Chapter 356 The first visitors to the City of Science! The water of the Ganges River is so nourishing!
After returning to Borneo, Li Qiwei took action one after another and did several sensational things.
Although he is not in Europe or China, his reputation still spreads far and wide.
If we say that before, he was admired by countless people because of his status as a great scientist.
Now, he has won the respect of everyone with his noble personality and philanthropic spirit.
Especially after the donation incident, Li Qiwei was praised to the sky.
Although money is a vulgar thing to talk about, everyone really likes it when it comes to using it.
A great scientist is worthy of the Chinese people to be proud of, but if it is a rich great scientist, it would be even more proud.
And this great scientist was so generous. He gave away three million taels, which shocked countless people.
At this moment, the war in Europe is becoming more and more intense and has entered a white-hot stage.
Almost everyone was mobilized, and many people started to go to the battlefield without even holding their guns.
So no matter how hard Li Qiwei tries to cause trouble, he is gradually unable to do what he can.
He has tried his best, at least giving many civilians a chance to save their lives.
The trend of this war is no longer something that anyone can influence and control.
Compared to the abyss of Europe, Asia overall seems relatively calm at the moment.
Although there are still large and small warlords fighting in each country, compared with Europe, they pale into insignificance.
As a result, activities from all walks of life in Asia can be carried out normally.
Li Qiwei's City of Science was officially established during his time in the limelight, and he sincerely invited talents from all over the world to come and inspect it.
Soon, the first group of visitors arrived, and they were led by Li Qiwei’s acquaintances.
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In the reception room of Huangpu University of Technology, Li Qiwei, He Yujie and others welcomed Rabindranath Tagore and his party who came from afar.
When Ridgway introduced Tagore as last year’s Nobel Prize winner in literature, he received a burst of exclamation.
China has respected literature since ancient times. In recent years, it has gradually begun to absorb Western science, and its development is getting faster and faster.
But this does not mean that liberal arts are unimportant.
As the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, Rabindranath Tagore’s status in the Asian liberal arts is not much worse than that of Ridgway in the sciences.
He Yujie and others were in awe.
Because after Li Qiwei’s introduction, they knew that the seemingly wise old man in front of them was also fighting for the rise of the country in his own way.
Tagore seemed very excited after seeing Ridgway again.
At the age of 54, he has already started to grow a white beard.
You can tell at a glance that he is engaged in literature and art. He is very classy.
"Bruce, I am so happy to see you again."
Li Qiwei said with a smile: "I am also happy to see you, Tagore."
Tagore joked: "I will go back to China Later, I kept telling my friends that Professor Bruce would definitely become a great writer if he changed his career to studying literature.”
“I didn’t expect that in just a short period of time, your novel would become popular all over the world.”
“I have read it three times myself, it is so wonderful.”
It is very useful for Ridgway to be praised by a great writer like Tagore.
He said humbly: "Tagore, you have given me the award."
"Science fiction is only a small category in literature after all, and it cannot compare with great writers and poets like you."
After saying that, the two laughed loudly, and the people around them also laughed in agreement.
When big guys chat, they must give enough emotional value.
Suddenly, Tagore sighed again:
"Bruce, you are so lucky."
"Fortunately you left the UK early, otherwise, you would probably not be able to leave now."
“Traffic in Europe has been completely paralyzed, and it is almost impossible to go back to Asia normally.”
Li Qiwei said: “Yeah, I didn’t expect this to happen.”
"Many of our Chinese students are stranded there."
Tagore took over and said: "One of our Indian mathematical geniuses was also left in the UK."
"He just last year Not long after I went to Cambridge University in England, the war broke out."
"He wrote to me and wanted me to help him, but I couldn't do anything."
"Oh, damn it. War.”
Li Qiwei was slightly startled when he heard about the mathematical genius.
He asked tentatively: "Is this mathematical genius Ramanujan?"
Tagore asked in surprise: "Bruce, do you also know Ramanujan?"
"Yes, that's him. He is the most famous mathematical genius in India."
