The sales of the Star Wars series in Europe are really good, and now with the traffic blessing of female authors, it is even more out of control.
In view of the slander from some newspapers and book reviewers, many supporters soon came out to support Li Yu. Colette is a quiet person, and several best-selling books are not signed by her, so not many people know her name at this time.
But many celebrities in the literary circle resolutely stood up. For example, the great writer Romain Rolland, although his masterpiece "Johan Christophe" has not yet been published at this time, the first part of his trilogy of celebrity biographies has been published, and he can be said to be somewhat famous in the Paris literary circle.
Romain Rolland wrote in the newspaper: "It is a pity to see so many readers being turned off by the name of an author who comes from the East and is a woman. Human memory is so short, they must have forgotten hundreds of years ago The longing for the East while holding Marco Polo's travel notes.
"If the quality of a book is determined by the author's male or female identity, then you can immediately take down all the "Jane Eyre" in the bookstore and throw it away, because it was written by a British female author under the guise of a man's name. . In this way, the British across the Taiwan Strait can laugh at us more unscrupulously.
“I think you’ll appreciate the British jeers.
"As for the bizarre imagination, especially the part involving science, I wonder if some people should really understand mathematics and physics while enjoying the convenience of science, and don't openly express their ignorance. "Romain Rolland said it very sharply. After all, he himself is a critical realist writer, and his writing skills are absolutely top-notch.
Not only him, another writer named Jose Echegaray also came out to support Li Yu. He happens to be living in Paris at this time, and will win the Nobel Prize for Literature next year.
This person is quite interesting. He was a professor of mathematics and civil engineering in the first half of his life. Later, he switched careers and started writing. He even won a grand prize and was considered a successful cross-border writer.
Jose posted: "As a veteran who has been a mathematics professor for many years, I feel that although there are many extremely advanced imaginations in the Star Wars series, there are no flaws in its logic, and there are even many inspiring plots. .
"And I would also like to say that it is because it is signed by a female author that makes me like it even more. As for those poor reviewers who criticize it with their mouths, maybe they also like it privately." Various similar things Arguments continued in the streets of Paris. The French Academy of Arts had no choice but to retract its promise, so it revised the book again to Li Yu, indicating that both of them could accept the literary medal from the Academy of Arts.
Li Yu didn't value this, but for Lu Bicheng, it was a great encouragement. When they returned to Berlin and saw the official letter, Lu Bicheng was so excited.
"Oh my God! The medal of the French Academy of Arts! What an honor this is!" Li Yu knew in his heart that it was no big deal. Art is not easy to judge. When it comes to literature alone, China is really not bad at all.
And this award is not an orthodox literary award such as the Prix Goncourt. But he was still happy for Lu Bicheng: "The center of European literature is now in France. It is really not easy for them to award the award happily." Even if it is just a regular small award, with the infinite admiration for foreigners in China, it is not easy to take it back. It’s really incredible.
Moreover, the Chinese people are now somewhat better at introducing literature. When it comes to the Nobel Prize, not many people know about it.
Lu Bicheng immediately said: "It's a pity that I'm not good at translating, otherwise I really want to translate my poems and publish them." Li Yu smiled and said: "Have you ever read European poetry? If you have, you will give up this idea. ." Lu Bicheng asked: "Why?"
"Because they are far apart in terms of the degree of condensation of language. Therefore, only the Chinese can understand the beauty of classical Chinese." Lu Bicheng regretted: "What a pity." Li Yu said: "But I can take this opportunity to go to Paris. Trip." Lu Bicheng had a high vision for Paris: "When will we leave?" Li Yu said, "I still have some experiments and papers that need to be completed in advance." Anyway, he was not in a hurry. Lu Bicheng said, "Then I will continue to do more Do some homework." Since the last single-photon experiment did not attract enough attention, Carl Siemens very much hopes that Li Yu can continue to make a more sensational experiment.
When he learned that Li Yu was going to do X-ray related experiments, Carl Siemens immediately expressed support. This is a big trend.
