Chapter 302 Just a hint of the Prime Minister’s breath, the Nobel Prize winner couldn’t bear it
December 10, 1911.
Since Li Qiwei revealed the Pangu plan to Qian Wushi and others, his body and mind have been greatly liberated.
Spark Project, Science City Project, Pangu Project.
The three major plans are progressive and complementary to each other, working together to achieve one goal.
Each plan can be subdivided into many smaller plans.
All the specific contents are written in Li Qiwei's private notes.
Only he knows.
Now, his profound layout has finally revealed the tip of the iceberg.
Thirty years of dormancy, just waiting for the day when the world will be shocked.
At the same time, the family has been sending frequent messages recently.
Local independence, New Army, Revolutionary Party, Yuan Shikai
Li Qiwei only pays attention to the most important information.
As long as the landmark events do not deviate from the historical track, it means that everything is still under control.
The various sufferings we face now pale into insignificance compared with those more than twenty years later.
No matter how cruel the civil war is, there is still a bottom line.
What Li Qiwei wants to change is also the history of more than 20 years later, a period that is unforgettable for China.
Currently, the only thing he cares about is domestic education.
I wonder if his successor will continue to implement his policies.
In real history, the Minister of Education of the Republic of China was changed 29 times in 10 years, which was just like a joke.
It is conceivable how domestic higher education will develop in this state.
In addition to knowing who the first minister was, Li Qiwei didn't know the rest at all.
Being far away in the UK, he was beyond his reach and could only wait until he returned to Borneo to take action again.
At that time, no matter who takes office, domestic university education policies cannot be significantly changed.
Li Qiwei will also find ways to obtain more education funds.
Domestic education is related to his future Pangu plan.
Tens of thousands of college students are not so easy to cultivate.
Li Qiwei shook his head and retracted his thoughts. It was still too late.
Just do the things in front of you step by step.
Now, he is presiding over the doctoral graduation defense of seven people including Bohr.
King's College London borrows heavily from Cambridge University's strategy.
I started to prepare for this defense half a month in advance.
After all, graduating seven PhDs at one time is extremely rare in the UK and even around the world.
The key is that these 7 people are well-deserved, and it is more than enough to obtain the qualifications for doctoral graduation.
So this defense attracted almost all physics practitioners in the UK.
Whether they are professors or students, everyone wants to come and observe this defense and witness a miraculous moment.
Li Qiwei also invited Thomson, Rutherford, Old Bragg, Bakla and others to serve as members of the defense committee.
Back then, Li Qiwei was known as the strongest doctoral student in the history of Cambridge University.
Now Bohr and others are not bad at all.
They are all new geniuses in physics.
This defense lasted for three days.
One day for Bohr, one day for Qian Wushi, Deng Huzhou, and Deng Huaining, and one day for Chris, Gregory, and Yu Yin.
The contents of the seven people’s defense were all very exciting because of Li Qiwei’s deliberate request.
Focus on logic and thinking, rather than simply piling up experimental data.
From a systematic perspective, explain the purpose and role of each study.
Refreshing and inspiring.
The students in the audience were taking notes all the time, and some even broke several pens.
Li Qiwei felt funny when he saw this.
In this era, there are no mobile phones, so when you see good things, you can only copy them by hand.
He thought about his future life. College classes were very simple.
The teacher played the PPT on the stage, and the students took pictures with their mobile phones below.
After the PPT is finished, the class is over.
It is not students who learn knowledge, but mobile phones.
In the end, with the applause of everyone, seven Bohrs successfully graduated with Ph.D.s and became respected Ph.D.s from then on.
Bohr and others were extremely excited.
Li Qiwei shook hands and hugged each of them, patted their shoulders and said some words of encouragement.
“Your future is infinitely exciting!”
Bohr and others’ eyes were red, and the influence of Professor Bruce will be with them throughout their lives.
Next, Bohr, Chris, Gregory and others said goodbye to Li Qiwei.
They will start their own independent lives respectively.
