Chapter 451 China is shocked! Immortal means! The powers are frightened! World-destroying weapon! The power of nuclear fusion!
The shock caused by nuclear fusion goes far beyond the scope of the scientific community.
With the publicity of various popular science journals and magazines, it spread rapidly at an unexpected speed.
Because the various effects produced by nuclear fusion are a bit too shocking for ordinary people.
The methods of gods are nothing more than this!
China.
When Gao Lu saw the paper, he worshiped Li Qiwei like a god.
He couldn't help but sigh:
"We are so lucky to have Professor Li Qiwei in China!"
"This paper is enough to establish Professor Li's top status The identity of an astronomer.”
"Even in the future, our Chinese astronomers will be able to form an astronomical school."
What Gao Lu said is true.
Any big academician in future generations will almost always be the absolute authority in his direction.
With the academician’s own research direction as the core, a huge research field has been formed, supporting countless scientific researchers.
At this moment, Li Qiwei’s status was several levels higher than that of an academician.
His influence on the Chinese literary world will be like a miraculous needle in the sea.
Because he was the first in China to publish a professional astronomy paper.
So for the next astronomers, the first choice topic must be the direction of stars.
Therefore, everyone is regarded as Li Qiwei’s disciples and grandsons.
In the future, Li Qiwei will build a team with astronomy as the core.
Take the lead in developing great undertakings such as aerospace, satellites, and moon landing in China.
In this life, the entire sky will be China’s airspace!
The bright red flag will be planted all over the eight planets and the sun!
Gao Lu didn’t know this, but he was still excited!
Once upon a time, the so-called astronomy in China was just observing the sky at night.
Although we have entered a new era, the work of Gao Lu and others is still basic measurement work.
There is no real astronomical research at all.
There is no way, the foundation is too bad, it is not possible to overtake in a corner in a short time.
And now with Li Qiwei, everything is on the fast track.
With his relationship with the American Astronomical Society, at least China's various hardware equipment will be qualitatively improved.
All this was mentioned by Yu Qingsong in his letter.
Although he is young, he has now become a bridge of communication between the astronomical communities of the two countries.
Chang Fuyuan and Jiang Bingran were extremely excited after hearing what President Gao Lu said.
At the same time, they envied Yu Qingsong very much.
“Qingsong is so lucky!”
"Professor Li Qiwei is very optimistic about him."
"Even in such an important meeting, I take him with me."
Hearing this, Gao Lu showed a helpless smile.
As his right-hand men, Chang and Jiang made great contributions to the modernization of Chinese literature.
They are not much older than Yu Qingsong.
Of course, young people hope to be like Yu Qingsong, to be appreciated by the big guys and soar to the sky.
There are scholars who talk and laugh, but there are no idle people in our dealings.
However, such an opportunity is so rare.
Gao Lu thought for a while and finally made up his mind to reveal some breaking news to comfort the two of them.
"Fuyuan and Bingran, each has his or her own destiny."
"I see your contribution to Huaxia Literature."
"I can tell you a secret secretly, but please do not spread it outside."
"Professor Li once said in private He told me an idea."
"He said that one day in the future, he would have someone compile a scientific history of China."
"Just like the "Historical Records" written by Sima Qian. That way.”
"But Tai Shigong records emperors and generals, while Professor Li cares about scientific workers like us."
When Chang Fuyuan and Jiang Bingran heard this, their faces were filled with incredulity!
This is a big deal for them, and even all scientific researchers in China.
It’s not yet time for the two of them to ask further.
Suddenly, Gao Lu’s expression was solemn, like a pilgrim, his eyes were moist, and he said tremblingly:
"Professor Li said:"
"The great achievements of those emperors and generals are not the real factors that promote history, it is just that historians like or are forced to record them."
“The development process of human history is essentially a process of science and technology The development process. "
"The role of emperors and generals is nothing more than a group of primitive people with sticks performing stage plays."
"Even sometimes their performances, It also hinders the development of science and technology.”
“The world is the same whether they exist or not.”
“From a global perspective, human history is actually divided into the pre-Newtonian era and the post-Newtonian era.”
“Newton is the dividing line of the scientific era. "
"Zooming the perspective to China, our generation is the dividing line of China's scientific era."
"It is precisely because of our existence that China has real hope of rising. .”
"Thousands of years in China, science has suffered; strange dimensions descend from the sky, the light of fireflies and candles!"
"Mathematics, physics and chemistry are born, and hundreds of schools of thought bloom; search high and low, and all are unparalleled!"
" Forge swords for the country, and turn truth into steel; the land of China will be prosperous with science! "
"Thousands of generations will admire it; its achievements will be remembered in the annals of history, and it will live up to its glory!"
Boom!
