Von Neumann came to Cambridge without informing anyone in advance.

Of course, he didn't have to.

In his previous life, Chen Muwu clearly remembered that every summer, there would always be education and training institutions from all over the country, together with local travel agencies, to launch a study tour to Shaojing.

The schedule of the attractions of these study tour groups is also very strange, the Great Wall and the Forbidden City can not be visited, but the two most famous institutions of higher learning in China, Tsinghua University and Shao University, are indispensable.

If everyone in each of these tours should contact the school authorities of both schools in advance to report in advance.

It is estimated that Tsinghua and Shao Da will dispatch more than 100 people every summer to be responsible for registration and reporting.

The qualifications of these study tour groups are also uneven, and the better ones may spend money to find a few graduate students, so that they can take those children who are not familiar with the world to the school in the name of the school students, take a look around, and listen to their bragging.

If it's a little worse, maybe even a few hundred yuan of students are reluctant to spend money, just take the group to the school gates of the two schools and take a group photo.

The same is true for the University of Cambridge today.

It is one of the best universities in the UK and the world, and it is not too far from London, attracting many tourists every day.

Like Tsinghua University, if everyone who comes to Cambridge has to report, Cambridge University is also too busy.

The various colleges of the University of Cambridge are centered on the River Cam and are distributed in Cambridgeshire, and there is no need to report without walls, and they come and go freely.

Some of these people who come to Cambridge come to visit the school, but many more are academics, who want to chat with the world's best peers and learn from them.

Among these people were political practitioners, some studied literature, some studied philosophy, some studied mathematics, and some studied astronomy.

Naturally, there will be people who study physics.

Where could their destination be other than the Cavendish Laboratory, the world's most famous physics laboratory?

Von Neumann also took Hillpott's letter of introduction to Fowler, a move that had already attracted more than ninety percent of the visitors.

In the past few years, Chen Muwu has received two visits to the Cavendish Laboratory.

The two people, one is Yan Renguang, the head of the physics department of Shao University, who has been suspended for a year to study and educate abroad, and the other is Ye Qisun, who returned to China while visiting Europe after completing his doctorate from Harvard University in the United States.

They all know that there is such a compatriot as Chen Muwu in the laboratory, so it is much more convenient to visit, and they have never encountered a situation where someone deliberately makes it difficult to obstruct them.

But before Chen Muwu came to the Cavendish laboratory, there were also Chinese physicists who visited the laboratory, and they were also not subjected to any difficulties.

Whether it is the current director Rutherford or the former Tomson Sr., they are more tolerant of their physics colleagues who come to Cambridge, and will always arrange people to accompany them to introduce various situations in the laboratory.

If you happen to be not very busy, you will invite someone to the office and have a chat together.

Von Neumann, a young man who had just obtained a doctorate in chemistry from ETH Zurich, had never been seen in the mountains, had never been exposed, and no one in the academic circle knew that there was such a number one person as him.

But the person who wrote him the letter of introduction was different, Hilbert, who was now the most accomplished and famous mathematician in the world.

Seeing that Hilbert said in his letter that von Neumann was his assistant and had been sent to Cambridge University for a month or two, Fowler, who was sitting in his office, would not dare to slack off.

He had received numerous letters of recommendation like this before, and he was familiar with the process, so he asked a little businesslikely: "Mr. von Neumann, is there any place you would like to visit when you arrive at Cambridge University?" If not, I can recommend Trinity College, where Sir Newton worked hundreds of years ago......"

"Thank you for your kindness, Professor Fowler, I don't want to go to Trinity College yet, but I would like to ask you about someone, Dr. Chen from Cavendish Laboratory, do you know where he is? Professor Hilbert sent me to Cambridge in large part because of him. ”

After all, von Neumann is still a young man in his twenties, and he is also a genius who is arrogant, so his speech and demeanor are more or less arrogant.

Chen Muwu's paper pointed out the mistakes of his teacher Hilbert, what happened?

What happened to his friend's paper on the same topic, published before he did?

Everyone has one head and two hands, who can be smarter than whom?

It's just a matter of luck!

