Needless to say, Maxwell's prestige is that physicists in the history of physics who have achieved more than him can be counted on half a hand. As a physics student in later generations, Ma Whistle naturally revered this great god.

In later generations, there was a saying of the "Four Divine Beasts of Physics", which were Zeno's tortoise, Laplacemon, Maxwell's demon, and Schrödinger's cat.

The "magical creature" described in this letter is none other than the famous Maxwell, which was also proposed by Maxwell in the original history, but much later - in the case of Maxwell, the giant of science, the historical changes caused by the horse whistle have obviously been reflected.

Maxwell was now just a teenager, and his idea came as a somewhat surprise, albeit rather cursory.

Maxwell's demon bothered physicists for many years, and it was not until the birth of information theory that it was truly subdued.

Until then, the best answer to this question by physicists is probably the phrase "thinking produces entropy" summarized by Carl Eckart.

So Ma Whistle wrote a reply to the young Maxwell with this sentence.

"Thinking produces entropy......" Kelvin couldn't help but groan when he saw this sentence, and fell into thought.

After Ma Whistle finished writing the letter, he suddenly said, "I may be able to post this letter in a magazine." ”

"In this way, I am afraid that this teenager will receive too much attention." Kelvin said.

Ma Whistle: "It's not necessarily a bad thing that geniuses get a little more attention. Thomson, aren't you also famous at a young age? ”

"You seem to admire him extraordinarily?" Kelvin asked.

"I have a feeling that this Maxwell is going to achieve something extraordinary." Ma Whistle said mysteriously.

He wanted Maxwell to be famous at a young age, to get earlier, more attention, and then more resources.

This may have been a double-edged sword for Maxwell, who could either be more fully developed, or he could get lost in the glory that came too easily, and end up in obscurity.

But in the Whistle's opinion, the physical process of this world has been accelerated and distorted by him, and it will be even worse in the future, and a regular version of Maxwell is dispensable. In that case, why not try to create an unconventional version of Maxwell?

In fact, he wanted to take Maxwell as a student and train him personally.

It's just that the conditions don't allow it, he can't stay in Europe forever, and he will have to return to North America after a while, and even if Maxwell is willing to go to North America with him, I'm afraid he may not be willing to live in the Indian world.

Moreover, it is impossible for him to teach Maxwell now, and he still has to publish papers on so many major scientific achievements.

Maybe there will be a chance in the future.

The open letter, titled "Thinking Produces Entropy," was quickly published and was well received by the public because it did not have even a single formula and was as interesting as possible.

For the public, it is rare for the incredible Mr. Indian to publish an article that can still be understood after connecting all the words, and naturally he can't let it go.

For a time, "Thinking Produces Entropy" became a popular reading for the public.

Thanks to the popularity of this open letter, Maxwell, the originally unknown teenager, quickly became a household name in Britain.

Everyone now knows that there is such a talented boy at the University of Edinburgh, who is not only gifted, diligent and eager to enter the university early, but also receives public replies and praise from amazing Indian scientists.

If this is put in China in later generations, it will be properly exemplified, reported by the central media, and then it will be selected as a popular positive energy material for college entrance examination essays.

Maxwell is a very low-key and humble person, and his public popularity has not been high, so it can even be said that Ma Whistle's move directly pulled Maxwell's popularity among the public to a level no less than that of later generations.

Next, let's take a look at what kind of life trajectory this talented young man who came to the spotlight will take.

The scientific community's reaction to Thinking Produces Entropy has been much calmer than the public's, and after all, the easy-to-understand open letter seems to illustrate only a basic fact: thinking also involves thermodynamic processes – and that's not surprising.

No one has yet realized what is hidden behind Maxwell's demons......

Of course, there is another reason - Ma Whistle's book has finally been published.

Thermodynamics, which systematically expounded the preliminary results of thermodynamics, attracted the attention of all physicists, and within a few days, British physicists had a copy in their possession.

Scientists in Europe were not far behind and rushed to buy it, and "Thermodynamics" spread rapidly in the Western scientific community, and the branch of physics with its name was officially presented to the world.

"Thermodynamics" has already made waves in the academic world, but it still pales in comparison to "Guns, Germs and Steel".

After all, there is such a thing as physics, experimental data and logical reasoning are placed in front of you, and you have to recognize it, and you have to recognize it if you don't recognize it.

But "Guns, Germs, and Steel" is different, it is a book that resembles history rather than history, and resembles living things and is not living things, and even after a hundred years, it is very trendy, let alone in 1848.

What's more, when Ma Whistle presented his point, he barely listed the evidence—much of the evidence was the result of professional research in the next century, and he could not present it or remember it at all.

Basically, he said this: although there is no clear evidence yet, it is not difficult to figure out such a truth......

If it is a common point of view, it would be fine, but those core ideas in "Guns, Germs and Steel", in this era, which one is not earth-shattering?

Ma Whistle was already very restrained, and it was heavily cut and flooded, and half of the content was an advertisement for Apache, but the book inevitably caused an uproar and great controversy.

For example, in the article, he euphemistically expressed the view that "Indians are not inferior to whites", which led some white racists to scold him - you Indian barbarians are really ignorant!

You know, the original idea is that "Indians may have a higher IQ than whites", and it is explicitly stated, not a euphemism at all.

An Indian who dared to say such a thing in the white country of his time would probably be killed on the road.

So the horse whistle did not say that, but simply said that "the IQ of the Indians is no lower than that of the whites."

He felt that it was already humble to say this, but he didn't expect to attract a lot of insults.

Of course, at least in academia, this kind of offensive rhetoric is still in the minority, and most of the controversy revolves around his views and way of thinking.

For example, the difference in the axis of the Eurasian continent and the American continent has led to a great difference in the agricultural development of the two regions - because the difference in latitude can lead to a large difference in climate to diametrically opposite, so the difficulty of crop propagation across latitude is much higher than that across longitude, so the east-west Eurasian continent quickly developed mature agriculture, while the north-south American continent did not, which in turn led to a series of later civilization differences.

This unprecedented viewpoint and strong historical materialism have had a great impact on the academic community.

Ma Whistle thought that after the book was published, he would be more relaxed, but he didn't expect it to be even worse, every day there were scholars in the fields of biology and history looking for him, some in newspapers and magazines, and some directly in the flesh.

"I can't stand it anymore, I'm going to Lincoln." The sentry threw away the letter in his hand and decided to end the endless argument with silence.

Kelvin smiled and said, "I'm going to go with you." ”

"Why?"

"Discuss your book with you, I just finished reading it recently." Kelvin said.

"You say ...... Thermodynamics?"

"No, it's another one, the thermodynamic edifice you've built is quite perfect, there's nothing to argue about." Kelvin picked up Guns, Germs, and Steel on the shelf, "I wasn't very interested in it, but now I know why it's so controversial." ”

Horse whistle: "......"

"Great Chief, someone is coming to visit you again." An Apache warrior came in and said, "He said he had done a round-the-world expedition......"

"Nope." Ma Whistle subconsciously waved his hand, and then seemed to think of something, "What did you say, Global Expedition?" ”

"Yes."

"What's his name?" Kelvin spoke in jerky Apache, and he had learned a little Apache by the horse's side, occasionally showing off, though most Apache felt he might as well speak English.

"He said his name was Charles Robert Darwin."