Chapter 327 One cow, two cloth and three wheat! I, Bruce, am the best in the world!
The first two days of the second blues conference passed so smoothly.
The content at the conference is destined to set off another storm in physics.
Although the concept of a grand unified theory will not be disclosed for the time being.
But the future of quantum theory at the meeting is still blockbuster news in the physics world.
The current quantum theory is the original special theory of relativity.
If anyone can perfect quantum theory, it will be equivalent to proposing the general theory of relativity.
And Bruce said personally at the meeting: The complete quantum theory should be a great theory comparable to the theory of relativity.
Even the comeback term quantum mechanics has been spread.
Countless people are going crazy.
They want to be the next Bruce, comparable to Newton.
Of course, everyone knows it.
The general theory of relativity was completed by Bruce alone.
As for quantum theory, according to the predictions of the big guys, there should be many people participating.
If it is dispersed to a single person, it will naturally not be as good as Bruce’s achievements.
In short, although the two theories are comparable, there are differences in personal achievements.
But no one cares.
Being able to be one level lower than Bruce is already a realm that countless people cannot aspire to.
It is unthinkable for anyone to perfect quantum theory by oneself.
If the meetings of the first two days were just something that physicists are looking forward to.
Then the meeting on the last day attracted the attention of the whole world.
Except for the twenty people on the Iron Throne, no one knows what kind of doubts the general theory of relativity has withstood.
Countless spectators outside the venue were very curious and couldn’t help but want to know quickly.
If Planck and others knew what they were thinking, they would be helpless.
“There is no doubt about the general theory of relativity, just wait for experiments to verify it.”
November 1, 1912.
Today is the third and last day of the 2nd Blues Conference.
Unlike the first meeting, today’s meeting will be open to everyone.
Bruce will publicly explain his general theory of relativity in front of countless people.
Accept questions from any field.
If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight.
General relativity is too famous.
It is so big that everyone in the world is familiar with it.
In contrast, Li Qiwei rose to the top in one step and became the world's number one physicist and scientist.
He is the symbol and synonym for science.
With such an honor, his theory must withstand all tests.
Not just physics.
The meeting on the third day was not held at the Langham Hotel.
Because there were so many people participating, the hotel simply didn’t have such a big room.
On the advice of Lord Rayleigh and Thomson.
The venue for the meeting was finally chosen in the Lecture Hall of the Royal Society.
Li Qiwei dreamed back to twelve years ago.
At that time, he stood like an ant. In the eyes of Europeans, he was a young man who came from an uncivilized area and did not know the heights of the world.
And now, in the same place, he will overlook the entire world like a god.
Twelve years to the east of Hedong, twelve years to the west of Hexi, don’t bully young people into poverty!
Li Qiwei also began to understand the Royal Society after returning to Europe.
Because Professor Thomson once told him privately that many people in the Royal Society supported his election as a foreign academician.
The Royal Society, also known as the Royal Academy of Sciences, was founded in 1660.
Before this, it was just a small scientific group with more than a dozen people.
Later, with the onset of the industrial revolution, it developed rapidly.
By 1800, the Royal Society had more than 500 members, also known as academicians.
This academician is not quite the same as the academicians of later generations.
No matter the status or the funds at their disposal, they are all different.
Moreover, the academician election at that time was quite chaotic, and it was not even entirely based on scientific results.
So there are many so-called honorary members who are actually just filling up their membership through connections.
By 1847, as science developed more and more rapidly, the scientific system became larger and larger.
It is possible to fully compare the true strength of scientists.
It’s easy to tell who is awesome and who is bad.
It would be inappropriate to continue to ignore scientific results.
Reform must be made!
Therefore, the Royal Society takes this opportunity to officially announce that all future nominations for academicians must be based on their own scientific achievements.
Only those whose scientific achievements meet the standards are eligible to be nominated as academicians of the Royal Society.
After a certain number of academicians vote in favor, you can officially become an academician of the Royal Society.
Since then, the Royal Society has become a veritable society of scientists and the most authoritative scientific institution in the British Empire.
It is at the same level as the British government and does not accept the jurisdiction of the government, but accepts government funding
Now it's about £5,000 a year.
The Royal Society has two major subject areas, one is physical subjects, such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, etc.
The other is biology.
Academicians of the society are divided into three categories: Royal Academicians, British Academicians and Foreign Academicians.
Among them, Royal Academicians, as the name suggests, are only produced by the royal family.
Because in this era, nobles especially like to do scientific research, so there are always people with extraordinary talents.
Although he cannot compare with the big guys, he is still qualified to be selected as an academician.
