The English name of the school supervisor is Chancellor, and there is another position in a school called Vice Chancellor.
When used as an adjective, Vice has the meaning of "vice", so the latter position is often translated as deputy superintendent, or simply called deputy principal.
But in fact, Chancellor is more like an honorary position. Although he is the school's superintendent and the chairman of the review committee, he has no actual power and is just a mascot-like existence, just like the King of England.
Vice has another meaning, that is, "agency." The actual job of the Vice Chancellor is to manage the school's leadership, academic and daily administrative affairs on behalf of the school superintendent. He is the real person in power in a school and talks about things. people.
As the best university in the UK and even the world, the Chancellor of the University of Cambridge is an honorary title, allowing politicians like Balfour who have retired from high positions to have something to say when they go out to introduce themselves to others. capital.
In fact, Balfour would not appear at the University of Cambridge more than once a year. If it were not for the upcoming general meeting of the International Union of Astronomers around the world, he would not come from London under the bright sun in the hot summer. A big house in a poor place like this in the countryside.
Belfort was quite happy when he saw the arrangement of the meeting.
It was so widely reported in the newspapers that he also knew that Chen Muwu had discovered the ninth planet in the solar system, and that the place where the planet was discovered was the Observatory of the University of Cambridge.
The people Belfort accompanied today were basically the most famous and powerful astronomers in the world.
It would be an honor for him, the chancellor, to personally brag to them about the astronomy level of Cambridge University.
As a result, as soon as they met, before they had time to introduce themselves, Belfort was stabbed by the soft knife in Chen Muwu's words, and the smile froze on his face.
After nearly three years, Chen Muwu has basically always maintained an elegant and easy-going attitude in dealing with others.
Even when he treated this "friend", he was also very Asasi, pointing out the future research direction of physics for them.
It seems to be the first time for Chen Muwu to be so bold and angry like today.
First, he knew that the school supervisor was a puppet with no actual power, and there was no way he could be fired.
The second reason is that Chen Muwu has enough self-confidence. Even if Belfort uses various despicable means to exclude himself from Cambridge University, as long as he leaves the school, various universities or research institutes around the world will come to him. Olive branch.
The seventy-seven-year-old Belfort has been in the officialdom for so many years and has long turned into an old fox with a thousand years of cultivation.
He was slightly embarrassed for a few seconds, and then continued to force a smile on his face and said: "How could it be possible, Dr. Chen! You are the smartest young man in Cambridge University. I would never do something like that."
Anyway, the disgusting person's goal has been achieved, so Chen Muwu stopped arguing with him.
Although he was quick to talk for a while, if he wanted to be respected by others, he still needed to harden himself. This is the direction he will work hard in the future.
Next to Balfour, there was another old man who looked slightly younger than him. He also said with a smile in a very relaxed tone: "Dr. Chen, if Lord Balfour wants to drive you out of Cambridge, University, then I will personally give you the next appointment letter as soon as possible and invite you to teach at the University of California."
The words of the old American man verified Chen Muwu's suspicion just now that there are still people at his level who want him.
Although he didn't know who this person was, he still felt a little fond of this American.
Before he could say thank you, after the American accent ended, another British accent popped up: "Mr. Campbell, your idea is very good, but I'm afraid things will not develop as you imagined. When your appointment letter is still there While he was drifting in the Atlantic Ocean, Dr. Chen had already entered Imperial College."
From the old British man's mouth, Chen Muwu probably guessed the identity of the old American man just now.
If nothing else, he should be William Campbell, the president of the University of California and the director of the Lick Observatory affiliated to the University of California.
Yes, it was Campbell who did not believe the total solar eclipse observations published by Eddington in 1919. In 1922, he personally led a team to Australia to observe the total solar eclipse again, which finally proved that the gravitational redshift predicted by general relativity was accurate.
On New Year's Day in 1923, someone also mentioned this matter to Einstein who was visiting at the auditorium of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce in Jihai.
The reason why Campbell led the team all the way from the United States to Australia was because the results announced by Eddington were too inaccurate, and secondly because he was anti-German.
