Chapter 217 The meeting list is announced, and it’s well deserved!
On August 30, 1909, the latest issue of the journal "Nature" announced the list of participants of the first Bruce Conference.
Suddenly, one stone stirred up a thousand waves.
Personnel in the physics field all over the world are rushing to subscribe to the journal and want to know which great minds have been selected.
The list article contains detailed information about each physicist, including position, nationality, research results, etc.
Among them, there is no Ridgwayian classification method for the levels of physicists.
Because that is a private division.
Scientific journals, scientific magazines, newspaper reviews, friends’ comments, etc. can be compared at will.
But in such a formal occasion, it is not suitable to be placed on the table.
There are high and low levels of achievement in physics, and there are levels of physicists, but there is no hierarchy among physicists.
According to statistics by country, the participants are as follows:
UK: Lord Rayleigh, Thomson, Rutherford, Bruce
Germany: Roentgen, Planck, Nernst, Wei En, Sommerfeld
France: Marie Curie, Lippmann, Langevin
Netherlands: Lorenz
Switzerland: Einstein
United States: Michelson, Millikan
Once the list was announced, the whole world was shocked!
“It’s really a gathering of stars. I can’t imagine what kind of status this conference will have in the history of physics.”
“Bruce said that the theme of the conference is classical physics and modern physics. , is it possible that the Newtonian mechanics and Maxwellian electromagnetism we learned before will be classified as classical physics? ”
"Oh, my God! Electromagnetism has only been around for a long time, is it going to become an antique?"
"What will modern physics include?"
"I just want to ask. In a word, do young people still have a chance? "
Countless physics practitioners are talking about it.
It can be seen from the list that there are both older generation physicists and newer physicists.
This fit well with the theme of the meeting.
This is a collision of old and new physics.
Newton, Maxwell, Clausius and others are already history.
Physicists who grew up under their system encountered unprecedented difficulties.
And the participants of this meeting will create new history!
However, some complained that the meeting had a fatal flaw.
That’s because the number of people is too small!
Including Li Qiwei himself, the organizer, there were only 16 participants.
But this fully illustrates the value of this conference.
The achievements of any one person are worthy of the test of all physicists.
At this time, no one doubted the importance of this meeting.
More than a dozen super bosses in the field of physics gathered together to discuss the core issues.
The big guys are paving the way for the future of physics, and latecomers just have to follow.
In real history, there were 23 participants in the first Solvay Conference, including Solvay.
It also includes mathematicians like Poincaré and Lindemann.
Now, Li Qiwei invited all pure physicists.
This list has also been questioned.
That's why Sommerfeld and Langevin were selected.
In real history, these two people were also participants in the first Solvay Conference.
But now, because of Li Qiwei’s appeal, the value of the first Bruce Conference is much higher than that of the original Solvay Conference.
Nobel Prize winners account for more than half.
The rest also have special physical research results.
So, among these big guys, Sommerfeld and Langevin appear to be slightly inferior.
Li Qiwei did not explain much about this.
Because only he knows that these two people will lead to very important people and very important results in the next ten years.
However, even if they are a little weaker, they do not violate Li Qiwei's principles, and the results can stand the test.
University of Munich, Germany.
The 41-year-old Sommerfeld came to the University of Munich from the Technical Institute of Aachen in 1906 and took over Boltzmann's position as a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Munich.
He, Hilbert and Minkowski are all fellow countrymen.
In real history, Einstein admired Sommerfeld very much and once said: "If I were in Munich, I would definitely learn physics from you."
Einstein, who had always had a very high vision, had such an attitude towards Sommerfeld, which shows his charm of personality.
In the near future, Sommerfeld supplemented Bohr's quantum orbital theory.
He also had two students, one named Pauli and the other named Heisenberg.
The Department of Physics of the University of Munich led by him, and the physics of the University of Göttingen led by Born, together with the institute led by Bohr, will become the "golden triangle" of quantum mechanics.
At this moment, Sommerfeld was discussing the list with his academic assistant Laue.
After Laue graduated from Planck, he made a special trip to Switzerland to visit Einstein, becoming a lifelong friend and now working under Sommerfeld.
"Laue, Einstein seems to have a very good relationship with you."
"Now, he has become famous and has received an invitation from Bruce."
"Don't think too much."
Laue smiled and said: "Professor, don't worry."
"My friendship with Einstein will not change because of our status."
"I will only be happy for his achievements."
"Also, my X-ray research It’s the last minute.”
