Once things were arranged, progress went very quickly. Li Yuxian submitted a manuscript to Pulitzer, talked about his academic research, and mentioned that he would publish an epoch-making paper in the magazine "Sce"; in addition, he also wrote that he would publish a book based on the universe model. Science fiction with a grand story background.
But Li Yu’s propaganda ability obviously cannot compare with Pulitzer. Pulitzer's "World" is really powerful. It added a new editorial that focused on Li Yu's status as a foreign academician of the Royal Society, and then publicized his various achievements.
It's people who specialize in newspaper publicity. They set up people first and are not in a hurry to promote "Sce" and "Star Wars".
It was only after the reader's appetite was whetted that he mentioned "Sce" magazine and promoted it to a very high status.
The Association for the Advancement of Science also provided additional funds, and many copies of this edition of "Sce" with Li Yu's papers were printed.
With his reputation for discovering Pluto, these articles were in the field of astronomy, which directly caused a sensation in the scientific community.
The key is that there have been so many great discoveries since the beginning. This issue of "Sce" exploded immediately. If we push it for many years, we will not find so many high-quality and heavyweight discovery papers in a single issue of the magazine.
News between Britain and the United States was relatively smooth, and soon Europe also became very interested in this issue of "Sce".
According to what Li Yu said, the Association for the Advancement of Science had already shipped tens of thousands of magazines to Europe. The Atlantic Ocean is not particularly wide. The current distance between the east coast of the United States and Europe, based on the navigation capabilities of ships, generally takes four to six days, depending on the destination.
Then Pulitzer's "Le Monde" mentioned Li Yu's new science fiction "Star Wars: A New Hope" right after. The key point is that Pulitzer also told a small part of the storyline very cleverly, but quickly stopped it.
This is so fun! It is exactly the same as the subsequent announcement of the movie, and readers' expectations are completely raised.
In short, through Pulitzer's professional methods, not only did "Sce" immediately gain a place in the scientific circle, but even "Star Wars: A New Hope" was sold out as soon as it was published.
HarperCollins Publishing Group has not seen such a hot sales scene for a long time, which is no less than that of Mark Twain and Conan Doyle.
The book was priced at $2 and was not thick, but HarperCollins published some illustrations based on Li Yu’s ideas. Unexpectedly, these illustrations became a catalyst.
After all, science fiction always has a small threshold, and illustrations can perfectly let readers understand the knowledge and settings of the universe.
The first edition printed 30,000 copies and sold out in just two days. HarperCollins was also convinced, and editor-in-chief James directly increased the printing volume of the second edition to 150,000 copies.
And they quickly found Li Yu's distribution rights in Europe. Sales in Europe will not be lower than those in the United States. After all, influenced by Verne and Wells, the science fiction readership in Europe is now very large.
James was really busy during this period. He hired an illustrator to add more illustrations and redesigned the cover. The major distribution points in the United States were ready to put it on the shelves.
However, Li Yu only saw the booming sales in newspapers. What was even more impressive was that the Journal of the Royal Society published Li Yu's "Derivation and Discussion of the Black Body Radiation Formula". At present, the physics community is directly causing trouble. .
Everyone dreams of dispelling the two dark clouds, but the people who made it happen turned out to be Planck and Li Yu. For a while, the physics community became quiet. Everyone was immersed in checking Li Yu's derivation process and trying to understand its meaning.
But after a brief calm, there was a heated discussion. The first person to react was certainly Planck. He directly wrote in support of it, saying that only quantum theory can explain blackbody radiation.
On the opposing side, the army in the field of thermodynamics is also very strong. Wien, who proposed Wien's formula, was very unconvinced by this. He is now a professor of physics at the University of Würzburg.
His position was to succeed Roentgen, which is enough to show that his status in the scientific community is not low. Wien is considered a veteran in the study of thermodynamics and electromagnetism and cannot accept the so-called
"Discontinuous". Although Li Yu did not emphasize in the article
"Discontinuous", but many people still extend it to this. Wien issued an article to refute it and claimed: "Are we humans like earthworms, living in sections one by one? What a ridiculous explanation!" Although it is incorrect, Wien still understands the derivation of black body radiation, and many other people's The opposition was even louder.
