Although it is said that there are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand readers, after listening to Chen Muwu's speech, the other four people in the office gave exactly the same reaction and performance.
Even though they have known for a long time that Chen Muwu has always been "unstoppable" in physics, they have all more or less accepted some of the views put forward by Chen Muwu before.
However, after hearing such shocking news in such a short period of time, no one could agree with the new point of view proposed by Chen Muwu.
Heisenberg is the one who is most receptive to new things among the four. After listening to Chen Muwu's description of the sea as an analogy, he first thought of the only proton in the world that carries positive energy and positive charge—— In fact, this is the only one discovered by humans now.
Heisenberg was still happy that he finally caught up with Chen Muwu's ideas this time, but he didn't expect that the other party would refute him immediately and without mercy.
Positively charged antielectrons?
Is this an answer that normal humans can come up with?
Hearing this Chen Muwu's imaginary reply, Pauli sneered again in his heart.
He felt that Chen Muwu must have made a mistake in the wave equation this time, and just made up such an unreasonable answer just to save face.
The arrogant Pauli was about to taunt him, but the pain from his body stopped him immediately.
He didn't dare to touch Chen Muwu anymore, for fear of angering the bellicose Chinese and getting him beaten again.
The eldest Bohr's thinking only briefly stayed at the level of shock, and then continued to diverge further.
Before there was Chen Muwu in this world, or in other words, before Chen Muwu stayed in the Far East and worked as a railway engineer instead of coming to Europe and entering the world of physics, the electron was just a particle discovered by Sir Thomson. It has a fixed orbit, a precise position, and a speed that can be accurately measured.
But after the arrival of Chen Muwu, physicists' bottom line retreated again and again.
First, through irrefutable experimental phenomena, everyone accepted that the electron is not only a particle, but also a wave.
Then it was accepted that the electron not only "revolves" around the nucleus, but also "rotates" around a certain axis of itself.
After that, the electron’s orbit, precise position, speed and other attributes were also taken away one by one by Chen Muwu.
But obviously, he was not satisfied with this.
So today, he gave the elf, the electron, a twin brother with the same charge and opposite electrical properties.
When thinking about problems, Bohr would always light himself a pipe of tobacco. He believed that being in a smoky environment could stimulate the neurons in his brain and make them work better.
But today, Bohr doesn't even bother to hold his pipe in his mouth.
Because he felt that thinking at this moment was meaningless. Even if he put himself in the thick smoke of the coal-fired boiler of Carlsberg Power Plant, he would not be able to follow Chen Muwu's thoughts today.
…
Although Pauli could not use his harsh words to ridicule Chen Muwu, he had no burden for his junior brother.
So in response to Heisenberg's hot-headed comment that the "hole" in Chen Muwu's words should be protons, Pauli began to criticize Huai.
"Werner, you take it too much for granted.
"The mass of a proton is one to two thousand times that of an electron. No matter how you think about it, the 'hole' left by the electron leaving the vacuum should not be a proton.
"Perhaps there really is a positron as Mr. Chen imagined, right?
“I don’t know how long it will take before I can meet this secretive Mr. Positron in the laboratory.”
Chen Muwu heard the meaning of Pauli's words and thought that this man was really sharp-tongued. Although on the surface he was criticizing Heisenberg, upon closer inspection, every word and every sentence was actually directed at himself.
Of course positrons can be seen in the laboratory, but it is hard to say whether they can be seen in a Pauli laboratory.
"ten years."
Everyone looked at Chen Muwu, not understanding what the two words that came out of his mouth meant.
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Chen Muwu continued confidently: "I think that within ten years, people will be able to find traces of positrons. Does anyone want to bet with me?"
"I come!"
Pauli was very positive. He thought that he had used up so much strength just now to restrain himself from having another verbal conflict with Chen Muwu.
I didn't expect this person to actually come to my door.
"Mr. Chen, what are you betting on? How about ten Sovereigns? If within ten years, people successfully find this 'positron' you are talking about, then I will pay you ten Sovereigns, Bo Professor Erl, Werner, and Mr. Oppenheimer can all serve as witnesses.”
The Sovereign is a British currency with a face value of one pound.
But what makes it unique is that Sovereign is entirely made of gold.
In 1924, before Britain returned to the gold standard, a sovereign was worth far more than a pound.
Pauli was confident that there would be no such thing as a "positron" in the world, so he spent a lot of money.
