Because the staff member who had just come in immediately hurried towards the center of the venue as soon as he pushed the door open.

Therefore, Chen Muwu didn't see the expression on his face clearly, and could only feel that the frequency of this comer's walking seemed to be a bit high.

Could it be that something is important?

Why else did he walk in such a hurry?

Chen Muwu couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it, anyway, it should have nothing to do with him.

Albert Einstein was not an impatient man, but since he and Chen Muwu parted ways in Berlin last year, and this year they were unable to attend the Como conference in Italy at the beginning of the year due to their own reasons, the two of them have not seen each other for nearly a year.

During this time, Einstein came up with many physical problems that could "refute" Chen Muwu in terms of quantitative mechanics and make him abandon the uncertainty principle.

Now that he finally met Chen Muwu in Brussels, he can't wait to let the junior of physics, who is favored by him, realize his mistakes, so as to realize his mistakes, and stop obsessing with studying quantum theories that do not know right and wrong in the microscopic world.

Albert Einstein hoped that Chen Muwu would help him to explore the ultimate mystery of the universe and combine the two most basic interacting forces, gravitation and electromagnetism.

That's why after Chen Muwu promised to have a good chat with him about physics problems in quantum mechanics, he directly set the time for the two of them to discuss the problem after dinner today.

Einstein couldn't wait for a moment.

Chen Muwu felt that he should have nothing to do tonight, and instead of wandering around the residency to visit other physicists, or sitting in his room waiting for others to visit, and chatting about something or not, it was better to go and talk to Einstein directly.

He has decided to take out a big killer that can calm Einstein this time, even if it can't make the highest-ranking person in the crowd who opposes quantum mechanics accept his theory and no longer oppose it, at least it can make the two of them completely put aside this controversy and continue academic exchanges and cooperation in a place that bypasses quantum mechanics.

"Okay, no problem," Chen Muwu nodded in agreement with Einstein, "Professor Planck is old, he needs enough sleep, so I will wait for you in the room after dinner today, Professor Einstein." ”

At the same time as the two of them were talking, the staff member of the Solvay Foundation, who had just entered the venue, also walked up to the target of his trip.

The staff handed the piece of paper in his hand to Professor Lorenz, the chairman of the meeting, and after reading what was written on the paper, Lorenz stood up again, took the note and walked straight to the place where the British scientists had gathered, and handed the note in his hand to Rutherford, who was in the center.

Chen Muwu keenly captured the situation in the venue: the slip of paper in the staff member's hand looked like the paper used by the telegraph office in the form and size.

After Lorenz read the contents of the paper, he sent it to Rutherford, could it be that something happened to the Cavendish laboratory at Cambridge University? Or is there something going on in Rutherford's house?

Seeing this, Chen Muwu wanted to get up and ask the teacher what was going on.

After all, he is one of Rutherford's favorite students, and the Chinese culture emphasizes "a teacher for one day, a father for life".

But before Chen Muwu stood up again, it was Lorenz, the chairman of the meeting, who moved first.

He took the paper from Rutherford, spoke a few words, and then walked back to the podium at the front of the lecture hall.

In the audience throughout the lecture hall, many people saw this sudden situation.

Except for a few people in the vicinity of Rutherford who knew the specifics of their conversation, nothing else was known about it.

"Thank you, thank you to Dr. Chen Muwu and Professor Eddington for taking the stage to speak, I didn't expect that the theme of our conference is about the atomic nucleus, and it can also be connected to the sun and the universe.

"Professor Eddington came up with a great idea, and Dr. Chen Muwu also did a great experiment on the basis of this idea. We would like to thank them for their contribution to the further development of physics.

"Now, I would like to interrupt the proceedings of the meeting for a moment, because I would like to take this opportunity to announce good news."

Lorenz raised the note in his hand and continued:

"The staff sent me a telegram that they had just received it a while ago, and that it was sent to the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge......"

Lorenz mentioned the good news, and then mentioned the Cavendish laboratory, and Chen Muwu already had a faint guess about it in his heart.

It's just that he didn't guess the specific candidate, so he still listened to Lorenz on the rostrum with his ears pricked up, and didn't dare to omit any news.

"The telegram said that after receiving a notice from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, this year's Nobel Prize in Physics has been announced, and two doctoral students from the Cavendish Laboratory, Zhao Zhongyao and Cockcroft, and Professor Wilson jointly won this year's Nobel Prize in Physics, that is, the 27th Nobel Prize in Physics, congratulations to them."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lorenz took the lead and clapped with his hand holding the newspaper.

Immediately afterwards, the audience applauded, and in the dense "pop" sound, Chen Muwu seemed to vaguely hear a loud voice: "Zhao, Cockcroft, congratulations!" ”

Chen Muwu was not surprised that this year's Nobel Prize in Physics landed in the Cavendish laboratory.

When he saw the situation in the venue and heard Lorenz's foreshadowing, he had already guessed nine times out of ten.

The remaining one or two percent, he didn't know who this year's winner was, but he didn't expect Stockholm to directly move out of the three yolk eggs.

This is not the first time in history that the Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three physicists at the same time.

As early as 1902, when the second Nobel Prize was awarded, the physics prize that year was won by the French couple Becquerel, Pierre Curie and Marie Curie.

And now this result is the best situation among Chen Muwu's various ideas for the award-winning candidates earlier.

Even took care of the older generation of physicist Professor Wilson, and did not let Zhao Zhongyao and Cockcroft's hard work be in vain.

Before the last moment of the lottery, Chen Muwu was worried that the jury would ignore Zhao Zhongyao's contribution to the development of the particle accelerator because Zhao Zhongyao was a Chinese, and give the prize to Wilson and Cockcroft, two Caucasian people from Europe, to divide the award.

