Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 246 Chapter 194

On the night when the generator was successfully developed, Rutherford paid out of his own pocket and invited several young men in this group to drink at the Eagle Bar.

After drinking for three rounds, his drunken eyes were hazy, and in a trance, the more he looked at him, the more he felt that Dr. Chen, a Chinese student, was more pleasing to the eye.

It has been more than three years since Chen Muwu came to Cambridge University, and the various achievements he has achieved cannot be counted with two hands.

During this time, he won a Nobel Prize in Physics.

Although behind the award, most of it is Chen Muwu's own talent and hard work.

But doesn't he have any credit for being a teacher?
Without his help in connecting the academic circles in Europe and America, friends, colleagues and students are invited to nominate together, would Chen Muwu still be able to win this Nobel Prize?
It is estimated, er, if there are no accidents, of course it can, after all, he has achieved too many results.

But no matter how you say it, Chen Muwu was cultivated by him on the surface.

Old Prague in London raised his son Prague Jr. to be the youngest Nobel laureate at that time. It was affectionate and selfish.

But training Chen Muwu by himself is not self-serving, only benefiting others, and there is no relationship between the two of them other than the relationship between master and apprentice.

Chen Muwu's ability to break the record of the youngest Nobel Prize winner in Little Prague, to a certain extent, doesn't it mean that he has a high level of education?

According to a proverb in Dr. Chen's hometown, this is called, the whole world has its own peaches and plums.

Dr. Chen is still a person who knows how to be grateful. With his own efforts, he has won a lot of funding for Cavendish Laboratory.

It can be said that in recent years, the laboratory has developed rapidly and purchased a lot of expensive experimental instruments and equipment. Chen Mu's martial arts is indispensable.

If a young man with such excellent skills and character cannot get a professorship at Cambridge University, it will not be Chen Muwu's loss, it can only be said to be Cambridge University's loss.

Thinking about it, Rutherford's interest became better and better.

He didn't drink a few beers or smoke a pipe that night, but when he came out of the Eagle Bar, he always felt a little dizzy.

Declining the kindness of Chen Muwu, a good student who had never touched a drink, to send him home, Rutherford followed his own memory, with the help of the light from the gas street lamp, wandering through the streets and alleys of Cambridgeshire. At last he came to the door of his teacher, old Thomson.

Old Thomson’s son, Young Thomson, had no qualifications and could not get a good job at Cambridge University. Shortly before Chen Muwu arrived in England, he went north to Scotland and relied on his father’s relationship to find a job at the University of Aberdeen. professorships.

Rutherford could live with his daughter Mary and son-in-law Fowler at his home in Cambridgeshire, but he was the only one left in Old Thomson's home.

When there was a knock on the door downstairs, Old Thomson had just prepared a proposal to be submitted to the school review committee in a few days, and was already lying on the bed, ready to rest.

He turned over and sat up, went downstairs and opened the door, only to see that the person who came was his student, Rutherford who smelled of alcohol and tobacco mixed on his body.

On weekdays, there are two masters and apprentices, one is in charge of the affairs of Trinity College, and the other is in charge of the Cavendish Laboratory. Neither of them has a free job, so the opportunities to meet are limited.

If there is something that needs to be discussed face to face, either Rutherford will go to the office of Trinity College to report to the teacher, or old Thomson, who is busy and itchy, will go to the Cavendish Laboratory to find his students, and fiddle with a few things on a whim. Get off the experimental equipment, and talk to Aston about some new ideas that he thought of recently.

On the contrary, there are very few opportunities to meet at home, unless someone is invited to a dinner party at home, but that is also an appointment in advance.

For Rutherford, who came uninvited and smelled of alcohol, it was a relatively rude behavior for the old British gentleman Old Thomson.

But just like how Rutherford viewed Chen Muwu, in the eyes of old Thomson, Rutherford was also his favorite student.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to recommend Rutherford, who was still young at the time, to McGill University in Canada to be the head of the Department of Physics, nor would it be possible for him to choose a successor after he decided to leave the Cavendish Laboratory. The first thing that comes to mind is this student.

