Chapter 229: The Choice of the Nobel Prize
Xu Chuan ignored the two who would be eliminated, a month ago, he said it clearly and clearly. Today's assessment is the key to determining whether they can enter the project.
If you can't pass the assessment, it's impossible to stay.
It is impossible to enjoy the benefits of mixing days on his side.
Although he has the number of official fellows in his hands, it is impossible to waste it on these people.
A test paper, although it is not possible to completely screen out people with other intentions, but at least it is too obvious to do so, and it is okay to kick out people who don't take him seriously.
is like Sun Heng, who only got thirty-one points, it can be said that he almost didn't read the paper he sent down, and he didn't take his words as the person in charge seriously at all.
Don't you kick out this kind of person and keep it for the New Year?
It's hard to get started, but it's also the best time to set the rules at the beginning.
If he controls the beginning, then there will not be too many problems for a long time to come.
Just like a building, as long as the foundation is stable, there is no problem with how many floors are built.
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In the magic capital, Xu Chuan is screening scientific researchers to ensure the purity of the team.
And in faraway Sweden, in the city of Stockholm, in the Royal Academy of Sciences, one meeting after another is constantly being held.
It's close to October, and at this time, the city, and even the country, attracts the world's attention because of the Nobel Prize list.
Because according to the usual rules, the various awards of the Nobel Prize every year will be announced one after another on October 1 every year.
But this year is a special year.
The first is that the Nobel Prize in Literature was discontinued.
The reason is that Arnault, the husband of Katrina Frosdensson, a member of the Swedish Academy, had assaulted or sexually harassed 18 women, and was suspected of leaking the list of Nobel laureates.
This led to the resignation of several members of the Academy of Letters, including Klaes Ostergren, Sher Espumac, and Peter Nlund.
A huge scandal broke out at the Nobel Academy of Letters, which stopped the evaluation and awarding of literary prizes.
This is also the first time since World War II that the Nobel Prize in Literature has been suspended.
The second is that it is now September 30, but the winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, the most proficient or important, has not yet been selected.
It is rumored that there are rumors of the selection committee members in the office of the physics branch these days, but there is no result.
And as the deadline arrived, the final meeting of the physics branch was held in the quiet research institute.
It doesn't look too big, but it's full of history.
The five members of the Nobel Prize in Physics reunited here.
At the meeting, the Chairman of the Selection Committee looked with some headache at the two members of the Selection Committee, Professor Wolfgang Ketler and Professor George Smoot, who were almost completely opposed.
The former supported the 'breakthrough in laser physics' to win this year's Nobel Prize in Physics.
The latter supported the extended application of the 'xu-weyl-berry theorem' and won this year's Nobel Prize in Physics.
The two old men, who were more than one hundred and thirty years old, quarreled for nearly two months about this matter.
This is also an extremely rare thing in the selection of the Nobel Prize.
Although there have been many times in history when the Nobel selection committee members have not been able to reach an agreement.
But like this year, it's the first time that the noise is so fierce, to be honest.
Professor George Smoot, in particular, has been nominated for the 'Extended Application of the Xu-Weyl-Berry Theorem' for three consecutive years.
However, in the first two years, he just meant it, and seemed to be concentrating on this year, and he and Professor Wolfgang Kettler were about to quarrel with each other.
The two insisted on their own words, and neither could convince the other.
Shaking his head with a little headache, the chairman of the selection committee knocked on the solid wood long table and said, "Everyone, today is the last day of September. This year's other awards have already been decided, and we're left alone."
"It is customary for the Royal Academy of Sciences to announce the winners of the Physics Prize on October 4th, but yet, we still haven't come up with a result."
"Today, we have to come up with a result no matter what."
At the oval desk, the four members of the selection committee glanced at each other.
Indeed, no matter what, it is time for them to make a choice today.
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In fact, to this day, the debate over who should be awarded to this year's physics prize is still unanswered by the five members of the Nobel Prize in Physics selection committee.
