Compared with Oppenheimer, Pauli's mental state was not much better.
Even when Einstein faced the BKS theory jointly proposed by Bohr and his two students, he once said to Born, "If the BKS theory is correct, then he would rather change his career to be a shoe repairman, or I'm a casino worker." Is it any wonder that Pauli wanted to change his career?
Of course, the shoe repairing Einstein mentioned in his letter did not mean setting up a roadside stall in the true sense.
He has mentioned more than once that the seven years he worked as a clerk at the Patent Office in Bern, Switzerland, were similar to his "career as a shoe repairman."
Of course, for a smart person like him, if he didn't study physics problems, living in the patent office and repairing shoes on the roadside would be about the same.
After entering the 20th century, the development of physics is so fast that if you are distracted for a moment, you will not be able to keep up.
Michelson, who accurately measured the speed of light, rejected the theory of relativity because he was unwilling to believe that the ether did not exist. He has always appeared in textbooks as a villain.
And Professor Duane, who blocked Compton's paper from being published in the American Physical Review, also became a ridiculous background in later records of the Compton effect.
It is common for physicists who have become famous, or physicists who have not yet become famous, to be unable to accept emerging physics concepts for a while.
Pauli did have two times in history when he wanted to give up physics and switch to other careers.
The first time the Zeeman Effect could not be fully explained by theory, it made him so depressed that he wanted to be a clown actor.
At that time, Chen Muwu had not yet made a name for himself in the world of physics, so he did not catch up this time.
However, Chen Muwu saved Pauli from this unrealistic idea, because at the Solvay Conference, he proposed the electron spin, which solved the abnormal Zeeman effect that has been bothering physicists for more than 20 years. , finally able to get a good explanation.
Only that time, Pauli was somewhat ungrateful. Instead of being grateful to Chen Muwu for getting him back on track in physics research, Pauli even accused electron spin of being a ridiculous idea.
It wasn't until Chen Muwu and Kapitsa successfully performed the Stern-Gerlach experiment on the ground state of hydrogen atoms, proving that the spin of electrons does exist, that the always arrogant Pauli shut up.
Pauli wanted to change his career for the second time, historically because of the events in wave mechanics.
It was only after the arrival of Chen Muwu that he spread the quantum mechanics too big and too fast, which led to mistakes in the past and in the past. Pauli did not put the blame for wanting to change his career to wave mechanics, but to wave mechanics. In parallel universe.
But no one took his remarks seriously, and Pauli would eventually return to physics.
Chen Muwu believed that such an arrogant genius who even looked down upon Einstein would never give up the physics research he had always loved just for a while.
On the contrary, the existence of Chen Muwu can also set up a goal for Pauli that will always be elusive.
He always had a lot of energy in his heart, wanting to defeat Chen Muwu one day and prove himself.
Therefore, Chen Muwu did not want to persuade Pauli to recognize the situation, give up his illusions, and return to physics research as soon as possible.
Instead, he came up with a provocation. He compiled all the books published by George Chen from the first to the present, signed them with Chandler's name, and then sent them to as far away as Germany in the name of Penguin Publishing. Pauli in Hamburg.
"Mr. Pauli, I heard that you want to change your career and that you like to read my works. I am honored to enclose all the works currently published in the George Chen series. Please correct me."
On the contrary, Blackett is a man of great wisdom.
Although he was good friends with Chen Muwu, he only told him some interesting things he encountered when he was a visiting scholar in Germany.
He didn't ask Chen Muwu about the parallel universe that was always a hot topic at all, because Blackett felt that instead of causing trouble for himself, it would be better to cause trouble for Chen Muwu.
He may not be able to understand Chen Muwu's theories, but he may be able to get some inspiration for his own research direction from Chen Muwu.
While at the University of Göttingen, Blackett gradually became interested in cosmic rays, which were discovered in 1912.
