Under the dome of the Cambridge University Observatory, everyone has their own thoughts.
Only Chen Muwu, who was temporarily captured and brought here to serve as the mascot, found the situation in front of him very boring.
Although the group of people gathered now, except for him and the annoying Belfort, are all the top astronomers in the world.
But all Chen Muwu could think about now was the Kelvin particle accelerator and the linear algebra course he was going to teach at Cambridge University, and he no longer had any desire to go further in astronomy.
He just wanted to end this meaningless visit and return to the Cavendish Laboratory immediately.
There are still three students locked up in Chen Muwu's office, and he doesn't know if they will be anxious if he suddenly leaves without saying goodbye this time.
There is really nothing interesting about an astronomical telescope on a shelf. Almost every workplace or home on site has more than one of these things.
Therefore, Eddington sent someone in advance to dig out the astronomical films of Huangdi Star that Chen Muwu had taken early last year, and arranged them one by one around the telescope.
Fortunately, the visiting time brought by these exhibits is still limited. After lingering in the observatory for more than half an hour, the journey of discovering the Yellow Emperor Star finally came to an end.
Before leaving, Professor Campbell, the president of the International Union of Astronomers, once again found Chen Muwu and left him the address of the U.S. delegation in Cambridgeshire, and invited him to pay him a visit in a few days.
Chen Muwu didn't take it seriously. He thought that after Campbell sang like this, he must still want to invite him to the University of California again.
Since others are already so enthusiastic, it is really difficult to refuse, so I can only agree.
After parting, he returned to the laboratory from the observatory.
It was not yet six o'clock in the evening, the official closing time of the Cavendish Laboratory, so the three members of the team were still in the laboratory.
Chen Muwu held the first meeting of his group today. He originally wanted to get a good start for the subsequent work on the particle accelerator.
As a result, I was thrown into pieces by all kinds of unexpected things, and I didn't know whether this sign was good or bad.
He temporarily changed his plan for the next week and reassigned the work to the three of them.
Chen Muwu hoped that Zhao Zhongyao and Cockcroft could first understand and fully master the structure and principles of this particle accelerator, do some brainstorming, and see if they could come up with several design drafts of the generator.
Although he had already made a model of a generator before, it was the simplest and most basic model that he made in a hurry just to demonstrate to his teacher Rutherford and persuade him to start the project. He could not wait for it. The scale is enlarged to become the final shape of this generator.
The task assigned by Chen Muwu to Oppenheimer was to prepare materials and lesson plans for linear algebra.
Last summer, Oppenheimer, who had no hope when he came to Cambridge, learned a lot about linear algebra after learning that his teacher was Chen Muwu.
Because the matrix mechanics paper published by Chen Muwu before the Olympics was the most popular quantum theory in the physics world at the time.
It was appropriate to hand over this job to Oppenheimer, who had very poor hands-on skills.
As for what Chen Muwu did during this time?
Of course I was going to attend the general meeting of the Astronomers Union, which lasted for a whole week!
Today, those big guys went to visit the Cambridge University Observatory, which was just a warm-up activity before the opening of the conference.
The real opening time of the meeting is tomorrow.
After arranging everything in the laboratory, Chen Muwu vaguely remembered that when he was just sitting on the back seat of his bicycle, Eddington had told him that the Chinese Astronomical Society also sent people to participate in this year's meeting as observers.
He wondered if he should go to the organizing committee to find out where his Chinese compatriots lived, and then pay a visit to show his kindness as a landlord?
But looking at the sky getting late, and thinking that he would definitely meet again at the opening meeting tomorrow, Chen Muwu was lazy and gave up the idea.
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Early the next morning, Chen Muwu rushed to the auditorium of St. Peter's College.
This is the auditorium that can accommodate the largest number of spectators among all the colleges of Cambridge University. Therefore, whenever there are any large-scale events in the school, they will basically be held here.
In addition to the leading figures in the astronomy community whom I met yesterday, many acquaintances of Chen Muwu also appeared at the meeting.
Old Thomson, as one of the most respected scientists at Cambridge University, was also invited to attend the opening ceremony of today's meeting on behalf of Cambridge University.
