Chapter 46: The Palette and the Ore II
Professors Gerard von Hart and Victor Goldschmidt and a few friends who came with them were stunned by Joey's performance. Joey also keenly noticed the expressions of the professors. Joey had no choice but to greet them while laughing at herself, "I really didn't think about it, I was really flattered by the crankiness of my little person, but the big man found a feasible solution!" Dear Mr. Hart and Mr. Goldschmidt, Hello both! ”
"Hello, Your Highness the Prince." The two professors said in unison.
"Mr. Professors, please call me Joey. Are they all friends with the professors? Joey looked curiously at the gentlemen around the two professors, who were very different from the professors in the ivory tower in terms of skin color and physical size.
"Joey, they are all my friends, the doctors under Professor Ferdinand von Richthofen of the University of Boon. Originally, Professor Richthofen was supposed to bring them here, but unfortunately, Mr. Professor had to be late for some time, so I had to bring them first. Don't care about their appearance, they have been camping with Professor Richthofen in the wild all year round, and they look like this after the wind and sun. Professor Hart explained, somewhat apologetically.
"Could it be that this Professor Ferdinand von Richthofen of the University of Boon is the one who discovered the gold mines of San Francisco (San Francisco)?" Joey asked himself secretly in his heart.
"Greetings, gentlemen. Do you often go with Professor Richthofen to explore mineral deposits in the field? Joey asked, feigning curiosity.
The students of Professor Richthofen looked at each other shyly and did not dare to speak, and finally recommended an older doctoral student to answer Joey's question.
"Yes, Your Highness the Prince, we all go out with the professor often. I've been to East Asia and the United States with my professor, Dr. Kraus has been to Iran and the Caucasus in Central Asia, Dr. Wolf has been to Indochina with my professor, Dr. Schmidt has been to Scandinavia with my professor, Dr. Huber has been to Tanganyika (today's Tanzania) and has gone deep into the Congo to find the upper reaches of the Congo River, Dr. Frank has been to East Africa, from Eritrea to Somalia, and finally this Dr. Peters is the most powerful, and he and his professor started in Western Sahara. Follow the West African coastline all the way to Namibia. ”
In the end, it was only after being reminded by others that the older doctor remembered to introduce himself, "Oh, Your Royal Highness, my name is Engel Thyssen." ”
"Hello, Dear Dr. Thyssen, please call me Joey. I remember that Professor Richthofen used to receive funding from the American mining industry to go around the world to do mineral resource surveys, is this still the case? Joy asked Dr. Thyssen.
"Oh, Joey, it was like that 72 years ago. Since returning to Germany to teach in '72, it was your mother, Crown Princess Victoria, who was sponsoring Mr. Professor's scientific research, and the Professor was originally going to bring us here to meet the Crown Princess, firstly, to thank the Crown Princess in person for so many years of funding, and on the other hand, Mr. Professor also wanted to seek funding from the Crown Princess for some ideas about the African expedition. Dr. Thyssen replied a little shyly.
"Hah! I was right, it was Professor von Richthofen who discovered the gold mines in San Francisco in German history, and his nephew was the famous Red Duke! Joey thought triumphantly.
Suppressing the secret joy in his heart, Joey said respectfully, "Dr. Thyssen, on behalf of my mother, Princess Victoria, I would like to thank Professor Richthofen and all of you for your greetings. Then Joey continued to ask with a little curiosity, "Excuse me, what are the professor's plans for an expedition to Africa, can I know?" ”
Dr. Thyssen hesitated, unsure whether he should show Joey the teacher's plan. At this time, Professor Webber spoke, "Engel, show Joey your teacher's plan, and believe me, Joey will give your teacher a big surprise." ”
Dr. Thyssen did not hesitate to ask the students to hand over a long drawing tube, poured out a roll of paper from it, and then found a nearby table and spread out a huge map of Africa.
Joey leaned on the map and saw at a glance that it was a huge map of Africa's geology and mineral deposits. On this map there are two geological and mineral zones, the eastern one starting from Eritrea in East Africa and ending in Tanganyika; The west side is longer, starting from Western Sahara in West Africa and passing through Mauritaria, Senegal, Ghana, Cameroon, the lower Congo River and all the way to Namibia.
It only took a few glances for Joey to understand why the map was making Dr. Thyssen hesitate. Without hesitation, Joey immediately rolled up the map, then quickly put it back in the drawing tube, and said to Dr. Thyssen with a serious expression, "This map of the professor is indeed very important, please be sure to keep it." Regarding funding, I feel that this is not just something that my mother's foundation should do, it also needs the support of the state. If I may, I would like to invite you to dinner with your classmates, and in the evening, in the evening, after Professor Richthofen comes, I would like to ask you to talk specifically to my father about it. ”
Professor Webb patted Dr. Thyssen on the shoulder, giving him a look as I had foreseen.
Professor Webb then stroked Joey's head and said with a smile, "I wish my old friend Professor Gauss was still here, and if he knew he had an admirer like you, he would bless you in heaven too, Joey!" You've got one last group of people to visit, so go ahead. ”
With Professor Webb's blessing, Joey walked to the last group of people, who were arguing fiercely over the issue.
As soon as he walked up to them, Joey realized that the group was arguing about the genetics of the Mendelian abbot.
"Dear Hugo, although I am a friend of George's, I do not agree with his pea genetics." Professor Karl Negri said categorically to a colleague in his thirties with glasses.
"My dear Karl, Dean Mendel has sent you pea seeds, and you must know that I have proved the results of his words by breeding the pea seeds he sent me." The colleague retorted unceremoniously.
"Dear Hugo, since you have received George's seeds, you should understand that he also sent the seeds of the willow chrysanthemum, and he also said that he could not find his so-called genetic law on the willow chrysanthemum!" Professor Negri also argued unceremoniously.
"But Academician Mendel has also confirmed the existence of genetic laws in other plants!" This colleague refused to give up his opinion.
"Professor de Vries, you're quibbling! You must know that natural selection is definitely not the evolutionary mechanism of living things, and the evolution of living things depends only on the principle of internal self-improvement of living things! Professor Naegri scolded his colleague, who was half his junior.
"Dear Professor Negri, my view is that external conditions have an effect on genetic material." Another voice rang out again, and it seemed that someone had not flinched from Professor Negri's rebuke of Professor De-Vries.
Professor Negri turned his head and said unhappily, "Professor Augusta-Weisman, the theory you just mentioned about Professor Helmholtz is a complete fallacy! Professor Naegri suddenly noticed that everyone's faces had changed, and he immediately realized that he had made a serious slip of the tongue just now, and quickly added, "I don't mean that Professor Helmholtz's theory is wrong, but that you are quoting the wrong place!" Well, Professor Weissman, I don't want to argue with you about your germplasm anymore! ”
"Dear Professor Naigli, I hope you have evidence to refute my germplasm theory." Professor Augusta Weisman continued to ask calmly.
"Professor Augusta Weisman, do you want to know why I don't care about your point of view? All right! I tell you, first I am a botanist, and you are a zoologist; Second, I've been working on genetics longer than yours; Third, the heredity of living things must be explained mathematically, not in terms of what you call chemical energy; Finally, I hate your teacher's theory, and I'll tell you my theory: we know it, and we should know it. Professor Naigli's answer grew more and more agitated.
Everyone was in an uproar, what kind of evidence is this, it seems that Professor Negri is completely impatient