Chapter 202 The King Returns!
Li Qiwei took a British ship and sailed on the Indian Ocean with anticipation.
He looked at the distant sky, high-spirited, and boundless fighting spirit rose in his heart.
This time, he will stand at the pinnacle of physics!
When the European physics community learned that Bruce Lee was coming back, it immediately caused a huge shock.
The older generation reminisced about those glorious three years when Bruce came out of nowhere to suppress everything.
Quantum theory and relativity theory break the shackles of Newtonian mechanics and tear apart the two dark clouds in the sky of physics.
Since then, physics has moved towards a broader and mysterious field.
The younger generation is gearing up and eager to try to compete with Bruce.
After all, the number one genius in physics has been silent for 6 years and has not published a single paper.
Will he still be that strong?
The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded 8 times.
The world is uncertain, and you and I are both dark horses.
Cambridge University, Cavendish Laboratory.
The 38-year-old Rutherford has changed from a handsome young man to a handsome middle-aged man.
However, age has not changed his character, but has made him wiser and calmer, exuding charming charm and occasionally a touch of playfulness.
In 1907, he returned to the UK from Canada and served as the head of the physics department of the Manchester Polytechnic University in the UK.
Manchester University of Technology was founded in 1824. Its founder was the famous father of modern chemistry, Dalton.
Rutherford's mentor Thomson studied engineering here when he was 14 years old.
So, Thomson has a very good relationship with Manchester University of Technology.
Moreover, Thomson also won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1906, and he was a big shot in the physics community.
Under his recommendation, Rutherford easily became the chairman of the physics department after returning from Canada.
We are at the same position level as Thomson himself.
This is the benefit of having an awesome mentor.
Thomson trains students and values independence very much.
Therefore, he did not let Rutherford come to Cambridge directly to take up a position. Instead, he was sent to other universities to independently control a physics department.
Any great physicist must not have achieved his achievements under care.
If they want to make global achievements, they must not rely on anyone and think independently.
Of course, Rutherford's ability to be the chairman of the physics department is also related to his own strength.
He smiled at his tutor Thomson and said, "Teacher, Bruce will be surprised when he comes back this time."
"Our Cavendish Laboratory actually produced three Nobel Prizes, haha."
Thomson looked strange, "Rutherford, I still don't understand what the Swedish Nobel Committee thinks. "
"You are obviously a physicist, how come you won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry?"
Rutherford said with a smile: "Maybe they think that the elemental transformation hypothesis is more related to chemistry. Big.”
For his in-depth and systematic research on radioactivity, Rutherford proposed the hypothesis of elemental transformation, for which he won the 1908 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
This hypothesis holds that: "Radioactive atoms are unstable. They can spontaneously emit rays and energy, which are caused by the splitting or degeneration of the atom itself into another element."
"This reaction is similar to general The chemical reaction is completely different. It is not a rearrangement between atoms or molecules, but a change in the atoms themselves."
Although Rutherford mentioned this point of view at the European Radioactivity Conference, at that time. There is no systematic theory.
After returning to McGill University in Canada, he finally perfected the theory with the help of Soddy.
And based on this theory, he and Sodi discovered various new radioactive elements.
In real history, Soddy proposed the concept of isotopes based on this hypothesis a few years later.
Because this theory is so similar to the legendary alchemy and opens up a new research direction in the field of chemistry, it won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Thomson nodded, the potential for radioactive research is very great.
Even though Rutherford has now proposed the hypothesis of elemental transformation, why do elements transform? What exactly happens inside an atom?
These are still unknown.
"Rutherford, you have to continue to study in depth. I think there are still many unknown secrets about radioactivity."
"You are now the head of the physics department at Manchester University of Technology. You can consider opening up your own direction and leading The team produces results."
Rutherford said: "Okay, teacher, I will remember it."
At this time, he suddenly asked: "Teacher, Bruce is back. After that, how do you decide to arrange for him?”
“I heard that he has already founded a university and served as president in his own country.”
Thomson also smiled slightly after hearing this, "The university founded by Bruce is called Whampoa Institute of Technology, which is modeled after the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States."
"However, the foundation of the Qing Dynasty is weak now. The universities there only teach undergraduates, and there is no Real physics research."
"This must be the reason why he came back."
"As for his arrangements, it depends on Bruce's personal wishes."
"If he is willing to stay at Cambridge University, then I will help him apply for a professorship."
"However, I don't think Bruce is the kind of character who wants to be inferior to others. He will definitely stand on his own, just like you."
"I will have a good talk with him when he comes back."< br>
Rutherford nodded, he also felt that Bruce would not stay at Cambridge University.
After all, there is no department chair for him here.
It depends on which university the other party wants to choose.
With his achievements, he will be a welcome guest wherever he goes.
