Going to Germany?
The man who finally built his career at Cambridge University relied on deceiving so many established British aristocrats to obtain funds for scientific research.
But when you go to Germany, you have to start all over again.
What's more, when he gets to Germany, who will he go to to swindle money?
They don't even have an emperor now, and the people who can still maintain huge wealth after such a huge economic crisis after World War I are basically Jews who are good at calculations.
If you want to get money from Jews, you might as well go to Munich to find a mustache, say some nice compliments, and it should be easier to get some party fees from him.
Moreover, Chen Muwu had the opportunity to go to Germany a long time ago. At that time, the mark was worth less than scrap paper. At that time, he did not choose to go to Germany to become a master, and now he would not go there to be taken advantage of.
"Dr. von Neumann, thank you and your teacher for the invitation.
"But I always feel that if I go to Germany with you now, Professor Hilbert might not welcome me very much.
"He will probably resent me very much: not only did he publish the previous paper on the incompleteness theorem, but he also led his good students on a path against his teacher.
"You just asked me if Professor Russell came to see me and had any new research results in mathematics.
"Actually, no, my latest research on mathematical problems is only the paper you and I co-wrote.
"So I advise you not to be so anxious to return to Germany before Professor Hilbert's anger subsides. It is better to stay at Cambridge University with peace of mind."
If Chen Muwu's first paper was a heavy blow to Hilbert.
So the second article co-written by him and von Neumann, although not as powerful as the former, can be regarded as another serious addition.
The relationship between Chen Muwu and Hilbert was limited to academic research seniors whom they had heard about for a long time but never met.
But von Neumann and Hilbert had a master-disciple relationship.
If placed in "Naruto", he would be on par with Orochimaru, Obito and Nagato.
After being reminded by Chen Muwu, von Neumann temporarily gave up the idea of inviting Dr. Chen to return to China.
Hilbert sent him to Cambridge to try to invite Chen Muwu to the University of Göttingen. On the one hand, the most important thing was to feel his strength.
As a result, he switched sides as soon as he arrived in the UK. Not only did he fail to collect any information, but he also followed Chen Muwu and wrote a paper that proved the teacher's mistake.
At this moment, a ridiculous idea even appeared in von Neumann's mind.
Since the paper has not been completely written and submitted, how about hiding the author's signature and leaving only Chen Muwu?
Anyway, most of the ideas and ideas in it were provided by Dr. Chen, and what he did was just the icing on the cake.
However, he knew in his heart that being able to sign his name on such a paper, although it was not a very important discovery like irrational numbers and calculus, would definitely leave his name in the history of mathematics.
Von Neumann was a little reluctant.
It seems that we should follow Dr. Chen’s suggestion. Don’t think about completing the task and returning to Germany as soon as possible. It is better to stay at Cambridge University and write papers and compile lecture notes with everyone.
In the restaurant next to the Cavendish Laboratory, von Neumann found the analogy that Dr. Chen made to prove the infeasibility of determinability quite interesting.
If in real life, a similar machine that can read, write and process programs can be designed, it will definitely make a huge contribution to the development of human society.
During my exchange visit in Cambridge, I was able to communicate more with Dr. Chen.
After Hilbert forgot about his paper, it was not too late to talk about it again.
"Dr. Chen, what you said makes sense. In addition to this matter, I have another question, which is where is the best place to publish our paper?
"At first, I wrote it in German, but the more I think about it in the past few days, the more I feel that I might as well just follow the same pattern and publish it in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It can be regarded as having a beginning and an end!"
Von Neumann's brain was working rapidly and he quickly found a suitable excuse.
He never mentioned that he didn't want to publish a paper in German because he didn't want Hilbert to find out about it immediately.
"It's okay, it's okay. I'm very pressed for time recently, so I can only leave you with the paper. John, please take full responsibility. You don't have to tell me everything."
Von Neumann left Chen Muwu's office happily.
But on the other side of the office area on the second floor of the Cavendish Laboratory, in the spacious and bright director's office, an old man and a middle-aged man looked at each other in silence, and no one was happy.
