Sun Yuanqi has already thought of the answer: "Chinese students studying in Europe" are mainly in Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, and Russia. Later, you will go down," and then they sent separate telegrams to the teachers, "indicating that they were responsible for the round-trip expenses, food and lodging," and invited them to a meeting in London. Today is the 7th, "except for Russia, which is too far away", I believe that in seven or eight days, "the students of the other four countries should rush to London." If they don't come, they won't be qualified to gossip in the future! ”

"Straight L"

Sun Yuanqi knew what Yu Sixian was going to say, so he interrupted directly: "Regarding the funding of the society, you don't have to worry about it." In order to show the support of the work of the Society, "I personally donate a sum of money" to ensure the normal operation of the Society in the next few years. ”

After saying that, "I took out the Nobel Prize check from my luggage" and handed it to Yu Sixi. While asking Li Fuji: "Zemin", have you bought a ticket to go back? If you don't buy it, "Then let's wait until the end of this meeting!" ”

"Okay!" Li Fuji simply agreed.

Yu Sixian took the check "a series of mouths on the face of the ticket", and shook his eyes dizzy, "It was not easy to stabilize his son" before confirming that the amount was 150,000 Swedish kronor, "His hands trembled a little when he saw it.

Although the Westernization Movement has been vigorously carried out in China since the sixties of the nineteenth century, "it has somewhat changed the understanding of some people (especially in the eastern coastal areas, such as Fujian and Guangdong) about the world", but in the eyes of most people, "the imperial examination is the right way: Europe and the United States belong to the barbarian land that does not obey the king", and there are thousands of miles of sea and frontier in the middle, and "the waves are not sideways", so it is natural to regard going abroad as a daunting way. Those who study abroad "generally have a poor family background, and they are not very happy in China", and they want to change their lives by studying abroad, just like Lu Xun", and then Li Fuji and Yu Sixiang in front of them.

This situation did not change dramatically until the Republican period. At that time, students who went abroad were either gifted and "awarded scholarships: or their families were relatively wealthy" and went abroad to gild. 150,000 Swedish kronor is "about seven or eight thousand pounds", while the average British worker earns only thirty or forty pounds a year at this time. In other words, "these are enough for a worker to earn two hundred years of hard work!" This is the first time that Yu Sixian has come into contact with such a huge amount of wealth, and he still can't believe it: "Sir", these have to be donated to the society? ，’

"This money comes from scientific research" and "it should also be spent on scientific research", which is considered to be the best use of materials. You don't need your mother-in-law's! Don't Yuan Qi waved his hand disappreciatively: Indeed, "this money is obtained by "borrowing" the knowledge of the sages, and if it is spent on the enjoyment of the villain, "I really feel a little unhappy in my heart. Now it is used to promote the development of Chinese science and technology" can be regarded as a slight compensation for the damage caused to the Chinese people by the explosives invented by Nobel.

"This..."Yu Sifeng was still a little undecided.

"There should be some international students who study business," and you can ask them to help take care of the daily accounts. When you say to everyone, "Just say that this money is donated by overseas Chinese businessmen", you don't need to mention me. ”

"Alright then!" Yu Sixian was frightened and put the check close to him.

"Since it is the establishment of the Chinese Society for Science and Technology," the content should roughly include four major parts: science, engineering, agriculture, and medicine. If students from other disciplines want to participate, "We can't refuse either, but the round-trip travel expenses can't be all-inclusive, for example, only 50 percent?" You have the rest of the proportions you control. Seeing that they nodded, they stood up, "Let's go, I'll invite you to lunch," after eating, you can go back to work. ”

"I'll invite you for this meal!" Yu Sixian was embarrassed to take advantage of Mr. Lao.

Silence Yuan glared at him: "Haven't you read "Disciple Xian"? "The elder gives" dare not resign,! ”

A few years ago, "the words that Boss Sun Jianai used to educate himself" finally came in handy today.

Yu Sixian listened to the reprimand, and replied in a proper manner: "Don't dare to be disobedient." At this moment, Bei Yuanqi felt extremely comfortable: no wonder the boss, Zhang Xieqiu, and Zhang Nanpi all like to put up a shelf and put on a qualification, "It turns out that it feels really good!"

After eating, "send Li Fuji and Yu Sixian away" Sun Yuanqi returned to the room to rest for a while. Then Lord Rayleigh, president of the Royal Society, knocked on the door with a group of men.

There is something to be said about Lord Rayleigh. It is said that his original name was Jolhelm Sitratt, "because his grandfather was named Lord Rayleigh by the British royal family" and "he is the third generation", so it is customary to call him "Lord Rayleigh the third", referred to as "Lord Rayleigh". His grandfather and father "did not seem to have given him any guidance in his studies, except for the estates and the nobility." But this is enough for "three generations of rich family to ensure that he has a worry-free life", so that he can go further in his studies.

He graduated summa laude from Trinity College, Cambridge University, and began his life's work in scientific research.

In the Year of the Spider, "he succeeded the deceased famous physicist Maxwell" as director of the Cavendish Laboratory. In his early years, "Lord Rayleigh replaced the dying Sir Hagens" and became President of the Royal Society. In the future, "he will return to his alma mater, Cambridge University, as vice-chancellor" until his death.

