Chapter 1 Two Dark Clouds
April 27, 1900, London, in the Lecture Hall of the Royal Society.
Li Qiwei suddenly opened his eyes, and it took five minutes for him to finally accept the reality of soul time travel.
According to the messy memories in his mind, the original owner he possessed was also named Li Qiwei, and was born into a large Han family in the Qing Dynasty.
The original owner is 20 years old. He was sent to study in the UK by his father three years ago. He is currently studying at Cambridge University, majoring in theoretical physics.
If everything goes well, I will be able to graduate with a bachelor's degree in July next year.
In this era, whether in the East or the West, the original owner is considered a high-level intellectual.
“Fortunately, I didn’t travel through time and become a foreigner, otherwise I wouldn’t be used to it.”
Li Qiwei secretly rejoiced in his heart, then calmed down and began to observe the audience in the hall.
Looking around, it seemed that I was the only yellow person in the entire venue.
Although he was wearing a decent gentleman's dress, he didn't have any disgusting braids on his head.
But Li Qiwei still felt a little uncomfortable. He guessed that this might be caused by the remaining instinct of the original owner.
I come from a backward feudal country with a weak national power. I feel inferior to foreigners when I see them. Now I have traveled across the ocean to study abroad, and I am looked down upon by others.
I am afraid that it was precisely because the original owner was thinking wildly that he suddenly felt unwell and died, and the time travel occurred.
But at this time, Li Qiwei would no longer feel inferior and timid.
In his previous life, he was a newly graduated Ph.D. in physics from Huaxia University of Science and Technology.
With insights that are more than a hundred years ahead of this era, and the blessing of the superpower of later generations.
Suddenly, his momentum changed!
Li Qiwei’s eyes were sharp and blazing, and he scanned the entire hall again, and then fixed his gaze on the podium.
There, an old man with white hair and white beard was giving an impassioned speech.
He is the famous William Thomson, who was named Lord Kelvin.
Proposed the second law of thermodynamics and completely negated the perpetual motion machine. He was called the "Father of Modern Thermodynamics" by later generations.
He is also an absolute veteran in the current physics community.
However, this old man has an extremely bad temper, is arrogant, and is not easy to get along with.
At the same time, Li Qiwei also determined that this was the famous "Two Dark Clouds" speech.
Sure enough, Lord Kelvin's voice continued:
"The building of physics has been basically completed, and all that is left is nothing more than tinkering."
Then he said: " But there are still two small dark clouds floating in the clear physics sky."
Hearing this, Li Qiwei smiled knowingly and whispered to himself.
“The building of physics is far from complete. The foundation has just been laid.”
The so-called two dark clouds problem will eventually cause a super storm.
The two greatest physical theories of the 20th century were born, the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics!
Countless geniuses have used their peak wisdom to create this unprecedented scientific feast.
Just as Li Qiwei was immersed in the joy of understanding the future, a voice suddenly interrupted him.
"That young gentleman, what are you laughing at?"
On the podium, Lord Kelvin looked at Li Qiwei, his tone was serious and his face was slightly angry.
Suddenly, countless eyes came to him, and they discovered that the protagonist turned out to be an Oriental.
In this era, the East is synonymous with backwardness, and the West is the land of civilization.
Everyone was happy to see the Oriental make a fool of himself.
Under the gaze of everyone, although Li Qiwei was embarrassed, his expression remained unchanged and he said openly:
"I'm sorry, dear Lord, I didn't mean to interrupt, I just felt something about your speech."
I thought that if I gave in and gave you a step, this matter would be over.
Unexpectedly, the old man’s next words would directly ignite Li Qiwei’s anger.
Just listen to Lord Kelvin say lightly:
"Oh? That's really interesting. I don't think the ignorant and backward Easterners can understand my speech."
"Can you please tell me and everyone here, what have you thought about?"
Made!
Li Qiwei was speechless. It would be fine if you mocked me personally, but I couldn't bear to insult my nation.
I saw him standing up suddenly. He was 1.8 meters tall, which was not considered short among Europeans.
Then he slowly looked around, and finally looked directly at Lord Kelvin, and said decisively:
"I thought that physics has just started now, and two dark clouds will open up a new era."
Boom!
The words just fell.
