Chapter 311 The Ten Years of Broadcasting Shocked the World! Who in the world doesn’t know you! (2)
July 15, 1912.
This day seems ordinary.
But for a very small number of caring people in the physics community, this day is very important.
Because it's about a promise.
The promise of a top physicist.
Ten years ago, on July 15, 1902, the biggest event in the world of physics was probably the symposium on the theory of relativity.
At that meeting, Einstein was defeated by the doubts of many big shots.
Special relativity has frequent loopholes and is in danger.
At this critical moment, Bruce stepped forward and fought against many physics giants with his own strength.
That domineering figure was unforgettable for everyone.
At the end of the meeting, Bruce made a bold statement that was earth-shattering and shocked the world.
“Within ten years, I will publish the general theory of relativity.”
Boom!
At that time, everyone in the house was shocked and the heroes were shocked.
Time flies, and time flies by.
Today.
Ten years have arrived.
The true God returns.
The old king will eventually tremble, and the new emperor will have no choice but to surrender!
"Nature" headquarters, 2 o'clock in the morning.
The brightly lit office is a busy scene.
Who said that capitalist countries don’t work overtime.
As long as the money is in place, staying up all night is not a problem.
Gregory stood in front of the window of his office, overlooking the night view of central London.
He held a cigarette in his right hand and was shaking slightly.
Tomorrow morning, the world will be shaken!
And he can be regarded as the person who started the era.
What a blessing this is!
As Li Qiwei's doctoral student, Gregory certainly clearly remembers the time of Guangxiang's promise.
Therefore, he mobilized all his strength, raced against time, and finally completed all proofreading and typesetting before this day.
Guaranteed.
The paper was checked five times, not a single letter was missed.
Although Li Qiwei did not ask him, it actually doesn’t matter if he delays it for a few days.
But Gregory's respect for Li Qiwei has reached its peak, just like worshiping a god.
He did not allow Professor Bruce to have any stain.
Ten years is ten years, not even one more day!
So, he gave the death order.
No matter what the time difference is.
He wants the general theory of relativity to spread throughout the world as soon as possible.
Now, the three Parkers are in close communication with the "Nature" branches in various places.
Using the most advanced radio currently produced by Marconi Company, the 102-page paper can be sent to all parts of the world at the speed of light, regardless of wind and rain.
It is guaranteed that all countries in their own time zones will receive the single-issue paper on general relativity at 10 o'clock this morning. (Don’t worry about the time, just enjoy it)
Everything is ready!
The night recedes and dawn comes.
July 15th at 6 o'clock in the morning.
More than ten people suddenly appeared outside the headquarters of "Nature".
They are the couriers hired by Gregory.
Dedicated to professors who are willing to serve as journal reviewers, the latest Nature papers will be sent in advance.
This is also an invisible benefit.
It’s a status symbol that money can’t buy.
One of the people who needs to be sent is Professor Thomson of Cambridge University.
9 o'clock in the morning, Cavendish Laboratory.
Thomson and his son Thomson Jr. were talking in the office.
Little Thomson will graduate next year.
As a father, he has to plan for his son's future.
Thomson showed his character and talent since childhood, and Thomson did not hesitate to let his son enter the academic circle.
Only in this way can his huge influence pave the way for his son.
"You first prepare yourself for graduation."
"Whether you stay at Cavendish, or go to Bruce or Rutherford, it depends on your choice."
"From now on, you have to consider the direction you are interested in."
"Physics has developed very much."
"It is impossible to have a generalist anymore."
"Find a clear direction and conduct in-depth research to achieve good results."
Little Thomson was dissatisfied, "Father, is Professor Bruce considered a generalist?"
Thomson was stunned and laughed and scolded: "You brat, you are quarreling with your father."
Little Thomson chuckled.
While the father and son were talking, someone suddenly knocked on the door.
Thomson said: "Please come in."
Suddenly a young man came in, and Thomson was impressed by him.
The other person is from the journal "Nature" and often comes to deliver the latest issue of papers on time.
“But today seems not to be the day for publication.”
“Why did someone come to send the paper.”
Thomson was a little puzzled, but he still took it. Paper
The young man didn't talk much. After bringing the paper, he went out respectfully.
Little Thomson was very curious. After taking the paper from his father, he sat down directly and prepared to read it.
“Hey, today’s journal seems a little heavier.”
He didn’t care at first and opened the first page at will.
Suddenly, he was startled and jumped up.
“General Relativity!”
"Oh, my God, it turned out to be Professor Bruce's general theory of relativity."
"Oh my God, Professor Bruce really fulfilled his promise. Ten years later, he published the general theory of relativity."
