Chapter 436 The peerless genius of quantum mechanics! American trip! Let nuclear fusion shock the world!
UK, Greenwich town, inside the Quantum Institute.
It has been half a month since Li Qiwei returned from Germany.
During this period, he has been staying at the institute, working in depth and simplicity to prepare for his trip to the United States in April.
The Great Astronomy Debate will be held on April 26.
As the president of the International Astronomical Union, Li Qiwei naturally had to attend the event and deliver a speech.
Maybe I will be asked to give a few speeches.
Moreover, he was originally planning to go to the United States to deal with many things.
The United States is a very important part of Ridgway's global layout.
He has a huge network of contacts in academia, business, and politics.
Academia.
The American scientific community worships Li Qiwei even more than the European scientific community.
Because he was leading in a broken gear there.
At least Europe still has big names like Rutherford, Planck, and Thomson.
As for the top scientific tycoons in the United States, I am afraid they can be counted on two hands.
In addition, there are also the largest number of Chinese students in the United States.
These students will be more or less favored by Li Qiwei.
The Bruce Group has specially allocated some funds to support students studying in the United States.
His name is the biggest protection for students.
The first choice of many students is not a scientific powerhouse like Germany or the United Kingdom, but the United States.
Of course there are complex factors here.
But its developed and modern life is probably the most important factor.
The old European countries are a bit like ladies, noble and reserved, with rules everywhere.
The United States is like a young and beautiful girl, showing her charm all the time.
Young people know how to choose.
Moreover, from the perspective of national geography and political culture, young people in China are now more willing to go to the United States to learn from it.
Everyone hopes that China can also become such a big country.
business world.
Now Li Qiwei's Bruce Group is already a well-known business giant in the United States.
Its products span various fields and are all so-called high-tech products.
Li Qiwei’s order to the company’s senior management was: We will not do anything without technical content.
With the blessing of Tesla and the protection of Hongmen, the development of Bruce Group is as stable as Mount Tai.
So far, there has been no major turmoil.
politics.
Under Li Qiwei's hints and suggestions, Hongmen began to invest in potential stocks.
Roosevelt, the legal adviser to Mr. Situ, was the biggest dark horse among them.
The other party not only has a profound background, but also has superior personal abilities and is already well-known in American political circles.
While serving as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, he received public praise from then-President Wilson.
Although Roosevelt failed to run for vice president this year, he gained valuable experience.
Just wait for an opportunity to come and soar into the sky!
Became the most powerful president in the history of the United States.
Perhaps only the future Sichuan Emperor can compete with him.
Li Qiwei was sorting out the situation in the United States while preparing this plan.
In addition to the great astronomy debate, he also had another important thing.
That was publishing his first paper in the field of astronomy.
The energy source of stars: nuclear fusion!
This paper will definitely shock the entire astronomical community.
His title as the chairman of the Astronomical Union was instantly justified.
Even if general relativity is put aside, his status in the astronomical community is still at the top.
The concept of nuclear fusion will also be announced to the world for the first time, causing endless waves.
It plays a vital role in physics.
This is a road with unlimited future, and this is also a road with bleak future.
Li Qiwei easily painted a big pie for European and American countries.
"This thing has a future. Only countries with strong national power are qualified to study it."
"China cannot participate for the time being."
Nuclear fusion is not uncommon. The sun has been high overhead for billions of years, and nuclear fusion is occurring every moment.
But [controllable] nuclear fusion is so rare, it is the ultimate dream in the field of human engineering.
Once realized, it will be a sea of stars.
The physical principles of controllable nuclear fusion are not difficult. The difficulty lies in the engineering and materials fields.
At temperatures exceeding 100 million degrees, no material can act as a container, and the plasma can only be bound by a magnetic field.
However, the current effect is still very poor and generally only lasts for a few minutes.
In all the online articles that Li Qiwei had read in his previous life, the protagonist relied on cheating to solve the bottleneck of controllable nuclear fusion.
This shows how difficult it is.
He murmured to himself: I hope that after the four basic forces are unified, there will be a qualitative breakthrough in the field of materials.
Material science is also a subject full of mysteries.
Because there is an inexplicable boundary between micro and macro.
The existence of this boundary causes macroscopic materials to sometimes exhibit strange properties.
If one day humans can create materials like water droplets, the container problem should be solved.
If he could conquer controllable nuclear fusion, he would surpass more than just Newton.
Just when Li Qiwei was having a sweet dream.