British academicians are academicians like Thomson, who are academicians of the Royal Society.
The last foreign academician was the one Thomson suggested Li Qiwei pay attention to.
The Royal Society stipulates that only a maximum of 4 foreign academicians can be elected each year.
This shows its gold content.
Only those who are definitely top leaders in their field are eligible to be nominated.
Elections to the Royal Society are held in March every year.
The various academicians newly elected this year will be selected at that time. There will only be a few but not many. The emphasis is on the lack of excess.
With Li Qiwei’s academic achievements at this time, becoming a foreign academician cannot be said to be more than enough, it can only be said to be a piece of cake.
The only thing you have to worry about is whether others choose you.
No matter how awesome you are, it’s useless if you have a grudge against everyone and look down on others.
After listening to Thomson’s introduction, Li Qiwei was indeed moved.
What moved him was not the glory that the title of foreign academician brought him.
To be honest, what he is now is glory in itself.
It is an honor for him to win the Nobel Prize; it is an honor for him to become a foreign academician of the Royal Society.
What Li Qiwei cares about is the meaning behind the name.
With the status of a foreign academician, he can truly live up to his reputation of building a city of science in Borneo.
The British Empire is now at its peak and dominates the world.
No matter how awesome Li Qiwei is, he still has to keep a low profile and hug his thighs tightly.
Therefore, he was determined to obtain this status as a foreign academician of the Royal Society.
With it, at least Ridgway would be considered a good citizen in the eyes of the British government.
It is convenient for him to grow up obscenely in Borneo.
So, he has decided to wait until next year to make good use of the Thomson line.
“The British Empire is quite reserved.”
"I have already published the general theory of relativity."
"You haven't even taken the initiative to extend an olive branch to me."
"Are you just waiting for me to take the initiative to ask?"
< br>"Hey, it seems like I can't be too anxious. I don't believe you are so worried."
Just when Li Qiwei was thinking about the academician's affairs, unknowingly, Li San reminded him that he had arrived. .
It is indeed the most authoritative academic institution in the UK and even the world.
The breath that hits my face is extremely thick.
He had never experienced and felt it before.
The first time was Lord Kelvin's report meeting.
He had just come to this world at that time, and it was impossible to have the leisure to pay attention to these things.
The second time was the quantum theory conference invited by Lord Kelvin.
He has to face the doubts of many big bosses. Although he looks calm and relaxed on the outside, his heart is still heavy.
This time, although there were more people participating, there were also more bosses.
On the contrary, Li Qiwei relaxed his whole body and felt an unprecedented tranquility.
Nothing in this world can cause his emotions to ripple.
Li Qiwei walked towards the lecture hall with firm steps.
At the main entrance of the Royal Society, an old man with white hair and white beard stood there in high spirits.
Beside him stood Thomson, Rutherford and others.
He is the current president of the Royal Society, William Crooks.
Famous British physicist and chemist.
He developed the cathode ray tube and laid the experimental conditions for the discovery of electrons.
He is the discoverer and namer of element No. 81 in the periodic table [thallium].
This is a true scientific predecessor, a figure of the same era as Maxwell. Crooks was only a year younger than Maxwell.
In front of him, Thomson could only consider himself a junior.
He is 80 years old this year, but he still stands upright and chats and laughs with the big guys from all over the world.
Soon, when Li Qiwei appeared, the door suddenly started to become noisy.
At this time, most people have entered the venue.
There is less than half an hour before the meeting starts.
Li Qiwei came here step by step.
This is the style of a big shot.
Crooks turned his head.
He recognized Li Qiwei at a glance.
Although he and Li Qiwei have no intersection.
But with that kind of momentum and that kind of look, he couldn't imagine anyone else except Li Qiwei.
At this moment, Crooks's mind suddenly appeared in those years when he was young.
That was the era when Maxwell suppressed everything.
He unified electricity and magnetism and amazed the entire physics community.
It has been passed down by word of mouth by countless people.
At that time, Crookes was just like ordinary physicists today.
One can only look up to Maxwell.
The other person is as dazzling as the sun in the sky.
“How I miss that era.”
Today, Crookes is the president of the Royal Society and is highly respected.
But he is very clear and self-aware.
He was able to receive such an honor not because of how great his achievements were, but because he lived long enough.
He is a living fossil in the world of physics.
He grew up with the peerless genius and witnessed each other's legend and end.
I thought I would take these wonderful meetings to my grave.
But now, when he was old, he met another genius like Maxwell.
How can you not feel emotional.
When Ridgway published quantum theory, Crooks didn't care.
