Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 6 06 Breakfast in the Consulate

At the same time, in the public concession Zunpu Road, inside the German Consulate General in Shanghai.

Thiel, the German Consul General in Shanghai, got up very early today because he invited a guest to have breakfast with him yesterday.

This mysterious guest is none other than Einstein, the great scientist who has been in the limelight in the foreign circles of Qi Beach these two days.

Thiel did not participate in yesterday's seminar on relativity held at the Bureau of Industry and Commerce like his counterparts in other countries.

The anti-Semitic movement in Germany is in full swing. He is an authentic tricolor old German, and he is naturally unwilling to participate in seminars dominated by Jews. He can only make another appointment with Einstein, a great scientist, in advance. time.

In fact, Einstein is now a Swiss, but now that the theory of relativity has become famous, Einstein has won a new Nobel Prize, and Einstein has been working in Germany for the past ten years, which makes Germany re-emphasize This talent is his own.

Regarding Einstein's nationality, after the theory of relativity was confirmed, he himself told a very poignant joke to the reporter of "The Times": "If the theory of relativity is messed up, then the Germans will definitely say that they are Swiss." , and the Swiss would say they are Jewish."

This breakfast was very boring, mainly because it was really difficult for an official or a scientist to find any common topics.

The two exchanged useless information all over the world, until Till couldn't help but asked a rumor that is very popular today:

"Doctor, in this world, is there really only a dozen (twelve) people who understand the theory of relativity? Besides you, who are the remaining eleven people?"

Einstein smiled and said: "This is just an exaggerated statement. In fact, as long as a person has a university-level mathematical foundation, he can basically understand what is said in the theory of relativity. Yesterday's discussion At the meeting, there was a Chinese who was able to talk about the theory of relativity, in my opinion, his level is already very high."

"I also saw related reports in today's "Zi Lin Xi Bao"," Till pointed to the newspaper shelf in the corner of the room, "It said that you praised that Chinese as the 'Ramanujan of physics' [ 1]', is this person really that high?"

"Actually, after accepting yesterday's interview, I even chatted with this Chinese. When I returned to the hotel room at night, I read another paper he gave me.

"His head seems to be full of novel ideas, and I think that over time, he can reach higher heights in physics than Ramanujan did in mathematics.

"I intend to recommend this young Chinese to Professor Max Planck to study at the Humboldt University of Berlin.

"Mr. Consul General, I would like to ask your consulate to send me a few telegrams, is it convenient?"

"Doctor, I am very happy to serve you. After breakfast, please write the address and content of the telegram on a piece of paper and hand it to me. I will let the people at the Telegraph Office complete it as soon as possible."

After the breakfast meeting, Till did not break his promise and asked the secretary to hand over the two telegrams written by Einstein to the Telecommunications Office of the Consulate General.

The message was converted into a telegraph signal by the telegrapher, sent from the sea, passed through Tianlu to Beijing, then crossed the Mengju Plateau, joined the Siberian telegraph line at Kyakhta, and then crossed the Ural Mountains, and arrived at the Pod Plain. Two parts: one continued west along the cable, the other remained local, tick-tocking into the Berlin telegraph office.

The electric signal traveling at the speed of light easily outperformed the rotation of the earth, and the whole of Europe was still in the quiet night. Only the night postal train from Marseilles was tireless, still spouting white gas and galloping on the rails.

At dawn, the yawning postman pedaled his bicycle and delivered a package of letters from all over the world to Humboldt University.

After breakfast, Professor Max Planck leisurely walked into his office. Although the exchange rate of the US dollar against the Mark has risen to [-], he obviously does not need to be like a postman. Worried about where to buy cheap brown bread.

"Professor, these are the letters I received this morning. I put the letters from world-renowned universities and academies on top," the secretary of the academy sent Planck a stack of envelopes that had been sorted out, "In addition, There is also a telegram sent from the Consulate General in Ghaihai, I wonder if the people at the telegraph office made a mistake."

The secretary said so, but in fact he was very curious about what kind of message these diplomats in the Far East sent.

"Can't you tell if you take it apart and have a look?" Planck was also very puzzled. "Oh, it turned out to be a telegram from Albert. No wonder, he is lecturing there now."

Anyway, the consulate sent a telegram, and it was not his own money, so Einstein wrote the content of the telegram in a very specific way, explaining in detail what happened in Haihai within a day or two.

He enthusiastically introduced Chen Muwu, a young Chinese, to Planck, and praised his talent in the fields of relativity and quantum theory.

He also said that Chen's paper on light quanta had been sent to the "Physical Yearbook" in advance, and it will arrive in a few days. I hope that Planck can check the physics level of this young man through the paper, and give some support for the publication of the paper. s help.

In addition, I would like to ask Professor Planck to tell Professor Geiger and Professor Bott that if you have time, you can design an experiment to verify whether the theory mentioned in Chen's paper is correct.

Finally, he hoped that Planck could invite this young man to study in Berlin in the name of Humboldt University.

For the Chinese, Planck has no prejudice. He had his first Chinese student, Xia Yuanzhen, more than ten years ago.

Although Xia Yuanzhen's official funding also disappeared due to the fall of the Qing Dynasty, and she was forced to drop out of school and return to China, but the correspondence between the two has never been cut off.

In Planck's mind, although he didn't think highly of Xia Yuanzhen's physics level, after this student returned to China, he was able to serve as the head of the science department of the highest university in their country.

I don't know what is the physical level of another Chinese who was praised by Einstein this time?

Thinking of this, Planck really wanted to read what kind of paper the Chinese had contributed, especially on the quantum of light. After all, for quantum physics, he can be called the founder of the mountain.

So Planck raised his head and asked the academy secretary who was still lingering in the office: "Where are the papers recently received for submission to the Annals of Physics? Have any of them been sent from the Far East?"

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【1】Note to the author: Ramanujan is one of the most famous mathematicians in the history of British India.Obsessed with number theory, especially the summation formula involving mathematical constants such as π and prime numbers, as well as the division of integers.He is used to intuition (or number sense) to derive formulas, and he doesn't like to make proofs, and his theories are often proved to be correct afterwards.He left behind unproven formulas that inspired the work of several Fields Medalists.

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