It was as if a thunderbolt exploded in my ears.
The night is illuminated and the sky is cracking!
Chang Fuyuan and Jiang Bingran felt that their souls were about to be torn into pieces.
A wave of heat shot up from their bodies!
Shocked in the heart and set off stormy waves!
What kind of courage is this!
At this moment, they finally realized what it was like to die for a confidant.
"Oh my God! Professor Li actually compared craftsmen like us to being unparalleled in the world."
"And he himself is just a weak candlelight."
"He Dehe It can be done! How can it be possible?”
"For five thousand years, there has never been such a sound in the entire land of China."
Chang Fuyuan and Jiang Bingran felt endless shame.
Professor Li regarded them as the sword makers of China, guarding China.
They were actually envious of Yu Qingsong just now.
Wouldn’t that be betraying the other party’s innocent heart!
"President Gao Lu, we were wrong!"
Gao Lu restrained his emotions, smiled softly, and patted the two of them on the shoulders.
“Now, you should know what kind of burden you have on your shoulders.”
“Although astronomy is not taken seriously in China, it is also a part of natural science.”< br>
“Even Professor Li personally cheered for it.”
"The younger generations of China will never forget your efforts."
The two nodded solemnly.
Then I took a breath of air.
They can’t imagine what kind of shock it will have to the Chinese scientific community when the news of the History of Science is made public!
I’m afraid everyone will go crazy.
Professor Li will become a god and saint in the hearts of everyone in the Chinese scientific community.
No, he is greater than a saint!
Because the sage has no merit in science, he is still superior.
Professor Li is the first person in science, but he calls himself a firefly!
But it was this candle that ignited China’s brilliant scientific cause.
The characters recorded by Sima Qian in "Historical Records" are divided into epochs, aristocratic families, and biographies.
Chang and Jiang had wild imaginations.
I and others are far away from this record, but their names should appear once in the biographies.
However, how could they think of it.
Li Qiwei will give all Chinese scientific researchers an amazing romance!
After Gao Lu and others sighed with emotion, they immediately started the science popularization work of the paper.
Because the impact of this paper is too great.
It is completely possible to promote it among ordinary people.
It is also a good opportunity to expand the influence of Chinese literature.
However, when Ren Hongjun saw the manuscript prepared by Gao Lu, he smiled and suggested:
"President Gao, Professor Li once said to me that the core of science popularization lies in popularization rather than science."
"Your article is too professional and is not conducive to dissemination."
"Look at the manuscript I wrote in advance and prepared to publish it in the Huaxia Science Society's newspapers."
Gao Lu heard this and took a look.
Hiss!
He was immediately stunned and stunned.
Nima, can popular science articles still be written like this?
I saw a huge headline that read:
"Midas turned into gold! Artificial sun! Professor Li Qiwei publishes another heroic article on science and technology! The whole world is shocked!"
There are only a few words in the entire article Few professional vocabulary.
Mainly describes the possibility of turning stone into gold and artificial sun.
At the same time, it is also mixed with traditional Chinese alchemy and mythological stories.
This creates a strong contrast.
“It turns out that the development of science has reached such a point that it can realize the methods in myths and legends.”
Li Qiwei once said to the backbone of the Huaxia Science Society:
In today's China, a person who can recognize the word science and understand its meaning can be regarded as a talent.
We cannot pursue scientific accuracy while ignoring the difficulty for ordinary people to accept it.
Science popularization work has a long way to go, and we should start slowly with the simplest knowledge.
Ren Hongjun kept this in mind. The particularity of the nuclear fusion paper made science popularization extremely easy to do.
He is confident that he will be able to arouse everyone's interest.
Sure enough, when his popular science article was published, it immediately caused a huge sensation in China.
Countless ordinary people are excited!
But the painting style soon became distorted.
"My dear! Turn stones into gold! Isn't this a magic that only immortals can do?"
"Let me just say, Professor Li Qiwei must be the reincarnation of an immortal in heaven, specially here to save China. ”
"Li Qiwei, hurry up and change some gold for us."
"Artificial sun? Isn't that just lighting a big fireball? Isn't it difficult?"
"You know nothing, the sun is a star ! Do you understand the star? I don’t understand the article introduction. It is countless times larger than the earth!”
“.”
After Ren Hongjun and others saw the feedback collected from readers.
They all smiled helplessly and said:
"Professor Li is right, China has a long way to go to popularize science."
But fortunately, the sales of newspapers have increased several times.
Still achieved good results.
Although ordinary people don’t understand it, China’s elites all know the greatness of the nuclear fusion paper.
It's a pity that the warlords in power only smiled at this.
In their opinion, the so-called artificial sun is not as practical as buying a few more guns to grab territory.