What's more important is that the test points directly to the nature of x-rays. If it can really succeed, it will be a real hit. No, now is the second shot, scoring twice?
Carl Siemens then published another article in the "Annals of Physics" in which Li Yu was preparing to conduct x-ray diffraction experiments and prove the properties of x-ray electromagnetic waves.
At the University of Munich at this time, Roentgen had just finished his morning's work. When the student handed him the current issue of the magazine, he was also very surprised.
The student said: "Mr. Professor, this Li Yu seems to be doing something outrageous again. He has previously claimed that x-rays are electromagnetic waves, and now he wants to produce experimental evidence." Röntgen washed his hands, took the magazine and read it. Then he said: "There is no problem with the idea, but the difficulty is really not small." The student continued: "I remember the professor said in class before that x-rays are likely to be particles." As the discoverer of x-rays, Roentgen said about this aspect His speech is more weighty.
Roentgen said: "It's just a guess. But I did find that when x-rays travel from air to water or glass, they are neither deflected nor reflected, but pass straight through. Its interaction with matter , just like a bullet passing through the object directly. That's why I think they are a kind of particle, but I have no concrete evidence." The student asked: "Do you think he will succeed?" Röntgen thought for a while and said: " It's hard to say, even if x-rays are really waves, I think they can only be longitudinal waves similar to sound waves. But electromagnetic waves are exactly transverse waves, so I can't imagine how he can prove it experimentally." Longitudinal waves are the direction of vibration and direction of propagation. A consistent wave is the bullet wave introduced in junior high school physics.
On the other side, at the University of Cambridge in England, Thomson, the electron discoverer and current director of the Cavendish Laboratory, was also discussing Li Yu's experiment with Lord Kelvin.
"I remember you saying that x-rays were probably particles," Lord Kelvin said. Thomson smiled and said: "Mr. Lord, I know you are on Li Yu's side, but I have to say that this test is difficult to do." Lord Kelvin said: "How can you be so sure?" Thomson found a piece The small blackboard said while drawing: "If x-rays are as volatile as visible light, then when they are projected onto very small objects, such as small holes and gratings, they can be observed inside and outside the shadow boundary of the imaging location. It has alternating light and dark stripes." Lord Kelvin said: "Isn't this just diffraction stripes? Isn't the wave nature a perfect proof?" Thomson continued: "The actual situation is not that simple, because it is difficult to find such a narrow grating."
"I remember Li Yu said that crystals can be used." Lord Kelvin said.
"That's the rub!" said Thomson,
"There are not many people who understand crystallography today, and most of those who understand crystallography are researchers in mathematics. Among these people, there are almost none who also understand physics. Since we want to use crystals for diffraction, we have to face the crystal structure There are countless neat gaps in it, and the superposition result of so many gaps cannot be calculated at all." Lord Kelvin suddenly said: "I didn't expect this experiment to have such high requirements on mathematical foundations." Thomson was a master of experiments, nodded and said: "The most difficult The first step is mathematical derivation, otherwise the experiment will be meaningless." Lord Kelvin took a puff of his cigar and said, "In this way, I am more confident. In terms of mathematical level, in today's physics community, Li Yu is probably is the best." Thomson said: "Even so, this challenge is a bit too big. He even skipped the polarization phenomenon directly and chose a more direct diffraction test." Lord Kelvin shook his head: "The polarization test is not To provide direct evidence, you have to do something absolute." Thomson spread his hands: "Then we can only wait and see. If it can be done, the most important physics prize in the Nobel Prize will be his." in a laboratory in Berlin.
Li Yu was busy doing experiments. Of course he was aware of these difficulties, but he happened to know the key equations that could handle the relationship between crystal structure and x-ray diffraction.
This is the so-called Bragg equation. In the future, the Bragg father and son will also win the Nobel Prize for discovering the phenomenon of x-ray scattering.
——As mentioned before, x-rays are really popular in the physics world at this time. If you discover its properties and provide experimental results, you can win the Nobel Prize.