For example, Mr. Mach said: "Although I couldn't find any errors in the article, I just took a quick look and I knew it was definitely not the case! This reminded me of the ingenious sophistry and paradoxes of ancient Greece. Even if I find it now If nothing goes wrong, I believe that the so-called quantum theory will never stand the test of time!" Well, people didn't even take a closer look.
But it’s not surprising. After all, Mach didn’t even believe in atomic theory, so how could he believe in quantum? This was not a leap of latitude.
Supporters such as Boltzmann directly mentioned the inspiration of the new scientific theory,
"We cannot always stand still. Stubborn blockers are not uncommon in the history of science. But just like the heliocentric theory rising in the flames, it will not fail to withstand scrutiny under the baptism of time, but will only become solid. Hit those ignorant heads with a hammer." He and Maher were very confrontational and had no room for words.
Mach, of course, saw that Boltzmann was pointing directly at him, and retorted: "Who can prove that Li Yu and Planck are not clowns who popped up in the history of science, just trying to win everyone's attention through shocking theories." Bohr Ziman was not to be outdone: "Please don't just refute, please find the mistakes in Li Yuwen. Otherwise, I will just think that you are messing around like a scoundrel or a shrew on the street." Ma He was immediately speechless. , but he didn’t want to suffer this secret loss, so he quickly immersed himself in studying the quantum theory in order to find refutation points.
But as a time traveler, Li Yu is too familiar with quantum theory. He is well aware that unlike the theory of relativity, which can be proposed in a short time, its development is a long process and cannot be discussed too much now.
So there is not much extension at all, just using quantum assumptions and mathematics to derive the black body radiation formula.
Fortunately, Li Yu's mathematics online did not leave any loopholes. Mach studied for a long time but couldn't figure out the reason, so he had to call Ostwald from his side to counterattack.
As the winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1909, Ostwald was of good quality and quickly came up with his own energy theory to refute it.
However, Li Yu also saw Ostwald's article. Seeing that there was such a quarrel in Europe, he just used it to write another article.
and
"Energy is in parts" can be used to explain quantum theory. Li Yu used this to deduce it in detail from the perspective of energy and published it.
Of course, the article does not use Planck’s fictional
"Energy quanta" explains that energy has the smallest unit. This is more rigorous. Strictly speaking, Planck's
"Energy quanta" is a false fiction, but it makes sense when used as the smallest unit of energy. After all, Planck also believed that
"Energy comes in portions." Ostwald never dreamed that Li Yu would use the energy he mentioned, and his explanation was more perfect.
People were immediately confused, and they didn't know for a moment whether Li Yu was supporting his energy theory again. However, if you look closely, you will find that Li Yu just explained it from many aspects.
It seems to make sense both the positive and the negative! But energy has the smallest unit, which is even more unacceptable, okay!
Ostwald, Mach and others felt that Li Yu was digging deeper and deeper into the pit. They had to learn more relevant theories, but the more they learned, the more they felt that Li Yu was right... It was like a dead man. The cycle is infuriating.
These two are the most powerful opponents. They can beat the snake to the last inch. If they can be persuaded, it will be OK, and the rest will be ignored.
It was really fun to watch the excitement of Gangplank. He didn’t even take any action. Li Yu blocked all the spearheads perfectly. He couldn’t help but sigh: “I once heard that Chinese people know kung fu and there is something called Tai Chi. , it seems that I have to study it to some extent, maybe there is great wisdom hidden in it." Lord Kelvin and President Huggins also found it very interesting, and they hoped to see this kind of debate in the scientific community, in the ideological field. Only in repeated confrontations can the correctness of a new discovery be further tempered.
Fortunately, Li Yu did not disappoint them. Now the scientific community has not found any flaws. It can only be said that Li Yu is too awesome.
Lord Kelvin smiled and said: "It has only been a few years since I proposed the two dark clouds. I never expected that there is already a theory that can explain the problem of black body radiation! I really can't wait to see when the other dark cloud can be dispelled." Lord Kelvin certainly did not expect that black body radiation This dark cloud will get bigger and bigger, and even bring thunderbolts all over the sky.