After receiving Li Qiwei's recommendation letter, the University of Copenhagen did not dare to neglect it.
I contacted Bohr immediately and offered him the position of professor of theoretical physics.
Bohr was ecstatic. He was about to marry his girlfriend Margaret. It was a double happiness.
After hearing Chris’ request, Gerald originally wanted to continue bargaining.
But the other person’s next words blocked him.
No matter how black-hearted the capitalist is, he can only submit obediently when faced with Li Qiwei.
Sir Lockyer officially retired and handed over "Nature" to Gregory.
The latter will also begin his reform plan.
As for the four members of Qian’s Fifth Division, they will stay in Europe for about a year.
During this period, they were a bit like postdocs of later generations, visiting and studying in various universities and research institutes.
Accumulate rich construction experience and prepare for the next trip to Borneo.
After the defense, Rutherford stayed and chatted with Li Qiwei.
"Bruce, what are your plans next?"
"Are you going to recruit a few more doctoral students?"
"Now you don't have any students. It feels very relaxing.”
Li Qiwei smiled and said: "No, I still have a Hubble."
Rutherford smiled: "He is not your student."
"Professor Michelson can't bear to leave them. America’s good seedling.”
Li Qiwei laughed.
“I should not recruit any more doctoral students for the time being.”
"Next, I plan to concentrate on completing the general theory of relativity."
"Teaching doctoral students does take up a lot of my time."
Rutherford was surprised when he heard this. "Bruce, is your general theory of relativity finally completed?"
Li Qiwei nodded and said coaxingly: "All the problems have been figured out."
"Next It’s just the process of sorting out and writing.”
Wow!
Even though he was mentally prepared, Rutherford was still shocked.
That’s the general theory of relativity.
The special theory of relativity has turned physics upside down.
Rutherford could not imagine what kind of shock the general theory of relativity would bring to everyone.
"Bruce, I really can't imagine what kind of theory can make a genius like you spend ten years."
"Since ancient times, whether it is Newton or Maxwell, these top geniuses have never It didn’t take ten years to create a theory.”
“I’m afraid that once your general theory of relativity is published, the entire physics community will tremble.”
“Can you tell me how difficult it is? Where."
Li Qiwei smiled softly.
"How should I put it? I think there are two most difficult points, one is mathematics and the other is thinking."
Rutherford nodded and said: "I can understand mathematics. What does thinking mean."
Li Qiwei thought for a while and said something that Rutherford will never forget. "Rutherford, if I said that gravity does not exist and is just an illusion, would you believe it?"
Boom!
Rutherford only felt thunder exploding in his mind.
His mouth opened wide and his eyes widened.
The dignified Nobel laureate was as surprised as a primary school student at this moment.
It's not that Rutherford has become stupid, but that Li Qiwei's words are so outrageous.
So much so that Rutherford thought Ridgway was crazy.
"Oh my God, Bruce, do you know what you're talking about?"
"Gravity doesn't exist? Are you kidding me?"
"If gravity doesn't exist, How can you stand on this planet now?"
"How can the earth move around the sun if gravity does not exist?"
"Bruce, tell me, you. You must have been kidding me just now.”
Rutherford lost his temper with excitement.
Gravity does not exist?
This is even more incredible than telling him that Newton does not exist.
Because even if Newton did not exist, someone else would have discovered the law of gravity.
But Li Qiwei now directly said that gravity does not exist.
This is not a fantasy.
The law of universal gravitation has been around for hundreds of years.
Big enough to explain the movement of celestial bodies, small enough to determine the trajectory of a car.
Although the law of universal gravitation cannot yet explain the perihelion problem of Mercury.
But everyone believes that it is just that the theory may have some kind of flaw.
Maybe a patch would do the trick.
But no one will think that there is something wrong with gravity.
People feel gravity every day.
You told me that gravity does not exist?
Rutherford felt that either Ridgway was crazy or he was crazy.
Obviously, the latter is more likely to be crazy.
Li Qiwei sighed and said with a smile: "This is what I call a thinking problem."