Tonight he came to the door suddenly. Although old Thomson felt a little unhappy, he still invited him into his house.

After listening to Rutherford's explanation of the ins and outs of the incident, old Thomson understood why he drank today and why he came to the door late at night reeking of alcohol.

He was also a witness to Chen Muwu's manufacture of electric motors, and he also helped the latter apply for a grant from the Lord Kelvin Foundation at the Royal Society, which not only helped Chen Muwu, but also expressed his memory of Lord Kelvin, who had the grace of knowing him. ——Relying on the way of spending other people's inheritance.

Rutherford said that Chen Muwu's generator had been built, and Old Thomson was also very happy.

He also heard him say that he hoped to apply for a professorship for the great hero of the Cavendish Laboratory. Old Thomson went directly to his desk and fetched the proposal he had just completed, and asked Rutherford to join him Signed his name on it.

He felt that the proposal to help Chen Muwu apply for a professorship this time should be foolproof.

A Nobel Prize winner in physics, Dean of Trinity College, and a Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, director of the Cavendish Laboratory, helped another Nobel Prize winner in physics, achieved countless research results, and helped Cambridge become great again young man applying for a professorship.

The gold content of this proposal should be considered sufficient even in Cambridge University, the best school in the world.

Can't get you?

A few days later, the Cambridge University Council gave old Thomson a blow to his very realistic fantasy.

This sudden blow was not because his proposal was voted down by the review committee members.

But before he had time to put forward his own proposal, Belfort, the school's supervisor, first put forward a more important special proposal.

They want to punish those students who propagated their support for the strike during the strike and undermined the harmony and stability in the UK.

In the list that Belfort submitted to the council, the first one was Chen Muwu, who wanted to apply for a professorship in the old Thomson's proposal.

This made him hang his heart in his throat.

Although Old Thomson himself does not support the more violent protest method of strike, but if this proposal is passed, then Chen Muwu will definitely be doomed.

Although he didn't know how the school wanted to deal with these students, he felt that there was no doubt that the proposal in his hand would be rejected again.

Wherever there are crowds, there are left, middle and right.

Although Rutherford hates things that have nothing to do with academics, and hates people discussing politics in the Cavendish Laboratory, this does not mean that all professors and teachers at Cambridge University are like this.

Some people opposed it while others supported it. Russell, who was also a member of the judging committee, had a good impression of the red Sulian.

When he gave lectures in China, he said more than once that at the beginning of the twentieth century, there were two greatest people in the world, one was called Einstein and the other was named Le Que.

In addition to Belfort's list, Chen Muwu, who had a good relationship with him, was the first to be targeted.

Besides Chen Muwu, many members of the Apostles Club also participated in supporting the strike.

So Russell stood up first and said that he opposed the proposal.

In addition to Russell, there are many professors who insist on Fabianism and also stand on Russell's side.

There are still some big differences between Fabianism and the beliefs that Su Lian insisted on.

They don't support the use of violence like the Paris Commune, but hope to save the country and adopt a more moderate way of struggle.

But at this moment, everyone seeks common ground while reserving differences, and stands on the side of supporting the students.

Old Thomson saw so many people stand up for Chen Muwu, so he himself expressed his opposition to the proposal and his approval of Russell.

On the first day of the council meeting, there was a stalemate over the first proposal. The two sides discussed for a whole day, but no one was able to convince the other side.

Belfort didn't expect that his selfish proposal would cause such a big disturbance.

He was afraid that if the matter continued to develop, the conflict might intensify, so he temporarily announced the adjournment and continued the discussion tomorrow.

After the end of the first day's council, the committee members were even busier than when they were in the meeting.

Especially those who opposed Belfort's proposal, found students who appeared on the list and had a good relationship with them, and told them to act carefully in the near future, and never follow the truth.

When old Thomson arrived at the Cavendish Laboratory, his apprentices and grandchildren were not surprised by the arrival of the old director who came to inspect the work every now and then.

What surprised them was that Professor Russell came to Cavendish Laboratory again to look for Chen Muwu.