During Lord Rayleigh's long research career, he "made three great contributions:

First of all, he proposed the famous "Rayleigh scattering formula" in optics, "thus solving a major problem in electromagnetic theory." In fact, we will also think about this question in our daily life: why is the bright sky blue? Why are the tail lights, traffic indicator lights, and signal lights on the railway all red? This is a problem that many scientists have studied in the past, but none of them can explain it. Rayleigh's research "perfectly answers this question with a molecular scattering formula: the reason why the sky is blue is blue" is because the blue light in visible light is strongly scattered by the dust suspended in the air, and the reason why various signal lights are red "is because the red light is not easily scattered" and is easy to be seen.

Secondly, "when he was engaged in the study of gas rest density for a long time", which led to the discovery of inert gas rest. Since Mendeleev proposed the periodic table, "scientists are actively looking for new elements" to fill the gaps on the periodic table. But for a long time "it was not discovered that a whole family of peculiar inert gases had been omitted from the periodic table." When Rayleigh studied the density of nitrogen, "it was difficult to find that the experimental data exceeded the allowable margin of error. Later, he met William Ramzie "The reason why the two decided to work together on this issue." In August, "Rayleigh and Ramsey Guanbu discovered a new gas-rest element, hydrogen. Later, "with Rayleigh's assistance, Ramsay discovered several new elements of inert qixiu. For this great discovery, "Rayleigh was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1904", and Ramsay was awarded the Chemistry Prize for one year.

As for the third item, "it is a law that he introduced in 1900 through the knowledge of classical physics", which solves the energy distribution of light in the long-wave part very well. This law was later revised by the British physicist Gins, so it became known as "Rayleigh's Law". However, this law was not a triumph of classical physics knowledge, but rather a catastrophe, the aforementioned "ultraviolet catastrophe". This ultraviolet catastrophe "led directly to the collapse of the edifice of classical physics." So many times "Lord Rayleigh would rather not have discovered this law himself!"

In this space-time, "Lord Rayleigh had nothing to regret at all", because a year before he discovered the law, he had written a paper entitled "The Relationship between Radiation Intensity and the Wavelength of Light", which "cleanly solved the problem of Black Hugh radiation and ultraviolet catastrophe", and did not give him a chance to intervene at all.

When physics textbooks talk about quantum mechanics, "the first thing they will mention" Rayleigh's law "What does Rayleigh look like" It is estimated that 99% of students do not know! After all, Rayleigh is not as famous as Planck, Marie Curie, or Einstein.

Fortunately, someone on the side introduced" At the beginning, he pointed to an old man in his sixties who was short and fat, with a large beard and sideburns: "Professor Johnson" This is His Excellency Lord Rayleigh, President of our Royal Society! ”

When he met the main master, "Don't Yuan Qi was a little weak-hearted", he hurriedly stepped forward to say hello: "It's a pleasure to meet your esteemed Lord Rayleigh!" ”

"I am also Mr. Professor" welcomes you to the UK. "This is my youngest son, James, and you adored him so much," so I took the liberty of bringing him to visit, "I hope it doesn't bother you!" ”

James is a young man in his early twenties, "probably still in college", "looks much more upright than a sloppy father", saw Sun Yuanqi stumbled and said: "Dear Professor Johnson", "I was a great admirer, and I have carefully read your papers", although I don't know very much. ”

Seeing his youthful appearance, "it seems to remind me of my previous star-chasing time in college." Sun Yuanqi immediately started to point out" and said with a smile: "It is my honor to be recognized by you." However, "if you want to do further research in physics," it is recommended to study "Quantum Mechanics" carefully first, "I don't rush to read other papers." ”

"Thank you for your advice." James nodded gratefully.

"Professor Johnson," the magazine's editor-in-chief, Dr. Campbell! ”

It has not been opened. Campbell preemptively said: "Professor Johnson" Hello "I am on behalf of ". Si Ren of Beibi Magazine "Welcome to the UK to study! ”

Sun Yuanqi said: "Thank you, Dr. Campbell" I would like to thank your company for publishing the humble article before! ”

"You're serious! You have successively "firmly established the basic structure of atoms", "changed our understanding of matter" and even rewrote the history of science and technology in papers such as "Experiments and Conjectures on the Structure of Atoms" and "Extranuclear Electron Configuration of Atoms: From Spectral Quantification to Incompatibility Principle". From this point of view, it is an honor for our magazine to be able to publish your paper! Campbell paused, and then added: "tPi is one of the few magazines in the world with a high reputation, wide influence, and timely coverage of scientific developments," and we will continue to welcome Dr. Johnson's submission with an open mind. ，’

Earlier, "the magazine was more conservative", so many of Sun Yuanqi's papers were submitted to the United States" instead of it. Later, he had the "Faculty of Jingshi University", "Then it will be more fertile and the water will not flow into the fields of outsiders." So Campbell's meaning is obvious: Sun Daniu "What kind of manuscript do you have" we are happy to post. The point is that you can't choose one over the other!

Sun Yuanqi naturally heard the song and knew the elegant meaning: "Very good magazine" If possible, "there will be a place to borrow from you in the future!" (To be continued.)