Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 47 Chapter 47

Although Bohr and Einstein had a good relationship in private, since they met, they have been in the stage of falling in love and killing each other from beginning to end.

Today's Bohr still follows the old traditional point of view. In his mind, Einstein is good everywhere, but the point of view of light quantum is absolutely unacceptable.

If it is admitted that the light quantum as he said does exist, then both Huygens' wave theory and the electromagnetic theory established by Maxwell will be completely overturned.

Last year, Bohr and Einstein won the Nobel Prize in Physics at the same time. The former was the winner of the award that year, while the latter was the winner of the previous year's award. 【1】

As soon as he learned of winning the prize, Bohr immediately wrote a letter to Einstein, who was lecturing in the Far East, congratulating him on finally winning the Nobel Prize.

The content of the letter was written very humbly. He said that the reason why he was able to achieve some achievements was because Einstein made a foundational contribution.Therefore, Einstein was able to win the Nobel Prize before him, and Bohr felt that this was a "great happiness".

Because the theory of relativity is still controversial in the physics community, when awarding Einstein the 1921 Physics Prize, the reason given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences was not the theory of relativity, but "in recognition of his research in theoretical physics, especially is the discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect". ——At least the law of the photoelectric effect has been verified by Millikan's precise experiments, and its accuracy is beyond doubt.

On December 12 last year, the anniversary of Nobel's death, Einstein, who was still giving lectures, was not able to attend his award ceremony in Stockholm.

After King Gustav V of Sweden presented the award to Einstein, he invited this year's winner Bohr to the stage.

But Bohr's speech caused a lot of noise in the audience, because in his award acceptance speech, he pointed his finger at the photoelectric effect that had just been awarded, completely negating Einstein's light quantum theory, saying that this theory can be used to explain photoelectricity. The effect is wrong!
It can be seen how much Bohr contradicted the theory of light quantum, so that he could say such sabotage words so mercilessly at the award ceremony.

So at the beginning, Bohr was very disdainful of Chen Muwu's thesis. It was just a theory, without experimental verification, it was no different from Minke.

However, in the ensuing Journal of Natural Sciences, he not only saw Chen Muwu's paper again, but also the experimental verification done by his teacher Rutherford.

The conclusion of the teacher's experiment shows that after the gamma rays are refracted, the phenomenon predicted in the paper will indeed appear.

This is what Bohr absolutely did not want to see!

The more he thought about it, the more angry Bohr called and asked his assistant Hendrik Kramers to come to the office to find him.

In 1916, after receiving a master's degree in science from Leiden University in the Netherlands, Kramers wanted to study abroad during his doctoral period.

He originally wanted to go to the University of Göttingen, where he studied under Professor Max Born.

But because Europe was fighting the First World War, Kramers could not go to Germany. He could only come to Denmark, which is also a neutral country like the Netherlands, and became the son of the unknown Bohr who had just returned from Manchester University. PhD student.

After graduating with a Ph.D., he was left by his teacher Bohr as an assistant, and obtained the position of associate professor at the Institute of Theoretical Physics of the University of Copenhagen.

Today, he has just devoted himself to scientific research, so he is as motivated as if he had been injected with blood.

Kramers heard the teacher's tone seemed a little abnormal on the phone, so he trotted all the way to Bohr's office.

"Hans, come and read this paper!"

Kramers honestly took over the Journal of Natural Sciences from Bohr, spent a long time carefully reading Chen Muwu's paper and Rutherford's experimental letter, and then raised his head and said to his boss: : "Teacher, hasn't this paper been published in the Yearbook of Physics last month?"

As a Dutchman, he reads German much more easily than English.

"Yes, what do you think?" Bohr asked, frowning.

Kramers replied truthfully: "The derivation process in this paper is very concise, and the knowledge used is also very elementary. It seems that a physics undergraduate can easily complete the work. However, I think he just looks at it. The idea of ​​being a 'particle' is very interesting! From the photoelectric effect to the current experiment, light is probably a particle!"

"How can light be a particle! I want you to use your brain carefully. If light is a particle, how can there be interference fringes of light and dark behind the two slits?"

"But, but, sir, Sir Rutherford of Cambridge University, didn't he also attach the experimental results of the Cavendish Laboratory?"

"There is nothing but! Light is definitely not a particle!"

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Hearing Kramers' answer, Bohr, who has always been mild-tempered, was furious.

He feels that his assistant has been brainwashed by a demon named "Photon", which is absolutely unforgivable.

After that, Bohr changed the tobacco in the pipe again and again, and lit one match after another.

He took the trouble and spent a whole day playing hard and soft on Kramers, repeatedly demonstrating from various angles of science and philosophy that it is impossible for "photons" to exist in this world.

In the end, Bohr finally persuaded his assistant to admit that after reading Chen Muwu's paper, he was lured astray.

It was not until dusk that Kramers dragged his tired body out of Bohr's office.

He was so exhausted that night that he did not go home, but was directly admitted to the affiliated hospital of the University of Copenhagen. 【2】

A few days later, Kramers, who had recuperated in the hospital, had just been discharged from the hospital. Bohr asked him to compile a newsletter from the conversation he had with him that day, or his unilateral lecture, and then signed it to two people. to the Royal Society of Science, London, England.

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Compton’s experimental data, Yves’ reply to Rutherford, Debye’s contribution to Planck, Bohr’s communication angrily denouncing Chen Muwu…

Countless letters were sent from universities in Europe and the United States, passed through the busy postal system, and finally arrived at the same destination by different routes, arriving in Britain and Germany like snowflakes.

The contents of these letters are different, but what they have in common is that they cannot avoid a new concept of physics.

A ghost, a ghost named "Photon", is wandering in the sky of physics circles in Europe and America.

Of course, only one of these letters was sent from China's Central Sea is an exception.

Although what is written in it is not photon, the shocking power contained in it is not weaker than the current photon theory at all.

I don't know how much shocking waves will be splashed when this stone is thrown into the still rippling physics world?
At this very moment, the author of this letter is sitting on a train on the Jingfeng Railway, "sprinting" towards the east.

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[1] Author's Note: The Nobel Prize does have such a rule. If the jury thinks that there are no achievements (or other reasons) that are worthy of the award that year, they can choose to shelve the award for one year. If the results are suitable for the awards, the award of the previous year will be postponed in the second year when the awards are presented.

[2] Note from the author: This is the historical fact.

　The two more are presented, please follow up.

　　In addition, before the update after [-]:[-] tomorrow night, I will update an extra chapter to wrap up Chen Muwu's trip to Beijing.

　　The extra plot has no effect on the follow-up reading, readers and grandpas are free to choose.

　　Thank you!

　　
　
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