As for the Midas touch, they really like it and are waiting for Professor Li to truly realize it and then take it as their own.
However, in the eyes of the rulers of the world’s most powerful countries, nuclear fusion is far from simple.
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1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC, United States. This is the center of the United States, the official residence of the President of the United States, the White House.
The current president is Wilson, 64 years old this year.
He has a high reputation and influence both domestically and internationally because he led the United States to victory in the war.
In real history, historians ranked 31 U.S. presidents in 1962, and Wilson ranked fourth.
In front of him are Washington, Lincoln, and Roosevelt.
This shows the status of President Wilson.
At this moment, he is meeting with the U.S. Secretary of War, Dilbeck, in the Office of the President of the White House.
The so-called U.S. Department of War was actually the predecessor of the later U.S. Department of Defense.
The US Secretary of Defense still has great power.
For example, before launching a nuclear weapon, it must obtain the consent of the President and the Secretary of Defense, both of which are indispensable.
The responsibilities of the Secretary of War are similar to those of the Secretary of Defense.
Dilbeck is only 49 years old this year and can be said to be young and promising.
He took out a piece of encrypted information from his briefcase, handed it to Wilson, and said respectfully:
"Your Excellency, this is the relevant information urgently evaluated by the Academy of Military Sciences regarding the weaponization of nuclear fusion. Information.”
"Please take a look."
Wilson took the information and did not open it immediately, but said with emotion:
"Dilbeck, have you met Professor Bruce Lee?"
Dilbeck replied: "Your Excellency, I have never seen it."
Wilson recalled:
"Ten years ago, when the other party came to the United States to study, his first stop was Princeton University."
"At that time, I had just become the governor of New Jersey and was also the president of Princeton University."
< br>“So, I came forward to receive him.”
“My first impression when I met him for the first time was that he was a pure scholar.”
“He was not I don’t like to promote my reputation outside the scientific community.”
"That person seemed to have no interest in politics and power."
"At that time, I naively thought that scientists would not have much influence on politics."
"But I didn't expect that , ten years later, he wrote a paper that shocked all countries in the world."
"Seeing that you reported it to me so urgently, the impact is probably not small."
Dilbeck said:
"The Ministry of War has intelligence sources for military trends around the world."
"The military research and development of each country has the participation of its own scientists."
"Especially for those top scientists, We are paying more attention to it.”
"During the European war, Germany was secretly developing poison gas, and even found Professor Haber, but the other party ultimately did not agree."
"This time, Professor Bruce Lee proposed nuclear fusion. Compared with poison gas, it is more The power is incomparable. ”
"So, we need to report to you in time!"
Wilson nodded.
He knew that such matters were the responsibility of the War Department.
So, he opened the information and started reading.
The more I looked at him, the more frightened I became.
At the end, I couldn’t help but look shocked!
“Oh! God!”
This is extremely rare for a president.
All because the above analysis data is so appalling!
“The equivalent of one million tons of TNT!”
"Nuclear fusion weapons can destroy a large city in an instant!"
Wilson's eyes widened in disbelief.
“Is this really possible?”
Dilbeck’s emotions finally began to rise and fall. When he saw the results, he broke out in a cold sweat.
Because this weapon has exceeded a soldier's imagination.
This kind of weapon was not created for a certain battle at all. It is a forbidden weapon that can destroy a country!
Whoever masters this weapon first will dominate the world!
This is simply unimaginable for a big country like the United States.
If Germany had such weapons during the war a few years ago, the Allies could have surrendered directly.
All the struggle is meaningless.
"Your Excellency, the above data is actually conservative."
"According to the principle of nuclear fusion, there is no upper limit to the energy of this weapon."
"That is, if the raw materials are enough, We can even build weapons that can destroy the earth."
Wow!
After hearing this, Wilson was so shocked that he was speechless.
Dilbeck is right, this is the difference between nuclear fusion and nuclear fission.
It is also the difference between a hydrogen bomb and an atomic bomb.
Although both are called nuclear bombs, their principles and power are completely different.
The principle of the atomic bomb is based on the chain reaction in nuclear fission.
That is, neutrons hit the uranium nucleus, and after fission, new and more neutrons will be produced, thus forming an explosive chain reaction.
But the power of the atomic bomb has its limits.
This is because of the existence of [critical mass].
Atomic bombs are activated by detonating high-energy explosives, squeezing several pieces of nuclear material together to reach a critical mass.
But in order to ensure that neutrons have a sufficient concentration, a chain reaction can be formed.
Then the nuclear material must reach a very high abundance.
The problem then arises.
The higher the abundance, the smaller the critical mass, and there is an upper limit to the mass that can be concentrated together.
Once the mass exceeds this limit, the nuclear material will spontaneously fission and become uncontrollable.