But Chen Muwu was also full of confidence. As long as he wanted to, let alone ten years, he might be able to find the existence of this positron after returning to the Cavendish Laboratory.
The reason why he proposed the bet was because he heard the irony in Pauli's words just now and wanted to teach the arrogant Pauli another lesson.
"We have a saying in China that 'talking about money hurts feelings'.
"Although I think in Mr. Pauli's heart, he probably has no feelings for me.
“But if you live in Germany and earn marks but bet on pounds, if you really lose in the end, it may cause you a financial burden.
"How about this, if the positron really appears within ten years, how about I treat you to a meal?"
Everyone continued not to understand the meaning of Chen Muwu's words.
Don't you mean a bet? Why are you suddenly talking about inviting me to dinner?
"I heard that in Sweden, Denmark's neighbor, there is such a special delicacy called 'sour herring'.
“Nordic fishermen always catch a large amount of fresh herring in the Baltic Sea before the herring spawns in April and May every year.
“Because these fish will spoil if they are not eaten in time, so starting from the 16th century, people have used the method of adding water and salt to ferment to store these large quantities of herring.
“I’ve always wanted to try what this sour herring tastes like, but I never had the chance.
"How about this, if people don't find the positron within ten years, you treat me to a sour herring. On the contrary, how about I treat you to a meal?"
As a Shaoxing native, Chen Muwu was used to eating moldy amaranth stalks, moldy qianzhang, stinky winter melon and stinky tofu, but he was still helpless about the stench of canned herring.
The reason why Chen Muwu came up with this bet was purely to disgust Pauli.
And it is a real sense of physical and psychological nausea.
Perhaps Pauli and Heisenberg, who had been living on the European continent, did not know what a sour herring was.
But Bohr, who also lived in Northern Europe, knew!
His first reaction after hearing Chen Muwu's bet request was that this young man is really perverted!
He actually made a bet with someone to eat that kind of thing!
In order to prevent future accidents, Bohr must remind his students: "Wolfgang, the sour herring that Mr. Chen mentioned is a kind of Nordic food with a very 'unique' flavor, which may be better than the blue fish on the European continent." Patterned cheese is even more unique.”
Pauli disagreed. It's not like he had never eaten blue cheese before: "Professor Bohr, no problem, it's just sour herring! Mr. Chen, I will accept this bet. Do we need to take out paper and pen and write it down?"
"Mr. Pauli, there is no need. As you just said, Professor Bohr, Mr. Heisenberg and Robert are all witnesses."
Oppenheimer nodded quickly, although he didn't know what kind of food sour herring was.
At this point, Bohr was helpless, but he had no other choice.
Ten years is still a long time anyway. During this period, you can always find room for change, right?
Seeing that Pauli had fallen into his trap, Chen Muwu, who was in a good mood, turned to comfort Heisenberg, who had just been denied by himself and ridiculed by Pauli for his statement that "'holes' are actually protons": " Mr. Heisenberg, there is no need for you to be discouraged. Although the proton is not the hole, just like the electron has an anti-electron that is equal to its mass and charge but has the opposite electrical property, the proton also has an anti-electron that is equal to its mass and charge and has opposite electrical properties. The corresponding antiproton.
"One day, people will also be able to find the existence of antiprotons."
But this time Chen Muwu did not say anything about ten years.
Antiprotons will not appear in laboratories until accelerator technology matures.
But now, there is no decent accelerator in the world.
Bohr was no longer surprised to hear Chen Muwu mention the antiproton again.
Another question even appeared inexplicably in his mind now: that is, is there an anti-Chen Muwu, or should it be called Wu Muchen?
The phone on the desk suddenly rang, interrupting Bohr's random thoughts.
"Hello? I'm Bohr."
Subconsciously he began to speak Danish.
But what came from the receiver was English that was not very standard like his, and there was a lot of interference and noise in the signal, which made people feel that the call might not have come from within the city limits of Copenhagen: "Pol Hello, Professor Er, is Dr. Chen Muwu at the Institute of Theoretical Physics? Can I contact him now?"
"He is right next to me. Who are you? What do you want from him?"
"This is the Nobel Prize Committee of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden. We would like to congratulate Dr. Chen Muwu for winning the Nobel Prize in Physics this year, 1924!
"As for the subsequent award collection matters, we will notify you later..."
