After putting von Neumann into Kapitsa's car, Chen Muwu turned around and entered the Cavendish Laboratory again and returned to his office.
His office would often sit idle for three days at a time when his army moved to another particle accelerator house in Cambridgeshire.
But every time I return to the office, this small room is always bright and spotless. This is Oppenheimer's credit.
Americans always feel that after he returned to the UK from China at the beginning of this year, his teacher seemed to have neglected him intentionally or unintentionally.
He first developed some kind of particle accelerator, then wrote a paper on mathematics, and seemed to have published a physics paper, and then suddenly participated in the strike.
As the son of a wealthy family in New York, Oppenheimer was actually very averse to strikes.
It had been two years since he came to Cambridge, and he had long been accustomed to drinking coffee and reading the same day's "The Times" brought by train from London during breakfast every morning.
He also often escapes from Cambridge, a place that is not only academic, but also academic, and takes a train for more than two hours to go to London, the second largest city in the world, to have fun.
The biggest impact of the strike on him was the poor transportation, the newspaper couldn't get in, and he couldn't get out.
There were no new tasks assigned to him by Chen Muwu in his studies, so he spent a lot of free time every day drinking in the Eagle Bar.
However, due to traffic reasons, the beer in the bar could not be replenished in time. In the last few days of the strike, the only beer left was the moonshine brewed by the bar owner from the country people, which tasted terrible.
Like Sima Zhong, Emperor Hui of Jin Dynasty, who lamented, "Why not eat minced meat?" Oppenheimer did not understand why these workers from all walks of life in the UK accompanied the miners on strike.
In the twilight years of the empire, the empire was old-fashioned and all walks of life were in decline.
If it weren't for Chen Muwu, then this Britain would only look beautiful, far less prosperous than the new empire on the other side of the ocean.
When it comes to Chen Muwu, Teacher Chen's recent neglect of him has simply become a worry for Oppenheimer.
Coupled with the fact that it was graduation season and graduates wearing doctorate hats were often seen at Cambridge University recently, Oppenheimer felt even more uncomfortable.
After graduating from Harvard University, he crossed the ocean and came to the UK. It has been two years since then.
It is incomparable to someone like Mr. Chen, who only studied for one year and got a doctorate from the highest university in the world.
But I can always compete with Teacher Chen’s friend, Dirac.
Dirac and Chen Muwu published papers together, and I also published papers with Chen Muwu!
And there are two or three articles in one publication, which is much more than that of Dirac.
What's more, all of his papers are experimental, which is very popular in the Cavendish Laboratory, which places more emphasis on experiments.
Both emotionally and logically, he felt that there should be no problem in graduating this year.
Chen Muwu spent one year, and he spent two years, one year earlier than Dirac, who had been at Cambridge University for three years. That should be reasonable, right?
People need to be self-aware, and Oppenheimer also had it, but not too much.
Chen Muwu was not in the Cavendish Laboratory. The former director Thomson, who had previously promised to recruit him into the laboratory, only came here every once in a while because he was too old, like an old lion king inspecting his past venues.
There are a few friends of Teacher Chen in the laboratory, such as Kapitsa and Blackett, and they have a very good attitude towards Oppenheimer.
Except for the above few, most of the others are Rutherford's cronies and students.
It was Rutherford who refused to allow him to enter the Cavendish Laboratory. Because of the relationship between Old Thomson and Chen Muwu, although he said he had come in, when he got along with those people, both parties basically laughed. The meat does not smile, and the hearts despise each other.
In this atmosphere, Oppenheimer felt that there was no need to stay here. Every two or three days, he would come to Chen Muwu's office to clean up. The rest of the time, he would either go to the generator room to study on his own, or go back to I have self-study in the library of Christ College and learn mathematics.
It was not that he suddenly became interested in mathematics again, but because Chen Muwu suddenly began to study mathematics, Oppenheimer also temporarily changed careers.
If that day, Chen Muwu began to study how to build an airplane, then Oppenheimer would definitely learn how to make steel as soon as possible.
While there was no one in the office, Chen Muwu dug out the latest newspaper. He wanted to see if there were any changes in the direction of the wind reported in the British media after the general strike.
Especially the part about himself. Although it was fun to show off for a while, he was also afraid that the British upper class would counterattack him.
Fortunately, everyone seems to have forgotten about this matter. At least on the surface, the only news reports about this matter were reprints of the article in major newspapers that resumed circulation in the days just after the strike ended.
Chen Muwu even had the idea that if you reprinted my article, should I pay some royalties?
But he was not stupid enough to take the train to London and ask for money from the Fleet Street gang.
If you offend the Uncrowned King, they will inevitably make various arrangements for you in the newspapers.
Von Neumann's personal communication skills were very good. He just followed Kapitsa and Dirac for a drive around the University of Cambridge. When he returned to the Cavendish Laboratory again, he had already talked with him. The two men mingle.
It is not surprising to get along with Kapitsa. After all, he is well-known in Cambridge University and even throughout Cambridge County for his optimism and cheerfulness.
But it was not easy to chat and laugh with the taciturn Dirac. Chen Muwu, who lived under the same roof with him at the time, spent several months to accomplish this. Unexpectedly, von Neumann only needed It took less than a morning.
If the gentlemanly character in each of them hadn't constrained them, they might have already been hooking up when they entered Chen Muwu's office.
Because he still had his own work to do, Kapitsa showed his face in the room and turned around to leave.
Before he left, he did not forget to tell von Neumann to take some time to go to the Eagle Bar for a drink together.
Su Lian really loves wine, but he himself doesn't recommend drinking with von Neumann.
Some people say that von Neumann occasionally drank too much, just like the Russians.
