden is more interested in learning than our British Prince of Wales.

"Chen, it seems that you have a good relationship with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. I heard that you even ran a school with him in Stockholm. If one day in the future, he invites you to leave Cambridge University and teach in Sweden, what choice will you make? "

"This……"

Upon hearing the question raised by Rutherford, Chen Muwu was speechless for a moment.

He didn't know whether the teacher meant it or not, whether he was joking or using a joking tone. He had already seen through his true intention.

In the end, he chose to tell the truth: "Teacher, although I am very grateful for your help to me in the past few years at Cambridge University, if this happens like what you just said, I may still have to choose Leaving the Cavendish Laboratory and heading to Stockholm.

“This is not because I have any opinions or opinions about you or the laboratory, it’s just because Cambridge University still has too many constraints on me.

“With your help in the past few years, I have been able to bring several smart students from China to study at the University of Cambridge every year. I am very grateful to you for this.

"But if I want to bring ten, dozens or even hundreds of students to study in Europe in the future, I think Cambridge University will definitely not allow so many people to enroll. In comparison, Swedish schools are the best choice."

Now that the matter was over, Chen Muwu simply said everything.

Rutherford, who was so happy just now, sobered up in an instant.

His expression immediately became serious, and then he asked cautiously: "So, Chen, are you saying goodbye to me?"

Chen Muwu shook his head first, and then nodded heavily.

The features on Rutherford's face became motionless. He wanted to take out the pipe he carried with him, fill it with tobacco and take a long puff.

After groping with his hands for a few times, he realized that the person standing opposite was Chen Muwu, so he had to give up the idea.

He was silent for a long time, and finally spoke: "Chen, you have made so many achievements in the laboratory in the past few years, but you have always been holding the title of doctor. Speaking of it, this is definitely because Cambridge University cannot help you. If After the Solvay Conference, if Cambridge University offers you a professorship, or even a tenured professorship, will you still leave?"

There was a little hope in Rutherford's eyes. If Chen Muwu could nod his head on this matter, then when he returns to Cambridge University, he will definitely go to the school senate to fight for it with the bunch of unscrupulous officials. The fish dies and the net breaks.

Chen Muwu still shook his head: "Teacher, this is not a matter of teaching position or not. Whether it is a doctor or a professor, I am not very interested in such false titles.

"Working with you and other colleagues in the Cavendish Laboratory was an unforgettable time in my life.

"It's just that instead of conducting scientific research on my own, achieving one result after another, and gaining more and more fame, I also shoulder another mission, which is to enable more Chinese people to obtain knowledge. I am not the only one. People." What Rutherford saw in Chen Muwu's eyes was full of unwillingness and determination.

Thinking back to all the previous things, for example, he brought his family from China to the UK, but was reluctant to buy a house in London or Cambridgeshire to settle down.

He knew that his student seemed to have decided to leave, and no matter how hard he tried to persuade him, he could not come back.

Rutherford could only let out a long sigh, and his voice was a little pleading and a little incoherent: "Then I will cherish your last time in the laboratory. If you go to Sweden in the future ——Fortunately, you will go to Sweden in the future. That place is not far from the UK. Can you go back to the laboratory more during the winter and summer vacations? "

The atmosphere was already like this, and Chen Muwu was also made a little emotional by the teacher.

With tears in his eyes, he solemnly assured Rutherford: "The Cavendish Laboratory is like my second home in this life. From now on, if you need me, teacher, just call me and I will definitely be there." I rushed back to Cambridge University.”

Originally, I just wanted to ask for leave from Rutherford, saying that after the meeting, I would take Zhao Zhongyao and Cockcroft to Sweden, but I didn't expect that the reason why I was leaving was exposed in advance.

Chen Muwu didn't want the atmosphere in the room to continue to be depressed, so he found a reason to say goodbye and leave.

After he left, Rutherford smoked several bags of cigarettes by himself, one after another, until the tobacco bag he carried with him was empty.

Rutherford took off the pipe in his mouth and cursed in his heart the British, especially the Chancellor of Cambridge University, Balfour, for forcing Chen Muwu away as they wished.

Perhaps after this student leaves his side, he can break into a new world like Bohr.

Rutherford comforted himself in his heart.

It's just that I am already fifty-six years old this year, and I don't know if I will have time in the future to train another talented student like Bohr and Chen Muwu?

Within a day, Chen Muwu's mood was ups and downs, just like riding a roller coaster in an amusement park. He experienced the joy of Zhao Zhongyao and Cockcroft winning the Nobel Prize, the anger after Wang Jingqi's visit, and the... Pathos after Rutherford's talk.

He dragged his somewhat tired body back to the room where he had been staying in the Solvay Palace for the past few days. After opening the door, he realized that he had forgotten to make an appointment with Einstein to discuss quantum mechanics at night.

Smiles neither appear nor disappear out of thin air. They only move from one person's face to another.

After entering the door, Chen Muwu found Einstein sitting at one end of the sofa, with a decadent look on his face.

On the contrary, Dirac, who was sitting at the other end of the sofa, had a rare smile on his face.

What's going on?

Chen Muwu adjusted his expression and greeted the two people in the room.

"Professor Einstein, I'm sorry, Sir Rutherford and I chatted a little longer, which delayed a little time. Please wait while I wash my face and wake up, and then we will discuss issues related to quantum mechanics together. ."

Before coming to the Solvay Conference, Chen Muwu was ready to resolve once and for all the disputes with Einstein about quantum mechanics and the uncertainty principle during this meeting.

If Einstein is not allowed to get a satisfactory result, then this stubborn old man will definitely continue to pester himself.

It was a good thing that Chen Muwu didn't say these words. As soon as he said the words, Einstein turned into a lit firecracker and suddenly exploded.

"What are you discussing? There is nothing to discuss! Chen, have you colluded in advance? The conversation with Sir Rutherford is fake. The real purpose is to let me talk about quantum mechanics with this wooden man? To be honest, this roommate of yours is more difficult to deal with than the philosophical guy from this morning. If you don’t come back, he will drive me crazy right away!”

"Professor, please be patient and patient. Please be patient and patient."

Chen Muwu quietly approached Dirac, and the words he spoke seamlessly switched to English.

"Paul, what is going on?"

“Just now, as soon as I returned to the room, Professor Einstein knocked on the door and came in.

"I just had a few polite words with him when the professor started asking me questions about quantum mechanics in French.

“He said that he found a loophole in quantum mechanics, constructed several situations in which both position and momentum could be measured simultaneously, and tried to use these situations to explain the inconsistency with the uncertainty relationship.

"Because the uncertainty principle is the most basic principle of quantum mechanics you proposed, I was very interested in raising it to Professor Einstein and wanted to see what the situation was.

"Then I pointed out the mistakes he made in those ideas one by one, so Professor Einstein has been depressed from the beginning until now.

"I thought we were just discussing some academic issues, but I didn't expect..."

After hearing the tone of Dirac's answer becoming more and more aggrieved, Chen Muwu wanted to laugh, but he couldn't laugh in front of the person involved.

At first, he really just wanted to let Dirac chat with Einstein while he was going to find Rutherford.

Unexpectedly, without even having to take action himself, Dirac had already destroyed several of the thought experiments dreamed up by Einstein's authorities one by one.

What an unexpected surprise!

He was overjoyed, but Chen Muwu still had to quickly comfort Einstein and "admit his mistake" to him: "Professor, you'd better calm down first. It seems that we at Cambridge University are not only great at experiments, but also at research theory.

"How about I give Dr. Dirac a question and see if he can solve it? What do you think?"

(End of this chapter)