Suddenly, Wang Zhengyang walked in gently.
"Principal, Professor Rutherford is here."
Li Qiwei came to his senses and wondered.
Usually when Rutherford comes over, he will say hello in advance, but today he came uninvited. It seems that something must have happened.
So, he took Wang Zhengyang to greet him.
In the lobby on the first floor of the Quantum Research Institute.
Rutherford was taking a young man to visit and explained to him personally.
It seemed that he admired this young man very much.
"Although the Institute of Quantum mainly studies quantum theory, it is also involved in many other directions."
"You should know how significant the speech given some time ago is to quantum theory."
"Professor Bruce supports a research institute by himself."
"No surprise, there will soon be a wave of study here."
The young man was a little taciturn and just nodded in response, but he couldn't hide the light in his eyes.
Rutherford suddenly said proudly:
"But, the atomic research here is barely interesting. It can't be compared with Cavendish."
"You will definitely like it when you go to Cambridge to study in the future."
Laboratory assistant Schrödinger accompanied him.
Hearing Rutherford's words, he laughed in his heart and thought to himself that it was lucky that girl Irena was not here.
Otherwise, the other party would definitely argue on the spot.
This little girl's character is much stronger than that of her mother, Marie Curie.
After Li Qiwei gave her an important task, Irena stayed in the laboratory and worked very hard.
Looking at Rutherford, Schrödinger sighed inwardly.
Since he joined the Quantum Research Institute, he has seen all the big names in the scientific world like a fleeting glance.
No matter how famous the boss is, as long as he comes here, he will be polite to him.
Although they didn't know who Schrödinger was.
But if you think about it, being Professor Bruce's assistant is definitely not an ordinary person.
During this period of time, Schrödinger experienced firsthand how terrifying the influence of the first person in the world was.
He now has no worries about his future.
While the three of them were walking and watching, Li Qiwei came down and laughed loudly:
"Rutherford, why did you come here without saying anything."
"Are you trying to steal from me?"
Rutherford heard this and smiled:
"Bruce, it seems that Germany's wonderful speech made you inflated."
"Your Quantum Institute is no match for my Cavendish."
The two laughed.
Then, Rutherford smiled and said:
"Okay, Bruce, no more kidding."
"I have to take the train back to Cambridge later."
"I came today to tell you something important."
After saying that, Rutherford solemnly took out an invitation from his arms.
After he handed it to Li Qiwei, he said with a smile:
"June 10th is Eileen's wedding."
"Bruce, Mary and I both hope you can come."
"Irene will be very happy."
Ridgway took the invitation and opened it. The man's name on it was indeed Ralph Fuller.
He said happily:
"Congratulations, Rutherford, for finding a happy son-in-law."
"Irene will definitely be very happy."
"Don't worry, I will definitely attend their wedding."
After receiving Li Qiwei's affirmative reply, Rutherford was very happy.
Because he knows that Bruce is too busy now.
There are many people all over the world who want to invite each other every day.
Compared with those big events, my daughter's wedding is a small matter.
That's why Rutherford gave so many days' notice.
He knew that with the friendship between the two, as long as the other party promised, he would definitely do it.
Moreover, if Professor Bruce attends his daughter's wedding, it will become a good story.
Thinking of his daughter's happiness, Rutherford's face blossomed.
At the same time, he was full of gratitude to Li Qiwei.
"Bruce, thank you."
"I'll have Fowler come over to see you another day."
Rutherford was very satisfied with the marriage.
Fowler's knowledge, character, and family background are all the best choices.
And he has officially left Cavendish to conduct independent research.
With Rutherford's support, Fowler is now a lecturer in physics at Trinity College.
As long as the other party has a few years of experience and publishes several high-level papers, he will soon be able to obtain a professorship.
Rutherford was confident.
After all, he had personally trained the other party and knew all about his abilities.
Moreover, Fowler has also recently been conducting research in astronomy and has made good results in fields such as stellar spectra.
Rutherford thought that the other party and Ridgway would have something in common.
I will have the opportunity to communicate more in the future.
It has to be said that Rutherford also took great pains to train his son-in-law.
In addition, he even found Fowler's future graduate students.
This is the one he brought today.
At this time, Li Qiwei finally noticed the young man behind Rutherford.
The other person looked to be only 18 or 19 years old. He had a high nose bridge and deep eye sockets. He looked very quiet.
This quietness is very different from Heisenberg's shyness.
To be more precise, he is relatively lonely.