He has been using and improving the Wilson cloud chamber. This cloud chamber can not only observe the trajectories and reactions of particles inside and outside the atomic nucleus, but is also suitable for particles in cosmic rays.
Blackett asked Chen Muwu if he had any opinions on the research on cosmic rays.
"Well, Patrick, your research direction is very good. Please continue to study it. Our knowledge of the universe is still very limited. Maybe the secrets of the universe are hidden in these rays."
After thinking about it for a while, Chen Muwu still only said something about the wheel.
He was embarrassed to say that there are positrons in cosmic rays. As long as you observe more in the cloud chamber, consider adding a magnetic field to the rays, and observe the deflection of the particles, you might be able to help me discover what everyone has been missing all along. Believe that the positron comes out.
Blackett rested briefly at his home for a few days before leaving London to return to Cambridge University to report, and Chen Muwu finally waited until Oppenheimer returned from the Netherlands, where he had escorted experimental equipment and various liquid gases.
When he took these things through British customs, he even made a small joke.
When the customs staff saw Oppenheimer carrying a bunch of cylinders, they thought he was carrying liquefied petroleum gas, which could explode if he was not careful.
But even imported liquefied petroleum gas is basically transported in large iron tanks. This is the first time they have seen so many daily-use cylinders passing through customs.
Although he showed his American passport, Oppenheimer still spoke with a German accent passed down from his family.
The British Customs thought that this might be another attempt by the German devils to launch a terrorist bombing attack, so they quickly evacuated the crowd present and wanted to detain Oppenheimer for interrogation.
Fortunately, after some defense from Oppenheimer, the call came to the Royal Institution.
After Chen Muwu’s explanation, the customs staff realized that these cylinders contained liquid nitrogen and liquid hydrogen that the Royal Society wanted to conduct scientific research on, rather than hazardous liquefied petroleum gas.
Of course, liquid nitrogen and liquid hydrogen contained in steel Dewar bottles can also explode, but Chen Muwu deliberately concealed this.
Because the call was transferred through many layers before finally reaching the Royal Institute, Old Bragg also knew that the American student assigned by Chen Muwu had brought back many "dangerous goods" from the Netherlands.
After these equipment and cylinders were finally transported to the laboratory, Old Bragg rushed over immediately. He also wanted to see what Chen Muwu bought, and at the same time estimated that it would cost the David Faraday Laboratory to reimburse these things. How much funding.
When he saw these bottles and cans, Old Bragg couldn't help it anymore: "Dr. Chen, these, did he buy these from the Netherlands?"
"Not entirely," Oppenheimer, who felt that he had done a lot of hard work, was the first to answer, "Only the liquid gas in it was bought. These cylinders were rented from Leiden University with only a partial deposit.
"Leiden University also said that if you buy more next time, the price will be even more favorable."
"Dr. Chen, when you said you went to the Netherlands to purchase equipment and medicines, did you just buy these liquid nitrogen and liquid hydrogen? But these things are sold in the UK!"
After hearing what he said, Chen Muwu's brows immediately twisted into twine.
No, it was Onnes who told himself that the low-temperature factory at Leiden University could provide liquid gas to 80% of European universities and laboratories, so he decided to buy it from them for superconducting. And the experiment of separating liquid deuterium.
Why is it that I bought it now and Old Prague said that it is also available in the UK?
If there is a low-temperature factory in the UK, why did Sir Dewar give up research on low-temperature physics in his later years?
He told his doubts, and Old Bragg couldn't laugh or cry after hearing this.
"Dr. Chen, it seems that your genius brain is limited to physics and astronomy. If you go into business, you will probably be cheated by others and lose all your money."
What he said made Chen Muwu very dissatisfied. Didn't he witness with his own eyes two days ago that he sold a piece of glass for tens of thousands of pounds?
Old Bragg continued: "Professor Onnes is right, the cryogenic factory of Leiden University is indeed very powerful, and it can indeed provide liquid gas to 80% of universities and laboratories in Europe.
