Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 161 109 Call from Stockholm

Although there are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand readers, after listening to Chen Muwu's speech, the other four people in the office gave exactly the same reaction and performance.

Even though they already knew that Chen Muwu has always been "not astonishing" in physics, they had more or less accepted some of Chen Muwu's points of view before.

But after hearing such shocking news in such a short period of time, no one could agree with Chen Muwu's new point of view.

Heisenberg was the one who could accept new things the most among the four. After listening to Chen Muwu's description using the sea as an example, he was the first to think of the only proton in the world with positive energy and positive charge—— In fact, this is the only one that humans have discovered so far.

Heisenberg was still happy that he had finally caught up with Chen Muwu's train of thought this time, but he didn't expect the other party to refute him without mercy.

Positively charged anti-electrons?
Is this the answer normal humans can come up with?

Hearing Chen Muwu's imaginary reply, Pauli sneered again.

He felt that Chen Muwu must have made a mistake in the wave equation this time, and he made up such a wild and unconstrained answer just to save face.

The proud and arrogant Pauli just wanted to taunt him, but the pain in his body immediately stopped his thought.

He didn't dare to touch Chen Muwu anymore, for fear of offending this belligerent Chinese and causing him to be beaten again.

The oldest Bohr, his thinking only stayed at the level of shock for a short time, and then continued to diverge to further places.

Before Chen Muwu existed in this world, or in other words, before Chen Muwu stayed in the Far East as a railway engineer instead of coming to Europe and entered the field of physics, the electron was just a particle discovered by Sir Thomson. It has its fixed orbit, its precise position, and its speed which can be accurately measured.

But after the arrival of Chen Muwu, the bottom line of physicists retreated again and again.

First, through irrefutable experimental phenomena, everyone accepted that electrons are not only a kind of particle, but also a kind of wave.

Then it accepted that electrons not only "revolved" around the nucleus, but also "rotated" around a certain axis of itself.

Afterwards, Chen Muwu deprived the electrons of their orbit, precise position, and speed, etc., one by one.

But apparently, he wasn't satisfied with that.

So today, he also arranged for the little elf of electrons to have a twin brother with the same electric charge and opposite electric property.

When thinking about problems, Bohr would always light a pipe of tobacco for himself. He believed that in a smoky environment, he could stimulate the neurons in his brain and make them work better.

But today, Bohr doesn't even bother to hold a pipe in his mouth.

Because he felt that it was meaningless to think at this moment, even if he put himself in the billowing smoke of the coal-fired boiler of the Carlsberg Power Plant, it was impossible for him to keep up with Chen Muwu's thoughts today.

……

Although Pauli couldn't use his harsh words to ridicule Chen Muwu, he didn't have any burden for his junior.

So in response to Heisenberg's hot-headed remarks just now, pointing out that the "hole" in Chen Muwu's words should be a proton, Pauli began to criticize Sang Huai.

"Werner, you are taking things for granted.

"The mass of a proton is one or two thousand times that of an electron, so the 'hole' left by the electron leaving the vacuum should not be a proton.

"Maybe it's just like what Mr. Chen imagined, there really is a positron?
"I don't know when I will be able to meet this hidden Mr. Positron in the laboratory."

Chen Muwu heard the meaning of Pauli's words, and thought that this person was really sharp-tongued. Although he was criticizing Heisenberg on the surface, under careful inspection, every word and every sentence was actually aimed at himself.

Of course positrons can be seen in the laboratory, but it is really hard to say whether they can be seen in the laboratory with Pauli.

"ten years."

Everyone looked at Chen Muwu, but they didn't understand what the two words that came out of his mouth meant.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Chen Muwu continued confidently: "I think that within ten years, people will be able to find traces of positrons. Does anyone want to bet with me?"

"I come!"

Pauli was very positive, he thought that he had wasted so much strength just now to hold back the verbal friction with Chen Muwu again.

I didn't expect this person to come to my door.

"Mr. Chen, what do you want to bet? How about ten Sovereigns? If within ten years, people succeed in finding this 'positron' you call, then I will pay you ten Sovereigns, Bo Professor Err and Werner, and this Mr. Oppenheimer can all be witnesses."

The Sovereign is a British currency with a denomination of one pound.

But one thing that is different is that all Sovereigns are made of gold.

In 1924, before Britain returned to the gold standard, a sovereign was worth much more than a pound.