President Huggins also felt that Li Yu was really amazing.
"Did you read the newspaper? He published several more major discoveries in the field of astronomy in the United States."
"Astronomy?" Lord Kelvin asked before he could light the cigar in his hand.
"That's your specialty. What new discovery?" President Huggins said: "We don't know the details yet, but from the newspaper reports, there were three major discoveries, and he also found an extragalactic galaxy."
"Extragalactic galaxy!" Lord Kelvin said in surprise,
"Could it be more powerful than the discovery of Pluto?" President Huggins said, "We have to look at his paper for details. If that is the case, it is indeed a very powerful achievement." In fact, the most powerful one is the Cepheid variable star method. , if the Nobel Prize had an astronomy prize, LeWitt would definitely win it.
But even if it doesn't win the prize, finding an extragalactic galaxy is still an amazing discovery, and it does deserve as much bragging as the discovery of Pluto.
Lord Kelvin said: "What kind of head does he have? The more I look at him now, the more he looks like Gauss or Euler in physics. He has produced so many results that I can't even count them." President Huggins said: "The other two discoveries can be seen Newspapers are not simple either. The complete structure of the Milky Way and the theory of spectral redshift are all exciting. Fortunately, I heard that the magazine called "Sce" that published several articles by Li Yu will arrive in London soon. I want to take a good look. Look.” President Huggins came from an astronomy background, so he definitely couldn’t let it go.
Lord Kelvin said: ""Sce"? Never heard of it, from the National Academy of Sciences?" President Huggins shook his head: "It seems not, I haven't heard of any powerful journals from the National Academy of Sciences." Lord Kelvin said: " It would be really surprising if three articles were published on it. Since the ship arrived in London first, we have to try to leave more." President Huggins smiled and said, "I'm afraid the Germans and the French won't agree." Lord Kelvin raised his beard: "What are you afraid of what they will do!" President Huggins laughed loudly: "You are really tough." - During this period, Li Yu has also gained a reputation in the United States, just like Huggins. The president said that the discovery of extragalactic galaxies is indeed exciting. Kant once said
The concept of "universe island" has inspired many people to imagine that there are galaxies outside the Milky Way. They want to know whether the mysterious extragalactic galaxy is the same as the Milky Way. Observatories in various places also followed Li Yu's method and began to observe Andromeda. galaxy.
The Association for the Advancement of Science receives letters from readers like snowflakes every day. No one would have thought that an unknown magazine would suddenly make such a big move.
Li Yu took advantage of the situation and said in Pulitzer's "Le Monde": "Thank you readers! In the future, Science magazine will continue to present the most cutting-edge scientific results and become an absolutely excellent top scientific research magazine." Not only In the scientific community, ordinary readers now also know Li Yu's name through "Star Wars: A New Hope", and the scope of his influence is much larger.
Today's readers have never read such an advanced science fiction work, and they are completely attracted by the encounter between Skywalker and Princess Leia in the article.
But literary works are more important than scientific papers
It's more "complicated", which is the nature of literature, and there are many more people who can comment. Many editorials mentioned that the book was written by a Chinese and that it was about the resistance forces fighting against the Galactic Empire, so there was some suspicion of insinuations.
Of course, Li Yu had already guessed that someone would say this. Even if he didn't make any metaphorical moves, there would always be someone who would over-interpret it for you and couldn't stop it.
Even if Li Yu wanted to cover it up, it would only make the story more fragmented, and Li Yu felt that it was like covering up one's ears and stealing the bell, which was of no use.
So he can't control that much. He can't decide what others think. Fortunately, the story itself is attractive enough, and readers don’t care about colonization or not, occupation or not. This kind of resistance story is just fun to watch!
And the story obviously leaves suspense and there will be a follow-up, so there are endless voices looking for the next part.
Some of Li Yu's translations in the article used the most classic sentences from the original, which was indeed too brainwashing, such as the sentence: "May the force be with you", that is,
"maytheForcewithyou". It has directly become a mantra on the streets now.
