Chapter 137: The Genius Who Deviated (Ninth Update)
Jack Parsons, male, 34 years old, has naturally curly hair, a scruffy face, and a crumpled shirt and trousers.
At first, Evan didn't have much interest in the middle-aged man. However, after listening to his self-introduction, Evan immediately changed his mind.
"I've worked at Caltech before, and I know JPL, I've worked there. ”
Looking at this shabby-looking man, Evan first disbelieved and looked at Orville with inquiring eyes.
Orville nodded at Evan and said, "I confirmed that he wasn't lying. ”
Evan looked at Parsons in confusion and asked, "Since you worked at JPL, why didn't you continue there?"
Parsons sneered: "That, I was ostracized by my colleagues, so I ......"
Parsons certainly wasn't telling the truth, but he didn't care, he just wanted to confirm one thing now.
"Can I ask you one thing?"
After getting Parsons' approval, Evan asked, "Do you know a Chinese surnamed Qian?"
"Money, of course I know ......"
Evan nodded, with an affirmative smile on his face, that's right, this Parsons is the culprit who led Mr. Qian crookedly and made Mr. Qian firmly believe in the special functions of the human body.
Parsons was a genius scientist who was interested in science fiction and mystery from an early age, and he predicted as early as 1947 that rockets would send humans to the moon. Due to family reasons and personal personality reasons, Parsons did not receive a systematic higher education, and with his high IQ and hobbies, he became a chemist and cooperated with some good friends to conduct small-scale rocket research.
In 1936, at the age of 22, Parsons joined von Kármán's rocket research group, which Mr. Qian joined at about the same time. At that time, rocket research was very dangerous, and explosions during experiments were commonplace, so this group was also called the "suicide team".
Parsons was in charge of developing rocket fuels in the research group, and as soon as he joined, he solved a big problem and greatly advanced the process of rocket development. Not only that, but the young Parsons also contributed Jet fuel assisted take off technology, which is the kind of booster device that is often seen in American blockbusters to help aircraft take off from aircraft carriers for short distances, and the level of aviation in the United States began to develop by leaps and bounds because of these two technologies.
Parsons introduced himself by saying that he had worked at JPL, which was actually a humble statement. In fact, he is one of the main founders of JPL.
But, like another genius, Howard Hughes, Parsons has his own faults.
Overly obsessed with mystery and lore, Parsons began to contact the Church of Thelema, a dark arts organization in California, in 1939. The head of the church, Croley, claimed to have been inspired by mystical wisdom during his travels in Egypt to write the prophetic Book of The La, a complete set of mystical philosophical works.
In the Book of Law, Crowley emphasizes the power of human "willpower" (ill), which he believes is a science that can cause change by mind. Human beings can become gods by self-consciousness, or they can use human consciousness to control the movement of matter.
After carefully studying Crowley's Book of Law, Parsons opened up a whole new world of thinking like an empowerment, and he firmly believed that the "power of mind" (ill) expounded in the Book of Law is the trend of the future development of human civilization.
Parsons also believes that Crowley's theories of magic and quantum physics are common and common, and can be used for scientific research. For example, during the rocket launch test, Parsons often recited Crowley's blessing mantra "Hymn to Pan", and everyone in the rocket research group was accustomed to Parsons's incantation, even von Kármán was noncommittal.
Mr. Money, who has worked with Parsons for many years and has a good personal relationship, was taken to the ditch by him.
Later, Parsons joined another occult group, the Ordo Temple Orientis, and behaved more and more bizarrely, eventually being kicked out by JPL and his own company, Aerojet.
At this time, Parsons was employed by North American Airlines, where he worked in Inglewood and where he lived in Manhattan Beach. Although his income has plummeted and he has been cheated out of a lot of money by his friends, his interest in dark arts is still undiminished.
Therefore, when Parsons happened to pass by and heard Orville's explanation of "parallel worlds", he immediately stopped and listened to it word for word.
The term "parallel world" fits perfectly with Parsons' worldview - magic does not exist, it just does not exist in our world.
Therefore, after Orville finished his commentary, Parsons couldn't wait to find him for a more in-depth exchange. As a result, Orville took the opportunity to recruit Parsons into the "Home of the Plane Walkers" community.
"Jack, I remember having time to come to Pasadena to participate in the club's activities. ”
Before leaving, Evan said to Parsons.
Parsons nodded happily and said, "Of course, I will definitely go." ”
The car started, and Evan was lost in thought.
How do you fool around to get this Parsons back to normal?
If you don't make him normal, there is no way to change Mr. Qian's concept......
In short, take it one step at a time.
……
Mount Murray, Bell Labs.
Ten o'clock in the evening.
Unlike Evan, who had time to go on a spring outing, the solid-state physics team had to work overtime at the behest of Shockley in order to put one of Shockley's ideas into practice.
This is a very difficult experiment.
After weeks of hard work, the light is coming.
"OK, the current is amplified!"
The expected results were finally revealed, and Pufan, one of the group members, shouted loudly.
Shockley, who had been gloomy, gave a rare smile, patted Pufan on the shoulder, and then walked to Muller (head of the patent department), who was forcibly pulled by him to watch the experiment, and said, "It's time for you to get started, and the patent application needs to be fast!"
Three days later, Mueller came to Shockley's office with a gloomy face and threw an article in front of him.
"Shockley, you have to be honest with me, is your work original?"
After reading the article, Shockley's face also became very ugly, and he assured: "Muller, I can guarantee it...... I can put all my notes together if you need to. ”
Mueller stared into Shockley's eyes for a few seconds, and after thinking he showed no signs of lying, asked, "Is that a leak ......?"
"It shouldn't be ......" Shockley thought for a moment and shook his head: "Evan Warren, he does have the potential to take the lead......"
After saying this, Shockley hung his head weakly.