But later, according to his brother, von Neumann was just pretending to drink. He could use many little tricks at the wine table to get others drunk while taking the wine.
He is willing to participate in drinking parties just because on that occasion, the relationship between people can be quickly brought closer.
Von Neumann and Kapitsa nodded, agreeing to his invitation with their body language.
After welcoming the two guests to the sofa, it was Dirac who spoke first, which surprised Chen Muwu again.
"Chen, John said that he also wanted to participate in the lecture notes on quantum mechanics and write it together. What do you think?"
Well, when he heard the first half of the sentence, Chen Muwu thought it was Dirac who was finally free and urging him.
The general strike in the UK that caused great turmoil not long ago has not stopped in Cambridge, and everything is still operating as normal.
It was during this period that Dirac completed his doctoral thesis defense, and now he can be called Dr. Dirac like Dr. Chen.
After finishing his PhD defense, he naturally had to write a book, but he didn't expect that the second half of his sentence actually invited von Neumann to write a book together. And looking at this relationship, Dirac even broke the kind of attitude he always upheld. Cambridge University has a conservative atmosphere and calls the other person by name directly.
Did you take the wrong medicine? What kind of ecstasy soup did von Neumann give him?
"Paul, is this what you mean, or is it Dr. von Neumann's?"
Not sure, he thought it would be better to confirm.
"Dr. Chen, if you don't mind, just call me John."
"You don't dare. The Feng in your surname is a nobleman as soon as you hear it."
The surname of von Neumann's family, until his father's generation, was only Neumann.
Von Neumann's father, Max Neumann, was a Hungarian lawyer and a director of one of the largest banks in Hungary at the time. Because of this status, he was a member of the Hungarian Royal Government.
Neumann Sr. was promoted to a nobleman of the Austro-Hungarian Empire by the government in 1913, so their family's surname began to contain the character "Feng".
Some people say that this nobleman was donated by his banker father. However, a few years after the money was spent, the Austro-Hungarian Empire disappeared. Their family name was lucky, at least it was preserved.
Chen Muwu was not sure whether this matter was true or not, so he brought it up in front of me, seemingly intentionally or unintentionally.
"How can a PhD from the University of Budapest be compared with two PhDs from Cambridge? Dr. Chen, don't be ridiculous, just call me John."
Von Neumann avoided talking about the nobility.
“I talked with Paul about his latest paper in the car, and then I learned that he was able to write it because he got inspiration from you, Dr. Chen.
"Paul and I chatted again, and we plan to co-write a lecture on quantum mechanics with you recently. It just so happens that I plan to stay at Cambridge University for a few months. Director Rutherford said that if I can't find anything, I will I need to be put into an experimental group.
"It would be better to kill me if you let me, a person who has never done much experiments, enter the laboratory, so I thought about whether I could participate and write handouts with you.
"I'm better at this than experimenting."
As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed at his brain with his finger, not mentioning that he had told Fowler before that he wanted to do experiments in the Cavendish Laboratory.
Chen Muwu would certainly welcome the strong laborers with both hands.
The textbook written by Dirac and von Neumann is definitely a classic among classics.
But after this book is written, how many people can read it? That has nothing to do with Chen Muwu, one of the authors.
After I die, who cares about the flood?
"Of course that's good. A lot of things have come to me recently, and I'm a little overwhelmed. John, if you can join in, it will be a big favor to Paul and me.
"Oh, by the way, Paul, can you bring Robert with you? I've been busy with other projects recently, and it seems I've neglected him a bit. Before, I gave lectures on quantum science at the Cavendish Laboratory and the Kapitsa Club. Mechanics is the speech he helped me compile. He is a good person and very smart, but he is a little sentimental at heart. If I let him participate in writing a book together, I can just find something to do for him."
A habitual cleaning of the office made the attentive Chen Muwu notice again that he had entered the cold palace.
If this typical example could be written into "One Hundred Laws of Jewish Wisdom", he would definitely be able to make a lot of money from royalties.
As a guest, von Neumann could not intervene in Chen Muwu's request, but as a friend, Dirac had no objection.
After agreeing to write a book, Dirac returned to St. John's College to collect his personal belongings in the office where he planned to stay for the next few months.
Chen Muwu accompanied von Neumann and planned to have something to eat at a small restaurant serving students.
With no one else around, he was finally able to have a few personal words with the target.
All the dissatisfaction with Chen Muwu that I had hidden in my heart before in Göttingen slowly began to disappear after meeting him in person, and has long since disappeared.
As a genius, von Neumann learned the differences between him and Chen Muwu, who was also a "genius".
Dr. Chen's genius lies in the fact that his brain is filled with countless novel ideas, and these ideas can always be proven correct by himself or others.
My own genius is just the opposite. My calculation ability and understanding ability are definitely top-notch.
The only thing missing is that.
Doesn’t this just complement Dr. Chen?
Von Neumann felt that it was not impossible for him to stay at Cambridge University for a few more months, trying to get more wool from Chen Muwu.
These two people have their own thoughts. One regards the other as a super human calculator, and the other regards the other as an invincible inspiration generator, so they get along very politely.
On the way to the restaurant, von Neumann was still flattering Chen Muwu.
In terms of quantum mechanics, he is still a beginner and can only make up for it in his old field of mathematics.
While chatting, the two people talked about the incompleteness theorem, saying that the emergence of this theorem completely shattered the completeness and self-consistency of Hilbert's axiom system.
Okay, before the rod is thrown, the fish starts to bite the hook.
Chen Muwu simply threw the bait down. He turned to face von Neumann and said in a casual tone: "John, do you think the determinability in the axiom system proposed by Professor Hilbert is established?" Yes, or is it invalid?"
(End of chapter)