Pauli was full of confidence, thinking that there would never be such a fantasy as "positrons" in this world, so he spent all his money.

But Chen Muwu is also full of confidence, let alone ten years, as long as he thinks, maybe after returning to Cavendish Laboratory, he will be able to find the existence of this positron.

The reason why he made the bet was because he heard the irony in Pauli's words just now, and wanted to teach the arrogant Pauli another lesson.

"We have a saying in China, 'Talking about money hurts feelings'.

"Although I think Mr. Pauli has no feelings for me.

"But you live in Germany, earn marks but bet on pounds, and if you lose in the end, it may cause you a financial burden.

"How about this, if positrons really appear within ten years, how about I treat you to a meal?"

Everyone continued to not understand the meaning of Chen Muwu's words.

Don't you mean bet?Why did it suddenly come up with the topic of "please eat?"
"I heard that in Sweden, Denmark's neighbor, there is such a special delicacy called 'sour herring'.

"Nordic fishermen always catch a large amount of fresh herring in the Baltic Sea before the herring spawns in April and May every year.

"Because the fish tends to spoil if not eaten in time, large quantities of herring have been stored by fermenting with water and salt since the [-]th century.

"I've always wanted to taste what this sour herring tastes like, but never had the chance.

"How about this, if people don't find positrons within ten years, you can treat me to a meal of sour herring. On the contrary, I will treat you to eat, how about?"

As a native of Shaoxing, Chen Muwu is used to eating moldy amaranth stalks, moldy thousand sheets, stinky winter melon and stinky tofu, but he still can't do anything about the smell of canned herring.

The reason why Chen Muwu proposed this bet was purely for disgusting Pauli.

Moreover, it is a double nausea of ​​physical and psychological in the true sense.

Pauli and Heisenberg, who may have been living on the European continent, did not know what sour herring was.

But Bohr, who also lived in Northern Europe, knew!
After hearing Chen Muwu's betting request, his first reaction was, this young man is really perverted!
He actually made a bet with someone to eat that kind of thing!

In order to prevent accidents in the future, Bohr had to remind his students: "Wolfgang, the sour herring mentioned by Mr. Chen is a very 'unique' Nordic food, which may be better than the blue herring on the European continent." Grain cheese, and something more unique.”

Pauli didn’t think so, it’s not like he never had blue cheese: “Professor Bohr, it’s okay, it’s just sour herring! Mr. Chen, I’ve accepted this bet. Should we take out a pen and paper and write it down?”

"Mr. Pauli, there is no need. As you just said, Professor Bohr, Mr. Heisenberg and Robert are all witnesses."

Oppenheimer nodded quickly, although he didn't know what kind of food sour herring was.

Things have come to this point, although Bohr is helpless, but there is no other way.

Anyway, ten years is still a long time. During this period, there is always room for change, right?

Seeing that Pauli had slipped into his trap, Chen Muwu, in a good mood, turned his head and comforted Heisenberg, who had been denied by himself and ridiculed by Pauli just now because of his remark that "the 'hole' is actually a proton": " Mr. Heisenberg, you don’t need to be discouraged. Although the proton is not the hole, just like the electron has an anti-electron that is equal to its mass and charge and opposite in electrical property, the proton also has an anti-electron that is opposite to it. corresponding antiproton.

"One day, people will also find the existence of antiprotons."

But this time Chen Muwu didn't say anything within ten years.

Antiprotons will not appear in the laboratory until the accelerator technology is mature.

But now, there is no decent accelerator in this world.

Hearing Chen Muwu talk about the antiproton again, Bohr was no stranger to it.

Another question even inexplicably popped up in his mind now: that is, is there any anti-Chen Muwu, or should it be called Wu Muchen?

The phone on the desk rang suddenly, interrupting Bohr's cranky thoughts.

"Hello? I'm Bohr."

He spoke Danish automatically.

But what came through the handset was the same substandard English as his, and there was a lot of interference and noise in the signal, which made people feel that the call might not be made from within the city limits of Copenhagen: "Bo Professor Er, hello, may I ask if Dr. Chen Muwu is in the Institute of Theoretical Physics? Can I contact him now?"

"He's right by my side. Who are you? What do you want from him?"

"This is Stockholm, Sweden, the Nobel Prize Committee of the Royal Academy of Sciences. We would like to congratulate Dr. Chen Muwu, who won this year's Nobel Prize in Physics in 1924!
"As for the matter of receiving the award later, we will notify you later..."