"Even you can't believe my theory, what do you think other people will think of it? "
"But no matter what you think, my theory will definitely not be wrong."
Rutherford was shocked at this moment. He did not expect Li Qiwei to be so confident and domineering.
"Bruce, have you really proved that gravity does not exist?"
Li Qiwei solemnly said: "Yes."
"This is also the question that has troubled me for the longest time."
“I need completely new mathematical tools to describe this phenomenon.”
Rutherford could no longer hear any words.
His mind went blank.
He was frightened by Li Qiwei's conclusion.
If this was really the case, he could no longer imagine the impact that general relativity would have on physics.
"Oh God, everyone will go crazy."
Li Qiwei looked at Rutherford with a lot of emotions in his heart.
He deliberately said that gravity does not exist just to see the other party's reaction.
Obviously, the horror of general relativity has been reflected.
Even physics masters like Rutherford had this shocking reaction.
Just a hint of general relativity made big guys like Rutherford crazy.
Not to mention others.
In real history, when General Relativity was first published, no more than 10 people in the world could understand it.
This is really not bragging.
On the one hand, it is because the mathematical formulas used in it are too advanced.
On the other hand, the physical ideas contained in it are too profound and cannot be imagined by ordinary people.
It’s like teaching calculus to a primary school student.
He couldn't imagine what the process was like.
In fact, the so-called "gravity does not exist" is not accurate.
General relativity tells us that the essence of gravity is the curvature of space-time.
So many people think that gravity is not a force.
There are actually a lot of misunderstandings here.
It’s also very complicated to explain.
First of all, what is "force"? Only by clarifying this question can it make sense to talk about gravity.
Force is not a basic concept, it appears along with Newton's second law.
Newton never defined the nature of force.
The four basic forces often mentioned in later generations: electromagnetic force, strong force, weak force, and gravity.
According to quantum field theory, the essence of electromagnetic force, strong force, and weak force is interaction.
Take electromagnetic force as an example. Two particles interact by exchanging photons.
This process seems to us to be generating force.
There is nothing wrong if you call this entire state electromagnetic force.
For gravity, everyone knows that it is the curvature of space and time.
But if you regard the curvature of space-time causing objects to move and this state as gravity, then gravity exists.
So, the key lies in the definition of force.
But the problem with gravity is that the so-called "gravitons" will not be exchanged if there is a gravitational force between two objects.
The other three forces will exchange their own unique "children".
This is the biggest contradiction between quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity.
It is also the core reason for the inability to unify.
Quantum mechanics can explain gravity only if gravitons exist.
But the theory of relativity does not require gravitons and can explain gravity using the curvature of space and time.
This is the greatness of the theory of relativity.
Of course, it is impossible for Li Qiwei to say all this now.
(Don’t worry, this book will gradually explain these concepts to you.)
(It’s enough to have a rough idea for the time being, and it will not affect your understanding of the subsequent general theory of relativity.)
Luther It took Fu a full ten minutes to recover.
At this moment, his face was flushed, and it was obvious that he had been too excited just now.
"Bruce, I'm a little worried about your general theory of relativity now."
"Such an incredible conclusion, can it really be correct?"
"You must have gone crazy because you have been studying it for too long."
Li Qiwei's forehead A black line appeared, and I was speechless.
"Rutherford, what I just said is that gravity does not exist, and it is very complicated to explain."
"You can only understand my thinking after you see my paper. ”
"The world is far from as simple as we imagined."
Rutherford did not speak again this time, but carefully understood the meaning of Li Qiwei's words.
In front of a Nobel laureate, he said that the world is not simple.
I am afraid that only Li Qiwei is qualified to say it.
If ordinary people were like this, Rutherford would just think that the other person was an idiot, pretending to be serious.
He is now thinking that when Li Qiwei's paper is published, he will study it carefully.
However, soon, Rutherford will doubt himself for the first time in his life, and at the same time burst into foul language.
“Damn, I never thought that I would be unable to understand a physics paper.”
“Bruce, you are going too far!”
( End of chapter)