Even when Li Qiwei published the special theory of relativity, he still didn't care.
Because he knew that even a genius like Bruce still had an insurmountable gap between him and Maxwell.
However, as soon as the Guangxiang came out, Crooks was shocked.
For a moment, he thought Maxwell was reborn.
The talent and beauty are so stunning that they suppressed an era.
This feeling is all too familiar to him.
I never expected that I would be able to see him for the second time in my lifetime.
“I have no regrets in this life.”
At this moment, Li Qiwei finally walked to the door.
In the surprise of Thomson and others.
Crooks took a step forward, reached out his hand, and sighed:
"It's so similar."
Li Qiwei also extended his hand respectfully, and the other party He is an old-timer like Lord Kelvin.
Worthy of respect from all.
"President Crooks, nice to meet you."
"I wonder what you mean?"
Crooks smiled He said:
"Bruce, you and Maxwell are really alike."
"Although one of you is Chinese and the other is British."
"But your temperament is the same."
"Seeing you makes me seem to see Maxwell."< br>
“My old friend, I would be very happy if he were here.”
“A young man who can rival him has appeared.”
"No, you have a bigger future than him!"
Li Qiwei felt embarrassed to be praised by Crooks in public.
The man in front of me is a big shot who has actually competed with Maxwell on the same stage.
A character who has fought against gods.
His praise far exceeds other people's evaluations.
"President Crookes, I am also sorry that I did not have the opportunity to be in the same era as Mr. Maxwell."
"Otherwise, I really want to compete with him."
< br>Crooks was startled when he heard this, and then burst into laughter.
It was so big that Ridgway doubted whether Crooks' body could bear it.
He could not imagine how an 80-year-old man could laugh so heartily.
"Hahaha, Bruce, you are just as rumored."
"You are sharp and scornful of everything."
"In your eyes, everyone is an object that can be surpassed. ."
"Not only Maxwell, but also Newton was rejected by you."
"Do you know that a ranking suddenly appeared in the physics world recently?
Li Qiwei was stunned. He really didn't know, "What ranking."
Crooks smiled and said: "In the level of physicists you classified."
"It counts. There are only three great physicists now: you, Newton, and Maxwell."
"But the three of you are ranked separately."
"One cow and two cloth. Three wheat.”
"Newton is first, Bruce is second, and Maxwell is third."
Wow!
Everyone around was shocked.
Thomson smiled, obviously he had also heard this statement.
Li Qiwei suddenly couldn’t laugh or cry.
I didn’t expect the rankings to come out so quickly.
It’s just that love turned into cloth.
“Haha, President Crooks, I think this ranking is just a prank on everyone.”
Unexpectedly, Crooks suddenly said seriously:
“ No, Bruce, you're wrong."
"As the person who knows Maxwell best in the world, I think this ranking is reasonable."
"Your achievements have indeed surpassed him."
"This is a fact that no one can deny."
“As for Newton, I am not qualified to evaluate.”
“So, I think this ranking is fair.”
boom!
At this time, even Thomson was shocked.
Who is Crooks?
President of the Royal Society, Sir, and physicist of the same generation as Maxwell
Although his achievements are not the top in the world.
But his vision must be the highest.
If someone else gave this ranking, I’m afraid no one would care.
But if Crooks said it himself, that would be different.
It is equivalent to qualitative.
It is impossible for Li Qiwei to evaluate himself.
Although once the general theory of relativity came out, everyone thought that Bruce could rival Newton.
But compared with Maxwell, it’s hard to say.
But now, there is an absolute veteran in the field of physics, a big boss who has competed with Maxwell.
Publicly stated that Bruce surpassed Maxwell.
As for which one is better than Newton, he will not comment.
This vague meaning makes people tremble.
After Crooks finished speaking, he ignored everyone’s surprise, but pulled Li Qiwei and said with a smile:
“Come on, Bruce, let’s go in quickly, everyone is waiting. Urgent.”
“It’s time for me to introduce you to the authorities here today.”
“They are all top leaders in their respective fields.”
"But it's all because of you."
"The Royal Society has benefited from you."
"In normal times, we don't have such a big reputation. So many people were invited at the same time. ”
Such a big conference and such a good opportunity, of course, it is impossible to do it just for the theory of relativity.
The Royal Society took the opportunity to hold various conferences, allowing bigwigs from all over the world to chat about academics.
Become a good story.
Li Qiwei quickly said humbly: "I don't dare, I don't dare."
But he still couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in his heart.
From today on, he will truly declare to the world:
“I, Bruce, am the best in the world!”
(End of this chapter)