Bohr didn't care about what he was talking on the phone, he took the receiver away from his face, and excitedly shouted at Chen Muwu who was on the sofa: "Chen, congratulations, you have won this year's award. Nobel Prize in Physics!"

From the Solvay meeting in April this year, Old Prague mentioned for the first time the nomination of Chen Muwu for the Nobel Prize, to Rutherford's public relations for himself.

Chen Muwu had long been mentally prepared for winning the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Even though Chen Muwu was calm and calm in his daily life, he was not Xie An of the Eastern Jin Dynasty after all, so he couldn't calmly say the most pretentious sentence in Chinese history, "Children will break the thief".

But even Xie An was so excited that he broke the soles of his clogs, let alone Chen Muwu now?

Hearing the news from Bohr's mouth, Chen Muwu stood up directly from the sofa: "Professor Bohr, is what you said... true?"

"Come here quickly and listen to the phone yourself! The people inside are just looking for you."

Chen Muwu ran to Bohr's desk in three steps, picked up the receiver and leaned it against his ear, and heard some anxious words from inside: "...Hello? Professor Bohr, are you still there? Can you help me?" Shall we call Dr. Chen Muwu?"

"I am Chen Muwu."

"Dr. Chen, congratulations on winning this year's Nobel Prize in Physics. Where will you be in the future? Is it Cambridge University in England or Copenhagen in Denmark?"

Chen Muwu thought for a while, and it was already late October, and it would be too much trouble to go back to England again. It would be more convenient to stay at Bohr's place and go to Sweden.

"If nothing else, it's in Denmark."

"Well, Dr. Chen, we will ask the staff of the Swedish embassy in Copenhagen to convey to you the follow-up matter of accepting the award. They will contact you in advance and then come to visit you."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome, these are what we should do. Congratulations again on your award!"

The news that Chen Muwu won the Nobel Prize in Physics was like a burning Kruger match, while the telephone line turned into a fuse for gunpowder, along the line from Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, to the seaside city of Malmö, and after crossing the Øresund Strait, It went straight to Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, and finally arrived at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, igniting the "powder keg" placed in this office.

Two years ago, Bohr, the owner of the Institute, also learned the good news that he had won the Nobel Prize in Physics through this transnational telephone line that was connected at the end of the nineteenth century.

But how do the Swedes know they are in Copenhagen?
In fact, the Nobel Prize Committee first sent Chen Muwu's telegram to the Cavendish Laboratory of the University of Cambridge.

The reason why they didn't choose to make a phone call was because the UK was too far away and the quality of the phone signal would not be very good.

Second, because the phone bill is too expensive.

After the director Rutherford opened it and looked at the contents, he immediately asked Chadwick to go to the telegraph office to reply to the Stockholm side, telling them that Chen Muwu was not at Cambridge University, but at the Institute of Theoretical Physics in Copenhagen.

So this call finally hit Bohr's office.

At the same time, the news had been sold to reporters by the translators of the Cambridgeshire Telegraph Office for a high price of two pounds.

It is estimated that tomorrow morning, the news that Chen Muwu won the Nobel Prize in Physics will spread throughout the streets of London.

The enthusiastic nature of Americans made Oppenheimer more excited than Chen Muwu.

Punching a few times out of thin air was not enough, and he even yelled a few times in the office.

Heisenberg's eyes were full of envy, while Pauli's heart was ashamed.

Damn it, he pretended to do it again this time!

Because today's occasion is too special, everyone's memory is very deep.

Pauli is still completely unaware that the bet between himself and Chen Muwu on the existence of positrons will be written into the memoirs of the three people present in the future, and it will become something he never wants to mention past.

After putting down the phone, Chen Muwu was hugged tightly by Bohr who was standing next to him.

Fortunately, this is not France, and Bohr is not De Broglie.

"Congratulations, Chen!"

"Thank you, thank you. Thank you, Professor Bohr, for nominating me to the review committee."

"This is an award that can only be obtained by relying on your true talents and learning. If you hadn't made so many achievements, no matter how many nominations you have, it would be useless!"

At this moment, in Beijing, the capital of China, Dr. Hu, an old acquaintance of Chen Muwu, suddenly sneezed in his sleep.