Bohr didn't pay attention to what he was chattering on the phone. He took the receiver away from his face and shouted excitedly to Chen Muwu on the sofa: "Chen, congratulations, you won this year's award." Nobel Prize in Physics!”
From the Solvay conference in April this year, when Old Prague first mentioned the nomination of Chen Muwu for the Nobel Prize, to Rutherford's public relations for himself.
Chen Muwu had long been mentally prepared for winning the Nobel Prize in Physics.
No matter how calm Chen Muwu behaves on weekdays, he is not Xie An of the Eastern Jin Dynasty after all, and he cannot calmly say the most pretentious sentence in Chinese history: "The younger generation is the biggest thief".
But even Xie An was so excited that he stepped on the soles of his clogs, let alone Chen Muwu now?
After hearing the news from Bohr, Chen Muwu stood up from the sofa: "Professor Bohr, is what you said...true?"
"Come here quickly and listen to the call yourself! The person inside is looking for you."
Chen Muwu ran to Bohr's desk in three steps. He picked up the receiver and put it to his ear. He heard some anxious words coming from inside: "...Hello? Professor Bohr, are you still here? Can you help me?" Shall we call Dr. Chen Muwu?"
"I am Chen Muwu."
"Dr. Chen, congratulations on winning this year's Nobel Prize in Physics. Where will you be in the next period of time? Will it be the University of Cambridge in the UK or Copenhagen in Denmark?"
Chen Muwu thought for a while, it was already late October, and it would be too troublesome to return to England. It would be better to stay with Bohr, and it would be more convenient to go to Sweden.
"If nothing else, it will be in Denmark."
"Okay, Dr. Chen, we will ask the staff of the Swedish Embassy in Denmark in Copenhagen to convey to you the follow-up matters regarding receiving the award. They will contact you in advance and then visit you at your door."
"Thank you."
"You're welcome, these are what we should do. Congratulations again on winning the prize!"
The news that Chen Muwu won the Nobel Prize in Physics was like a lit Kruger match, and the telephone line turned into a gunpowder fuse, following the line from the Swedish capital Stockholm to the coastal city of Malmö, and after crossing the Oresund Strait, He went straight to Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, and finally arrived at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, where he ignited the "powder keg" placed in this office.
Two years ago, Bohr, the owner of the institute, learned the good news that he had won the Nobel Prize in Physics through this transnational telephone line that was connected at the end of the 19th century.
But, how do Swedes know they are in Copenhagen?
In fact, the Nobel Prize Committee first sent Chen Muwu’s winning telegram to the Cavendish Laboratory of Cambridge University in the UK.
The reason why they did not choose to make a call was that the UK was too far away and the quality of the phone signal would not be very good.
The second reason is that the phone bill is too expensive.
After Director Rutherford opened it and read the contents, he immediately asked Chadwick to go to the telegraph office to reply to Stockholm, telling them that Chen Muwu was not at Cambridge University, but at the Institute of Theoretical Physics in Copenhagen.
So the call finally came to Bohr's office.
At the same time, the news had been sold to the reporter for a high price of two pounds by the translator of the Cambridgeshire Telegraph Office.
It is estimated that tomorrow morning, the news that Chen Muwu won the Nobel Prize in Physics will spread throughout the streets of London.
The enthusiastic nature of Americans made Oppenheimer more excited than Chen Muwu.
After punching him a few times out of thin air, he even yelled a few times in the office.
Heisenberg's eyes were full of envy, while Pauli's heart was filled with despair.
Damn it, he tricked me again this time!
Because today's occasion is so special, everyone's memory is very deep.
Pauli is still completely unaware that the sour herring bet between him and Chen Muwu on the existence of positrons will be written into the memoirs of the three people present in the future, and it will become something that he never wants to mention. past.
After Chen Muwu put down the phone, Bohr, who was standing next to him, hugged him tightly.
Fortunately this is not France, and Bohr is not de Broglie.
"Congratulations, Chen!"
"Thank you, thank you. Thank you, Professor Bohr, for nominating me to the review committee."
"This is a reward that can only be obtained by your true talent and learning. If you hadn't made so many achievements, no matter how many nominations you make, it would be useless!"
At this moment, in Beijing, the capital of China, Dr. Hu, an old acquaintance of Chen Muwu, suddenly sneezed in his sleep.
