Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 4 04 Taking the first step smoothly

Although Einstein spoke poor English and never wanted to speak it in public, it doesn't mean he couldn't understand it.

Apparently he learned of Chen Muwu's identity as an engineer from Chen Muwu's self-introduction to Chatterley.

Unexpectedly, the joke of Sheldon looking down on Howard Wolowitz in "The Big Bang Theory" can trace such a long history.

"Very happy."

Facing Einstein's invitation to study abroad, Chen Muwu hastily agreed.

This was really an unexpected joy for this meeting. He never thought that Einstein could be so proactive.

"However, you may need to figure out your own way of tuition fees. The Humboldt University of Berlin will not provide you with a scholarship for a foreign student. Fortunately, waste paper is not worth much now, and it doesn't cost much to study in Germany."

He was telling the truth.

This trip was the only time Einstein visited East Asia in his life. A large part of the reason why he was willing to travel so far was because the German mark depreciated significantly after World War I, so he had to go out to give lectures to earn some money. A strong pound and dollar to support households.

"In addition, have you published these explanations in papers? If not, I can attach another letter of recommendation to Professor Planck. He is also the editor-in-chief of "Annual Review of Physics."

Chen Muwu finally heard the sentence he wanted to hear the most since he crossed over.

He hurriedly took out the hard paper folder that he carried with him, and took out a thick stack of foreign paper, which was densely covered with letters typed with a typewriter. Anyone could see that he had already done this job. Series of preparations.

"Doctor, I haven't submitted a paper on the exact solution of field equations to a physics journal. However, I have submitted another paper to a European physics journal. This is a copy of the paper. I hope you have time If so, you can take a look."

"Oh? What is this article about?"

"Light quantum," this is besides the theory of relativity, light quantum is another major contribution of Einstein to physics, Chen Muwu really knows how to match his favor, and flattered him in circles, "You proposed in your 1905 paper The "light quantum hypothesis" has inspired me a lot, especially after being confirmed by Millikan's experiment in recent years, I wondered whether the light quantum theory could be applied to other places.

"Then I thought that when Professor Arthur Eve of McGill University began to study the absorption and scattering properties of gamma rays in 1904, he found that the scattered gamma rays tend to be 'softer' than the incident rays.

"Further experimental studies by David Florance, Joseph Gray and others gave more precise data and conclusions, but there was still no explanation for this physical phenomenon.

"So I thought of the light quantum theory proposed by you, doctor, and further developed it. It is assumed that light quantum not only has energy, but also momentum, so that these light quantum with momentum and the free electrons in the scattering material will have an extraordinary For elastic collisions, the obtained theoretical results are in perfect agreement with the experiments.

"It's just that I don't have the conditions for experimental verification here, so I had to write the theory explaining this phenomenon as a paper, and submitted articles to the British "Philosophical Journal" and the German "Physical Yearbook" respectively. I hope other places in the world can see it. The experimental physicists in this paper can do experiments to verify the explanation mentioned in this paper.

"The paper was sent out about a month and a half ago. Calculating the time, it should have reached the editorial offices of the two journals by now. My only worry is that the reviewers of the two journals will, because of my Chinese identity, Throw papers straight into the trash without even reading them.

"So I brought this paper to today's symposium. I hope that after reading the paper, if you think this paper is worth recommending, please help me write a recommendation letter to the editorial offices of the two journals. At least let them read the paper instead of just throwing it in the trash.

"As for the method, the Siberian Railway is not yet open to traffic [1]. Letters sent from here to Europe need to travel by sea for at least [-] days. I hope you can send a direct telegram to these two journals, as well as a power station. I will bear the expenses required for reporting."

After hearing this, Einstein smiled and waved his hands: "Chen, it can be seen that you have covered a wide range of physics, and your idea of ​​​​giving momentum to light quanta is very novel. I really don't know what is going on in your brain. , How many such genius ideas are installed!
"But I'm going to a banquet soon, and I don't have time to read this paper you wrote now, so I have to wait until I get back to the hotel room at night to read the masterpiece.

"If there are no problems, I can send a telegram to Germany and the UK tomorrow. As for the cost of the telegram, you don't have to worry about it. I think the guys at the German Consulate in Shanghai should be willing to do it for you."

As expected of a Jew, the calculation of money is really a skill that has been passed down from generation to generation in the blood, and Einstein was no exception.

When Cai Yuanpei invited Einstein to give lectures at Bei University for the first time, he was rejected because the salary was too little.

Einstein's plan for this trip to the east was to go north after arriving in Qihai, and give lectures at Bei University for two weeks.

But because the Jews in Jerusalem urged him to stand for the Hebrew University, and the Swedish side urged him to go to Stockholm to receive the Nobel Prize, so Einstein had to cancel his trip to Beida.

After hearing the news, Cai Yuanpei was naturally extremely disappointed, and even couldn't help but tease secretly in his article in the "Beijing University Journal".

However, Chen Muwu is happy to see it succeed, after all, it can save him a lot of expenses.

Nowadays, sending telegrams is not cheap at all. In China, a Chinese character is [-] cents, and a foreign language is [-] cents, let alone sending it abroad.

If Chen Muwu had to pay out of his own pocket, the astronomical figure would cost him a lot of money.

During the conversation, the three of them had already walked along Sima Road, from Hequ Road where the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Bureau was located, to the end of Fusan Road.

Chen Muwu rejected Chatterley's dinner invitation, he was not interested in attending a gathering of a group of Jews, after all, they were not the little Jews I pitied in "The Great Times", but fat foreign devils.

What's more, although the situation of the Jews in Europe and the United States is not very good, in China, they are still a bunch of hateful colonial invaders.

To say something politically incorrect, Chen Muwu has no sympathy for what their compatriots have suffered in the future because of what these people did in the concession in China.

In front of Yipinxiang Restaurant, he and Einstein parted ways.

Chen Muwu was not at all worried that Einstein would not send a telegram recommendation after reading the paper.

Because he was very clear about the weight of the paper he handed over to Einstein in the history of physics.

In the 1905 years from 1923 to 18, if there was one person in the world who firmly believed in the existence of light quanta, then this person must be Einstein.

Now that Chen Muwu handed over a paper on light quantum to Einstein, it will definitely arouse the latter's great interest.

A thousand miles begins with a single step.

Now that we have taken the first step, we can only "do our best and obey the destiny".

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[1] Author's Note: The lack of traffic here does not mean that the Siberian Railway has not yet been completed and put into use, but refers to the interruption of the line due to the Soviet-Russian Civil War.Moreover, at this time, the Beijing government of the Republic of China had not yet signed relevant documents with Sulian on the use of the Siberian Railway for postal passenger transportation, so the postal route between China and Europe at this time still had to rely entirely on sea routes.

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