Rutherford did not come. The current director of the Cavendish Laboratory was still more interested in the solar system among atoms.
Chen Muwu found his place in the last few rows of the venue.
On the seats marked "Observer", he saw the only Chinese sitting alone.
Chen Muwu and this man were not the only yellow people in the venue. There were also many short people but very Western-styled people sitting in the front row.
Ben was one of the seven founding members of the International Union of Astronomers when it was founded. It is said that this time there is another astronomer from Japan who will be elected as the vice president of the Union.
Chen Muwu politely said "Excuse me" while passing in front of several people who were already sitting in their seats, and finally sat next to his compatriots.
"Yu Yu Chen Muwu, I wonder what I call you?"
"Dr. Chen, I have long admired your name!"
Although he already knew that Chen Muwu was coming to attend this conference when he signed in yesterday, he still couldn't help but be very excited after meeting him in person.
"Kai Ren Zhang Yun is currently studying for a PhD in astronomy at the University of Lyon in France."
The cloud in the name makes people think of the sky immediately after hearing it, which is very consistent with his research direction of astronomy.
It turned out that he was a doctor studying in France, but he was in Lyon instead of Paris, so Chen Muwu had never met Zhang Yun last year.
When Chinese people report their family name, they always add their place of origin before their name, and Zhang Yun naturally followed the old practice.
But if it weren't for the strong Guidong accent in his Mandarin, Chen Muwu would have some misunderstandings when he said the place name.
There is Kailin in the east of Guangdong, which is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese. The hometown of Situ, the American Hongmen boss, is this Kailin County.
There is also a Kaili near Jiaotong University in Lushan, where Chen Muwu once studied.
The Kaili Mining Bureau was established here to exploit local coal resources. It was an enterprise vigorously established during the Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty.
The Tangxu Railway, known as China's first railway, was also designed to transport coal mined by the Kaili Mining Bureau to the port in Tianli, and then be loaded onto ships and transported by sea to all parts of the country.
First there were coal mines, then there were railways, and finally there was the Road and Mine School, which served the railways and coal mines, which was the predecessor of Lushan Jiaotong University.
He was thinking about some random things in his mind. The man next to him, Zhang Yun, who was wearing a suit, tie, and round glasses, and dressed like a standard international student, was still in a very excited state.
Chen Muwu may not feel it himself, but he is definitely a role model among Chinese students who are also wandering overseas.
They have already achieved a lot at a young age and gained great reputation in the international academic community, which has also benefited Chinese students like them abroad a lot.
Zhang Yun's personal experience is that as Chen Muwu became more and more successful and famous, he gradually began to gain the respect of his teachers and classmates in the classroom at the University of Lyon, and was no longer regarded as "a man" as before. "Yellow Plague" is disgusted and despised by others.
While walking in the school, strangers would occasionally come to say hello and ask with some curiosity which country Zhang Yun was from.
When he answered that he was from China, most people would ridicule him. Only a few friendly people would show some disappointed expressions on their faces, and then turn around and leave without saying a word.
But now he gave the same reply, and most people's next topic was to chat with him about "Do you know Dr. Chen from Cambridge University?" and then have some more friendly exchanges.
On the contrary, those overseas students still reported their nationality with pride as usual, but they received expressions of disappointment that they had never seen before.
Before the meeting started, Chen Muwu and Zhang Yun chatted for a few more words.
Because Zhang Yun is closest to the UK and is an international student studying astronomy, he was sent to attend this meeting by the Chinese Astronomical Society, and a special amount of travel expenses was remitted to him. Honorary member Ke Hongnian specially made a special trip for this meeting. Donated "Danyuan Prize".
Zhang Yun said that he had written a letter to Chen Muwu last year to congratulate him on the discovery of the ninth planet, the Yellow Emperor Star, which had boosted the aspirations of the Chinese people.
Chen Muwu thought about it. He did receive a lot of congratulatory letters from domestic and foreign countries because of this incident last year. At first, he responded enthusiastically to them all. Later, because there were too many letters, he only responded to a few from key people. seal up.
