"Well, gentlemen, it seems that this year's Nobel Prize in Physics, only Chen Muwu is the only nominee.

"If he can't pass the qualification review of our jury, then that means that in this year's selection, the jury has not found enough important work results, according to the provisions of the Nobel Foundation Statutes, we may have to regretfully report to the Nobel Prize Committee, and this year's physics laureate will be temporarily put on hold and left for next year to discuss this matter."

Gulstrand's proposal was not fanciful, as he put it, in Article 5 of the Nobel Foundation's Statutes, it is clearly written: "If sufficiently important work is not found [in a given year], the prize will be retained for the following year." If, even so, the award cannot be awarded, its amount should be added to the Foundation's funds. ”

And this is not the first time that the Nobel Prize in Physics has been postponed, as there have been three delays in history (1917, 1918 and 1921).

Chen Muwu's participation in the 1924 Nobel Prize in Physics can be regarded as accounting for the time and people.

Needless to say, Rutherford has connected so many physicists from all over Europe and the United States to jointly nominate Chen Muwu, and it can be said that he is expected by everyone.

The reason why it is said is that in history, this year's Nobel Prize in Physics was postponed until the following year because it did not find enough important work results before it was finally awarded to the Swedish physicist Manne Sigbarn.

In fact, this Sigbar had been studying X-ray spectroscopy for ten years, but his name did not appear once in the 1924 Nobel Prize nomination in physics.

Why is it that a person who was unknown a year ago can suddenly win the Nobel Prize in Physics the following year?

On the one hand, because he only published a book on X-ray spectroscopy in 1925, and on the other hand, because of his Swedish nationality.

Since the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded in 1901, the Swedes have only won it once, in 1912.

Nils Gustav Darren, who was awarded for his invention of the automatic gas regulator that ignites buoy lights and buoy lights, is widely regarded as the wateriest of the entire Nobel Prize in Physics – not the doctoral dissertation of the Younger Duchess de Broglie, which has been misrepresented for many years, and which is not a few thin sheets of paper, but more than seventy pages.

This led the jury to award the 1924 Nobel Prize in Physics to Sigbar within a year of the publication of his monograph, in order to support the organizers.

However, Chen Muwu did not take advantage of the location this time.

Gulstrand never wanted to award this year's physics prize to Chen Muwu, a faithful follower of Albert Einstein, a supporter and testifier of the deviant photon heresy, and an evil Chinese from the Far East.

If the review committee can unanimously agree that Chen Muwu's research results are not enough to win the Nobel Prize in Physics, what is the use of more nominations he gets?

The last time Gulstrand heard about Chen Muwu's scholarship was when he created a new branch of quantum mechanics in the microscopic world, and he also proposed a mathematical tool called matrices and an incomprehensible wave equation.

If these nominees are all nominating Chen Muwu for the Nobel Prize in Physics for this reason, it will be in his arms.

In the early days, the Nobel Prize in Science and other selections have always looked down on theoretical research.

This was the norm of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and was even reflected in the will of Alfred Nobel.

Regarding the selection of laureates, Nobel wrote in his will that the Nobel Prize in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine will be awarded to those who have made "the most significant discovery or invention", "the most significant discovery or improvement" and "the most significant discovery" in the three disciplines.

So according to this will, there is no problem at all with the nomination of the Lumière brothers, who invented the motion picture by Le Chartret of France.

And this also explains why the Nobel Prize does not have a prize in mathematics.

It's not because of the long-standing scientific legend that Nobel's fiancée ran away with a mathematician, so he didn't set up a mathematics prize, which is complete nonsense.

In fact, it is because Nobel, a chemist and inventor, is limited to the general environment of the times and believes that mathematics is a purely theoretical discipline and cannot make outstanding contributions to mankind like physics and chemistry, so he did not set up a mathematics prize in his will.

If the reasons for Chen Muwu's nomination are all related to theory, then he can refuse to award this year's Nobel Prize in Physics to Chen Muwu, just as he rejected Einstein because of the theory of relativity.

It's just that the reason for the nomination on the nomination letter once again shattered Gulstrand's disillusionment.

Although some people do nominate theories, for example, Planck gave the reason for the nomination because Chen Muwu proposed Chen statistics that can deduce Planck's law of thermal radiation, and Bohr gave the reason that Chen Muwu proposed and experimentally confirmed that electrons have spin, proposed Chen's incompatibility principle about electron energy levels, and proposed the fourth quantum number of Bohr's atomic model.