This is already the great philosopher's second visit in recent days, and he is still looking for the same person.

What's more, they have already begun to speculate. Some time ago, Russell came for the first time, and soon after, Dr. Chen published a paper that shook the foundation of mathematics.

So will this time be exactly the same as last time, Dr. Chen and Professor Russell teamed up to make a big news in the mathematics world?

Old Thomson walked into Chen Muwu's office, only to find that Russell was also here, with a serious expression on his face.

There is no doubt that what he wants to say and what he wants to say should be the same thing.

But Chen Muwu, the person involved, didn't care about this matter as if he ignored it.

He has just finished the interview and patent writing work of Qidian, and is waiting for Zhao Zhongyao and Cockcroft to submit relevant papers for him to review.

In addition to the work related to generators, Dirac and von Neumann also had a lecture on quantum mechanics waiting for him, and the latter also attached a paper on Chen machine and determinability in mathematics.

Rutherford, who was eager to do experiments, pressed hard on the proton source.

Although there is someone to help with everything, everything is inseparable from him.

Now that Chen Muwu really realized what it means to be incapacitated, he even wanted to invite Blackett to help him, so how could he have the time to pay attention to these things?
The worst outcome of the matter is to leave Cambridge University.

Belfort's rights are limited to this, he can't just shoot him because he doesn't like him, can he?
He maintained such an attitude that a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, and he expressed his above thoughts with Russell and old Thomson who came to persuade him.

Regarding Chen Muwu's statement that he was leaving Cambridge, Russell and Thomson Sr. made very different reactions.

Russell said that if Dr. Chen is determined to go, he can help to contact universities in London, whether it is University College or Imperial College.

But old Thomson was in a hurry.

Cambridge University is dead, but Chen Muwu is alive.

His ideas are all packed in a clever head, no matter where he goes, such as the University of London mentioned by Russell, whether it is Germany or the United States, they can be plugged and played.

However, after Cambridge University left him, not to mention whether the academic research and experimental level of physics will decline, if the Duke of York’s annual funding of [-] pounds for the Cavendish Laboratory is stopped, it will be A major blow to Cambridge physics.

What's more, Chen Muwu is not an academic mascot, but an academic leader among the new generation of physics at Cambridge University.

How can such a person be let go?

Although he was in a hurry, Chen Muwu was not to blame for this matter. His own attitude had been clearly stated, that is, it didn't matter whether he stayed or left.

If you want to blame, you can only blame that ignorant school supervisor Belfort. After retiring from the political world, wouldn't it be better to take care of the elderly with peace of mind?
After finishing what should be said and what should not be said, the anxious old Thomson left Chen Muwu's office with the guest Russell.

He turned his head and went to his student Rutherford, very anxious to discuss the countermeasures for this matter with him.

He didn't notice at all that a strange young man walked past him and walked towards Chen Muwu's office.

Hearing that Russell is coming today, von Neumann really wanted to see this mathematician from Cambridge University in person.

He also heard that Luo Su came to find Chen Muwu, so he was even more curious. What did the two of them say? Was it related to mathematics as everyone in the laboratory said?
Von Neumann hurried to catch up, but he was still a step late and failed to meet the real Russell.

However, he will stay at Cambridge University for several months, and he has plenty of time to visit him.

So after entering the office, he asked straight to the point, whether he was going to do something about mathematics again, and whether he needed help from someone with a good level of mathematics.

In the end, Chen Muwu told him that things were not exactly as he thought, so-and-so, so-and-so.

Von Neumann, who came from a banking family, was not too impressed with the strike.

He only grasped one important point from Chen Muwu's answer, which was "leave Cambridge".

Although he and Chen Muwu have already co-written the deterministic paper that was another blow to Hilbert after the incompleteness theorem, von Neumann still did not forget the advice of his mentor before departure. .

"Dr. Chen, if you really plan to leave Cambridge this time, have you decided on your next destination? In fact, I came to the UK for another purpose besides meeting you. My teacher Hill Professor Burt asked me to ask, do you have the willingness to go to Germany to do scientific research? He hopes to work with you. "

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