It was originally a very normal sentence to explain the purpose of his trip, and everything he said was true, but after von Neumann's mouth said it, he suddenly had a feeling of asking for guilt.

Fowler noticed not only von Neumann's tone, but also the two men mentioned in his words.

Hilbert sent his assistant to Cambridge University, and the first thing he did when he arrived was to find Chen Muwu.

Could the purpose of his trip be a little more obvious?

Fowler had traveled to Europe many times for work reasons, and he had the impression that Hilbert was an elegant and easy-going math old-timer.

But why is he so angry this time? Could it be that you were really angered by one of Chen Muwu's papers?

Fowler thought as he glanced at the German opposite.

Although this von Neumann is young, looking at his physique, it is impossible to beat Chen Muwu.

Hilbert shouldn't have sent such a person to disadvantage his father-in-law's confidant?

But there was another thing that also gave Fowler a headache.

That is, although he is a professor in the mathematics department, his office is in the Cavendish laboratory.

But he hadn't seen Chen Muwu in this laboratory for a long time recently.

The articles he published in the newspapers during the strike caused a stir at Cambridge University.

But even so, Chen Muwu still failed to show up in the laboratory.

His father-in-law, Rutherford, who had always disliked the involvement of his students and staff in politics, was angry, but he rarely called Chen Muwu to his office and scolded him so badly.

Fowler can be sure that Chen Muwu should have been at Cambridge University lately, but not in the Cavendish laboratory.

He didn't know what he had been up to lately, and he didn't know where the others were.

Even if it was not von Neumann who stood in front of him today and said that he was looking for Chen Muwu, but Hilbert, Fowler had to say sorry to the comer.

"I'm sorry, Dr. von Neumann, but I don't know much about Dr. Chen's whereabouts. How about you find a place to live in Cambridgeshire, visit the school, and I'll ask someone else, and then I'll contact you when I have his whereabouts? ”

Not being able to see Chen Muwu for the first time made von Neumann a little disappointed.

Isn't this Cavendish Labs?

As one of them, he Chen Muwu can't stay in the laboratory and run around every day!

Although he has resentment in his heart, he is new to the city and is not familiar with life, so he can only follow the host.

After leaving Fowler's office, the unrelenting von Neumann found a few random people in the open laboratory on the first floor and asked, and the answers they gave were similar to Fowler: they also didn't know where Chen Muwu, who had not seen the end of the dragon, was recently and what he was doing.

When I got home from work in the evening, after dinner, Fowler sat on the sofa with his old Tarzan, listening to the radio in the living room and chatting about the recent events at school and at home and abroad.

Chatting and chatting, Fowler remembered the guest who visited during the day, and he was also very curious about where Chen Muwu was recently, what he was doing, and why he had always been so mysterious.

So he asked Rutherford these two questions, but as soon as he heard the name of his beloved disciple, the expression on his old father-in-law's face immediately became very alert.

"Ralph, what are you doing when you're idle and inquiring about this?"

Fowler was taken aback by his performance, and could only tell the truth that someone had come to Cambridge University from Germany to find Chen Muwu, and this was what Hilbert meant.

"Oh, Germans...... The mathematician ......" Rutherford deliberately dragged out the end of these words very long, already indicating his attitude, "Then please tell the other party tomorrow, unfortunately Dr. Chen has not been at Cambridge University recently, and he will not be able to return for a while, he will not be able to do so."

"But you can't let someone else run for nothing, can you?

"Ask him tomorrow if there are any other arrangements at Cambridge University. If he wants to study physics in Cavendish Lab, he can come and see me tomorrow and have James put him in a random group.

"If he doesn't want to study physics, but wants to continue studying mathematics, then it's okay to follow you, I'll find a relationship, and introduce it to Russell."

Rutherford refused von Neumann and Chen Muwu to meet, and deliberately ignored the two questions of his son-in-law just now.

Although Fowler was more curious, since his father-in-law had already said so, he could no longer continue to ask.

The next day, Fowler paid a visit at his Cambridgeshire address left by von Neumann.

He informed the other party that Dr. Chen was not at the school, and von Neumann had a look of disappointment on his face.