But in more nomination letters, various experiments that Chen Muwu has done are given.

Rutherford and Einstein nominated Chen Muwu's gamma-ray Chen scattering experiment, and Tomson Sr. nominated Chen Muwu's visible light Chen scattering experiment.

France's Langevin and Marie Curie, of course, nominated Chen Muwu and de Broglie for the electron diffraction experiment, and the former also added the name of his student de Broglie to the nomination.

Even the president of Harvard University, Abbott Lowell, who was rejected by Chen Muwu, wrote to the Nobel Prize in Physics jury to nominate Chen Muwu as this year's candidate for the discovery of the ninth planet in the solar system.

Of course, in Gulstrand's view, this reason is simply nonsense.

Because in today's academic view, astronomy is astronomy, physics is physics, and the well water does not interfere with the river water between the two, and it cannot be confused at all.

Chen Muwu discovered a new planet, and in the eyes of Rutherford, Einstein and others, it was completely like his own children going to the astronomy next door to play a ticket in their spare time when they were tired of studying.

Excluding cosmic rays in 1936 and stellar nuclear reactions in 1967, it is debatable whether they should be considered physics or astronomy.

The first time astronomy won the Nobel Prize was not until the invention of the radio telescope and the discovery of pulsars in 1974.

In fact, this first time could have been advanced to 1953.

Edwin Hubble, the American astronomer who discovered the expansion of the universe and proposed Hubble's law, advocated that astronomy should be included in the scope of physics, and he hired a publicity agency to publicize the matter.

Hubble's propaganda was so effective that in 1953, after several rounds of voting, the Physics Prize jury had decided to award him that year's Physics Prize.

But in September of that year, Hubble died of a sudden cerebral hemorrhage, and the Nobel Prize is not awarded to the deceased.

……

Chen Muwu had so many heavy physics experiments under his name, which made Gulstrand's wish once again frustrated.

It seems that Chen Muwu's Nobel Prize nomination can no longer be justifiably vetoed, and if you don't want to award him this year's Nobel Prize, you have to use some crooked brains.

Of course, not all of the five judges on the jury wore racist colored glasses like Goellstrand.

The one who stood up to speak up for Chen Muwu was the Sigbar mentioned above.

As a Swedish physicist, it is normal for him to be included in the Nobel Prize in Physics jury.

Sigbar could not have foreseen that he would win this year's Nobel Prize in Physics in a year's time.

So he naturally didn't know that if he came forward now and fought for Chen Muwu, he would give away the Nobel Prize in Physics that belonged to him.

Sigbarn, who was sitting in his chair, spoke: "Mr. President, I think I can see where your anxiety is. The reason why you are so resistant to Chen Muwu now is not because you and him have the same academic ideas as you and Mr. Einstein did, but because of his race and skin color.

"I find it ungentlemanly for you to behave in this way, contrary to the will of Mr. Nobel in his will, that 'no regard shall be given to the nationality of the candidate for the prize, that is, whether he or she is Scandinavian or not, whoever is most qualified shall receive the prize, and I hereby declare that it is my urgent wish to award the prize in this way......

"If our review committee can't treat Chen Muwu, a rookie in physics, fairly and impartially, and can't correctly evaluate his contributions to physics. Then I think that I may withdraw from this judging committee, and I do not rule out exposing to the news media what you did at this impromptu judging meeting. ”

……

The Nobel Prize jury in Stockholm, Sweden, was chattering, but Chen Muwu had already taken the late train and rushed to King's Cross railway station.

It's getting late, and the gift purchase can only be arranged until tomorrow.

Founded in London, he has two places to spend the night in addition to a hotel.

The first is naturally to go to the Legation in Britain in the People's Republic of China, whether it is the chargé d'affaires a.i., Zhu Zhaoxin, or the staff who sent Zhao Zhongyao and Shi Ruwei to Cambridge University a few days ago, they can always arrange a place for Chen Muwu to live.

The second is that when Lao She was separated at the port of Dover, he left Chen Muwu with his residence at the Oriental College of the University of London.

After thinking about it briefly, Chen Muwu felt that he should not bother Lao She, but go to the legation first to deal with the night.

After all, just like Chen Muwu lived in Mrs. Brown's house last year, Lao She is estimated to be renting the second floor of a local British family.

It was evening, and he was going to disturb rashly now, which was likely to bring unnecessary trouble to Lao She.

Calling a taxi outside the train station, Chen Muwu went straight to Portland Street.