After Li Qiwei heard that it was Ramanujan, his information suddenly appeared in his mind.
He is still very interested in this famous mathematician.
In real history, Ramanujan is a very legendary figure.
You can describe him in one sentence.
“I love to write formulas in my dreams.”
It is said that Ramanujan often claimed that the goddess Namakkar gave him revelations.
Then when he wakes up in the morning, he can write out the mathematical formulas and propositions he dreamed about in his dream.
The most frightening thing is that most of these formulas turned out to be correct.
Ramanujan had no derivation process at all. He simply wrote the formula directly with the help of almost human intuition.
Some people in later generations called his talent "number sense", which means that he has a better sense of numbers than ordinary people.
He never received formal higher education training in his life, but he wrote more than 3,000 mathematical formulas.
Most of these formulas are so weird that most people can easily copy them incorrectly, let alone dream them up.
Later, Ramanujan’s mathematical talent was noticed by Professor Hardy of Cambridge University, and he was admitted to Cambridge to study under special circumstances.
Soon, Ramanujan became a foreign member of the Royal Society because of his achievements in mathematics.
He was also the first person in Asia to become a foreign member of the Royal Society, reaching the pinnacle of honor.
That year, he was only 31 years old.
Ramanujan was depressed because he could not return to his country during World War I, and even attempted suicide by lying on a train.
In 1919, after the war, he finally returned to India, but by then he was already ill due to depression.
On April 26, 1920, not long after he became a foreign academician of the Royal Society and at the peak of his life, he died of illness at the age of 32.
After Ramanujan's death, a large number of his unproven mathematical formulas were unearthed.
Later, many mathematicians devoted themselves to studying his formula and achieved great results.
Many of his formulas later had very important reference significance for mathematics, physics, computer science, etc.
With these thoughts in his mind, Li Qiwei felt a little regretful that he did not see Ramanujan.
When he just left the UK, it happened to be when Ramanujan went to the UK, and they missed each other perfectly.
He smiled and said to Tagore:
“Although I am not in the field of mathematics, I have also paid attention to the latest developments in mathematics.”
"I heard from a friend that there is a peerless mathematical genius in India who can dream up mathematical formulas in his dreams."
"To be honest, when I first heard about it, I didn't believe it."
Tagore replied with a smile: "Many people didn't believe it at that time. If it weren't for Professor Hardy of Cambridge University, Ramanujan would have been buried." Ridgway nodded and waited for him to return in 1919 Maybe I can meet Ramanujan once I get back to England.
He was curious whether this person was an alien, or a fellow traveler.
At this time, Tagore suddenly let out an oops and said quickly:
“I was just talking about Ramanujan and almost forgot about the real thing.”
“Bruce, you are a physicist, I am being generous today. Shaanpi would like to recommend two outstanding young people to you."
Li Qiwei said: "Tagore, you are welcome to recommend me."
Tagore and Li Qiwei had agreed before that after they returned to Asia. Strengthen communication.
The City of Science welcomed Indian scientists to join, and Ridgway invited Tagore to give lectures on new culture in China.
China is now in full swing, with a large number of works written in vernacular Chinese emerging.
As a literary giant, Tagore’s experience can bring more diverse changes to the country.
Although this kind of convenient matter has nothing to do with science, Li Qiwei is also willing to help.
Science is hard power, and literature is soft power. Only by being strong in both soft and hard power can we develop healthily.
Tagore smiled at the two young people behind him and said:
"Bose, Raman, you two, come and get to know Professor Bruce."
After that, he walked towards Li Qiwei said:
"Our domestic scientific community in India now believes that you and I have a irreconcilable relationship."
"Many people have approached me and want to introduce me."
"I don't dare to bother, so I decided to choose the younger generation first and bring them out to expand their knowledge."
Tagore's status in India at this time had already transcended the limitations of disciplines.
Even the big guys in the field of natural science respect him.
So, he was right when he said he would bring the juniors here.
Li Qiwei smiled and said: "Science requires mutual communication."
"Tagore, when you go back, you can help me publicize that the City of Science welcomes everyone."