Shouts of exclamation suddenly erupted in the hall, and everyone felt that Li Qiwei was so brazen and crazy.
“This Eastern boy is so arrogant, who does he think he is.”
"Physics has already been able to predict the orbits of celestial bodies and invented the telegraph to transmit sound over thousands of miles. He actually said that it has just begun."
"As expected, he is an inferior race from an ignorant area. He probably doesn't even know anything about physics. I don’t know.”
Li Qiwei could clearly hear the various taunts coming from his ears, but he didn’t care at all. Even though many of these people are the top scientists in the world.
He was still high-spirited and looked down upon everything, as if he was detached from the whole world.
"Haha." Lord Kelvin said: "Weakness is not the original sin, arrogance is. This is the reason why your civilization failed."
Li Qiwei was too lazy to continue arguing with the old man, and his next sentence was even more shocking.
"Lord Kelvin, I am willing to make a bet with you. Within five years, I will use a paper to solve the dark cloud problem and prove that I am right."
Boom!
This time, the venue was completely shocked.
Many people even stood up and wanted to take a good look at this self-righteous guy.
Where on earth did he have the courage to say such a thing.
At this time, several people seemed to recognize Li Qiwei, pointed at him and said:
"His name is Bruce Lee. He comes from the Qing Dynasty in the East. He is currently studying physics at Cambridge University."
“It is said that he also brought a male and female servants with him. It doesn’t look like he is here to study at all, but rather to have fun.”
"Haha, it turns out to be a joke!"
Then the whole room burst into laughter again.
However, there was a young man in the crowd. He just looked at Li Qiwei curiously and did not make any mockery.
He has a typical Jewish face, slightly curly black hair, deep eyes, and looks very confident.
Li Qiwei did not pay attention to this at this time and remained calm and composed.
He looked at Lord Kelvin with burning eyes, waiting for the other party's response.
The latter did not show the rage as expected, but smiled lightly and said slowly as if recalling:
"When I was 10 years old, I became the youngest undergraduate at the University of Glasgow."
“At the age of 17, he entered the University of Cambridge for further study and published three papers in the same year.”
“At the age of 22, he was employed by the University of Glasgow and became a professor of physics and served for more than fifty years.”< br>
"At the age of 27, he was elected as an academician of the Royal Society of the United Kingdom and a foreign academician of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences."
"At the age of 53, he was elected as an academician of the French Academy of Sciences."
"At the age of 66, he became a member of the Royal Society of the United Kingdom. President."
"Although I don't hold any position now, I still have a certain influence in the physics community."
"I don't mean to show off. But I want to tell you, young man, what kind of existence you are talking to.”
Immediately, under the confusion and shock of everyone, Lord Kelvin said:
“Young man, I accept your challenge!”
Boom!
This directly pushed the atmosphere of the scene to the climax.
No one understands why the aloof Lord Kelvin made a bet with an unknown boy.
Especially since the other party is from Asia, which is basically a desert of civilization and science.
In any case, this big news will spread throughout the physics community early tomorrow morning.
Li Qiwei looked at the excited people with a calm expression.
Just kidding, he is a Ph.D. in physics from a later generation, coupled with the memory enhancement brought about by time travel.
Even ten Lord Kelvins were beaten when they came. This was a crushing that transcended the times.
The reason why we agreed on five years instead of throwing out the theory of relativity on the spot was just to be cautious.
After all, he has just traveled through time and is not familiar with the situation yet, so it is not easy to act rashly.
Although you can’t be slapped in the face right away, you can’t lose with your talk.
So, after Li Qiwei waited for the venue to gradually quiet down, he smiled and said:
"Lord, I admire your talent."
"But we have an old saying in China, which is called 'talented people emerge from generation to generation, and each leads the way for hundreds of years.'"
"Although you have made many achievements, you are old after all, and the era belongs to the younger generation. "
"And we Chinese are not weaker than any other race!"
The powerful words made many people look at Li Qiwei with admiration. This young man from the East is a little different!
The meeting is now ready to end.
Subsequent speeches by other people were just a formality, and no one cared.
Li Qiwei also walked out of the hall with his head held high under the gaze of everyone.
At the same time, the Jewish young man in the venue kept watching Li Qiwei leave.
Then he seemed to have made up his mind and ran out.
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