Now that the dust has finally settled, the stone that has been hanging in my heart for a long time has finally fallen.

Chen Muwu also raised his hands and slapped his slap a few times, and then he didn't forget to turn his head and apologize to Einstein for breaking his promise: "Professor, I think tonight's discussion is likely to be postponed to a later date, because Cambridge University is likely to hold a celebration banquet for the two physicists." ”

The two reasons given by Chen Muwu are very reasonable, and Einstein is not very angry with Dr. Chen for not keeping his promises.

But that doesn't mean Einstein won't bargain over this, and he still asked with some reluctance: "Can I go to this celebration banquet?" It's okay for us to have a quick chat at the banquet! ”

Chen Muwu didn't want to be the protagonist of the banquet because of the loud argument between him and Einstein.

But stretch out your hand and don't hit the smiling person, after all, this banquet is held for celebration, and it can't be said that Einstein is not allowed to participate.

"Of course, Professor, you are the greatest physicist of our time, and everyone would love to see you at a banquet.

"I'm sorry I'm leaving for a while, I'll go to Cambridge to find out what happened, and I'll be back here later."

Einstein muttered a few words, but Chen Muwu, who hurried to the teacher's side, didn't hear it at all.

"Soon not anymore, soon not ......"

Because of Chen Muwu's foresight, Zhao Zhongyao and Cockcroft both came to Brussels to participate in the Solvay Conference.

At this time, the two new Nobel laureates in physics were spontaneously gathered around and accepted everyone's congratulations.

Rutherford, who suddenly turned from a small group center to a marginal figure, saw Chen Muwu who rushed here from the corner of the venue, so he took the initiative to come over.

"Chen, these are all good students you teach! Obviously, the credit of the particle accelerator can be counted on your head, but you selflessly gave it away. ”

Chen Muwu didn't want to explain to Rutherford that if he really developed a particle accelerator, then it would be difficult to say who would be killed in this year's Nobel Prize in Physics.

He just smiled and accepted the teacher's congratulations, and at the same time did not forget to reply: "It is all the good teaching of the teacher, and it is inseparable from the strong support of all colleagues in the Cavendish laboratory." ”

From the conversation with Rutherford, Chen Muwu briefly learned the ins and outs of this telegram.

Because the three physics laureates this year all work at the Cavendish Laboratory, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences sent a telegram directly to the University of Cambridge.

And because two of the three winners were in Belgium at the time, the University of Cambridge forwarded the telegram to Brussels.

At the beginning, Chen Muwu chose to bring Zhao Zhongyao and Cockcroft to the Solvay meeting, on the one hand, because he felt that these two people had a high probability of winning the Nobel Prize, and on the other hand, he also wanted to bring the two people to Sweden after the conference, and carry out some preparations before the construction of the cyclotron during the more than a month of waiting to receive the award.

Earlier, when he was still at Cambridge University, Chen Muwu also asked Professor Wilson if he would come to this year's Solvay Conference.

Because in Chen Muwu's heart, the probability of Professor Wilson winning the Nobel Prize is lower than that of the two in the particle accelerator, so he didn't say too much at that time, saying that he would definitely be able to win this year's Nobel Prize in Physics, and in the end, Professor Wilson gave a response that he would not participate.

In the end, the results came out, and the three of them won the award together, which was also a kind of surprise.

If a person wins the Nobel Prize, then the prize money is naturally the sole possession of the winner.

- But at the award ceremony, there was a charitable foundation that relies on the Swedish royal family, and asked if you would like to donate part of the prize money to charity.

No one can save face, so every Nobel laureate has to donate more or less before receiving his own prize.

Chen Muwu also donated a sum at the beginning.

These people who do charity can really make money, and as soon as the upper lip touches the lower lip, three sentences can make the Nobel Prize winner pay for it.

Chen Muwu thinks that when he attends the awards dinner this year, he can also set up a charitable foundation with the Crown Prince of Sweden, so that these wealthy princes and nobles and high-class figures can contribute to supporting the poor education in the Far East.

Isn't it also for the education of the Far East to invest the money raised in Prince's College in Stockholm?

Who said China is not the Far East?

If two people win a Nobel Prize at the same time, whether they are collaborators on the same project or participate in two separate but interrelated projects, their prize money will be split equally, and this is fine.

But if three people win the Nobel Prize, there is a saying in this.

Three people won the award for the same project, so of course it is no problem to divide it evenly.

However, if two projects are related to each other to win awards, according to the drawer principle, there must be one winner in one project and two winners in the other project, and the distribution of resources between the three in terms of prize money is 50%, 25% and 25%.

Zhao Zhongyao and Cockcroft are both involved in the particle accelerator project, so each of them is 25%.

Wilson was able to get 50% of the prize money for inventing the cloud chamber and making various observations in the laboratory and on particle accelerators.

In any case, it is a joy to win the Nobel Prize.

Zhao Zhongyao and Cockcroft's physics prize is the second Nobel Prize under Rutherford's direction after he joined the Cavendish laboratory - the first is of course his best student Chen Muwu.

Wilson's cloud chamber was invented long before Rutherford's return to Cambridge, and Professor Aston, who won the Chemistry Prize in 1922, relied on his achievements.

After this little episode brought about by a telegram, the meeting was back on track.

During this time, Einstein, who felt hopeless in discussing problems with Chen Muwu at the meeting, left the corner of the room and found a seat at the German physicist.

Chen Muwu, who had returned to his place, unscrewed the pen and wrote something on the blank pieces of paper before.

The time for the "ultimate showdown" with Albert Einstein was approaching, and he had to prepare in advance.

(End of chapter)