After browsing line by line, Planck discovered that the paper in his hand, in addition to using Einstein's whimsical assumption of giving light quantum momentum, basically only applied the two classical physics of energy conservation and momentum conservation. The law of , as well as the cosine theorem in mathematics, plus a little relativistic effect.
The physics knowledge contained in the paper is very elementary, but it is in line with the knowledge level of an academic desert country.
As everyone knows, this is Chen Muwu hiding a clumsiness in his paper.
He studied civil engineering at Jiaotong University and suddenly learned advanced physics knowledge without a teacher, which only made people suspicious.
Doing something simple at the beginning is in line with his status as an engineering student.
In fact, Chen Muwu wanted to add "When the frequency of incident light is extremely high, other unknown phenomena may occur" after the conclusion, but in the end he resisted the urge to spoil the story again.
No spoilers are allowed, but spoilers mean that you will be arrested and your brain will be cut out for study.
At the end of this paper, Chen Muwu wrote: “All the theories in this article are derived and calculated based on experimental results and data provided in previous published papers.
"Due to the limited experimental conditions in the author's country, this theory cannot be experimentally verified. Therefore, the experiments are specially designed as follows. Please be interested in the theory in this article and be a reference for colleagues in the field of experimental physics if you have the conditions:...
"If the experiment is carried out according to the above concept, the expected experimental results are:...
"The error calculation method is:...
"If the experimental results obtained are the same as expected, and the error is within a reasonable range, it can prove the correctness of the theory, that is, light is likely to be a particle with both energy and momentum."
When he first wrote these words, Chen Muwu really experienced what "a handful of bitter tears" means.
He originally wanted to do the experimental verification himself, but there was not even a decent physics laboratory in the country, let alone a high-end gadget like a gamma ray source.
The foreign hospital in the concession did have a precious X-ray machine, but they didn't even lend it to them, let alone take it apart to use it as a light source.
There is no other way but to come up with this strategy, "design" the experiment into the end of the paper, and let experimental physicists who are interested after reading this paper do it for them.
Chen Muwu comforted himself in his heart that this was not all bad. These days, both physicists and ordinary people have poor awareness of radiation protection, and accordingly, there is basically no radiation protection equipment.
Although he can't do the experiment, at least he doesn't need to be harmed by gamma ray radiation. It's better to die as a fellow Taoist than to die as a poor Taoist!
After reading the paper, Planck felt a little moved.
He seemed to see a young man in a backward country who was bent on learning, lying under a dim oil lamp, writing a paper one stroke at a time.
Please, after all, you have been reading the paper for a long time with your glasses on. Didn’t you realize that the stack of paper in your hand is printed with typefaces typed by a typewriter?
Planck took up his pen and wrote a postscript inviting experimental physicists to verify the theory in this paper. He got up and walked out of the office. He handed the paper and the postscript back to the secretary at the door and asked him to hand them over. Send them together to the editorial office of "Annals of Physics" and arrange for publication in this month's journal.
He also sent a special secretary to tell the editorial staff that several more copies of this paper should be printed and sent to Professor Walter Botte and Professor Hans Geiger respectively, asking them to design experiments to test this new paper. Is the quantum theory of light right or wrong?
As for what Einstein proposed in the telegram, would you like to invite Chen to study abroad at Humboldt University?
Planck felt that it was better to wait until the experimental verification results of this theory came out.
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After leaving the Powder Plain, another telegraph signal continued forward, crossing the English Channel along the submarine cable, transiting through London, and then heading north until it reached its final destination, Cambridgeshire.
Arthur Eddington, director of the Cambridge University Observatory, looks like a classic British gentleman in his dress, but he is actually an extremely arrogant person.
It is said that a certain person once praised Eddington and said that there are only three people in the world who understand the theory of relativity. Einstein is one and you are one.
Eddington was silent for a long time after hearing this.
A: You don't have to be so humble.
Eddington replied, I'm wondering who the third person is.
Although Eddington was crazy, he admired a colleague in the field of physics very much. This man was Einstein.
Eddington can be said to be the most famous "Einstein" in the English world today.
Not only did he introduce Einstein's theory of general relativity to the English-speaking world for the first time after World War I, he also personally led an observation team in May 1919 to observe a total solar eclipse on Principe Island in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa. .
It was this total solar eclipse observation that basically confirmed Einstein's prediction in general relativity that gravity would bend light.
The reason why it is said to be basically confirmed is because Eddington's measurement error at that time was almost as large as the true value, that is, the relative uncertainty was almost 100%.
However, Eddington still published observations to support Einstein, and then Einstein became a god, and he and his theories became famous around the world.
This shows how much power Eddington has in the astronomical world at this time. Basically, astronomers and astrophysicists all over the world follow him with their eyes closed.
The postmen of the Great Empire were not as punctual as the Germans. It was already dusk when Eddington received the telegram.
At first, he was also startled by the name of the German Consulate General in Shanghai, wondering why a German would send a telegram to him, until he saw A. Einstein's name on the signature.
After seeing Einstein personally asking him in the telegram to help take care of the publication status of a Chinese named Chen Muwu, especially after learning that this Chinese had a high level of relativity, Eddington immediately paid attention to it.
In his mind, as long as you have a good relationship with Einstein and understand the theory of relativity, then we are good friends.
The next day, Eddington, wearing a dress and top hat, took a carriage to Cambridge Railway Station early in the morning, took the earliest train, and headed south to London along the Great Northern Line.
After leaving King's Cross Station, Eddington stopped a taxi and went straight to the editorial office of the "Journal of Philosophy".
When he arrived at the editorial office, he went directly to the editor on duty that day and asked if he had received any submissions from China recently.
When he heard about this country, the editor smiled disdainfully, pointed to a row of shelves in the corner, and said to Eddington in a strange way: "You might as well try your luck there."
Eddington came to the shelf and saw the word "monkey" written on it.
He picked up a stack of papers and rummaged through them, and found that the authors of these papers were either from India or Malaya, and their names also had exotic spellings.
I don’t know whether it was Eddington’s luck or Chen Muwu’s luck. The former scrolled down a few articles before he found the article submitted by the latter in the pile of papers.