“I am confident that the nature of X-rays will be proven within three years.”
Sommerfeld said happily: “I am very optimistic about your research. . "I think it will definitely be a Nobel Prize-level achievement."
"Laue, keep at it, your achievements will not be worse than Einstein's."
Laue smiled happily.
At this time, Sommerfeld suddenly said jokingly: "I just don't know why Bruce invited me."
"There is still a certain gap between me and Röntgen and other big guys."< br>
Laue smiled and said: "Professor, you are too humble."
"Your achievements in metal electron theory and electromagnetism are obvious to all, and you belong to the seniors in the world of physics."
" And you took over Professor Boltzmann’s position.”
“You should be invited to this meeting anyway.”
Sommerfeld sighed: “I guess I can’t. I can participate in this session.”
"Depending on Bruce's idea, this meeting may be held regularly in the future."
"The future is your young people's world."
"Now Born is a lecturer at the University of Göttingen , you can talk to him more when you have time."
Laue said: "I also have a good relationship with Born. We have attended the young scholars conference organized by Bruce before."
< br>At this time, Sommerfeld's doctoral student, Debye, came over. He wanted to ask his supervisor about the experiment.
Sommerfeld and Laue ended their conversation.
On the other side, at the Collège de France, 37-year-old Lang Zhivin was communicating with a young man.
"Morris, your request has been answered by Professor Bruce."
"He has agreed to your appointment as Scientific Secretary of the first Bruce Conference."
"And Together with Professor Bruce’s doctoral student Bohr, they were jointly responsible for recording the content of the meeting.”
The young man named Morris clenched his fists heavily and looked extremely happy.
"Thank you, professor, for giving me the opportunity to participate in this scientific feast."
Lang Zhiwan looked at the man in front of him who was only 3 years younger than himself, and felt very emotional in his heart.
Although the other party graduated with a doctorate under him last year, he never treated him as an ordinary student.
Because his name is Maurice de Broglie.
The de Broglie family is a French aristocratic family that has lasted for hundreds of years.
The ancestor of the family was made a hereditary duke by Louis XIV.
The De Broglie family has produced a prime minister, a parliamentary leader, many ministers and ambassadors abroad, and has provided three generals and many senior officers for the French army.
The family’s prominence is well known in France.
Maurice de Broglie inherited his father's title in 1906 and became the sixth Duke of Broglie.
And his younger brother Louis de Broglie is the super genius who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his doctoral thesis and the future seventh generation Duke of Broglie.
Although Maurice de Broglie was a distinguished Duke, he was very obsessed with natural sciences, especially physics.
After graduating with his doctorate last year, he established a laboratory by himself to specialize in the study of X-rays.
There is no way, the huge manor at home is too empty, so I have to get some experimental equipment to fill it up.
I have to say that the thinking of Europeans is indeed very different from that of the East.
If Maurice de Broglie's identity were replaced by his Chinese counterpart, Li Qiwei might not even be able to imagine what they would do.
Especially in the feudal era, human life was as cheap as a pig or a dog.
Thinking about it this way, it is not unreasonable that Europe’s natural sciences are developed.
When Maurice de Broglie heard the news about the first blues conference, he was immediately excited.
He knew that with his research level, he would definitely not be invited by Li Qiwei.
So he found another way and wanted to sit in as a secretary.
Unexpectedly, it was actually allowed.
Maurice de Broglie was very happy.
He knew that Bruce must be affected by his identity.
If Li Qiwei were here, he would definitely sneer at it.
Counting a ball, a duke can have several divisions.
Even the King of England, although he has no strength for the time being, will not take it seriously.
They are just defeated generals in the future, nothing to worry about.
The reason why he agreed to let Maurice de Broglie come was that Li Qiwei did not want to change the original history.
Because after Maurice returns, he will share the content of the meeting with his brother Louis de Broglie.
Louis de Broglie would be influenced, fall in love with physics, and later publish his famous matter wave theory.
Everything is under Li Qiwei's control.
When he announced the list, he received basically unanimous approval.
Physicists all over the world are looking forward to this meeting.
Li Qiwei also said that all the contents of this conference will be published in a book for interested people to pick up and read.
Ridgway made Bohr the secretary of the conference, which was a small change in history.
Bohr and Einstein will meet nearly ten years earlier.
Will the two of them still have the debate of the century in this life? Li Qiwei is looking forward to it.
Okay, the preparation is over.
(End of this chapter)