At that time, Rutherford was holding a pipe in his mouth and dealing with related matters in the laboratory. After receiving the response, Old Thomson opened the door and walked in.
"Hey, teacher, you came to the laboratory today to do an experiment, or do you have something to do..."
He raised his head and spoke to Old Thomson in a relaxed tone, and then saw a very uncomfortable expression on the teacher's face.
"...What happened to you today?"
"Ernest, I went to school today to attend the review committee meeting."
"That's great. Has Dr. Chen's proposal been passed this time?"
"We didn't discuss those things today. We only discussed an issue raised by Superintendent Balfour throughout the day. Should certain punishments be imposed on the students who supported the strike a few days ago?"
"This should have been done a long time ago. If students do not stay in school to study and participate in political-related activities all day long, if things continue like this, the University of Cambridge will no longer be a school!"
Rutherford deliberately raised his voice a little, hoping to hit those people in the laboratory who did not study and do experiments all day long, so that they would have some sense of crisis in their hearts.
"On the list proposed by Balfour, the first one was Dr. Chen Muwu."
"How can this work! This Balfour, as the former director of the Cavendish Laboratory and chancellor of Cambridge University, and a relative of Lord Rayleigh, does not understand the importance of physics talents, nor does he understand how to manage a society well. School.
"Even a small Cambridge University can be governed by him into a mess, let alone the whole country, the whole of Britain!
“I really don’t know why the Conservative Party gentlemen elected such a person as Prime Minister. The UK is getting worse and worse under the governance of these useless aristocrats!
"If he really dares to vote on the proposal to punish Dr. Chen on the school council, then I will be the first to disagree!
"I think that instead of working in the same school with people who don't know the truth and can point fingers at the school's heroes, it would be better to resign from this position and go to a place that is more arbitrary, more unrestrained, and freer! Go to Manchester, go McGill in Canada, or Nelson in New Zealand! Wherever they drive Dr. Chen, I will go with him!"
When out of anger, Rutherford's voice was much louder than when he wanted to be heard on purpose.
It is estimated that the Liaodong commander-in-chief, who was also furious over a man named Chen, was as angry as Rutherford now.
Everyone in the Cavendish Laboratory heard the loud voice coming from the director's office.
Those who heard clearly the content of Rutherford's rant began to whisper among themselves, and those who did not hear clearly also got a rough understanding of the ins and outs of the matter from the former.
There is only one question that worries everyone:
Rutherford resigns?
In the face of this bombshell, the fact that students who support the strike will be punished by the school is not worth mentioning.
Crowther, a reporter for the Manchester Guardian who is based at the Cavendish Laboratory and reports science and technology news at the University of Cambridge every day, also heard Rutherford’s words.
The reporter's news acumen made him immediately realize: This is big news!
It's just that Crowther doesn't quite understand the ins and outs of the matter. Rutherford wants to resign, but why should he resign?
If you don’t understand the reasons clearly, you will report the news irresponsibly. This is a taboo in journalism!
It seems that Rutherford should be angry. Anyone who understands knows that you must not touch his bad luck at this time.
Since the matter seems to be related to Chen Muwu, you can go to another party to find out the situation.
Then, Crowther saw von Neumann, who had recently arrived in the laboratory from Göttingen. He had been following Chen Muwu.
"Dr. von Neumann, I'm a reporter from the Manchester Guardian. Can I take a few minutes of your time?"
Chen Muwu, who had just come out of Chen Muwu's office and was in a good mood, agreed to this request.
After interviewing von Neumann, Crowther understood why Rutherford said those words. It seemed that he was more excited. As for whether he really planned to resign as he said in his heart, it was not It’s too easy to tell whether it’s true or false.
Crowther himself is a member of the CPGB and supports the strike.
Seeing that Chen Muwu suffered such an unreasonable disaster just because he said a few words and published an article, he had to publish the report no matter what.
Even if the mainstream media controlled by Churchill characterized the strike as an unpatriotic and reactionary behavior by the workers, so what?
