Chapter 72 Bruce, do you know about radiology?
Faced with Anders’ deliberate provocation, Li Qiwei smiled disdainfully.
At the same time, he was thinking, if he were a Westerner at this time, after achieving such achievements, would the other party still dare to find trouble?
Sure enough, it is too difficult for a Qing person to gain a foothold in Europe, and there will always be people who will come out to oppose it.
Even though he has proposed quantum theory and the wave-particle duality of light, he is still essentially just a scholar.
No matter how great the reputation is, it is just fame, not the real strength that can shock people. Li Qiwei still has a long way to go.
But no matter how weak you are, you can’t step on just any trash.
At this time, someone in the venue recognized Anders, and it was obvious that he was not an unknown person.
“Isn’t that Anders? His uncle Haviland is a professor at the Royal Swedish Institute of Technology and an academician of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.”
“Oh, you don’t know yet. Well, Professor Haviland has a new identity recently. He is a member of the Nobel Prize Committee in Physics.”
"In October this year, the first Nobel Prize in Physics will be awarded. It is a super grand prize. It is said that the prize alone is 150,000 Swedish kronor."
"Professor Haviland is one of the five committee members. First, I have the right to determine the final candidate for the award."
"Oh, my God, I am also from the physics department. How come I don't know this news?"
"That can only be said. I blame you for not having enough information. Recently, word has spread in the physics circle that there will be an authoritative award in physics soon."
"Damn it, my recent slider friction experiment just made a breakthrough, I'm afraid it's too late to award. ”
When Anders heard the envy of the people around him, he couldn't help but become arrogant and looked at Li Qiwei with evil eyes.
He murmured in his heart that it seemed that the Nobel Prize still had some background, and he would have to find a way to get his uncle to disqualify Li Qiwei.
Rutherford seemed to have seen through Anders' trick, smiling and not caring.
Even the division of physics into theoretical physics and experimental physics was actively advocated by Li Qiwei, and he even said that the other party looked down upon it.
In the field of physics, there are people with such ulterior motives. How can they pretend to be all things in the universe with such a big heart?
However, Rutherford suddenly came up with a good idea, and he took this opportunity to let Ridgway express his views on radioactivity and indulge his genius.
So, Rutherford smiled at Ridgway and said: "Bruce, look at how difficult it is for us experimental physicists to live."
"As a newcomer to theoretical physics, Master, can you give us some advice to improve the influence of experimental physics?"
"We also have to make a good meal of physics."
"Come on, Bruce, give this speech. I’ll lend it to you for now.”
Everyone present laughed, and the embarrassment was perfectly resolved by Rutherford's high emotional intelligence.
Only Anders was so angry that he thought Rutherford would be very angry, but he had no idea that Rutherford had a good relationship with Li Qiwei.
Li Qiwei was also impressed by Rutherford's wit. This guy wanted to use his own things for free.
He stood up calmly and walked firmly onto the podium.
"Hey, Rutherford, since you said it's so hard for you, I'll give you an assistant."
"The young man named Xu Qitai was brought by me from China. According to China's seniority, he should be regarded as my disciple." Li Qiwei pointed to the position.
"He is very interested in physics experiments. I think you won't mind accepting him."
"If you don't accept him, it means that you experimental physicists look down on people, not at all. It’s not difficult.”
“Is that so?”
Everyone in the audience was amused again, and it was very interesting to see the two scheming against each other.
Rutherford was dumbfounded for a moment. Just now he was teasing the other party, but now he was defeated in a backhand, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
But he knew that Xu Qitai was a student at Cambridge and had such a good relationship with Li Qiwei, so he couldn't ask for it. "Hey, Bruce, sometimes I'm thinking, you shouldn't be a physicist, but a politician."
"Because no one can learn from you, "It's a little bit cheaper."
Li Qiwei laughed, and then after the venue quieted down, he started to say seriously: "Someone just asked me if I have any opinions on experimental physics."
"I would like to say that if a person studying physics always struggles with these issues, I doubt his professional quality."
Anders turned red after hearing this, and people around him gave him strange looks from time to time. The sight made him feel like he was sitting on pins and needles. "Damn Bruce Lee."
Li Qiwei could not tolerate him and continued: "The truth is hidden in the void. Whether it is theory or experiment, it is just a tool to find it."
“The theory and practice of physics are not a black and white opposition, but a mutually reinforcing and inclusive relationship.”
“Theory requires experimental proof, and experiment requires theoretical induction.”
"Take Professor Rutherford's study of the internal structure of atoms as an example. I think it is both experiment and theory, and there is no need to forcefully distinguish between the two."
"In short, it is a boring thing to struggle with this."
At this time, Rutherford joked, "Bruce, don't talk about these non-nutritious things, we want to hear some practical information."
"Just tell me why you shake your head, what's wrong with me? "
Of course Li Qiwei would not tell the truth. After thinking about it, he simply added fuel to the fire and said, "I shook my head because I was thinking about the nature of gamma rays."
"I think that gamma rays may not be particle flow, but an electromagnetic wave."
"Even, I think X-rays are also an electromagnetic wave."
Wow!
As soon as these words came out, a burst of exclamations broke out in the venue.
Even Becquerel and others couldn't believe it, but Li Qiwei's genius was obvious to all.
Since Professor Roentgen discovered X-rays in 1895, there has been an ongoing debate about whether they are waves or particles.
The particles here are not the same as the wave-particle duality of light, but refer to physical particles like electrons.
Light just has the nature of particles. (Note: At this time, physicists believed that physical particles and waves were two different things. Light only had the properties of particles, but was not a physical particle.)
In 1912, German physicist Laue discovered The crystal diffraction pattern of X-rays proved that X-rays are electromagnetic waves, and won the Nobel Prize for this.
On this basis, Rutherford proved in 1914 that gamma rays are also an electromagnetic wave.
Now, Li Qiwei actually directly declared that gamma rays and X-rays are electromagnetic waves. You can imagine the shock caused.
Rutherford finally maintained his composure. He asked with a trembling tone: "Bruce, do you have any proof?"
Li Qiwei smiled and said: "Rutherford, you and everyone here are You are the experts, I just had a whim when listening to the report."
"After all, it is now known that these two types of rays are not electrically charged, at least this phenomenon supports the conclusion of electromagnetic waves."
< br>Rutherford originally asked Li Qiwei to tell the truth, just to give him a step down, but he didn't expect such a explosive result.
He knew that the intuitions of genius physicists like him were often terrifying.
For a while, Rutherford had the same feeling as Wilson: Bruce, why are you so awesome? Do you also understand radiology?
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