Rutherford burst out with enthusiasm: "Bruce, this time, we can finally compete simultaneously."
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Bern, the capital of Switzerland. Einstein, 30, is now an associate professor of theoretical physics at the University of Bern.
He became famous for his special theory of relativity and was a leading figure among the younger generation of Swiss physics circles.
And in terms of achievement, he has already surpassed his mentor, Kleiner.
Because in addition to the special theory of relativity, Einstein also published:
"A new method of determining the size of molecules";
"Hydrostatic liquids required by the kinetic theory of hot molecules" Movement of Suspended Particles in Medium";
"Some Examinations of Brownian Motion";
These three heavyweight papers.
It immediately caused a small shock in the academic world.
Although it is not as good as quantum theory and relativity theory, it is still a crushing existence among the younger generation.
At this moment, Einstein looked at the east, high-spirited and smiling.
"Bruce, you are finally coming back!"
"Now I can catch up with you."
"But you have been missing for 6 years, and you can still create something again. A miracle? "
"General relativity is too difficult, I still have no clue."
"There are only four years left, can you fulfill your promise? ”
Einstein was worried about Li Qiwei while burning his own fighting spirit.
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Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
The 24-year-old Bohr had just obtained a master's degree in science.
The proud boy 7 years ago has now grown into a handsome and handsome young man.
At this moment, he understood what Bruce's lecture meant to him.
He doesn’t study physics, he only knows that Bruce is awesome, countless times better than his father.
But when he became a master, he realized how awesome Bruce really was.
There is simply no comparison between the father and the other party.
However, such an earth-shattering being humbly encouraged himself and even allowed himself to challenge him.
A smile appeared on Bohr's lips.
It can be said that it was Bruce who introduced him to the world of physics and let him know that the world is so wonderful and magical.
Bohr was not timid. After understanding Li Qiwei's status, he became more motivated.
He always kept that challenge in mind.
In recent times, Bohr has been studying Ridgway's planetary model without sleep or food.
His intuition told him that there were some problems with this theory and it was not as perfect as imagined.
However, he could not come up with a better solution.
For this reason, Bohr planned to study in the UK, go to the Cavendish Laboratory, and apply to become a doctoral student of Professor Thomson.
Because there is still a big gap between Danish physics and British physics.
Today’s Cavendish Laboratory is a holy place in physics.
Two Nobel Prizes in Physics and one in Chemistry.
What a terrifying honor this is.
Professor Thomson also became the only example of a Nobel Prize winner himself and two of his students who were also Nobel Prize winners.
This has become a good talk in the physics community.
Countless young physics students want to join his disciples, hoping to win a Nobel Prize in the future.
Nowadays, the dominance of the Nobel Prize in the field of physics has been completely confirmed, and it is equated with awesomeness.
However, Professor Thomson's admissions standards are very strict.
Most people were asked just one question and received the signature dismissal of "You are great, but not suitable for Cavendish".
But Bohr had strong confidence in himself, and he would definitely become Thomson's student.
In real history, Thomson felt that Bohr's qualifications were mediocre, so he rejected him and introduced him to Rutherford.
Big bosses often make mistakes.
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At the same time, the older generation of Röntgen, Lorenz, Planck and others, and the younger generation of Marie Curie, Millikan, Langevin, and Lau E, Born and others are all looking forward to it.
They are all acquaintances of Li Qiwei and have personally experienced that legendary period.
They regretted that Li Qiwei wasted 6 years. I am afraid that the ten-year promise of general relativity will not be completed.
But as long as the other party comes back, he will surely make waves in the world of physics again with his amazing talent.
Although Laue and others who grew up still respected Li Qiwei, they still had more ambitions to compete.
Among the younger generation, several newcomers have emerged.
Schrödinger, a 22-year-old doctoral student at the University of Vienna in Austria, became infinitely curious about Li Qiwei.
“Quantum theory is really interesting.”
Lawrence Bragg, 19, graduated last year with a bachelor's degree in mathematics.
This year he came to the UK with his father, preparing to be admitted to Professor Thomson's graduate school like Bohr.
And those younger generations are still ignorant teenagers at this moment.
The 17-year-old de Broglie will graduate from middle school in the middle of this year and then enter the University of Paris to study literature.
9-year-old Pauli, 8-year-old Heisenberg, and 7-year-old Dirac are still little kids now, and they don’t know what fate awaits them.
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Before Li Qiwei actually arrived, the world of physics had already begun to be turbulent.
Everyone wants to know what the story is about that unparalleled genius who once shocked the world of physics.
After he came back, he was a talent that was ignored by everyone, but he still accumulated a lot of experience and reached the top.
But no matter how you say it, Bruce's return can be called: the return of the king!
(End of this chapter)