Scholar’s Starry Sea

After eating a slice of orange, Bi Wanqing began to talk about it.

"First of all, you have to be clear. Even in the contemporary world, not every country promotes atheism like ours, let alone the era when Newton was born."

"In the West in the 17th century, religion was the orthodox thought. In the context of the Anglican Church as the British state religion, Newton was born and grew up in a social environment full of Christianity, that is, theism."

"Um..." Wu Bin looked thoughtful nodded.

In fact, the several biographies he read about Newton did emphasize that Newton has always been a devout Christian. But this is not the focus of Wu Bin's biography, so he ignored the past.

Seeing Wu Bin nodded, Bi Wanqing continued.

"In Newton’s life, 80% of his writings were actually theological works, with a total word count of more than 1.4 million. Just like when he was at Cambridge University, he often said, "There is no doubt that our In this world, the various forms are so colorful, and the various sports are so tangled and complicated. It is nothing but the free will of the God of guidance and Sovereign everything. Such quotations."

"The teacher, what do you mean is that Newton has been studying theology all his life, and Physics is only incidental?"

"Well..." After listening to Wu Bin's words, Bi Wanqing He lowered his head and thought for a while: "To be precise, Newton, who has an overwhelming IQ, determined to use his own wisdom to find the traces left by God in designing the universe, and even crack the code of the entire universe, thus writing "Philosophiæ "Naturalis Principia Mathematica", "Optics", "Laws of Nature" and a lot of jaw-dropping works."

"So Physics... used to search for God?" I have to say, it makes The materialistic Wu Bin was a little surprised.

"Yes, that's why his epitaph is engraved with the laws of nature hidden in the darkness, so God said: Let Newton be born, and everything will suddenly become clear."

"It turns out that there is a religious element in this sentence." Wu Bin also suddenly realized.

After being kindly laughed, Bi Wanqing also talked about sex suddenly, and said with a smile: "When it comes to religion, there is actually a story, the Calculus battle between Leibniz and Newton, you I must know."

"en. "Wu Bin nodded, and threw an orange in his mouth.

"But in fact, Newton hates Leibniz's'theism' and'theism' more than Calculus. Of course, Leibniz doesn't look down on Newton's'mechanical cosmology'."

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"Oh oh, just that clock universe view, right?" Wu Bin suddenly remembered the passage mentioned in the biography.

"en. ”Bi Wanqing nodded.

In the 17th century, rain was a gift from God, snow was also a gift from God, earthquakes were God’s wrath, and thunder was also God’s wrath.

In general, many scientists at that time, the purpose of research was to find out God’s temper, so that he could be more happy, less angry, good luck or even asking for rewards was possible. Well.

But of course, Newton, who is brimming over with talent, is different from ordinary coquettish scientists. He firmly believes that God is such a dick, how can he interfere with the operation of the little Earth?

So Newton firmly believes that God must have designed a perfect operating mechanism for the universe, and then gave the universe "a first impetus" to make it run.

In the vernacular, the universe is like a clock, and God is the master of the clock. When the master of the clock completes the assembly, the clock will be screwed on the mainspring, and then the clock will be voluntary revolving, without the need for a clock. The Master came to ask again. "

This is Newton's "mechanical cosmology". It can be said to be one of the most popular, cutting-edge, and most amazing cosmological views in the 17th century.

But this cutting-edge thinking , Basically represents fashion, and in that era, fashionable things are usually criticized.

Naturally, Newton did not escape this rule. At the time, Cambridge University graduates had to be criticized. The Anglican is formally appointed as a pastor, and Newton’s “mechanical cosmology” is obviously heretical. If you get bigger, you can burn you to death. How can you appoint him as a pastor, so he is required to withdraw this statement publicly.

But Newton is who? God is the biggest and Laozi is the second. Want him to compromise? Doesn’t exist!

So he found out that he was very with no difficulty. You only said that you want to become an Anglican pastor, but you didn’t give a time limit for the appointment. Then I will delay indefinitely!

After making a decision, Newton started to procrastinate happily. During his academic career, he did not become an official pastor until he graduated from graduate school.

When he was later appointed as Lucas Teaching Professor, the situation was completely different. The Old Brother wrote a letter directly to the King. , It means that being a professor is OK, but being a pastor is not good. You can either exempt me from the priesthood or you can do it yourself.

After Charles II read it, he eagerly solved the matter. After all, at that time Newton’s social influence is already very large.

In the final analysis, Newton is so close to the Anglican in this matter, just because you can’t look down on the other side, you scum and scum are also worthy of me. Looking for God together? You shit!

"pu. "I thought about Wu Bin and laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" "Bi Wanqing looked at Wu Bin strangely and asked.

"I thought of this Deity's various operations, which is really interesting." Wu Bin laughed a few times, then suddenly turned his head and asked Bi Wanqing: "Teacher, do you think I might become a contemporary Newton? "

"Contemporary Newton? If you can prove string theory or dark matter, maybe you can. "Bi Wanqing did not treat this sentence as a joke, but answered him rationally.

String theory, dark matter, and Physics are the two ultimate BOSSs, and countless scientists have exhausted them. A lifetime, but in the end it is futile.

This is also the most embarrassing part of the Physics class. String theory has been discovered since 1930, but it hasn’t been developed so far, which means that Physics has nothing to do so far. For development, there is an urgent need for a character like Newton or Einstein to come out and take everyone into the next new field of Physics.

"String theory, dark matter, teacher, do you think we are walking in the wrong place by ourselves? On the way? "

"hahahaha. "Bi Wanqing laughed suddenly after hearing this. "You are definitely not the only person who suspected this, but if you can really explore a new path, then you are definitely the contemporary Newton. "

"But...you still have to think about how to get a place in the national competition. "After laughing, Bi Wanqing said to Wu Bin.

"Also..."

Wu Bin finished speaking and threw the last orange in his mouth.

'System, will I lead mankind into the next new field one day?'

"Sorry, this question is no longer in the scope of inquiry. "

"Oh, system. "