Little Thomson couldn't help roaring.
My hands were shaking with excitement.
Almost scared Thomson.
At this time, Wilson, who happened to be passing by, was attracted by little Thomson's voice and came over.
"What's the matter, George?"
Little Thomson grabbed Wilson and shouted excitedly: "Professor Bruce's general theory of relativity has been published."
Wow. !
Wilson swept the floor and got into the office.
At this moment, Thomson couldn't calm down anymore.
He quickly walked to his son.
Little Thomson quickly handed the paper to his father.
"Quick, father, open it quickly, let's watch it together."
Thomson suppressed his excitement and immediately sat down in his seat.
Then start from the beginning.
Little Thomson and Wilson stood aside, their eyes as wide as bells.
The rough air produced by their breathing almost hit Thomson's neck.
“The limitations of special relativity!”
“Two basic principles of general relativity!”
"The essence of gravity is the curvature of space-time!"
"Riemannian geometry!"
"Bruce field equation!"
"One solution to the universe!"
Boom!
When Thomson hurriedly turned over these contents, the three people present felt thunder exploding in their minds.
It was a violent force that went straight to the Tianling Cap.
The biggest shock in the world is this.
As for why it is so fast, the reason is very simple.
Even Thomson couldn't understand the dozens of pages of mathematical derivation.
"Positive curvature."
"Metric tensor."
"Geodesics."
"The structure of space-time."
"Distribution of matter .”
Thomson thought that he couldn't understand it, and little Thomson and Wilson could only be blinded.
But they can’t understand the formula, but they can completely understand the conclusion derived from the formula.
Because these are purely physical contents.
It’s just a bit too shocking.
It was so shocking that even Nobel laureate Thomson thought it was a fantasy and unbelievable.
It's like something from another time and space.
Wilson was stunned by shock at this moment.
He murmured: "Oh my God, what kind of weirdo did Bruce express?"
"Gravity does not exist, it is just the appearance of the curvature of space and time?"
“I feel like I must be crazy, otherwise how could I see such a crazy theory.”
Little Thomson's heart was filled with huge waves. Rutherford also asked him before what was the most difficult thing about mathematics.
At that time, he remembered that he seemed to have mentioned Riemannian geometry.
I didn’t expect that Professor Bruce actually used Riemannian geometry in his paper.
And just by looking at the mind-blowing formula, you can understand how profound Professor Bruce's attainments in differential geometry are.
At least he, an undergraduate who specializes in mathematics, couldn't understand a single thing.
He had never even seen some of the symbols and had no idea what they meant.
“God, is this the terrifying power of Professor Bruce?”
“Can anyone really understand this paper?”
“I’m afraid Those weaker mathematicians can’t understand the derivation process.”
"Father, can you understand?"
Thomson was as shocked as the two of them at this moment.
As the world's top physicist, he can better understand the significance of Li Qiwei's paper.
The general theory of relativity plus the special theory of relativity is equivalent to overthrowing the entire Newtonian mechanical system.
Newtonian mechanics is only an approximation of the theory of relativity.
In other words, Li Qiwei single-handedly rebuilt a larger and more sophisticated physical framework.
Newtonian mechanics is included.
This cannot be described as genius.
“Bruce is beyond genius.”
“He is not on the same level as any of us.”
"Whether you are a top physicist or a physicist who is not even a physicist."
"In front of Bruce, there is no difference."
"I I dare say that there should be no more than 5 people in the world who can definitely understand this paper."
"At least I can't understand it."
"It's used in this paper. Mathematics knowledge is something I have never heard of.”
"Bruce, he is going to blow the whole physics sky."
Hiss!
After hearing Thomson's words, Wilson and Little Thomson felt a chill in their hearts.
Even Professor Thomson expressed such emotion.
This paper is simply not something a human could come up with.
It’s really outrageous.
At this time, little Thomson suddenly said: "Father, keep turning back, there seem to be a few pages behind."
Thomson quickly turned back.
“Proof of general relativity.”
“Using the Bruce field equation to obtain an approximate solution can perfectly explain the precession of Mercury’s perihelion.”
Wow!
The three of them were shocked again.
Bruce not only derived the general theory of relativity through two axioms.
Even proof cases are given.
That is the problem of Mercury's motion that has troubled physicists for decades.
Little Thomson said excitedly: "I know this."
"When Professor Bruce went to the United States to study, he raised this issue in his speech at Princeton University."
"He was then He also said that his general theory of relativity can solve it."
"I didn't expect all this to be true."
"Professor Bruce finally did it."
"General relativity easily solves the difficult problem that even Newton's law of gravity cannot solve."
