Before the closing ceremony, Chen Muwu and the astronomers had the opportunity to meet and communicate only the day before the opening ceremony, when he was taken by bicycle by Eddington to the Cambridge University Observatory.

And all the people who participated in the event were giants among astronomers.

Except for them, no one knows what Chen Muwu looks like.

Although he also attended the opening ceremony of the first day of the conference, in the venue of St. John's College that day, the bigwigs who spoke on the podium appeared on the stage.

No one in attendance would know that the young astronomer, who has been in the limelight for the past two years, was also in the opening room of the day, and was seated in the last few rows of observer seats.

But when it came to the closing ceremony, the Chinese Astronomical Society became one of the official members of the International Federation of Astronomers, and always had to go through the process of going to the stage to accept the relevant certificates and then take a group photo.

Chen Muwu meant to let Zhang Yun take the stage, after all, he was an official member of the Chinese Astronomical Society, and he was appointed as the official representative to attend the plenary meeting.

But the reason given by Zhang Yun made it impossible to refuse.

"Brother Hanchen, this time the Contempt Society was able to successfully join the federation, all because of your face.

"In the past few days, I have personally seen other countries that are also observer countries refuse to be admitted as full members of the federation because they do not meet the various indicators.

"I ask myself, the level of astronomical development of the people is also not up to the conditions set by the Federation, but we were able to successfully join as a full member only because of a talent like you, who has won glory for the country in the international astronomical community.

"I'm a student at the University of Lyon, I haven't even gotten my degree certificate yet, and I will only lose face to the country if I rush to the stage.

Since he couldn't refuse, he had to agree.

Chen Muwu followed Spain. Representatives of Portugal, Norway and Switzerland, the other four countries that have joined the Federation at this plenary meeting, took to the podium in the auditorium.

Rutherford's son-in-law, R. Fowler, served as the moderator of the meeting for seven days, including the closing ceremony.

When introducing other countries, he simply read the names of the countries and the names of the astronomical organizations in that country.

But when it came to the Republic of China, the senior of Trinity College obviously talked a lot.

R. Fowler also gave a presentation at the conference on the topic of the transition from stars to white dwarfs.

In his report, he used a basically up-to-date statistical principle, Dirac-Chan statistics.

Others may not know what it means to juxtapose these two surnames, but they may think that Dirac, the little-known Ph.D. student at Cambridge University, occupies a major position in theoretical research in this statistic.

But as Dirac's mentor, R. Fowler still knew very well that if Chen Muwu Zhuyu was not in front of him, then Dirac would not have found this statistical law so easily.

Moreover, Chen Muwu is also the favorite student of his father-in-law Rutherford, and is one of the leading figures in the new generation of Cavendish Laboratories.

So R. Fowler did not hesitate to praise Chen Muwu on stage.

It felt like every Monday when I was in middle school, after raising the national flag and giving a speech under the national flag, the principal took the stage and angrily scolded the students who had bad grades in the exams, and praised the good students who had taken the first place in the grade in the monthly exams.

How embarrassing it is for a good student to stand motionless on the rostrum with the certificate in his hands and stand motionless.

Chen Muwu is neither advancing nor retreating, he thinks to himself, he shouldn't have offended Professor R. Fowler recently, right? Why did he do this to me?

At this point, Dr. Chan finally made a name for himself in front of all the astronomers in attendance.

Or should I say that he has always been famous, but everyone didn't know what he looked like before, but this time he finally showed his face.

So after the closing ceremony, Chen Muwu became the busiest person in the auditorium of St. John's College.

Every astronomer wants to talk to him, and Chen Muwu is more popular than Campbell, who defeated A. Fowler of Imperial College London in the election and was re-elected president of the International Federation of Astronomers.

"Dr. Chen, take the liberty of me, when do you plan to return to China? Professor Kiyoji Hirayama, Vice President of the International Federation of Astronomers and Director of the National Astronomical Observatory, has been hoping to invite you to give a lecture at Tokyo Imperial University, although he was unable to come to the UK due to health reasons. ”

"I don't have any plans to give lectures in the next few years. And I don't know how to speak......"

"It's okay, Dr. Chen, we can have you with a translator when the time comes."

"I'm sorry, but I don't understand the English you speak, for example, right now."

"We can provide Chinese translation, that's not a problem."

What a passion.

The one who surrounds him the most is himself.

This nation has a sick and extremely strong mentality, Chen Muwu is so popular, and they are also honored to be of the yellow race.

"Let's talk about it when we have a chance." He could only do things perfunctorily.

Dr. Chan ......"

Dr. Chan ......"

Chen Muwu tried to squeeze out the crowd while maneuvering with everyone, and finally succeeded in coming to Campbell.

"Principal Campbell! Principal Campbell! ”

There was also a circle of people around Campbell, which made Chen Muwu only stand on the periphery of the crowd and shout.

After some twists and turns, the two finally got into words: "Dr. Chen, what's the matter with you?" Could it be that you have changed your mind and want to go to the University of California with me? ”

“…… Not really. I have here a letter of thanks that I would like you to pass on to President Lowell of Harvard University on my behalf. ”

Just because he was lucky enough to fulfill the last wish of his eldest brother Percival, Abbott directly took out a prize of $10,000.

After thinking about it, Chen Muwu felt that it was a bit inauthentic to ask Campbell to help him send a message to express his gratitude, and even this handwritten letter written overnight made him feel shabby.

If this is in China, you have to ask Campbell to help bring back a few catties of tea and a few pieces of Suzhou embroidery.

The week-long general meeting of the Federation finally came to an end, and the guests left Cambridge University in batches, and the academic town around London gradually returned to the calm before the conference.