When he came to the Legation of the People's Republic of China in the UK, Zhu Zhaoxin's attitude was not a demotion corresponding, but he could also be regarded as a corporal of Lixian.

He didn't put on a show, but as soon as they met, he complimented Chen Muwu: "Hanchen, you won four gold medals in a row at the International Games in Paris, which really increased the prestige of our people and destroyed the ambition of foreign people. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China has sent an official letter some time ago, and President Cao Gong is also very happy to hear the news that you won the championship, and he wants to upgrade the two badges awarded to you not long ago, and then upgrade them to the second-class Grand Scarf Baoguang Jiahe Medal and the Second Medal of Merit, congratulations, congratulations! ”

If it is placed in the former Qing Dynasty, this medal can still be equivalent to a marquis.

In the first few years, I could barely follow the rules and regulations of the "Order of Merit". But then, as the rights continued to change, the speed and number of medals continued to expand, and the medal became less and less valuable.

For Chen Muwu, these two medals are nothing more than two small cards.

After being polite to Zhu Zhaoxin, the two walked to an office in the legation.

After the guests were seated, the staff served fragrant tea.

"Hanchen, I don't know what you are doing with your visit this time?"

"Ding Gong, this is really not to be. Mu Wu came to London this time only to buy some personal belongings, but because it was late, he came to the legation to spend the night. ”

Chen Muwu said that he was going to buy a birthday present for his teacher Rutherford.

His original intention was to go to Chinatown to buy a piece of Suzhou embroidery such as Songhe Longevity and Shoubi Nanshan, which can be regarded as a birthday gift, and it can be regarded as a piece of his heart as a student.

After Zhu Zhaoxin heard about it, he patted his chest and promised that he would let the staff handle this matter, and there was absolutely no need for Chen Muwu to worry.

The two were polite in the office for a long time, and in the end, Chen Muwu couldn't hold back, and still told what happened a few days ago.

"Ding Gong, the younger generation still has a reluctant request. That is, now that I have a teaching position at Cambridge University, I want to do something to give back to my country.

"I plan to personally fund and invite domestic students to study physics in Cambridge, and I have written a letter to explain this matter to Professor Ye Qisun of Southeast University in China."

His remarks, in the ears of the chargé d'affaires who were bent on promotion and fortune, were naturally regarded as an invitation.

Zhu Zhaoxin was also happy with the beauty of adults, and immediately expressed his attitude to Chen Muwu: "Hanchen is not only talented, but also noble. Zhu will send someone to the country tomorrow and ask them to commend you for your heart of serving the country. ”

"Ding Gong, this doesn't have to be troublesome. This move of the younger generation is not intended to invite fame, but sincerely wants to help the development of physics in our country.

"The younger generation only wants that if there are really students from China who can come to the UK in the future, I hope that Ding Gong can make it convenient and help and support the students."

Chen Muwu didn't say that Zhao Zhongyao and Shi Ruwei had arrived in the UK, so naturally he didn't say anything about the disgraceful past that happened between them and the staff.

But his words changed in Zhu Zhaoxin's ears again.

Cao Pi resigned three times before being allowed by Chan, and Chen Muwu's resignation was just a retreat.

"I see, Hanchen, then do as you say. When you invite students to come to the UK in the future, our legation will definitely help! ”

"Thank you Ding Gong!"

Early the next morning, Chen Muwu was still invited to have breakfast with Zhu Zhaoxin, and the embassy staff had already delivered the gifts to the table of the two.

The handkerchiefs that Chen Muwu originally wanted have now become one beautifully packaged box after another.

As for what's inside......

Chen Muwu just wanted to reach out and open it to take a look, but was stopped by Zhu Zhaoxin again.

"Hanchen, to be able to cultivate such a scientific talent as you for our country, this teacher of yours can be regarded as a great contribution. Originally, I should have made a noise to congratulate and express my gratitude on behalf of the government of the People's Republic of China. Unfortunately, the legation was busy with business, and the old man really couldn't get out.

"I can only let people prepare a little courtesy to show their hearts, and I hope that Hanchen will not shirk."

Yes, taking advantage of Rutherford's birthday, Zhu Zhaoxin didn't forget to pat his ass.

Where did he think that he was going to celebrate Rutherford's birthday, but he was just borrowing flowers to offer Buddha.

As long as Chen Muwu can stay comfortably in the UK and continue to make more achievements in science, then Zhu Zhaoxin will be able to accumulate more political capital and be more open to the British.