Li Qiwei didn't feel any tension from the other party, as if the other party didn't care about anything.
But the hidden wisdom seemed to overflow.
He was certain that this was definitely not an unknown person. Just when he was about to ask, Rutherford spoke:
"Bruce, let me introduce you to a true genius."
"He is our UK's hope for winning the Physics Olympiad."
After saying that, he pulled the young man forward, his eyes full of joy.
Under the attention of several people, the young man said softly:
"Hello, Professor Bruce, my name is Paul Dirac."
"Currently an undergraduate student at the University of Bristol."
Wow!
When Li Qiwei heard this, he was suddenly shocked.
It turned out to be the famous Dirac in later generations.
Another quantum giant in the future.
If we simply compare the level of intelligence, Dirac is one level higher than Heisenberg, Pauli, Schrödinger and others.
This is a true genius, not a lucky physicist who has a sudden flash of inspiration.
His mathematical ability is even stronger than that of Heisenberg.
Li Qiwei watched a video of Yang Zhenning’s lecture in his previous life.
Mr. Yang himself had met Heisenberg and Dirac.
He once commented:
[Dirac wrote essays as beautiful as poetry.
And it pays attention to logic, so that no one can find any mistakes.
Heisenberg's essay is also like poetry, but it is written by a child and is full of romantic imagination. 】
Although it was said euphemistically, the meaning was obvious.
Mr. Yang's evaluation is very pertinent.
In quantum mechanics, there are too many results related to Dirac.
And each one is crucial.
First: Dirac's equation.
This equation combines relativity theory with quantum mechanics, and is the relativistic form of the Schrödinger equation.
From this equation, the existence of the fourth quantum number can be directly deduced theoretically and a precise description of its properties can be given.
In addition, according to this equation, Dirac also predicted the existence of [antimatter].
And it was finally confirmed that Klass was awesome. (Don’t worry, it will be explained later)
There is no need to say more about the frequency and status of antimatter in various science fiction novels of later generations.
Second: quantum field theory.
Dirac was the founder of quantum field theory.
Various unified models in later generations were developed on the basis of this theory.
Quantum electrodynamics, quantum chromodynamics, electroweak unification, standard model, gauge field theory, etc.
All within the framework of quantum field theory.
Quantum field theory completely replaced Einstein's unified field theory and became the optimal path to a grand unified theory.
Third: Predict the existence of magnetic monopoles.
This concept is also extremely important and is closely related to the grand unified theory and the origin of the universe.
Fourth: Fermi-Dirac statistics.
This shows how awesome Dirac was.
This is a figure who pushed quantum mechanics to its peak.
However, due to his naturally withdrawn nature, he likes to be silent and does not want to argue with others, and has no interest in things other than mathematics.
Therefore, his reputation in history is not as good as that of Heisenberg, Pauli and others.
Only people in the field know that in terms of contribution, Dirac is definitely the first person in quantum mechanics.
Dirac is just 18 years old this year, one year younger than Pauli and two years younger than Heisenberg.
Now, this peerless genius stood in front of Li Qiwei.
"Hello, Dirac."
"To be valued so highly by Professor Rutherford, you must be excellent."
Dirac was slightly embarrassed when he heard this.
"Thank you for the compliment, Professor Bruce."
At this time, Rutherford explained:
"The UK has conducted an examination selection at universities across the country."
"To select candidates to participate in the second Physics Olympiad."
"Dirac won first place."
"This time I went to the University of Bristol to give a lecture, and I just happened to bring him back to Cambridge for assault training."
The University of Bristol is the university where Yu Yin graduated, located in the southwest of England.
This is also a well-established engineering school in the UK.
London is right between the cities of Bristol and Cambridge.
That's why Rutherford brought Dirac with him.
It seems that the UK is bound to win this Physics Olympiad.
They actually imitated China's experience and gathered the contestants for training in order to quickly improve the strength of the contestants.
This is still relatively difficult for the West to do.
In China, all universities have a common leader.
There is also a great god like Li Qiwei.
So concentrated players are easy to do.
But here in the UK, each university is independent and independent of the government.
Why should I go to your school for training? Why can't I train here?
Only a big shot like Rutherford can balance all parties.
Moreover, he has a very important reason.
"Bruce, I heard that a physics genius named Pauli came out of Germany."
"The other party also received your praise."
"How do you think Pauli compares to Dirac?"
"Which one of them can win the individual gold medal?"
"Our goal for Britain this time is to win both individual gold medals and team gold medals."
