Chapter 110: Bruce is exhausted? Einstein transformed from mortal to god!
On February 1, 1902, according to the Chinese lunar calendar, the New Year would be celebrated in 6 days.
However, in the UK, February is just an ordinary month.
After more than half a month, Li Qiwei's popularity finally dropped, and people returned to their usual lives.
Whether it is a Nobel Prize or a knighthood, it will always be the exclusive preserve of a few people, and it is beyond the reach of most people.
Their life's destiny is to have daily necessities such as firewood, rice, oil and salt, and go to and from get off work.
As long as one or two breaking news occasionally appear, it is enough to comfort their ordinary and boring lives.
But for students or scholars in the field of physics, a great era has just begun.
Quantum theory and radiology have started a new research boom, and many universities have doubled their enrollment in physics departments.
Inspired by the Nobel Prize, various countries have also begun to pay attention to the reward system for scientific researchers.
Therefore, more and more people are pouring into the field of science, hoping that one day they will become famous all over the world.
This is the best era of physics, with various new theories constantly making breakthroughs and surpassing the limits of human imagination in physics.
This is the worst era for physics. Young geniuses emerge from the sky, shining brightly and suppressing everything.
The lifelong work of ordinary scholars is to save an afternoon of time for those geniuses.
However, the world is still uncertain and everyone is a dark horse.
No one wants to be a stepping stone for genius, but swears to step on genius.
After all, even a genius cannot always be at the forefront of physics.
For example, Bruce Lee, it has been almost a year and a half since he published the quantum theory and the principle of photoelectric effect.
During this period, he only summarized the results of his predecessors and proposed the wave-particle duality of light.
Although it is also very shocking, there is no theory or experiment, it seems dry, and it seems far from worthy of his own status.
For ordinary physicists, it is normal for no new results to be released in a year and a half.
Even if there is no breakthrough for ten years, it is reasonable.
Physical achievement is not about picking up shells at the beach. You can pick one up just by walking around.
But for Bruce Lee, everyone seems to have a consensus that he should publish another result that shocks the world.
No one took his bold words seriously during his last Nobel Prize speech. They just treated him as a young man and made a joke.
Although the explosion of radio during this period was also related to him, it was not a breakthrough in physical theory after all.
Everyone's expectations for him are too high, resulting in ordinary results that cannot arouse excitement at all.
Even if you are awarded a knighthood, it is based on published physical results.
So until now, Bruce Lee seems to have been academically silent.
I can no longer see him publishing unparalleled papers in Nature.
Many people can't help but sigh: Has Bruce Lee exhausted his talent?
Will a generation of physics geniuses stop moving forward and reach their limit?
Some people even secretly rejoice that the era that belongs to me, passerby A, is coming.
In the Cavendish Laboratory, Wilson was asking Li Qiwei how he was doing these days.
"Bruce, your illness should be cured, right?"
"What have you been busy with recently?"
Li Qiwei said, "I went to visit Lord Kelvin and Lord Rayleigh specifically to thank them for their support in the knighthood."
Wilson was immediately stunned. With a grimace on his face, he said, "Hey, it's so irritating that people are so different from each other."
"A knighthood? That's something I never dared to do in my dreams, but you got it. I'm so envious."< br>
Li Qiwei patted him on the back and comforted him, "Hey, it's useless. It's just a piece of paper. Not to mention the land, there's not even money."
Wilson was speechless, "Boss, just be content. You are from the Qing Dynasty."
"If I seal the territory for you, you will become a public enemy of all the British people. I'm afraid you won't dare to ask for it by then." . ”
Li Qiwei smiled and said nothing, maybe Britain will ask for a land fief in the future.
Wilson suddenly thought of something again, grinned and said: "Bruce, you have to cheer up, you can't be looked down upon by others."
"Now it is being spread to the outside world, you have to finish After receiving the Nobel Prize and being knighted, I became proud and had no new academic achievements.”
"There has been no breakthrough for a year and a half, and it will be two and a half years soon. That is an unknown number, with inexplicable power."
A black line appeared on Li Qiwei's forehead, and he was so jealous. People are everywhere.
I have only had no results for more than a year, so why have I become so proud and complacent?
Looks like it’s time to give you guys a little shock.
Switzerland, University of Zurich.
Today, Einstein is a celebrity at the University of Zurich, and all the teachers and students at the school know his name.
Because he has a close friend who is the winner of the first Nobel Prize in Physics.
And he himself is a staff member of the Swiss Patent Office. He is well paid and has an easy job, making him the envy of countless classmates.
In real history, Einstein lived a very difficult life after graduating in 1900, and was unemployed after graduation.
Not only could he not find a job, he also did not have Swiss citizenship and was classified as a "black household".
I also wanted to apply to several universities to study for Ph.D.s, but all of them came to nothing and there was no news.
In the end, he couldn't find a job and even worked as a teacher in a middle school.