Chen Muwu did not refuse Zhu Zhaoxin's "kindness", it was good to let these civil officials who were vegetarian eat blood or let them bleed, anyway, their money was not so clean.

He pretended to excuse himself and said, "Ding Gong, I really broke your bank." It's just that this gift is too much, and it's too expensive, and the younger generation can't bring it back to Cambridge alone, so it's better for me to pick only one and pass on Ding Gong's mind to my teacher. ”

"Hey, Hanchen, why are you polite to me. You don't have to worry about how to bring the gift back, I'll arrange for a few staff members to accompany you back.

"The tickets for the return trip have been bought, and when I finish this breakfast, I will send someone to take you to the train station."

Well, Chen Muwu now feels that Zhu Zhaoxin is a little too intimate.

When he finally came to London, he also wanted to visit Lao She.

As a result, now that there is such a thing again, it seems that Oriental College will not be able to go, so it can only find another opportunity in the future.

"Then the juniors will thank Ding Gong."

Chen Muwu came in a hurry yesterday, and left in a hurry today, and experienced first-hand what is called "special forces tourism".

When he returned to the room of Trinity College and unwrapped the gifts one by one, Chen Muwu realized how extravagant the things Zhu Zhaoxin had prepared this time were.

There are ivory carvings of Antarctic immortals, and there are blue and white vases printed with five blessings and longevity.

In contrast, the Suzhou embroidery he asked Zhu Zhaoxin to buy for the longevity of Songhe should be regarded as the cheapest thing in it.

He was shocked by the magnanimity of the legations, and wondered if he was a little too greedy to ask for so many gifts.

However, after thinking about it again, since these gifts arrived at the legation, even if he didn't want them, there was no reason to return them to Chinatown.

And most of these gifts were not bought from the vendors in Chinatown at regular prices, if Chen Muwu didn't want it, the cheap ones would still be the people in the legation.

Thinking of this, Chen Muwu finally felt a little better in his heart.

He began to imagine how Rutherford would behave when he saw the gifts, and wondered if he would be able to surpass Bohr and become the teacher's favorite student this time.

……

Rutherford's birthday will not be until the end of the month, and before that, Eddington, who has not seen him for a long time, came to Trinity College to find Chen Muwu in person this time.

However, he came not because of astronomical things, but because of the matrix mechanics and wave dynamics proposed by Chen Muwu.

It is difficult to say whether Eddington, the director of the Cambridge University Observatory, is a physicist, after all, he also has a deep knowledge of the second law of thermodynamics.

Eddington wasn't here to ask questions, in fact, he wasn't very interested in whether the electron orbit was observable, or what the wave function in the wave equation was.

Eddington just realized that the quantum mechanics established by Chen Muwu, as well as the matrix mechanics and wave dynamics proposed by him, seemed to be unattainable in the future.

Just as during the First World War, he read Einstein's general theory of relativity and wrote a popular science book, Eddington's addiction to popular science came again.

He came this time to discuss with Chen Muwu to see if he could write a popular science book on quantum mechanics and introduce to the vast number of science enthusiasts the recent major progress made in physics in the microscopic world.

Like Ramsey of the Apostles, Eddington was the chief Wrangler of Trinity College's class, the one with the best score in mathematics.

Chen Muwu had no doubts that his mathematical skills would be able to write this popular science book well, so he decisively agreed to Eddington's request.

It's just that the sales of his popular science book after it was written, it is none of Chen Muwu's business.

……

In Berlin, Germany, which is not far away, Chen Muwu and Eddington's good friend Albert Einstein have not been too comfortable recently.

The reason for his annoyance is still Chen Muwu's several papers before and after.

Einstein couldn't understand how the Chinese genius who had always been in the same trench as himself now, from the photon theory to the Chen statistics in quantum statistics, had recently become more and more deviant.

It is enough for him to propose that the electron orbit is unobservable, after all, he has also used Mach's philosophical theory in the theory of relativity.

But why did he come up with such a fanciful explanation of the wave equation he had recently proposed in a recent paper published in the journal Nature?

Although the explanation of probability waves looks very similar to the ghost field that I introduced more than ten years ago in order to explain the volatility of light quanta, I have already abandoned that theory!

Why did he pick up the ghost field again, and after some packaging, put it on the electronics?

The more Einstein thought about it, the more ridiculous this theory became, so he walked to his desk and wrote a letter to Chen Muwu that would go down in the history of physics in the future.

I'm a little late today, sorry.

(End of chapter)