December 10th is the anniversary of Nobel’s death, so the award is scheduled for this day.
The first award was the Chemistry Prize, which was also awarded to Lord Rayleigh and Ramsay of the United Kingdom in recognition of their contribution to the discovery of neon.
Then came the awarding to Li Yu, which included a certificate, a gold medal and a bonus of 150,000 kronor.
Li Yu took it over from King Oscar II of Sweden in turn.
Oscar II said to him: "You have done very well. From the day you received the mathematics bonus I established, I knew you would have more outstanding achievements. Sure enough, today has verified my assumption. In short, congratulations you!"
Li Yu solemnly said: "Thank you, Your Majesty the King."
After Li Yu returned to his seat, the Physiology Prize was awarded to Tsarist Pavlov; the Literature Prize was jointly won by the French poet Mistral and the Spanish poet José.
Among these people, Li Yu only has the literary award and is not very familiar with him...
But it can be seen that the Nobel Prize Committee also takes good care of different countries.
As for the Peace Prize, it will not be awarded today.
The awarding was followed by a celebration ceremony at the Stockholm Symphony Hall and a banquet at the Town Hall.
The symphony celebration ceremony is more solemn, but the banquet is more relaxed after the grand ceremony, and everyone can eat and talk freely.
The first is still the speech of Oscar II: "We are very welcome to come to Stockholm to receive the Nobel Prize money. In fact, this is our honor. It is your shining names that make the name of the Nobel Prize more and more popular in the world. Know."
There is nothing wrong with saying that. There are so many awards in the scientific world, and the reason why the Nobel Prize has been able to stand out for so many years is because there are so many powerful people who have won the award.
Einstein, Planck, Dirac, Bohr and countless other great figures made the Nobel Prize an immortal myth in the first two decades of the Nobel Prize. It can be said that the Nobel Prize is proud to be awarded to them. .
In later generations, people were proud of winning the Nobel Prize.
When it was time for free activities at the banquet, Pavlov came to Li Yu. He was very surprised that Li Yu could win the prize: "I think you will be the youngest Nobel Prize winner in history!"
Judging from the award-winning age, Prague was the same age as Li Yu when he won the award, and he can indeed be said to be the youngest winner.
Li Yu raised his glass to celebrate with him: "Congratulations to you too, Mr. Pavlov! I still need to continue to make progress."
"The future of science belongs to the diligent and humble young generation like you," Pavlov said. "The Qing Dynasty in my impression is backward and ignorant - I'm sorry, this is indeed my impression in the past - but now something has changed. Talents like yours are a beautiful warning to the world."
Pavlov was quite principled, but he could not represent all Russians.
Lord Rayleigh was a joker and came over and said: "Mr. Pavlov, I have a question. According to your theory, as long as you feed the dog meat after the alarm clock rings for a long time, the dog will eat it when the alarm clock rings. Drooling is a conditioned reflex. And I suddenly thought, from the perspective of dogs, would they think this way: every time the alarm clock rings, Pavlov will feed us meat. Is this also called a conditioned reflex? ?”
Pavlov smiled and said: "Sir Riley is very critical, but whether to feed meat or not is my subjective decision, not the alarm clock, so it is not a conditioned reflex."
Lord Rayleigh added: "Will you conduct research on the advanced activities of the human cerebral cortex in the future? This is a question that I have always been very interested in."
Pavlov was a little helpless: "Although my research has initially opened a window for studying high-level neural activities, from an anatomical point of view, it is too difficult to study the human brain."
"Oh!" Sir Riley said with some disappointment, "I thought you had a way to let me go home to deal with my wife who always loses her temper."
"This question goes beyond neuroscience," Pavlov said.
"That's right." Riley accepted the reality.
Jose, who won the literature award, came over to clink glasses with Li Yu: "I have read your works, including physics and that science fiction novel. I like it so much that I even think the literature award should be awarded to you."
Li Yu smiled and said: "It would be more appropriate to wait until there is a special science fiction award."
Jose gave Li Yu a signed copy of "The Great Matchmaker" (a work that won the Nobel Prize), and Li Yu signed a copy of the paper and gave it to him.
After all, Jose is a science and engineering graduate, so he can understand things more or less.
The next day, the winners took turns giving speeches, which were what the letter referred to as their "winning work" speeches. Now that I’m in Stockholm, it’s more convenient to do it all together. If you really don’t have time, you need to do it after half a year.
This is a relatively routine matter. In fact, during the year-long selection process, the Nobel Prize Committee has studied the work of the winners very clearly, and now it is just talking about it publicly to everyone.
Anyway, there is nothing new. Li Yu just briefly talked about some contents of the paper.
The entire award ceremony took about a week to come to an end, which was quite cumbersome.