Crowther had just sent von Neumann away after the interview when Chadwick approached him again.
The two people have the same name, James, and they are not too close to each other, so they still refer to each other by their last names: "Mr. Crowther, Director Rutherford asks you to come to his office. "
Upon hearing the news, Crowther only felt that something was not good.
At this juncture, Rutherford called him over, what was he going to do?
He knew beforehand that he planned to publish such a news report, so did he want to block the news?
"It's a blessing, not a curse. It's a curse that can't be avoided." On the way to the second floor, Crowther had already figured out the countermeasures.
Even if Rutherford didn't let him, he would definitely disobey.
After entering the house, Crowther found that Rutherford was still angry.
But to his surprise, Rutherford, who disliked him because he supported the strike, supported the Soviet Union and communism, and his next actions were completely different from what he expected.
Rutherford asked Crowther to report as soon as possible that he would resign and leave Cambridge University if the school punished Chen Muwu.
To be able to manage such a large laboratory well, in addition to his high experimental level and outstanding experimental results, he must also be a good person.
Rutherford understood that his resignation would not pose much of a threat if it was limited to the University of Cambridge.
What if the unscrupulous school superintendent Belfort agreed to his resignation request? Wouldn't that be a dilemma?
If you want to expand the threat level of this matter, you must let more people know that newspapers can play this role.
Whether it is sending a telegram to the Times or the Daily Mail in London, asking them to send reporters to Cambridge for interviews, it takes time.
It would be better to use the ready-made Crowther. As the third largest newspaper in the UK, the "Manchester Guardian" is also very influential, and after the news is sent out, it will be reprinted by other news media soon.
Old Thomson, who happened to be attending today's council meeting in person, had not yet left the office, and Crowther got first-hand news from him about the council meeting.
After sorting out all the interview materials for today, Crowther ran to the telegraph office in Cambridgeshire overnight.
Although the price of a news telegraph was half that of an ordinary civilian telegraph, it cost him a lot of money to send these texts to Manchester.
The news followed the telegraph line and was translated by the translators in the Guardian editorial office. It was then sent to the editorial office, where it was typeset, printed, loaded onto trucks, and sent to all parts of the country, including Cambridge, of course.
Yesterday, Belfort encountered a setback on the first day of the Council. After getting up in the morning, he took the newspaper prepared for him by the servant.
He actually read the first-hand news that Rutherford was resigning from the newspaper, not from the resignation letter submitted to his desk.
Such an identical newspaper was also sent to London, reprinted by other British media, and sent back to the news media headquarters of their respective countries by reporters from other countries' media in London using news telegrams.
It is really strange that Taishan Beidou, the master of experimental physics and the head of the Cavendish Laboratory, should decide whether to resign over a student.
As one of the people involved in the news, Chen Muwu looked calm on the surface, but in his heart he began to think about his retreat because of all the things that had happened in the school in recent days.
He couldn't say whether Cambridge would punish him.
But if Chancellor Balfour insists on having his own way, he must take advantage of the period before the punishment is issued to finish all the work left at Cambridge University, and must not let any of his efforts go to waste.
So he has been acting like a desperate man lately, focusing on working on the proton source with Cockcroft.
Although he didn't know why Chen Muwu didn't pay much attention to the development of generators, but he paid so much attention to the proton source, Cockcroft could only feel excited.
"Dr. Chen, after the proton source is successfully developed, we can follow Director Rutherford's requirements and conduct experiments on bombarding deuterons with protons, right?"
"No, not deuterons. Why use deuterium, which is not easy to prepare and is a waste of time?"
"Then what should we use? Don't we mean to look for the electrically neutral particles in the nucleus?"
"Of course we used lithium foil as a target for bombardment! And who said we were looking for electrically neutral particles? We want to verify the correctness of Einstein's mass-energy equation!"
For Chen Muwu, time was tight and he could not do any too complicated experiments.
He must use this particle accelerator to achieve results as soon as possible!
(End of chapter)
