Eating a petal of orange, Bi Wanqing began to tell the story.

"First of all, you have to be clear that even in the contemporary world, not every country advocates atheism as much as our country, let alone the era when Newton was born."

"In the West in the 17th century, religion was the orthodox idea, and in the context of Anglican Church as the Anglican Church at that time, Newton was born and grew up in a social environment full of Christianity, that is, theism."

"Hmm......" Wu Bin nodded thoughtfully.

In fact, the few biographies about Newton that he read did emphasize that Newton had always been a devout Christian. But this is not the focus of Wu Bin's biography, so he ignores the past.

Seeing Wu Bin nodding, Bi Wanqing continued.

"In fact, 80 percent of Newton's writings in his life were theological works, with a total of more than 1.4 million words, just as he was a student at Cambridge University, and he often said, 'There is no doubt that the world we see, in all its forms and in such a variety of forms, and so intricately intertwined, that it is nothing but the free will of God, who directs and governs all things.'" Such quotes. ”

"Then teacher, do you mean that Newton's lifelong study was actually theology, and physics was only incidental?"

"Well...... this" After listening to Wu Bin's words, Bi Wanqing lowered his head and thought for a while: "To be precise, Newton, who has a high IQ, is determined to use his wisdom to find out the traces left by God when designing the universe, and even crack the code of the entire universe, so he wrote a large number of jaw-dropping works such as "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy", "Optics", and "Laws of Nature". ”

"So physics...... Was it once used to find God? I have to say that this surprised Wu Bin, who is very materialistic.

"Yes, that's why his epitaph says that the laws of nature are hidden in darkness, and God says, 'Let Newton be born,' and then everything will be clear."

"It turns out that there is a religious element in this sentence." Wu Bin also suddenly realized.

After smiling kindly, Bi Wanqing suddenly chatted a lot, and said with a smile: "Speaking of religion, there is actually a story, the battle of calculus between Leibniz and Newton, you must know." ”

"Hmm." Wu Bin nodded, and threw a petal of orange into his mouth.

"But in fact, Newton was more disgusted with Leibniz's 'theism' and 'theism' than calculus, and of course, Leibniz did not despise Newton's 'mechanical cosmology'."

"Oh, that's the clock cosmology, isn't it?" Wu Bin suddenly remembered the paragraph mentioned in his biography.

"Hmm." Bi Wanqing nodded.

In the 17th century, rain was a gift from God, snow was a gift from God, earthquakes were the wrath of God, and thunder was the wrath of God.

In general, the purpose of many scientists at that time was to find out God's temper, so that he could be more happy, less angry, lucky, and even ask for some rewards.

But the brilliant Newton is of course different from those ordinary glamorous and cheap scientists, he firmly believes that God is such a dick, how can he interfere with the operation of a small earth when he has nothing to do?

Therefore, Newton firmly believed that God must have designed a very perfect mechanism for the universe to operate, and then gave the universe "a first impulse" to make it work.

In the vernacular, the universe is like a clock, and God is the watchmaker, when the watchmaker completes the assembly, he winds the clock, and then the clock will run on its own, without the need for the watchmaker to come and ask. ”

This is Newton's "mechanical cosmology", which can be said to be one of the most popular, cutting-edge, and awesome cosmology of the 17th century.

However, this kind of cutting-edge thinking basically represents fashion, and usually in that era, fashionable things were to be criticized.

Newton naturally did not escape this rule, at that time, Cambridge University graduate students, had to be officially appointed by the Anglican Church as a priest, and Newton's "mechanical cosmology" was obviously heretical, at best, it was okay to burn you, how could he appoint him as a priest, so he was required to publicly retract this kind of remarks.

But who was Newton? God is the greatest, Lao Tzu is the second, and you want him to compromise? Inexistent!

So he easily found the loophole in the regulations, you only said that you want to become a priest of the Anglican Church, but you didn't give a time limit for appointment, then Lao Tzu will drag it out indefinitely!

After making this decision, Newton began his happily procrastinating academic career, and did not become a full-fledged minister until he graduated from graduate school.

Later, when he was appointed as a professor of teaching Lucas, the situation was completely different, and this old man wrote a letter directly to the king, saying that it is OK to be a professor, but it is not okay to be a priest, you can either remove me from the priesthood, or you can do it yourself.

Charles II solved this matter after reading it, after all, Newton's social influence was already very great at that time.

After all, Newton is so stubborn with the Anglican Church in this matter because he looks down on each other, and you scum deserve to find God with me? , you!

"Poof." Thinking about it, Wu Bin laughed.

"Laughing at what?" Bi Wanqing looked at Wu Bin strangely and asked.

"I thought of the various operations of this godman, it's really interesting" Wu Bin laughed a few times, then suddenly turned his head and asked Bi Wanqing: "Teacher, do you think it is possible for me to become a contemporary Newton?" ”

"Contemporary Newton? If you can prove string theory or dark matter, maybe you can. Bi Wanqing didn't treat this sentence as a joke, but answered him very rationally.

String theory, dark matter, and physics are the two ultimate bosses, and countless scientists have exhausted their lives for them, but in the end it is all in vain.

This is also the most embarrassing place in the physics world now, string theory has been discovered since 1930, but there has been no development so far, which means that there is no development in the physics field so far, and a figure like Newton or Einstein is urgently needed to come out and take everyone into the next new field of physics.

"String theory, dark matter, teacher, do you think we are on the wrong path?"

"Hahahaha." Bi Wanqing suddenly laughed after hearing this, "You are definitely not the only one who has doubted this, but if you can really explore a new path, then you are definitely the contemporary Newton." ”

"But...... Now let's think about how to get a ranking in the national competition. After laughing, Bi Wanqing said to Wu Bin.

"It's also ......"

After Wu Bin finished speaking, he threw the last clove of orange into his mouth.

'System, will I one day lead humanity into the next new realm?' ’

"Sorry, this issue is no longer within the scope of inquiry."

"Heh, system."