"We in Asia are already much worse than Europe in science, and we need to unite even more."
Tagore greatly appreciated Li Qiwei in his heart.
The other party’s noble selfless character is really worthy of respect.
Then, Li Qiwei looked at Bose and Raman.
Bose is now 21 years old and Raman is 27.
In the future, these two people will be famous figures in the world of physics.
In real history, Bose became a physics lecturer at the University of Calcutta, India, at the age of 17.
His most important contribution is the study of quantum physics.
In 1924, Bose proposed a novel theory.
In layman's terms, photons cannot be distinguished.
Suppose there are A photons and B photons, then no matter what method is used, it is impossible to distinguish the difference between these two photons.
Later, Einstein extended this concept to atoms, and it became "Bose-Einstein condensation".
In 1945, Dirac commemorated Bose's pioneering contributions to quantum statistics.
He named the elementary particle that follows "Bose-Einstein condensation" boson.
Corresponding to bosons are fermions.
The difference between the two, figuratively speaking, is:
Assuming there is only one position, then only one of the two fermions can occupy the position, and the remaining one has to be squeezed out.
But if there are two bosons, both of them can exist in the same position at the same time.
This is the magic of quantum mechanics. (Don’t worry, I’ll explain it in detail later)
Logically speaking, Bose's achievements are enough to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.
But due to various reasons, he was not awarded the Nobel Prize in the end.
In real history, the first person in Asia to win the Nobel Prize in Physics was the young man next to Bose: Raman.
This is an out-and-out genius.
Graduated from college at the age of 16 and received a master's degree at the age of 19.
The research direction of Raman is light scattering, and the result that won the Nobel Prize is the "Raman effect".
After Compton discovered the Compton effect of X-rays, Heisenberg once predicted that visible light would also have effects similar to X-rays.
In 1928, Raman discovered this effect and published a paper.
Soon, his results were recognized.
The Royal Society even called it "one of the three or four most remarkable discoveries in experimental physics in the 1920s."
The Raman effect is widely used in modern medical testing, chemical testing and other fields.
(Part of the author's work during his master's degree was related to the Raman effect, studying Raman spectroscopic analysis.)
Raman also won the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for this achievement.
In the future, Bose and Raman will be leaders in the Indian physics community and vigorously develop India's scientific undertakings.
Now, they are just the younger generation in the physics community.
In front of Li Qiwei, they acted both excited and reserved, which was the feeling of meeting their idol.
Who is studying physics in Asia today who does not regard Professor Bruce as a god-like existence.
Li Qiwei reached out his hand and suddenly smiled and said to Raman:
"Raman? I seem to have heard of this name."
"A few years ago, you were Not a paper published in Nature ”
Raman was shocked when he heard this, and his face flushed instantly, which was a sign of extreme excitement.
Even the smell of curry on him has been diluted a lot.
Raman said excitedly: "Yes, Professor Bruce, I didn't expect you to know my paper."
"I once published an article on the diffraction of light in 1906 "Professor Bruce, how do you know?"
Of course Li Qiwei wouldn't say it, it just came to his mind automatically.
“Oh, I glance at the physics papers in Nature almost every issue.”
“Your paper is quite interesting, and the author is Asian, so I paid attention then.”
Hearing this, Raman felt as if he had drank water from the Ganges and had an orgasm.
The famous Professor Bruce actually knows about his thesis.
He couldn't wait to get back to bragging.
Li Qiwei was also very satisfied with the Raman and Bose brought by Tagore.
If these two people have research experience in the City of Science, they will have the confidence to promote it in the future.
Even Indians can win Nobel Prizes after studying in the City of Science. Why don’t you come quickly?
Soon, Li Qiwei and Tagore introduced each other's teams.
The two sides also conducted friendly academic exchanges.
The purpose of Tagore's trip was not only to introduce Bose and Raman to Ridgway, but also to learn about the specific situation of the City of Science.
In the future, this place will definitely become the science center of Asia, and India also wants to make arrangements early.
(End of this chapter)