Therefore, the power of the atomic bomb cannot be increased by infinitely superposing nuclear materials.
After calculations taking into account various factors, the upper limit of the power of the atomic bomb is 500,000 tons of TNT equivalent.
In real history, "Little Boy" only had the equivalent of 20,000 tons of TNT.
But hydrogen bombs based on nuclear fusion are different.
Nuclear fusion is not a chain reaction and there is no critical mass.
It uses the high temperature and high pressure generated by the explosion of the atomic bomb to start hydrogen nuclear fusion.
Then the energy generated by nuclear fusion continues to maintain high temperature and pressure, and nuclear fusion continues.
So theoretically, the power of a hydrogen bomb can be made infinite!
But if you consider actual combat needs, it is different.
Even if you make a hydrogen bomb as big as the sun, what's the use? What tool do you use to throw it to the Trisolarans?
In real history, the largest hydrogen bomb "Tsar" exploded in human experiments, its power was 50 million tons of TNT equivalent.
It is 100 times more powerful than the most powerful atomic bomb.
But its shortcomings are also obvious.
The length is 8 meters, the diameter is 2 meters, and the weight is up to 27 tons.
The largest bombers at that time had to be stripped of various unimportant parts before they could be carried on board.
Even the plane barely flew out of the explosion range of the "Tsar" in the end.
It can be seen that it is meaningless to pursue power blindly.
Moreover, the future will still be dominated by ballistic missiles, and the bomb carrying capacity of missiles is much lower than that of aircraft.
But its accuracy cannot be compared to that of airplane throwing.
Therefore, the miniaturization of nuclear weapons is the key.
A hydrogen bomb weighing 250 kilograms is only 1/16 of the weight of a little boy (4 tons).
But its power can reach 300,000 tons of TNT, which is 15 times the latter.
This is the difference in strength between hydrogen bombs and atomic bombs!
However, at this point in time, the hydrogen bomb has a fatal flaw.
That is, it must be realized on the basis of the atomic bomb.
So, Dilbeck quickly calmed down and said happily:
"Your Excellency, as seen in the final conclusion."
"The power of nuclear fusion weapons is certainly beyond imagination, but the difficulty of manufacturing it is also beyond imagination."
"To activate such a weapon, you need at least millions of degrees of high temperature, which is almost impossible. realized."
"Like Bruce Lee in the paper. As mentioned, this kind of nuclear fusion effect can only be produced within the sun."
"Therefore, we judge that it is impossible for humans to create this kind of weapon at present."
"Of course. We do not rule out the possibility of new technological breakthroughs in the future.”
"However, for Professor Bruce Lee, the Ministry of National Defense has taken comprehensive considerations into account and there is no need to restrict his personal freedom."
After hearing this, Wilson breathed a sigh of relief.
Sure enough, all taboos have prices and thresholds.
If it were so easy to achieve, then mankind would probably have perished long ago.
Until the last moment, he was unwilling to break up with Bruce.
After all, with the other party's current status, the impact would be too great.
For an illusory threat, this is too cost-effective.
He even steals the chicken but loses the rice.
The United States today is not yet the number one in the world.
I will never be awesome and dare to be the enemy of the whole world.
So, Wilson ordered:
"Mr. Dilbeck, this document must still be sealed with the highest level of confidentiality."
"At the same time, the intelligence team must pay close attention to the developments in various countries. "
"If there ever comes a time in the future, this weapon must be in the hands of the United States."
"Only the United States can bring peace to the world!"
Dilbeck solemnly said: "Please rest assured! Your Excellency, President!"
At the same time, the leaders of the world's major powers were holding meetings in secret.
The British Prime Minister, the French President, and the German Chancellor
They all have similar analysis materials on their desks.
Although the final discussion results are the same.
That is the existence of nuclear fusion weapons, and the possibility is very, very low.
However, it also frightened these rulers.
They are still at the stage of tanks, planes and artillery.
I think this is the pinnacle of human force.
But scientists are already terrified to this extent.
The theories they created can even create such terrifying world-destroying weapons, which are almost like magic.
The power of nuclear fusion has enhanced the status of scientists unprecedentedly.
After all, if one day this kind of weapon is really possible.
Every country wants to be the first to master it.
And scientists are the top priority.
Ridgway, the name of Bruce Lee, officially appeared in front of many leaders for the first time.
They no longer dare to look at these top scientists with the thinking of craftsmen.
Who knows what earth-shattering magic and arcana is contained in the other person’s wise head.
At this moment, Li Qiwei, who was still in New York, naturally did not know that his information was already top secret.
There are even people in various countries who monitor him.
But even if you know, it doesn't matter.
Everything is under his control!
(End of this chapter)