"It's just that Britain is among the remaining 20 percent. Not only Britain, but also France, and even Germany, which lost the war and was severely weakened.
"Whether it is high-intensity lighting or metal welding using oxygen and acetylene, oxygen plays a very important role in industry.
“Do you think that big industrial countries like Britain, France and Germany are unable to produce their own oxygen and must import the pure oxygen they liquefy from Leiden University?
"Dr. Chen, you should be able to understand now what Professor Onnes means when he says that their liquid gas can supply 80% of universities and laboratories in Europe."
Old Bragg pronounced the words "university" and "laboratory" very emphatic in order to highlight the word play in Onnes' words.
He also told Chen Muwu that the British organization that produces oxygen has a very straightforward name: the British Oxygen Company.
They use refrigeration compression equipment to separate oxygen and nitrogen from liquid air.
If necessary, they will also help separate liquid hydrogen.
Whether it is transportation or selling price, it is much more convenient and cheaper to buy directly from the British Oxygen Company than to buy from Leiden University across the strait.
This was an eye-opener for Chen Muwu. How did he know that there were so many twists and turns in this?
Professor Onnes, such a kind-hearted old man, didn't expect that he had already retired and he didn't forget to trick himself.
After opening the box containing the cryogenic instrument, the expression on Old Bragg's face became even more exciting.
"Dr. Chen, you were not only deceived about the gas, but also about this instrument.
"Look at the nameplate on this instrument, Linde Company. Although there are both letters L and D in it, this company has nothing to do with Leiden University, and even its location is not. Not in the Netherlands, but in Germany.
"Linde is currently the best refrigeration equipment manufacturer in the world. If you order an instrument from Leiden University, it seems that the other party has just ordered a new one from Linde in Germany.
“This company first started out by making refrigeration equipment, so that drunkards in Germany could drink colder and more refreshing beer in the summer.
“Later, a brewery manufacturer ordered a machine that could liquefy carbon dioxide from them, which led them to turn to research on liquefied air and achieved great results.
"The German Air Liquide company I just told you about is this one. Its scale is much larger than that small factory in Leiden. Even the British Oxygen Company is owned by them.
"Dr. Chen, you have really been fooled in the Netherlands and suffered a big loss!"
Old Prague, who hated iron for not being able to become steel, unconsciously raised the volume of his speech when criticizing and educating Chen Muwu.
He was probably sad that the laboratory funds he had finally obtained were wasted by Chen Muwu.
However, there is no use regretting it now.
Money has been spent, equipment and liquid gases have arrived in the laboratory.
Old Prague could only endure his heartache and give Chen Muwu some advice.
"Dr. Chen, in the past six months, you have made a lot of contributions to the reconstruction of the David Faraday Laboratory. As the director of the laboratory, I am very grateful to you!
"I hope you won't take it to heart about the loss you incurred when buying the instrument this time. After all, the money you spent is nothing compared to the funds you earned for the laboratory.
"Now that the instruments are back in place, you should just concentrate on the experiments you designed a long time ago, right?
"I sincerely wish you good results in the David Faraday Laboratory!"
Chen Muwu's plan changed again.
He had no reason to rush Oppenheimer, who had made a hard trip to Europe to buy expensive equipment and gas for him, back to Cambridge, and then invite Shi Ruwei back again.
This cannot be justified either emotionally or rationally.
Then we can only stop studying the magnetic flux inside the superconductor and separate deuterium from liquid hydrogen first.
When it came time to start doing experiments, Oppenheimer had no hope, so he could only roll up his arms and sleeves and do it himself.
When I was working under my boss, I had to do experiments myself.
After traveling through time and getting a new boss, you still have to do your own experiments.
As a result, after many years of hard work, the daughter-in-law became a mother-in-law. After becoming a tutor and having free labor, she still had to perform on her own.
Why is my life so miserable?
(End of chapter)