The five people sitting here seem to be divided into three factions.
On the one hand, there are two people led by Professor Wolfgang Ketler, who advocate a 'breakthrough in the field of laser physics'.
On the other hand, two other people, led by Professor George Smoot, advocated an 'extended application of the xu-weyl-berry theorem'.
The last one is the selection of the chairman, who has not expressed his opinion much since mid-to-late August.
No matter which scientific research project is the result, he only conducts a rational analysis, and by the way, collects a series of data such as the value, future, development, and defects of the two achievements proposed between the two factions.
At the beginning of the final meeting, after an exchange of views among the five members, the Selection Committee began to continue discussions on the two nominations.
[Breakthrough in the field of laser physics]or [Extended application of the xu-weyl-berry theorem]
After nearly half a year from thousands of recommendations, the selection committee of the School of Physics finally selected two results to compete for the final Nobel Prize.
I have to say, it's a hard thing to choose.
Even the members of the selection committee, who have already selected many Nobel Prizes in physics, have difficulty making a complete choice.
Both of these achievements are great.
Among them, the breakthrough of laser is a light source that has brought a revolutionary impact on the progress of human society.
In particular, Professor Arthur Ashkin's work uses optical trapping and manipulation of tiny dielectric particles with optical gradient forces.
It not only brought optical tweezers to human beings, but also extended this research to bacteria, viruses and cells, and indirectly promoted the development of laser surgery.
This is a great result.
The latter is an extended application of the xu-weyl-berry theorem.
Although this achievement does not bring much value in the present, there may not be many technologies that can compare to it in the future.
Once humanity enters the age of interstellar navigation, it will bring a second, third, and fourth ....... to humanity and even more to the planet of immigrants.
The results of this are also quite great, whether it is the discovery of Betelgeuse's binary galaxy or the discovery of the 'Trappist-1' galaxy, which is enough to be nominated for the Nobel Prize.
At the International Mathematical Congress two months ago, some astrophysicists proposed that the extended application of the xu-weyl-berry theorem may go far beyond calculating the data of galaxies.
It may be used to break through high-dimensional space and open wormholes to distant universes.
Although this is only an unproven theory, the discovery of gravitational waves has provided a key parameter.
Wait for when humans can find the graviton, and maybe they will be able to use it.
Undoubtedly, this is a greater achievement.
The only problem is that it has only been around for a relatively short period of time, only three years ago.
Compared to the former, it doesn't seem to get enough time to settle.
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In the conference room, there was endless arguments and chaos.
The chairman of the selection committee looked at the other committee members, listened to the arguments of both sides, and fell into deep thought.
Obviously, if we continue like this, there will be no results.
In the middle of the ring, the chairman of the selection committee came back from his contemplation, and knocked on the table as he looked at the selection committee members who still insisted on their own words, and no one could convince anyone.
A crisp voice rang out in the conference room, drawing everyone's attention to it.
"Well, there's no point in arguing like this, and no one can convince anyone. As for how to choose, let's make a choice in the traditional way. ”
Clapping his hands, the chairman of the selection committee took out a stack of sticky notes from his pocket and gave one to each of the four selection committee members.
"Voting is by name, and you are invited to make your final choice with your surname, glory, and faith."
The four members of the selection committee took the convenience notes and took out pens or ballpoint pens from their pockets.
Seeing this scene, the corners of the chairman of the selection committee hooked up with a smile.
He knew that such a plot would appear today.
With his head down, the chairman of the selection committee took out a pen from his pocket and wrote his name on his own post-it note.
Soon, the sticky notes were put back on.
Five post-it signs, with the signature counted by the chairman of the selection committee.
[Breakthrough in the field of laser physics].
[Extended application of the xu-weyl-berry theorem].
[Breakthrough in the field of laser physics] two.
[Extended application of the xu-weyl-berry theorem] two.
The chairman of the selection committee kept placing the post-it notes on his desk, and counted them as he placed them.
When the fifth convenience lot dropped, the sound of voting also sounded
[Breakthrough in the field of laser physics] three .......