Zhang Yun also said that after receiving the notice this time, the first thing he thought of was still him.
As a result, the letter he wrote disappeared again, and for a time he thought that Chen Muwu had left Cambridge University and found another job elsewhere.
Xiao Chen blushed after hearing this and quickly explained that he had been doing experiments in London for the first half of the year and was really embarrassed.
While speaking, Ralph Fowler, the only theory professor in the Cavendish Laboratory, stepped onto the podium. As the host, he was the host of the opening ceremony and announced the opening of this plenary meeting.
The eldest brother does not laugh at the second brother, and there is nothing new in conferences around the world.
Under the chairmanship and guidance of R. Fowler, Lord Balfour, Chancellor of Cambridge University, was the first to take the stage to speak.
He first humbled himself, saying that he was just a politician and was far less accomplished in scientific research than his predecessor, Rayleigh III.
Then Belfort began to brag about rainbow farts to the International Union of Astronomers, praising these astronomers for their many achievements in astronomical research in the past three years: the discovery of the Yellow Emperor's Star, the discovery of galaxies outside the Milky Way, the discovery of the expansion of the universe...
Chen Muwu felt that what he mentioned seemed familiar.
After Balfour finished speaking, Campbell, the president of the International Union of Astronomers, stepped onto the podium again.
It's rude to come back without reciprocating. The Chancellor of Cambridge University has been bragging about astronomy research for a long time. As the president, he wants to brag about the host University of Cambridge.
Campbell's speech was obviously prepared in advance. He said that the reason why this meeting was chosen at Cambridge University was to make a pilgrimage to Sir Isaac Newton, the predecessor of physics and astronomy.
Galileo invented the refracting telescope, while the reflecting telescope was born at Cambridge University.
In addition to the reflecting telescope, a spectroscopic prism for studying spectra was used for the first time at Cambridge University.
The theoretical study of dynamics of the movement of celestial bodies was also born at the University of Cambridge.
All of the above are the achievements of Sir Newton alone.
Then Campbell changed the topic and said that the venue for the second conference had been selected three years ago at the first conference, but during the three years during this period, the University of Cambridge had made many contributions to the development of astronomy. contribute……
Unsurprisingly, Chen Muwu was named and praised again. Old Thomson, who was sitting in the first row of the audience, listened to the speech and thought that he was not the only one who connected Sir Newton and Chen Muwu. Then he remembered that he had That theory of reincarnation.
After Campbell finished speaking, Kings, the president of the Royal Astronomical Society, came on stage again.
The two-year term has expired. The Danish astronomer Dreyer of Oxford University, whom Chen Muwu had met at the Greenwich Observatory before, has resigned from the position of president of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Sir James Jeans, who succeeded him, was the one who had worked with Rayleigh III to calculate the Rayleigh-Jeans formula and discover the ultraviolet disaster. He was also a graduate of Trinity College.
After Kings finished speaking, it was A. Fowler, the secretary-general of the federation, and after A. Fowler finished speaking, it was replaced by someone else.
In short, at the opening ceremony on the first day, different people took turns to take the stage to deliver speeches.
The speeches made by these people were only smelly and long, which made Chen Muwu sleep soundly all day in the auditorium of St. John's College.
After the opening ceremony, Chen Muwu made up his mind to skip the lectures in the next few days and wait until the final election to admit new member states before he would show up to support the Chinese Astronomical Society.
He took advantage of these few days to prepare for the linear algebra course he was going to teach next.
Chen Muwu also visited the hotel where the American delegation stayed at the time agreed with Campbell.
After some polite exchanges, Campbell handed him a sealed envelope.
Chen Muwu thought it was because the envelope contained an appointment letter to teach at the University of California.
But after he took it, he discovered that the envelope was printed with the emblem of Harvard University.
Chen Muwu looked at Campbell in confusion. Could it be that the president of the University of California wanted to make wedding dresses for others?
The latter did not say a word, but smiled and motioned for him to open the envelope and take a look at the contents.
The envelope contained, in addition to a piece of elegant letter paper with cursive calligraphy, another check.
The amount stated on the check was a full 10,000 US dollars.
(End of chapter)