"Oh my God, this is too exaggerated."
"I don't know what to do anymore. Describe him.”
“He is simply like a god.”
After listening to Little Thomson’s explanation, Thomson and Wilson were shocked at the same time.
By this time, the two of them had no doubts about general relativity.
Those dauntingly complex mathematics, since Bruce dares to publish them, it means they must be right.
With the other party's amazing talent, it makes sense to understand these mathematical knowledge.
And it took him ten years.
It’s scary just thinking about it.
Ten years for an average person may be nothing.
Even ordinary physicists, their ten years are nothing.
But that’s Bruce!
You can imagine the difficulty of mathematics, which even took him ten years to understand.
Wilson said blankly: "No wonder Bruce said he wanted to supplement his mathematical knowledge. It turns out that's the case."
"It's no wonder he spends time studying such complicated and unpopular mathematics."
The three of them couldn't help but nodded.
Obviously they were shocked by Li Qiwei’s ten years of hard training.
Thomson sighed: "He must have been under a lot of pressure in the past ten years."
"He must have suffered a lot."
Li Qiwei: Teacher, you think too much. I am very happy.
Suddenly, little Thomson spoke again.
"Father, okay. It seems that the paper is not over yet."
"Hurry up and continue reading."
Thomson reacted and continued to read.
This flipping almost caused a heart attack.
In the last part of the paper, there is a big title.
——
[Five major predictions about general relativity. 】
Prophecy 1: Light bends.
Light travels along space-time, and as long as there is mass, its space-time will bend, causing light to bend.
When light passes through a massive celestial body, due to the large curvature of space and time, the path of the light will also undergo obvious observable bends.
In addition, according to the bending of light, effects such as gravitational lensing will also occur.
Prediction 2: Gravitational red shift.
Due to the effect of the strong gravitational field, the wavelength of electromagnetic waves emitted from massive celestial bodies will become longer, resulting in a red shift.
On the contrary, when light enters a strong gravitational field, it will undergo a blue shift.
Prophecy Three: Black Hole.
Suppose there is a celestial body with an extremely strong material structure that bends space and time so that even light cannot escape its surface.
In the eyes of observers, it should be a black area that does not emit any electromagnetic waves.
I named this conjectured celestial body "BlackHole".
According to the Bruce field equation, I think we should be able to find the corresponding exact solution.
Prediction 4: Gravitational waves.
The changing curvature of space-time creates ripples that propagate outward in the form of waves at the speed of light.
Or it can be understood as: it takes time for "gravity" to propagate in the gravitational field.
Changes in mass will cause changes in the gravitational field. The changing gravitational force is transmitted outward like water waves, so it is called "gravitational wave".
Note: Although this paper denies the existence of "gravity", it names the result of the curvature of space and time as gravity.
This will merge with the law of universal gravitation and not violate the general theory of relativity.
Prediction 5: The expansion of the universe.
According to the evolution of the Bruce field equation and theoretical derivation, the universe may be expanding.
——
The above predictions are only theoretical predictions and need to be verified experimentally.
Attachment: This paper does not need to refer to any literature.
Boom!
When Thomson, Junior Thomson, and Wilson finished reading the last part, the room was eerily silent.
Even the sound of breathing was gone.
The three of them were like sculptures, motionless, staring blankly at the paper.
At this moment, it was as if a supernova explosion had occurred in their minds.
I have completely lost consciousness of everything in reality.
I don’t know how long it has been.
Thomson finally recovered from the state where time stood still.
He stretched out a finger with difficulty and said intermittently: "This and this."
In the end, nothing was said.
Little Thomson and Wilson had no reaction at all.
They did not answer Thomson's words, and still looked at the five predictions motionlessly.
I don’t know how much time has passed.
hiss!
Wilson gasped, feeling like all the bones in his body were being pulled out.
Even the soul is frozen.
The shock of the five prophecies to him was as if the Creator appeared, stood in front of him personally, and demonstrated to him the vastness of the universe.
It is a mythical scene that will shock you beyond measure just by imagining it.
"Oh my God, my God."
"Bruce's paper was ahead of its time."
"It doesn't belong in our world at all."
“I can’t imagine what kind of shock will happen to the world of physics next.”
Little Thomson murmured: “It’s funny that I am still called a genius.”
"I'm not even qualified to shine Professor Bruce's shoes."
One sentence without referring to any literature is so overbearing that it shakes time and space!
The overbearing figure seemed to burst out of the paper, overlooking all the pitiful academic research in the world.
Thomson shouted: "Physics will start a new era starting from today."
"In a few hours, I'm afraid the whole world will boil."
(End of this chapter)