Although he was nominated for the first time, he had to wait until 15, 1939 years later.

Bohr continued: "This is a joyful event, and we must celebrate it for you!"

Hearing the word celebration, Heisenberg immediately reacted: "Professor, are you going to have another dance tonight?"

……

That night, in the restaurant of the Institute of Theoretical Physics, Bohr held another family dinner for Chen Muwu.

For the students of the institute, this should be regarded as a relatively high honor.

Every month, Bohr invited the best student of the month to have dinner with his family.

……

A few days later, the staff of the Swedish embassy in Denmark came to the Institute of Theoretical Physics and explained to Chen Muwu about going to Stockholm to receive the award.

In order to commemorate Alfred Nobel who founded the Nobel Prize, the Nobel Prize award time is fixed on December 12 every year, which is the day of Nobel's death.

But Chen Muwu should arrive in Stockholm a few days earlier than this time, because before that, he still has a series of social activities to attend.

The amount of bonuses Chen Muwu received this year is more than 12 Swedish kronor, which can reach over [-] in pounds.

It's just that this huge sum of money has to wait until he arrives in Stockholm before he can receive it.

The staff also mentioned the award-winning speech, and hoped that Chen Muwu could prepare the content of the speech in advance, so as not to be confused when he took the stage.

Finally, the staff of the embassy told Chen Muwu that the Swedish side would pay for the round-trip travel expenses for him and another traveling companion, as well as all the local board and lodging expenses.

Of course, if Chen Muwu is willing, he can also invite other people to watch the ceremony at the Stockholm City Hall.

However, the travel and board and lodging expenses of these people need to be borne by himself.

After bidding farewell to this staff member, Chen Muwu found that after winning the award, he still had a lot of work to do.

The speech was a trivial matter, because he happened to have something almost ready-made in his hand.

But it was really difficult for him to invite who to attend the awards ceremony.

With fleshy palms and backs, Chen Muwu made a list of several people, and then took this list to the Republic of China Legation in Denmark.

He didn't come here to show merit to the government, but just to get the telegram from the legation.

Although Chen Muwu had already won a Nobel Prize prize of [-] pounds, sending a telegram with an exorbitant price to China would still make his heart ache.

Chargé d'Affaires Xu Zhaoxiong was very happy. Although Chen Muwu did not achieve his achievements in Denmark, he won the award here.

After seeing the news from a local newspaper in Copenhagen, Xu Zhaoxiong took the telegram of the good news back to China immediately.

Naturally, he would not refuse Chen Muwu's request to use the telegraph to send a message, and he specifically told the staff at the embassy to cooperate with the new Nobel Prize winner in physics.

Xu Zhaoxiong thought to himself, if this master can say a few good words for himself in the country in the future, will he, the charge d'affaires ad interim, be able to go a step further and also get the title of Minister to Denmark?
Knowing that guests could be invited to attend the awards ceremony, the first thing Chen Muwu thought of was his family members who were far away in the sea.

He used to just think about allowing his family to escape the coming war in a few years.

But last summer, after meeting with Yan Renguang and Ye Qisun at Cambridge University and having the idea of ​​running a school, Chen Muwu suddenly realized that his two elder brothers would be of great use if they came abroad.

My elder brother, Chen Muqiao, started as a teacher and worked as the dean of Nanyang University in the Ministry of Communications for several years.

If I can really build a school for domestic students, then my eldest brother can use his experience to help manage it.

And Chen Muping, the second brother who runs a bank in Shanghai, can also be his financial director.

Although Chen Muwu's current projects that can make money are only Penguin Publishing House, plus an electron microscope that will be commercially produced at some point.

But if we really wanted to run a school, the income from these two projects would definitely be far from enough. At that time, Chen Muwu's money-making machine would have to be vigorously activated.

But he can't waste his academic work just focusing on making money. If the second brother can come, it will be considered a big favor to him.

It is estimated that the most difficult to convince is the old lady in their family.

Older people are most likely to relocate to the soil, and pay attention to returning a fallen leaf to its roots.

It is definitely not an easy task for her to leave her hometown and travel across the ocean to a foreign country.

Chen Muwu thought about it before, but it was really impossible, so he used the words that he met a girl abroad and planned to get married to deceive the old lady.

But now that he has won the Nobel Prize, it seems to be a good opportunity to "spoof" his family abroad.

"My lord mother:
"..."

(End of this chapter)