118 Rutherford of the calf
Chen Muwu handed over his bottom, leaving Dirac directly stunned.
He didn't expect that there would be such an operation, Chen Muwu would rather lose his reputation than publish such a paper.
"Chen, have you ever thought that after your paper is published, many people like Professor Einstein will start to promote quantum mechanics as a false theory and give up further research on it?"
Chen Muwu shook his head and said, "I don't think so, what I put forward is just a paradox, which has neither been confirmed nor falsified."
And even if it does, what if? I only brought this up to guide Einstein to think that the uncertainty principle is wrong, not that the whole of quantum mechanics is wrong.
"I believe that in the future, the experimental phenomena that people do at the microscopic physical level will still be able to use quantum mechanics to calculate a completely consistent result, and then continue to prove the correctness of this discipline."
Chen Muwuxin said that the paper he and Einstein wrote "together" could not be a scientific hotspot for a few months.
When the Princes' College of Stockholm is finally completed and put into use next year, the discovery that he will announce at the opening ceremony will be a truly shocking event.
At that time, the physics community will be able to see what is called amazing predictive ability, and Chen Muwu will be able to deduce from his equations something that people think will never exist, but it really exists.
Historically, it was only because of the successful discovery of this kind of thing predicted from the formulas of quantum mechanics that the Nobel Prize in Physics began to officially enter the era of quantum mechanics.
Dirac was still amazed by Chen Muwu's miraculous operation, and he also learned a movement that Chen Muwu often did, putting the tip of his tongue on the seam of his teeth, making a "tsk" sound.
After a while, he said to Chen Muwu very seriously: "Chen, this move of yours is really remarkable, I believe that this must be the philosophical wisdom from the Far East, and it is a way of dealing with the world that the Chinese people have spent 5,000 years pondering. ”
Chen Muwu felt that Dirac's hat was a little too big for him.
He just didn't want to continue to struggle with Einstein on meaningless physics issues, arguing about right and wrong.
That's why I thought of such a strategy of retreating as advance, how could Dirac think so much.
But the other party has already said it, Chen Muwu can't unceremoniously and modestly say that this has nothing to do with the wisdom of the Chinese, it is all an idea that he came up with on a whim.
So he nodded vaguely in agreement with Dirac's opinion, and only then did he pass the matter a little perfunctory.
In the days that followed, Chen Muwu barely listened to the other speakers from around the world on stage, still sitting in the corner of the room, writing the paper he had promised Einstein.
When Young Master Chen wrote English and German, which are composed of Latin letters, he always liked to use the Cavendish Laboratory's almost exclusive typewriter to type out word by word.
Because he didn't know that he would write a paper at the Solvay conference, Chen Muwu did not bring his typewriter to Brussels in his luggage.
The organizer of the conference, the Solvay Foundation, will definitely have a typewriter, and Chen Muwu will definitely be able to borrow it if he borrows it.
It's just that he was afraid of others making his own carefully prepared reports on the podium, and he crackled on the keyboard in the audience below, which would surely attract the sideways glances and disgust of others.
For the above reasons, Chen Muwu's paper gave up machine typing, and the whole paper was completed by handwriting.
Although he has a typewriter, Chen Muwu usually does not use his handwriting, but more often than not, he only calculates some values and formulas on scratch paper, or records some experimental data, each of which is not very formal.
Now that he suddenly has to write a more formal paper with pen and paper, Chen Muwu always feels a little awkward and uncomfortable.
After the free speeches and speeches of the previous few days, the Solvay Conference entered the second phase of the agenda, followed by two days of free discussions.
Three years later, Chen Muwu has gone from a rising star at the last Solvay Conference to a central figure at this Solvay Conference.
There are many people who hope to talk to Chen Muwu about academic matters in the last two days.
There are also some people, even if they don't want to talk about the content and topics with him, they still want to come over to say hello to Chen Muwu, get acquainted with each other, and deepen the other party's impression of themselves.
Chen Muwu's time suddenly became less abundant than when he was fishing a few days ago, and he could only spare a period of time to write two papers, and after the end of the day's meeting in the evening, he had to continue to work overtime to write the paper.
Thanks to this, he was able to finish the paper on the last day before the end of the conference, and handed the first draft to Einstein, who suddenly changed his temper and became energetic one day in the middle of the conference.
And the reason why the latter has this transformation is precisely because the night before that day, in Chen Muwu's room, the young man who had been in the physics world for several years finally admitted his mistake to Einstein.
He spent so many years, and his efforts to fight against quantum mechanics were not in vain.
After getting Chen Muwu's paper written on time, Einstein became even happier.
He wanted to announce the exciting news on the spot, but he didn't find it enjoyable to think about it.
The paper had to be published in the Annals of Physics, so that physicists around the world could see the mistake that Chen Muwu admitted.
Although he couldn't see the expressions of those who had been staunch supporters of Chen Muwu, including Bohr and Eddington, after learning about it, Cutie Instein still felt that it was worth it.
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Knowing that he was about to be in Bohr and lose another good student he liked the most, Rutherford was honestly surrounded by a sense of powerlessness these days.
However, he did not feel resentful of this good student because of Chen Muwu's imminent departure, on the contrary, he felt that he should seize this last period of time and say goodbye to Chen Muwu.
So in the past few days of the Solvay meeting, Rutherford was very attentive to Chen Muwu.