Although he was nominated for the first time, it would be fifteen years later in 1939.
Bohr continued: "This is a very happy thing, we must celebrate it for you!"
Hearing the word celebration, Heisenberg immediately reacted: "Professor, are you going to have another dance tonight?"
…
That night, Bohr held another family dinner for Chen Muwu in the restaurant of the Institute of Theoretical Physics.
For the students of the institute, this should be regarded as a relatively high honor.
Every month, Bohr would invite the best student of the month to have dinner with his family.
…
A few days later, staff from the Swedish Embassy in Denmark came to the Institute of Theoretical Physics and explained to Chen Muwu face-to-face the matters related to going to Stockholm to receive the award.
In order to commemorate Alfred Nobel, the founder of the Nobel Prize, the award time of the Nobel Prize is fixed on December 10 every year, which is the day of Nobel's death.
But Chen Muwu should arrive in Stockholm a few days earlier than this time, because before that, he still has a series of social activities to attend.
The amount of bonuses Chen Muwu received this year is more than 120,000 Swedish kronor, which would reach over 8,000 pounds in pounds.
It's just that this huge sum of money can't be collected until he arrives in Stockholm.
The staff also mentioned the award-winning speech and hoped that Chen Muwu could prepare the content of the speech in advance to avoid confusion after taking the stage.
Finally, the embassy staff also informed Chen Muwu that Sweden would pay for the round-trip travel expenses for him and another travel companion, as well as all local food and accommodation expenses.
Of course, if Chen Muwu is willing, he can also invite others to watch the ceremony at Stockholm City Hall.
However, the travel, food and lodging expenses of these people need to be borne by himself.
After bidding farewell to this staff member, Chen Muwu realized that he still had a lot of work to do after winning the award.
The speech draft was a trivial matter, because he happened to have something almost ready-made in his hand.
But it was really difficult for him to invite anyone to attend the award ceremony.
The palms and backs of his hands were full of flesh. Chen Muwu made a list of several people, and then took this list to the Republic of China Embassy in Denmark.
He came here not to show merit to the government, but just to get in touch with the legation's telegrams.
Although Chen Muwu has already received the Nobel Prize bonus of 8,000 pounds, it still makes him heartbroken to send a sky-high telegram to China.
Charge d'Affaires in Denmark Xu Zhaoxiong was overjoyed. Although Chen Muwu did not achieve his achievements in Denmark, he won the award here.
After seeing the news from the local newspaper in Copenhagen, Xu Zhaoxiong immediately took the telegram of the good news back to China.
Naturally, he would not refuse Chen Muwu's request to use a telegraph machine to send a message, and he also specifically told the staff at the embassy to cooperate with the new Nobel Prize winner in physics.
Xu Zhaoxiong thought to himself, if this man could speak kind words for him in the country in the future, would he, as the temporary charge d'affaires, be able to go one step further and get the title of minister to Denmark?
When he learned that he could invite guests to attend the award ceremony, Chen Muwu's first thought was his family far away in Sihai.
He used to just think about allowing his family to escape the war that was coming in a few years.
But last summer, after meeting Yan Renguang and Ye Qisun at Cambridge University and coming up with the idea of running a school, Chen Muwu suddenly realized that his two brothers would be of great use if they came abroad.
My eldest brother Chen Muqiao started out as a teacher and also served as the provost of Nanyang University in the Ministry of Transport for several years.
If he can really build a school for domestic students, then the eldest brother can use his experience to help manage it.
The second brother Chen Muping, who runs a bank in Shanghai, can also be his financial director.
Although Chen Muwu currently has only Penguin Publishing House as a profitable project, plus an electron microscope that he doesn’t know when it will be commercially produced.
But if we really want to run a school, the income from these two projects will definitely be far from enough. Then Chen Muwu's money-making machine must be started vigorously.
But he couldn't just focus on making money and neglect his academic work. If his second brother could come, it would be a big help to him.
Probably the most difficult person to convince is the old lady in their family.
Older people prefer to settle down and return to their roots.
It is definitely not easy for her to leave her hometown and travel across the ocean to a foreign country.
Chen Muwu had thought before that if it didn't work out, he would just lie to the old lady by saying that he had met a girl abroad and planned to get married.
But now that he has won the Nobel Prize, it seems to be a good opportunity to "seduce" his family abroad.
"At the knees of my mother:
"..."
(End of chapter)