For him, it was a darkest moment, as humble as an ant.
It was not until 2 years later, after he was introduced by Grossman and went to work at the Swiss Patent Office, that the situation improved.
Then, what follows is Einstein cheating all the way until his days of becoming a god. Maybe this is the legendary transformation of gods into mortals first.
Only by first experiencing the most real and difficult state of life as a mortal can we have a thorough understanding.
In 1905, he transformed from mortal to divine, completing a leap in the realm of life.
However, because of Li Qiwei's arrival, Einstein has long since escaped the embarrassment of life.
But he faced a new test, a mortal test.
In the laboratory, Einstein's mentor, Professor Kleiner, although his face was calm, his tone was a bit unkind.
"Einstein, I have briefly read the first draft of your paper "A New Method for Determining Molecular Size", and I personally think it is of little value."
"Although you based your work on sugar The viscosity and diffusivity of the solution were used to calculate the value of Avogadro's constant, but it was three times different from the real value."
"If this theory is used to calculate the radius of the molecule, I think it will be. There is a problem.”
“So, if this paper is your doctoral thesis, then my evaluation is unqualified.”
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Einstein was a little embarrassed. He did not expect that the paper that was praised by everyone at the young scholars conference would be dismissed as worthless by his mentor.
However, this was not because Professor Kleiner was deliberately making things difficult. It was because the people at the meeting at that time were unlikely to be as familiar with the article as Kleiner. They were just interested in this method.
In real history, Einstein's doctoral thesis was "A New Method for Determining Molecular Size", and it was indeed rejected by his mentor Kleiner.
At that time, Swiss universities were quite strange.
Einstein's undergraduate school was ETH Zurich. If he wanted to continue studying for a doctorate after graduation, he would have to apply to other schools.
He applied to the University of Zurich, and he often did not go to the laboratory because he did not agree with his tutor.
Kleiner is an experimentalist. He doesn't like his students to engage in theoretical research.
But Einstein was born a theoretical physicist, his brain was the most sophisticated laboratory, and all experiments were thought experiments!
Asking him to put on a white coat and do various physical experiments will make him extremely uncomfortable.
So, he took a deep breath and asked sincerely and firmly: "Professor, how do you think my paper can be improved?"
Kleiner looked at him and said: "Einstein, I'm talking Maybe a little straight, I hope you don't mind."
"If you like theoretical physics because of your good friend Bruce Lee, I think you need to seriously consider it."
" Not everyone is suitable for pure theoretical research.”
“His level of genius is beyond the imagination of ordinary physicists.”
"You can worship him as an idol, but you must not pursue unrealistic things."
"Look at your undergraduate thesis "Inferences from Capillary Phenomenon", isn't it a very good research An example?”
Einstein’s body trembled after hearing Kleiner’s words. He did not blame his mentor.
Because the students around him looked at him this way. Although everyone envied him, they all thought he was influenced by Bruce Lee.
Humans are complex animals, especially their thoughts.
The classmates would also discuss privately that if Einstein and Bruce Lee hadn't known each other earlier, they might not have been so lucky.
Because of his thesis on the photoelectric effect, the Swiss government specially approved his naturalization application, which saved a lot of time.
After all, Einstein is still just a young man, only 23 years old.
Faced with criticism, he is far from calm and calm.
Grossman was not around at this time. The guy went to the University of Göttingen in Germany to study for a PhD in mathematics. His tutor was the famous Hilbert.
I don’t know how he got into it, because the tutor he looked for at first was the French mathematician Poincaré, but he failed to pass the examination of the great master.
With neither of his friends around, Einstein could only bear the pressure silently and experience the catastrophes of mortals.
At this time, he thought of Bruce Lee and that afternoon two years ago.
The quick encounters and pleasantries on the street seemed to be destined.
He likes Bruce Lee's smile, which is pure and bright and can melt everything without any prejudice.
The other party has obviously achieved achievements that are beyond the reach of ordinary people, but he still treats himself and others as before, never showing off arrogantly.
And he did not forget his country and even supported it in public.
This courage and this innocent heart moved me deeply.
Einstein smiled and finally felt relieved.
Even a great man like Bruce Lee had to face countless people who mocked his origin and his country.
What does my little setback and criticism mean?
He made up his mind to write a paper on the theory of relativity within a month.
Then I said silently in my heart: Bruce, this time, I don’t want to hide behind your footsteps, I want to walk side by side with you!
Teacher Kleiner looked at Einstein's expression changing and thought his words were a bit harsh.
Just when he was about to speak, he saw the other person suddenly raised his head and chest, and his eyes seemed to burst into light, which dazzled him.
Einstein said calmly: "Okay, Professor Kleiner, I understand."
Just an ordinary sentence.
But it was like thunder on the ground!
The explosion left Kleiner with a blank mind.
The only opportunity in his life to be remembered in history slipped away just like that.
The climax is coming!
(End of this chapter)