Chapter 54 Nobel Prize News
Time flies to February.
After a month, He Yujie, Xia Yuanwei and Xu Qitai quickly adapted to life at Cambridge University.
The three of them are all the "second generation" of this era, so there is no pressure at all even in a foreign country.
Especially Xu Qitai, this kid is so obsessed that he sometimes sneaks out to see the so-called Ocean Horse, which makes Li Qiwei dumbfounded.
So in order to increase the pressure on them, in addition to normal language learning every day, the three of them will also receive small classes from Li Qiwei in the evenings from now on.
The textbooks used are Li Qiwei’s own textbooks. Currently, we start with physics and Chinese teaching.
“Don’t think that you have a certain foundation and think that physics from hundreds of years ago was very simple. You don’t want to learn it because you don’t want to learn it. That’s because you have no knowledge.”
“Come on. , look at this mechanical analysis question, who can list the force balance equation of each pulley?"
Looking at the seven or eight small pulleys going around on the simple blackboard, the three of them just felt dizzy. Big, I feel like a frog in a well.
Isn't Newtonian mechanics just F=ma? How come it transformed into such a difficult knowledge in the hands of Teacher Li?
Li Qiwei looked at the frustrated expressions of the three people and felt very comfortable. "Five years of college entrance examination, three years of simulation", do you think it is a joke?
Under the admiring gazes of the three people, Li Qiwei solved the problem with just a few clicks, causing a burst of exclamation.
He Yujie's eyes shone, "Brother Li is a hundred times better at teaching than Davis!"
Xu Qitai even sighed, "Brother Li is even better at teaching than my father!"
Xia Yuanzhen secretly took notes, recording Li Qiwei's problem-solving ideas in detail, and had already begun to ask the other two people.
The next step is acoustics, optics, and electricity. Li Qiwei crushed the knowledge bit by bit and fed it to these three talented children.
They learn painfully and happily, growing every day.
On this morning, Li Qiwei was suddenly called to the laboratory by Thomson. When he arrived, he found that Rutherford and Wilson were already sitting there, and no other people in the laboratory were seen.
Thomson straightened his thin hair casually, then picked up a letter and said, "This was sent to me by my friend at Lund University in Sweden."
"He said that the first Nobel Prize will be awarded this year. You can take a look at the specific information."
"Wow!" Rutherford and Wilson immediately exclaimed, and Li Qiwei was also stunned. I almost forgot about this.
Wilson thought he came from the Qing Dynasty and didn't know who Nobel was, so he quickly introduced him a few words, then hurriedly picked up the envelope, and the three of them read it together.
Of course Li Qiwei doesn’t need to look carefully. He knows everything about the Nobel Prize better than anyone else.
Before the Nobel Prize in Physics, it was difficult for physicists of this era to brag, because there were no awards for academic physics.
No one knows what level your results are, let alone a layman, who is completely unable to judge.
This is not only true in physics, but also in other fields of science, so there is an urgent need for a standard of evaluation.
The purpose of awards is for publicity and positioning, so that truly amazing people can spread around the world.
Of course we cannot be like later generations, who have a lot of self-proclaimed titles. That is just a joke.
In 1895, Nobel donated all his inheritance and established five awards: Physics Prize, Chemistry Prize, Physiology or Medicine Prize, Literature Prize, and Peace Prize.
It was first awarded in 1901, and in 1968, a new economics prize was added.
The selection is held annually. The organizers are Sweden and Norway. The award-givers are the King of Sweden and the head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (replace those two words).
One thing is special, the Nobel Prize is only awarded to living people.
And according to regulations, up to two different achievements can be awarded, and each achievement can only have up to 3 co-recipients.
There is only one criterion for winning the Nobel Prize: the person who "has made the greatest contribution to mankind". There is no objection to this point in terms of the physics prize, chemistry prize, physiology or medicine prize. As for the latter three, it can only be judged by the beholder.
Since its inception, the Nobel Prize has become the highest award in the field of natural sciences, and countless people have worked hard for it throughout their lives!
Even if it is just a nomination, your reputation will spread throughout the world.
After five years of warm-up, the scientific community has been looking forward to this award for a long time.
The first Nobel Prize was held in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. The single prize was 150,000 Swedish kronor, which was equivalent to the salary of a Swedish professor who had worked for 20 years at this time, which was extremely generous.
Since September last year, the Nobel Prize Committee in Physics has sent nomination invitations to many scholars, inviting them to nominate candidates for the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.
These nominees are not randomly selected, but the committee selects academicians, professors, etc. from various universities in Sweden.
At a later stage, previous Nobel Prize winners will also become nominees.
In February, the committee will collect the information of all candidates, and then go through several rounds of expert evaluation and screening to determine the recommended final candidates. This time is usually August.
Wait until September, the committee will hold two more secret meetings, and finally recommend the final candidate to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and submit a scientific report.
Then in October, a secret vote was held by all members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
After the voting results come out, if you agree, then this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics will truly be finalized.
The winners will be notified individually a few hours in advance before the results are announced, which is a surprise.
Finally, the award ceremony will be held on December 10th. This date is fixed to commemorate the death of Nobel.
The information of the remaining candidates who have not won the award will be kept confidential for 50 years.
Therefore, the entire selection process of the Nobel Prize in Physics is very strict, fair, and it is difficult to have insider information.
The Nobel Prize Committee in Physics is elected by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It usually only has about five people, which is very important.
Now, the person who sent Thomson a letter is one of the members of the Nobel Prize Committee in Physics.
Of course, the letter definitely did not mention any information about the candidates, it was just some information shared among friends.
After all, this is the first year and no one has experience. The committee also wants to adopt the opinions of industry experts.
After reading the letter, Rutherford and Wilson seemed to have fire burning in their eyes.
Physicists are also human beings, and they have a sense of vanity. Now that the first highest award in physics is about to be elected, how can they not be excited.
Even Thomson, who is mature and prudent, is ambitious at this moment, with a big boss aura permeating the air.
Although Li Qiwei knew the result, the winner of the first Nobel Prize in Physics was Röntgen.
But he really didn’t pay attention to the other candidates.
Now that I have traveled through time, will history change?
I have quantum theory in my left hand and photoelectric effect in my right hand, which is totally capable of fighting.
In fact, for the past thirty or so Nobel Prizes in Physics, it was simply a fight between gods. It didn’t matter to anyone, it was just a matter of time.
But after all, it is the first session, and it is of great significance. Many big guys are secretly gearing up, hoping that the committee will be discerning.
For a time, everyone in the room had different expressions, and Wilson's breathing became heavier.
Li Qiwei couldn't figure out why Lao Wei was so excited. No matter how he looked at it, the first Nobel Prize in Physics had nothing to do with him.
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