Faced with this problem, Li Qiwei smiled.
"Well, Rutherford, your European team doesn't take China seriously."
"I don't support anyone. I only hope that China can once again dominate the world."
Although he said he was confident, he was feeling cold in his heart.
Because what the Chinese players have to face is a bunch of fucking monsters.
After hearing this, Rutherford and others all laughed.
Professor Bruce is still so interesting.
Dirac silently observed the god-like man in front of him.
Globally recognized as the first person in the world of science!
Physics lives great.
The other party's experience is even more legendary than the legendary story.
Although Dirac had acted very calmly just now, his extremely powerful aura still made him almost breathless.
At the University of Bristol, he was a genius in everyone's eyes and topped all exams.
But genius is nothing worth mentioning in front of Professor Bruce.
The genius can't even see the opponent's back.
Physics ultimately relies on results to speak for itself.
A genius, if he cannot publish papers that shock the academic world, will always be a genius, not a physicist.
Dirac felt that Professor Bruce was so polite to him just now, probably because of Professor Rutherford's face.
However, he didn't care at all.
He is confident in himself.
The scholarship he received from the school alone was enough for him to continue living and studying at Cambridge University.
This was also Dirac's dream.
Professor Bruce’s alma mater is a holy place in the hearts of all science and engineering students, a place where they dream and long to study.
And now, he even had the opportunity to talk to Professor Bruce in person.
Although there are only a few simple sentences, they are enough to be blown out.
Of course, Dirac would never do this.
Although he is withdrawn, it does not mean that he has no desires.
He only regarded Li Qiwei as a scientific belief and the goal he wanted to surpass.
After Rutherford chatted in the institute for half an hour, he rushed back to Cambridge with Dirac.
Li Qiwei did not retain them and sent them out of the institute in person.
In the next few days, many people came to visit one after another.
The influence of Li Qiwei's speech in Germany has not been eliminated to this day.
As the third Blues Conference approaches, countless people are working hard to make another breakthrough.
Even the big guys who had attended the first and second sessions were no exception.
After all, the big guys don’t want to be said to be resting on their laurels.
They also need brand-new results to prove that they are worthy of the dignity and significance of the Iron Throne.
Even a peak person like Professor Bruce still maintains high-intensity front-line research and output.
Who is qualified to be lazy and show off?
All I can say is that involution kills people.
Just when many physics masters are gearing up and working hard.
Li Qiwei did not continue to study physics.
Instead, he started his journey to show off his astronomy in the United States.
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April 10, 1920.
Inside the Quantum Research Institute.
Dyson, Eddington and other British astronomy giants gathered together.
Everyone had joyful smiles on their faces.
Because today they are going to the United States with Professor Bruce to participate in a grand event in the field of astronomy.
The Great Debate of the Century: The Scale of the Universe!
This debate is not just an internal meeting of astronomy, but also attracts countless ordinary people.
Attracting worldwide attention!
After all, everyone is curious about the mysterious universe.
Originally, Eddington did not plan to go to the United States because the subject of the great debate had little to do with him.
But the German speech changed his mind.
"If Professor Bruce publishes something shocking again, it will be a big loss if I don't go."
So, he put aside the original matter and went with the large army.
At this time, Eddington introduced someone to Li Qiwei.
"Professor Bruce, this is Professor James Kings of Cambridge University."
"He has many important results in the field of stellar research."
Hearing this, Li Qiwei looked at the other party, understanding in his heart.
This is also a big shot in astronomy.
Kings and Eddington were two of the founders of British cosmology.
In real history, after Eddington proposed that the energy of stars comes from nuclear fusion, Jeans publicly expressed his opposition.
The two engaged in a protracted debate.
It was clear that in the end, Kings was wrong.
This old man has put forward many wrong theories in his life.
For example, he believes that the origin of planets is that when a star passes near the sun, its tidal gravity causes the material in the sun to be ejected, and eventually it is formed.
This theory has never been accepted.
Although this was not the first time for the 43-year-old Kings to meet Li Qiwei, this was the first time for him to have such a formal meeting.
Therefore, he acted more excited.
"Professor Bruce, I heard that you are also studying stars."
"I hope to have the opportunity to communicate with you and get your guidance."
Li Qiwei stretched out his hand and said with a smile:
"My pleasure, Professor Jeans."
"I am new to the field of astronomy, so I can learn from you."
Future Kings: You are a newbie, so who are we?
(End of chapter)