The Germans lost every battle, and even Einstein's theory was questioned for several years.
Campbell's later life was very desolate. As an astronomer who used his eyes to detect and reveal the stars above his head, he became blind in his later years.
He couldn't bear the blow, and finally, at the age of seventy-six, he jumped from a fourth-floor window in San Francisco, California.
"Professor Campbell, I have long admired you, and I am very happy to meet you. I am Chen Muwu."
Xiao Chen quickly shook hands with this man.
Although he now knew who this person was, he began to be confused about the identity of this second old British man.
Imperial College? Apart from Old Bragg once going to Imperial College to buy metal for him, he has no contact with Imperial College anymore?
Eddington on the side also quickly tried to smooth things over. He was the host of this meeting. He was a little embarrassed when the guests who had just arrived saw the joke, especially when the joke was made by an American who did not believe in his own observations. .
But it's not Chen Muwu's fault. What Belfort did was indeed not very pleasing.
If he had known that Chen Muwu didn't like the school supervisor, he should never have allowed the two of them to meet today.
And the one who won't show up is most likely Balfour, since this is a gathering of scientists, not politicians.
"Dr. Chen, let me introduce to you Professor Alfred Fowler from Imperial College London. He is the Secretary-General of the International Union of Astronomers. And Professor Campbell, whom you have just met, is President of the Federation.”
With a president and a secretary-general, it’s no wonder that school superintendent Balfour personally accompanied him to visit the observatory today.
When shaking hands, A. Fowler did not forget to recruit people: "Dr. Chen, you must think more about what I just said. Imperial College is always waiting for you to teach."
"If there is a chance, definitely."
Even if he leaves Cambridge University and wants to continue studying astronomy, Chen Muwu will definitely not go to Imperial College.
The light pollution in London is too serious, and the telescope at Imperial College is not as big as that at Cambridge University. What can be studied there?
Might as well ask a man to build me a new observatory in three words!
Don't get me wrong, this is not alarmist, but Chen Muwu really has that ability.
At the end of last year, Prince Adolf Gustaf, who listened to Chen Muwu's Nobel Prize speech in Stockholm, may have been attracted by the Chinese myth and legend of the creation of Pangu, and was very interested in the expansion of the universe mentioned in the speech.
Although physics is difficult to understand, for ordinary people, astronomy is a subject that can be seen when looking up at night, and anyone can have a few words about it.
Sweden has produced famous astronomers. Not counting Tycho, the founder of modern astronomy, who had disputes with neighboring Denmark, the most famous astronomer in history is Anders Celsius.
Celsius' greatest contribution in the history of science was the first to propose a temperature scale in which the boiling point of water is zero degrees and the freezing point is one hundred degrees.
Later, this temperature scale was reversed by Carl Linnaeus, the father of modern ecology, and it became the most common Celsius temperature scale in life - named after Celsius.
Although Sweden has good astronomers, it does not have a good observatory.
Both the Uppsala University Observatory and the Stockholm University Observatory were built in the mid-18th century, the same period as Celsius.
However, nearly two hundred years later, these two observatories have completely lost their scientific research functions.
There are basically no conditions for astronomical observation in Sweden. Otherwise, Stromgren would not have gone to the neighboring Copenhagen University Observatory to serve as director, and finally chose to become a Danish citizen.
All in all, the appearance of Chen Muwu gave the Swedish Crown Prince the idea of reviving Swedish astronomy.
In addition, there was indeed no affordable observatory in the country, so he wanted to build an affiliated observatory while building the Prince's College.
But as soon as the Swedish Crown Prince proposed this idea, he was rejected by Chen Muwu.
Although building a house is not expensive, building an optical telescope is expensive!
The crown prince runs the school himself, so the caliber of the telescope cannot be too shabby.
The larger the caliber, the more expensive the money, and Chen Muwu has no intention of continuing his research in astronomy.
It can't be so bad if you have money. It's better to build a few more houses for the college, or save the money for the development of radio telescopes in the future.