After all the preparations, reception, and aftermath of the meeting, Eddington finally had time to go to Lord Balfour.

He told the Chancellor of Cambridge University about the fact that the 92-year-old Northumberland astronomical telescope at the school observatory was old, small in aperture, and outdated in manufacturing technology.

He also told him the story of the third Duke of Northumberland, the Chancellor of Cambridge University nearly a hundred years ago, who donated the telescope at his own expense.

Eddington's words were all about asking the school superintendent to either grant money or donate money.

In fact, Balfour, like Lord Kelvin, perfectly meets the definition standard of Chen Muwu's heart.

First of all, he was very rich, and at the age of six, he inherited a huge sum of four million pounds because of the death of his father.

You know, it was 1854, and a pound was worth a lot more than a pound now.

Chen Muwu feels that even as a time-traveler, his vision is still very low, and he will still be happy to receive a prize of 1,000 pounds.

But in the eyes of the rich, this money is nothing at all.

In Mark Twain's 1893 satire, two wealthy brothers make a bet and give away a million-pound bill.

Secondly, Balfour is still single and has no children.

He once had a lover when he was young, but this girl contracted typhoid fever and died of illness at the age of twenty-seven.

Balfour placed a ring given to him by his mother in the girl's coffin, and remained unmarried ever since.

With a huge fortune and no heirs left behind, Eddington thought it would be easy to get a sum of money from the Chancellor for the construction of a new telescope at the Cambridge University Observatory, and he was even ready to name the new telescope Balfort.

But he didn't think at all that the school supervisor didn't plan to pay for it himself, but said that he would put it at the school's review committee meeting and discuss it with the members.

Greedy, miserly, miserly......

Eddington used all kinds of vicious words in his heart to scold the old fellow named Belfour.

The University of Cambridge's Accreditation Committee meets before the start of the autumn semester.

In addition to Eddington's proposal relayed by Supervisor Balfour to the committee members, the elder Tomson, the dean of Trinity College, brought another proposal.

He proposed the creation of a new Newtonian professor of theoretical physics under Trinity College in honour of the greatest scientist in the history of Cambridge University.

How to settle Chen Muwu has become a problem for old Tom Sun.

Professorships at the University of Cambridge are limited, one turnip and one pit.

Unless a former professor dies or offers to retire, it is simply not possible to place a new person in a professorship.

Professor Ramour was well in the Lucas Mathematics Professorship, and Thomson Sr. had no reason or authority to remove him from that position.

In this way, if you want to find a professor's position for Chen Muwu, you can only help him create a new one.

At the University of Cambridge, there are only two ways to create a new professorship.

Either there are donations from great philanthropists, like William Cavendis, 7th Duke of Devonshire, who donated money to build a laboratory and set up the Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics.

Either you have to apply to the judging committee, go through an extremely complicated application process, and there is a high probability that it will not be successful.

Old Tomson is rich, but not very rich.

He likes Chen Muwu, but he doesn't like it so much.

Therefore, Tomson Sr. would never donate a huge amount of money to Cambridge University in order to help Chen Muwu get a professorship.

Regardless of whether he can take out this money or not, if Old Tom Sun really has this money, why would he want to make a "donation" for Chen Muwu?

Wouldn't it be better to bring his son Tomson Jr., who had been sent to Aberdeen, remote Scotland, to work as a professor back to Cambridge University, so that father and son could be reunited?

Then the second way is to throw the pressure on the school.

……

After the jury meeting, some people were happy and some were worried.

Although he was unable to get enough money from the schoolmaster to build a state-of-the-art telescope, Eddington was able to get more money than usual.

This money will allow him to update a lot of equipment for the Cambridge University Observatory.

And the old Tomson's proposal was completely rejected.

Of course, there was nothing wrong with honoring Newton, but after the dean of Trinity College announced the first nomination for this professorship, the expression on the face of the school reverend Balfour suddenly became less pretty.

Chen Muwu, who had something to do with both proposals, was completely unaware of what was happening at the judging committee meeting.

On the one hand, he had to stare at the design of Zhao Zhongyao and Cockcroft's electrostatic starter, and on the other hand, he had to prepare for a course in linear algebra.

Even the closer he got to leave school, the more nervous he became.

For the first time, I taught a lesson in its entirety in class, and the students were the brightest Cambridge students in the world.

If there is a clear mistake in the lecture, will it be written into their memoirs by many people?

Chen Muwu specially learned from Professor Fowler in the laboratory and asked him if he had any experience in teaching methods.

Fowler's office was equipped with a very magical door, Chen Muwu walked in with a frown, and walked out happily.

"Chen, you don't need to be so nervous. You've said it yourself, and you're going to face some of the brightest students in the UK and the world.

"Do these smart people still need to rely on the teacher's teaching to learn new knowledge? No, they are completely self-taught!

"Just send out the handouts in advance, and at least half of the students in your class will be able to learn all the knowledge before the first class starts, believe it or not?

"As a teacher, the most important thing is to guide them according to the situation, Dr. Chen, you should cultivate their autonomy more!"

Fowler's words made Chen Muwu suddenly brightened.

I've always been worried about being ridiculed by smart students, but for basic knowledge like linear algebra, smart students don't need a teacher at all.

He thought back to the year he had been roommates with Dirac, who had relayed how Fowler taught in class.

The whole class is like a quiet study room, where each student is reading books and calculating individually.

Fowler, on the other hand, only glanced here and there, and if he found any obvious error in his calculations, he would point them out to his students.

High, really high!

If there is a level of fishing, then Fowler is definitely at the level of a grandmaster.

(End of chapter)