As the words fell, there was silence in the office, and Professor Wolfgang Ketler had a big smile on his face, he had won.
The breakthrough in the field of lasers is a great achievement, and finally got the glory of its application.
Of course, he also attaches great importance to the extended application of the xu-weyl-berry theorem, but compared to the former, it is too young and needs some time to settle.
Maybe the future belongs to it, but not now.
Across the desk, Professor George Smoot looked incredulous.
He could not believe that the extended application of the xu-weyl-berry theorem would lose to the breakthrough in the field of lasers.
Obviously, the importance and value of the extended application of the xu-weyl-berry theorem are higher, and it is clear that what it brings to mankind is a broad future.
Why would the Nobel Prize give up on the future of humanity?
In the front row of the desk, the chairman of the selection committee just smiled vigorously, took out a post-it note from his hand, and solemnly put it on the desk.
[Extended application of the xu-weyl-berry theorem] 3 sheets.
Calm words came out of his mouth, but they caused everyone's astonishment.
Everyone in the conference room looked at the chairman of the committee with a blank expression.
Isn't there only five members of the selection committee for the Nobel Prize in Physics?
Where did this sixth ticket come from?
Feeling everyone's attention, the chairman of the selection committee smiled and said: "These two achievements are indeed very good, and they are both worthy of the Nobel Prize." ”
"When it's really hard to choose, why don't we award this year's Nobel Prize to these two people at the same time?"
"After all, the Nobel Prize has never been awarded to one person at a time, and there has never been a rule that the selection committee can only vote for one person or one achievement."
In the conference room, the other four members of the selection committee reacted instantly.
Their selection committee members voted for [breakthrough in the field of laser physics] and [extended application of the xu-weyl-berry theorem] respectively.
Three to three, the votes of both sides are equal.
This means that this year's Nobel Prize in Physics will be awarded to two different achievements.
In the history of the Nobel Prize, this is not something that has never happened, but correspondingly, those research results basically belong to the same framework or are close to each other.
For example, the 1978 Physics Prize was awarded to "Basic Inventions and Discoveries in the Field of Low-Temperature Physics" and "Discovery of Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation".
Or in 1983 it was awarded to the 'Theoretical Study of Important Physical Processes of Star Structure and Their Evolution' and 'Theoretical and Experimental Study of Nuclear Reactions in the Universe to Form Chemical Elements'.
These different results basically complement each other, or the former promotes the emergence of the latter to a certain extent.
Never before, as this year, has the Nobel Prize been distributed to two completely unrelated fields.
This is the main reason why people did not think about awarding the physics prize to both at the same time.
But I have to say, this is the most appropriate method.
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In the magic capital, after screening the first batch of scientific researchers, Xu Chuan began to assign work.
Unlike the 'Kawakai Materials Research Institute', he needs to personally preside over the nuclear energy research to prevent accidents during the research process.
If something happens in the research process of lithium batteries, in the hands of formal researchers, it will generally catch fire and burn the instrument or something.
More serious, that is, exploded.
However, regular research, even if it explodes, is very difficult to hurt the researcher.
After all, there are omens before the explosion of lithium batteries, such as the temperature of the battery rises, it expands like a balloon or something. This is enough time for researchers to prevent and deal with it.
But the research on nuclear energy is different.
This thing is much more dangerous than lithium batteries, and a big problem will occur if you are not careful.
In order to prevent accidents, Xu Chuan had to watch it in person here.
For the project of 'Mechanism for Gathering and Converting Electricity from Nuclear Energy β Radiant Energy', Xu Chuan first arranged to develop a material that can combat nuclear radiation.
In fact, it is the 'atomic cycle' technology that was studied in the previous life.
This technique had already been taken out when he met the old man in the capital before.
Of course, what comes up is only a theory, in fact, what kind of effect this technology can achieve, no one except Xu Chuan knows.
However, this does not prevent the theory from being translated into practical results with the support of the above.
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