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Thinking of strange things in his mind, Chen Muwu had already followed the crowd and entered the dome of the Cambridge University Observatory. The ninety-two-year-old Northumberland Telescope was quietly placed on its stand.
In the eyes of visiting astronomers from all over the world, the diameter of this telescope is not said to be the world's leading, but it is also quite satisfactory - except for the Americans.
Rich Americans are very passionate about astronomy, and the caliber of astronomical telescopes is rising like a competition.
Campbell was very disdainful of the nearly 100-year-old telescope in front of him. At the Lick Observatory he managed, the astronomical telescope that had been built for nearly 40 years was also a refractor, but its aperture was three times that of the Northumberland Telescope. .
"Dr. Chen, did you discover the Yellow Emperor Star in such an old telescope? This is really not an easy thing! What I just said was not a joke, but a sincere invitation to you. Come continue studying astronomy at the University of California’s Lick Observatory!”
Campbell deliberately showed a surprised expression, which made Eddington who was accompanying him very angry.
It's just poaching others in front of the host. Why did he start to tease the Cambridge Observatory's meritorious telescope?
Although the telescope is small, it can still discover new planets.
No matter how big the diameter of your Lick Observatory telescope is, won't it still find nothing?
Although several satellites of Jupiter have been discovered, how can the satellites compare with the planets discovered by our Dr. Chen?
Are you angry or not? Are you angry?
Of course Chen Muwu would not accept Campbell's invitation.
On the one hand, he didn't want to continue studying astronomy, but on the other hand, he was also a little uncomfortable with the Lick Observatory.
Lick Observatory was built using the inheritance of James Lick, the richest man in California at the time, so it was named after this rich man.
But the relationship between Lick Observatory and Lick goes beyond that.
There is a "Great Lick Telescope" named after Lick in the observatory, and Lick's own body is also buried under the base of this telescope.
Chen Muwu respected the rich man's contribution to the development of human science, but he would never go to Lick Observatory to conduct astronomical research.
As we all know, using optical telescopes to observe the starry sky can basically only be done at night after the sun sets.
In the middle of the night, you sit in front of the telescope and look at the scenery. The people watching the scenery are watching you silently under the telescope. It feels so cautious and panicked!
"Professor Campbell, thank you for the invitation, but I am living very well at Cambridge University now. The teachers here are all talented and speak well...and for various reasons, I personally do not want to go to the United States to engage in scientific research. Work……"
Campbell was disappointed, and not because Chen Muwu seemed to be mocking his American accent.
He just felt that Dr. Chen had already achieved so many achievements at such a young age, and his academic life span was at least forty or fifty years.
If Chen Muwu can be recruited by his side, he will be able to ensure that the University of California will be at the leading or even first place in the United States in terms of physics and astronomy, and possibly chemistry now, in the next few decades.
Campbell cursed in his heart those politicians in the United States who had enough to eat and had nothing to do, for insisting on enacting the Chinese Exclusion Act!
Eddington felt very comfortable listening to it. Chen Muwu was worthy of being a person who devoted himself entirely to scientific research, and he was worthy of the training he received from Cambridge University.
Rich Americans may be able to poach other people with a lot of money, but they can never poach such a pure person!
He saw Lord Balfour, the school superintendent, who had been left aside, and suddenly had a plan in his mind.
Today, in front of so many people, the telescope of the Cambridge University Observatory was ridiculed and ridiculed by arrogant Americans. This is a very shameful thing.
But at the critical moment, it was Chen Muwu who stood up and stunned the attentive Campbell.
Now that we have the support of our own Dr. Chen, what if Dr. Chen leaves Cambridge University?
Eddington planned to use this as an excuse to lobby the university chancellor who had witnessed the whole situation today, hoping that he could raise the issue of allocating funds for the observatory at the next review committee meeting.
Or simply donate a new telescope to the observatory in your own name.
Wasn't this Northumberland Telescope also donated by the former Chancellor of the University, the Duke of Northumberland?
Belfort, who was squeezed into a corner by the crowd of visitors, was still sullen and had no idea that someone had already taken advantage of his money bag.
(End of chapter)
