Rutherford's words awakened Eddington who was still in his dream.
Ever since he got his paper yesterday, Eddington has been struggling with the word "time travel". In his subconscious, time travel means going back to the past.
It was his idea that made Eddington think so hard that the second law of thermodynamics could completely deny the rotating universe model proposed by Chen Muwu.
But in fact, even if it can be denied, it can only deny half of it.
The remaining half is time travel to the future. Indeed, as Rutherford said, it does not violate the second law of thermodynamics.
Seeing that Eddington and his son-in-law were both frowning because of this paper, Rutherford continued to comfort him: "Gentlemen, you are just too entangled in the universe model he proposed, but you ignored the paper. the existence of the other two solutions in .
"But in fact, even ignoring this cosmological model that has caused some controversy, this young man named Chen Muwu has also found accurate solutions to the two field equations. Based on this alone, this paper is enough to be ranked in the "Natural Science" Published in the Journal.
"So, instead of leaving you stuck in this office, why not publish this paper and let theoretical physicists around the world brainstorm and start a big discussion about whether this universe is correct or not? Like Like Chen’s first paper, he invited physicists from all over the world to help him conduct experiments.”
After all, he was the eldest of the three, so Rutherford directly gave a solution to this problem.
Putting aside Chen Yuzhou's controversy, the correctness of the two solutions given by Chen Muwu is indeed irrefutable.
In that case, you can completely follow the method he gave.
Eddington suddenly understood: "Sir, you are right. I will send this paper to the editorial office of Proceedings of the Natural Sciences and ask them to arrange for publication as soon as possible."
Rutherford, who was sitting on the sofa, saw that the problem had been solved satisfactorily. He had taken out his pipe from his suit pocket, filled it with tobacco, and started smoking calmly.
He took a deep breath, drew out a long smoke ring and said, "Arthur, Ralph, what do you think of Chen Muwu's physics level?"
Fowler answered his father-in-law's question honestly: "Sir, after seeing the first paper, I think his level is basically that of an undergraduate, but he was favored by the goddess of luck, hit it by mistake, and took advantage of his shallowness. Physics knowledge to solve profound problems.
"But after reading today's paper, I realized that I was too short-sighted. Chen's level of physics should be much higher than that of the young men I teach at Trinity College!"
Eddington also followed suit and said: "Chen Muwu is the young man whom Dr. Einstein specially sent a telegram to recommend to me. He did not hesitate to praise him in the telegram. It seems that Einstein did not make a mistake."
"Gentlemen, since you all have such a high opinion of this Chen, I think it is a pity to let such a genius be reduced to a small engineer in the Far East.
"Why can't we invite Chen to come to the Cavendish Laboratory, come to Cambridge, and join us in the ocean of physics? Trinity College can have a Ramanujan in mathematics, and of course there can also be a Ramanujan in physics. Chen Muwu!" Rutherford expressed his love for talents.
Rutherford, like Einstein, looked down upon the engineering profession.
Not only did he look down on engineering, as a physicist, Rutherford also had a sense of pride that physics was a supreme subject. He once said arrogantly that "all science is either physics or stamp collecting." language.
However, God also liked to joke with him, and awarded the 1908 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to him, who always regarded himself as a physicist.
After learning the news, Rutherford could only comfort himself by laughing at himself: "The fastest chemical change in the world is myself, because overnight, I changed from a physicist to a chemist."
Rutherford's proposal was naturally supported by Eddington and Fowler.
They all believe that no young person in the world who yearns for physics will refuse the invitation of Cambridge University or the Cavendish Laboratory.
Rutherford asked Eddington not to rush to send the paper to the Royal Society, but to go with him to Trinity College to find his teacher J.J. Thomson and persuade him to accept the proposal to recruit Chen Muwu to Cambridge. .
As the dean of the college, Old Thomson has complete autonomy in recruiting students. As long as he sends out an invitation, it is basically a certainty that Chen Muwu will enter Trinity College, Cambridge University.
When Old Thomson saw his beloved disciples Rutherford, Eddington, and Fowler coming to the door together, he thought something big had happened.
When they proposed to invite a young Chinese man to study at Trinity College, he immediately became interested: "Arthur, you are talking about the one who sent the paper in person last time and is now making the entire physics world uneasy. List?"
"Yes, sir, that's Chen. We recently received a new paper from him and plan to publish it again in Proceedings of the Natural Science. After this paper is published, it is estimated that it will make the physics community again Falling deeper into madness," Eddington replied honestly.
"Is it still about scattering theory?"
"No, sir, this time it's a paper on the theory of relativity. It talks about..."
Thomson, who is nearly seventy years old, has devoted his life to studying the world inside the atom. Be it ether or relativity, he has become a stubborn old man and is not very interested in these.
In addition, there was the atomic solar system model proposed by the student Rutherford. Old Thomson also did not accept it. He still stubbornly insisted on his plum pudding model.
After listening to Eddington's words, Old Thomson nodded: "From the first paper, I have admired this Chinese young man named Chen Muwu. His papers are full of creativity. Since it is Ernest, Arthur With the three of you, Ralph, jointly recommending me, I think I should be able to safely sign such a document and invite Chen to Cambridge University.”
After getting Old Thomson's approval, Trinity College quickly issued two official letters, one to the Education Committee of the British House of Commons, asking them to forward it to the British Embassy in China through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ask them to invite Chen Muwu on their behalf. Study abroad at Cambridge University.
The other copy was sent to the Embassy of the Republic of China in the United Kingdom, No. 49 Portland Street, London, and they were also asked to forward the invitation letter back to China.
Eddington also spent his own money to go to the telegraph office and send a telegram to Chen Muwu. Not only did he tell him that his second paper would be published successfully, but he also immediately conveyed the good news that Cambridge University had invited him to study abroad to the Far East. of Baihai.