With this equation, the difficulty of the test was instantly reduced. It took more than a week to obtain the key diffraction pattern on the zinc sulfide test paper.
The earliest diffraction pattern in history was using copper sulfide test paper, but the image was very unclear, so Li Yu immediately used the most correct method.
When this image was released together with the paper, the entire European physics community exploded. The biggest problem is the Swedish Nobel Prize jury. When they saw this issue of the "Yearbook of Physics", they all looked at each other: "If I had known, this result would have been used in the nomination for the Nobel Prize."
"Forget it, there is just time for other laboratories to verify it. If it is correct, it doesn't matter if we award him another award later." The crystal structure that bore the brunt of the borrowing in the paper was still atomic theory.
Boltzmann in Vienna admired it very much: "When atomic theory collides with Li Yu's method was repeated to see if it was the same image.
But no matter what they do, it will not have any impact on the result. Lord Kelvin was so happy that he immediately ran to Cambridge University.
"Let me tell you!" Thomson was playing with the instruments: "It's unbelievable. I'm preparing to replicate an experiment in the laboratory. Nothing is more exciting than seeing such a beautiful image." And Plan, who was also in Berlin Ke, I have been busy teaching students recently. When I returned to the laboratory, I found that Li Yu had made such a big move again.
"Brother Li Yu, do you want the entire physics community to feel an earthquake?" Li Yu said with a smile, "No, not really." Planck took off his glasses and said,
"This is no small matter. Now everyone wants to know what X-rays are. I didn't expect that young you could do it first. The unknown in the future will no longer be unknown."
"This is just the beginning. There will be much more to do in the future," Li Yu said.
"Of course it's a lot more, but I feel like you're going to get a lot more honors," Plank said.
"At least if it is made in Berlin, I will give you a medal from the Prussian Academy of Sciences. We may even become colleagues of the Academy of Sciences." Li Yu said: "What do you mean?"
"Of course, becoming a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences!" Planck said, then stretched out his fingers and continued to calculate,
"As for the French Academy of Sciences and the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, I think it is possible." Sure enough, the status of x-rays is really high.
Carl Siemens came to the laboratory with great interest and said to Li Yu: "I saw you right!" Then he asked Planck,
"What are you thinking about?" Planck stretched out his right hand: "I'm wondering how many awards and academicians Li Yu can get." Honors indeed came like snowflakes, and the Prussian Academy of Sciences quickly granted Li Yu academician status. The St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences After repeated suggestions by Markov and others, it was decided to grant him an academician status.
With so many names on his mind at once, Li Yu was a little confused. As for France, they directly invited Li Yu to the Louvre Museum in Paris to award him both a scientific medal and a literary medal.
The Prussian Academy of Sciences took the lead in holding a ceremony to confer academician status on Li Yu and held a grand dinner.
Unexpectedly, Hilbert, Minkowski, Roentgen and others all attended the dinner. I really gave you enough face.
Together with Planck, it would be great to take a photo of these people together. Hilbert came to Li Yu and said, "You have been in Germany for so long. I was waiting here and there in Göttingen, so I just happened to come to congratulate you in person." Li Yu said with a smile, "I'm really sorry, actually. I plan to go to the University of Göttingen to see you in a while."
“I can’t say I’m going to meet you, but it’s our honor to have the most famous mathematicians, physics and astronomers.” Minkowski said.
Li Yu hurriedly said: "Professor is serious!" Röntgen said: "Why not stay in Germany from now on? You can choose any university to become a professor at the University of Berlin, the University of Munich, or the University of Göttingen." Li Yu said: "I don't have any at the moment. This kind of plan."
"Then you still want to go back to China?" Hilbert asked.
"Yes," Li Yu said,
"I won't be out for a long time. I will go to Paris and London later. After meeting some old friends, I should leave for home." Li Yu really had to hurry up. If he were later, he would not be able to take the Trans-Siberian Railway.
Hilbert said: "We respect your decision and Germany will always welcome you."