After seeing Chen Muwu's physical exhaustion and the dark circles around his eyes, he couldn't help but step forward and care: "Chen, what's going on with you these days?" I think you're not in a normal state? ”
"Teacher, it's not a big deal, I just rushed out a physics paper in the middle of the meeting."
Chen Muwu's narration is light and light.
"I see that you got very close to Professor Einstein during the conference, could it be that your paper is another theoretical novelty?"
Rutherford's observation and reasoning skills were really good, and he discovered them.
"Uh...... It has a certain relationship with theory, and it also has a certain relationship with experiments. It's a lot like the first physics paper I published in my life.
"In that paper, I explained some experimental phenomena theoretically, and I also designed an experiment.
"It was only because of the poor experimental environment in China at that time that I couldn't make this experiment there, so I marked the designed experiment at the end of the paper. The same is true this time. ”
Chen Muwu had nothing to hide in front of the teacher, but Rutherford misunderstood his words, and was still a little happy.
"Oh, this is normal, the Solvay Palace here in Brussels is just a platform for us to study physics to provide a platform for academic exchanges, and there are basically no experimental instruments and equipment here.
"If you want to do experiments, yes, to verify the theories designed in your paper, I think it is better to wait for the conference to be over, and then go back to Cambridge University with the army.
"When this experiment is completely done, it's not too late to go to Stockholm for the Nobel Prize ceremony."
Rutherford felt that he had found a reason to temporarily fool Chen Muwu back to Cambridge University, so he showed great concern about this matter.
Chen Muwu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Teacher, I think you may have misunderstood what I meant. I didn't design this experiment because Belgium didn't have the experimental equipment, so it couldn't be done: the Cavendish laboratory had the experimental equipment, so it could be done easily.
"This time I don't think this experiment can be done anywhere, even in the beautifully decorated laboratories of those rich Americans.
"I couldn't do the experiment in the sea before because of the limited strength of China. And the experiment that could not be done this time was definitely designed too far ahead, and the entire physics community, or the entire human race, did not have this level. ”
The more Chen Muwu played dumb riddles, the more Rutherford became curious about the experiment in Chen Muwu's words.
He thought of another possibility, that is, Chen Muwu did not answer, because he did not have such an experiment at all, and it was just an excuse for him not to follow him back to Cavendish Laboratory.
Rutherford must break the casserole and get to the end.
Chen Muwu saw that no matter what he said, the teacher did not let go of his plans, so he finally had no choice but to give Rutherford the truth, and the paper he wrote, including the experiment at the end of the note, was like this, so and so and so and so and so and so
Rutherford was shocked to hear this, because it was in the middle of the hall, and there were other people besides them.
He knew that he liked to unconsciously amplify his voice when he spoke, so in order to prevent others from hearing the next conversation between their master and apprentice, he simply pulled Chen Muwu to a corner outside the venue.
"Chen, you're saying you admitted your mistake to Einstein? Do you think it's really you who did it wrong? ”
"Teacher, I don't think I'm wrong at all, but I have to do it."
"Did Einstein, the German, force you to do this?"
Although Rutherford was born on the other side of the world, New Zealand has been in England for so many years, and New Zealand is a British territory in the Pacific Ocean, he has long regarded himself as an old England.
The British looked down not only on the Americans, on the French, but also on the Germans.
Just now I felt that Chen Muwu and Einstein cooperated and achieved new physics achievements, and at that time, Rutherford could still be honored as Professor Einstein, who was younger than him.
But now after listening to Chen Muwu's description, Rutherford thinks that Einstein oppressed people with power, put on a scholarly style, and forced his best students to apologize, so his name for the latter changed from professor to German.
"No, no, teacher, it's not what you thought it would be."
Chen Muwu was afraid that Rutherford's misunderstanding of Einstein would deepen, so he hurriedly explained what he said to Dirac that day to the teacher again.
"Chen, then you think you're right, and it wasn't Einstein who forced you, why did you bother doing this?"
"Teacher, I just don't want to waste any more time on these things.
"Ever since I proposed the subject of quantum mechanics, every time I have met with Professor Einstein over the years, or received letters from him from all over the world, there has always been an argument between the two of them about quantum mechanics and the correctness of the uncertainty principle.
"I think Professor Einstein should spend his precious time in something more advanced and more conducive to the development of physics and human progress, instead of dwelling on whether quantum mechanics is right or wrong every time, so he made such a concession."
Rutherford pondered for a long time, and finally chose to respect Chen Muwu's opinion.
"Well, since that's what you think, then I'm not going to say anything more. Chen, your time is also precious, and Mingjin's withdrawal is a good choice for both of you.
"But don't be wronged by yourself, if someone doesn't know what to do and attacks you academically because of this matter, I will be the first to jump out and ask for an explanation for you."
Rutherford deserves to be Rutherford, he is big on the surface, but in fact he is thick and fine.
How could he not hear that Chen Muwu was ostensibly saying that he was unwilling to delay Einstein's time, but in fact he was unwilling to delay his own time.
Chen Muwu is good everywhere, but there is always a kind of implicit belonging to the Chinese people that cannot be abandoned.
Of course, if he gives up this layer of subtlety, he will no longer be the Chen Muwu he knows.
Now that Chen Muwu has already said so, Rutherford no longer has to stand up for the good students who were mistaken for wronged.
The master and apprentice chatted casually for a few more days, and then they returned to the venue one after the other.
(End of chapter)