He still found a place for himself in his heart: little Chen Muwu, he must have had a premonition that he would come to Cambridge University, so he ran out in advance.

"Professor Fowler, when will Dr. Chan come back?"

"This ...... To be honest, I'd love to know too. Fowler couldn't give an answer to this question, so he simply changed the subject and threw another question at the other party, "By the way, Dr. von Neumann, there's another matter, Director Rutherford asked me to ask for your opinion.

"Dr. Chen is not here, will you go back to Germany for a while and a half, so what do you want to do at Cambridge University during this time?

"If you want to study physics, we can help you get into a group in the Cavendish lab;

"If you want to study mathematics, then we can also help you contact the Department of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge......"

"Thank you for your kindness, Professor Fowler, I think I'll choose to study physics."

The white eyes in von Neumann's heart couldn't wait to turn to the sky.

Where did buddy come from? Who is learning math with?

How can the current level of mathematics at the University of Cambridge compare with that of the University of Göttingen?

Whether you Fowler or Russell, even if you add an Eddington, all the famous mathematicians of Cambridge University will not even be able to compare with a single hair of your teacher Hilbert.

Why didn't I stay in the Institute of Mathematics and come to your little-known mathematics department?

However, the Cavendish Laboratory, which is said to be the most famous physics laboratory in the world, is also the home base of Chen Muwu, where he was born when he first entered the academic world.

Although he was lucky enough to defeat his teacher in mathematics, he was lucky enough to get ahead of him, and published a paper proving the equivalence of two mechanics.

But if I can achieve some earth-shattering results in physics experiments in the Cavendish laboratory, will I be able to make a draw with Chen Muwu in the confrontation and avenge the teacher and the entire mathematical community?

So von Neumann resolutely chose the first option proposed by Fowler.

"Alright, Dr. von Neumann, please come with me to the Cavendish Laboratory, Director Rutherford would like to meet you, and by the way, arrange your assignments in the laboratory in the coming months."

Fowler knocked on von Neumann's door early in the morning and announced to him that Chen Muwu was not in Cambridge at the same time as the "bad news", Chen Muwu, who was not in Cambridge, was in Rutherford's office, reporting to him on the progress of the particle accelerator.

The oolong that Cockcroft made on the charge conveyor belt was made a big deal by him.

Chen Muwu didn't say it, because of the communication mistake in the early stage, the accelerator was delayed for several months because of a customized silk belt.

What he and Rutherford said was that because the last key piece was still a few months away, we tried to find a replacement.

Although the effect may not be good, it can be a few weeks earlier, and you can check the level of the accelerator first.

If you find a problem, it's a good time to make improvements.

If everything is ok, when the last part is there, we will replace it again, and maybe the acceleration voltage can be further increased.

What is the Art of Speaking?

Chen Muwu turned a mistake into an innovation, which made Rutherford's heart flutter.

The old man grinned, and the more he looked at his Dr. Chen, the more pleasing it became.

It's got to be this awesome boy!

Even if he gets involved in politics, so what!

That is because people have spare time to learn, and in their spare time for studying, they can also draw their own opinions through thinking.

If all the students in the laboratory can be as good as Chen Muwu, then let alone participating in politics, even if the headquarters of the CPGB is moved to the Cavendish laboratory, he Rutherford is willing to be the first to raise his hands in favor!

He was just about to speak, praising this great boy, when there was a knock on the office door again.

"Director, Director, are you there?"

This voice is very familiar, and he is his good son-in-law.

Rutherford was about to say yes and let Fowler in.

Chen Muwu, who was very discerning, had even gotten up from the sofa and walked towards the door.

Rutherford suddenly remembered what Fowler had told himself the night before he was listening to the radio.

If he came alone today, it would be fine.

But if Fowler was with the German who came to Cambridge University yesterday to find Chen Muwu, wouldn't the words he had been told to him be a goof?

"Ralph, I'm not here, please come back!"

Rutherford, who didn't have time to think, gave his answer.

But he was still a step late, and the diligent and good student had already opened the door first.

(End of chapter)