After finishing, Li Yu took Lu Bicheng to look at the island he bought in Sweden again before returning to Germany.
When he arrived in Berlin, newspapers had already reported on this year's Nobel Prize, and all kinds of complimentary words were on the page. However, Li Yu was no longer very interested in the praises of Europeans, and still wanted to go back to his country.
It’s already December, and it’s almost time to leave, otherwise we might not be able to make it in time for the Chinese New Year.
As for the distance, you have to go to the United States first and then return to Tianjin Port from the United States. This is a relatively fast way and has a higher safety factor.
At this time, Madame Curie suddenly sent an invitation, hoping that Li Yu could come to a "unique" party.
Li Yu respected Madame Curie very much. It was really not easy for a woman to engage in scientific research in the early 20th century, but the key was to be able to do it so well.
It would be a good idea to go to France first. You can take a boat directly from Paris to the United States, so Li Yu agreed to the invitation.
Of course I have to bring Konoe Aki along with me this time.
Lu Bicheng was a relatively open-minded person, but he was also ashamed of the limitations of the times and did not tell Konoe Akihitsu about his affairs with Li Yu.
But Konoe Akiyuki was too smart. She saw the clues in Lu Bicheng's behavior. This look of being nourished by love was too easy to recognize.
The abacus in her mind had already begun to fiddle with it frantically, thinking about what strategy to use to win back Li Yu.
But this idea was quickly dismissed by her and she quickly calmed down. Don't forget that you are a spy! Why do you suddenly feel so jealous?
It shouldn’t, it shouldn’t!
Emotional weakness can become a lever for others to take advantage of you!
This is what Konoe Akiyuki learned in spy school, and the best policy is to put "forbearance" first.
It’s better to stay put for now, don’t alert the enemy, and wait until we return to the east to find Shangfeng to ask for the next order.
After thinking about this section, Konoe Akiyuki's face immediately returned to a smile, as if nothing had happened, and he continued to talk and laugh with the two of them.
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Marie Curie's residence, Paris, France.
When Li Yu entered the door, he looked around and saw that the interior of the house was very simple, which was very consistent with the personality of Mr. and Mrs. Curie.
The Curies first expressed their congratulations to Li Yu, and then said: "If it weren't for my poor health, I would really like to go to the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge to see with my own eyes what cosmic rays look like."
Li Yu knew that the Curies were particularly interested in ray research, so he said, "Madam, you don't have to leave. I can ask the laboratory to send you some photos."
Marie Curie was very grateful: "That will definitely be the most precious gift I received this year."
Li Yu glanced at Madame Curie's daughter. She was playing with a medal in her hand. Li Yu had seen it when he was in the UK. He was surprised: "This should be the David Medal of the Royal Society of England. Let the child do whatever he wants." Play?"
Madame Curie smiled and said: "Yes, I do this to let children know from an early age that honor is like a toy. You can only play with it. You must not keep it forever, otherwise nothing will be achieved."
Well, it’s really the same as recorded in history. Capitalized service.
After that, several more people arrived, including Ramsay, who had also just won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. After a conversation, Madame Curie mysteriously said: "The wonderful performance is about to begin. Please enjoy it."
Then Madame Curie turned off all the lights in the room.
Soon, a butterfly with blue and white phosphorescence began to dance in the room.
It turned out to be a dancer doing a beautiful dance.
No one had ever seen such a performance before, and there was thunderous cheers.
Marie Curie introduced: "She is Evelyn, a dancer from Broadway in the United States."
After the dance, dancer Eve Lai said: "I was inspired by the great Marie Curie's report of 'radium will glow at night' and designed this costume covered with phosphorescent paint. The performance will be held across Europe. , but I must first perform this dance for the great Madame Curie, because you gave me the spark of art."
Li Yu was shocked, was this dancer covered in radioactive material while performing?
Li Yu quickly asked: "Is the fluorescent material on your body made of radium?"
Dancer Eve Lai said: "I wanted to do this, but I didn't buy enough radium. They were too expensive. But this artistic performance is indeed to promote the greatness of the discovery of radium."
Li Yu then breathed a sigh of relief: "As long as the effect is achieved, it doesn't matter whether it is real radium or not."
But Eveley went on to say: "American radium companies have launched many products containing radium. These fashionable products containing 'angel rays' have fascinated countless people."
Li Yu was stunned again: "Angel ray? Fashion item?"
Evely said: "Yes, now Radium Company has launched radium lipstick, radium foundation, radium pillow, radium cup, and radium toothpaste. Although the price is very expensive, rich people are willing to pay because of radium's angel rays Even cancer can be treated, wouldn’t it be more effective in dealing with other ailments?”
Li Yu's head was buzzing. What kind of logic is this!
