African Nationhood

Chapter 220 Radio Conjecture

Cannes in April was warm and comfortable. Shi Jintang was walking on the beach holding a baby with black hair and eyes.

As he walked, he pointed at the coast and followed the rhythm of his daughter's babbling.

This little person connected by blood is his deepest bond with this time and space.

Alice, who has regained her slim figure, feels the sweetness and perfection of life as she watches the intimate interaction between her beloved man and her daughter.

In the past year, this man had often corresponded with her, and the most common question in his letters was how was his baby girl?

Is it heavy again, or will it call me daddy?

Alice's heart feels warm every time she replies. It's such a wonderful day like this.

……

While Boss Shi was enjoying family fun, a thin and lonely man on the beach lounger was not attracted by the beautiful scenery of Cannes beach. He was still thinking about problems in his mind.

What is currently troubling him is the problem of brushless AC induction motors and long-distance transmission of AC power.

When Shi Jintang discovered that Tesla was still thinking about the problem, he did not disturb his thoughts and went directly to Hertz who was with his girlfriend on the other side.

The German physicist, with the help of Tesla, had successfully measured the parameters of electromagnetic waves and published a paper on this.

He elaborated on the process of how he discovered electromagnetic waves and how to measure the parameters of electromagnetic waves with the help of Tesla.

This is 2 years earlier than the original time and space, and this credit must entirely go to Boss Shi.

Hertz originally wanted to include Boss Shi’s name in the paper, but Boss Shi refused directly.

After measuring the electromagnetic waves, the next problem to be overcome is the propagation speed and distance of the electromagnetic waves. Shi Jintang's ultimate goal is radio.

He wanted to gather together the two great physics gods, Tesla and Hertz, to take the lead in overcoming this difficulty.

After the original space-time Hertz measured electromagnetic waves, he received many honors, but in 1892, he was diagnosed with the immune disease-granulomatous vasculitis.

Later, due to the underdeveloped medical conditions at the time, he died of sepsis in 1894.

Therefore, he failed to invent radio. This honor was won by Italian Marconi.

But when Marconi invented unlimited electricity, he used Tesla's 17 invention patents, so a large part of radio is attributed to Tesla.

Moreover, Tesla also built the world's first radio transmitter.

"Dr. Hertz, how is the scenery here? Is it okay?"

"Well, it's good. Thank you, Henry, for inviting us here. To be honest, this is my first time to go to such a high-end beach vacation.

In addition, I would like to sincerely thank you. Without you and Mr. Tesla, I would not have been able to succeed so quickly. "

Shi Jintang waved his daughter's little hand and whispered: "You're welcome, right, little Shi Xi?"

The daughter in his arms naturally couldn't understand what her father meant, but she could smile at strangers.

"Eh, eh..."

The woman next to Hertz is called Lucia. She is only 22 years old this year. She is a young French girl. She is a student of Hertz and also his admirer.

After her success at Hertz, the female student boldly confessed her love to her tutor, and the two naturally got together.

Lucia made faces at little Shi Xi, making the little girl giggle.

Shi Jintang was even more happy when he held his daughter. He couldn't help but want to prick her with his beard.

This made the little girl resist her father's approach with great resistance.

Seeing that his daughter really didn't want him to get close, Shi Jintang gave up his childish behavior. “Dr. Hertz, have you thought about what research you want to carry out next?”

Hearing Boss Shi ask a professional question, Hertz thought for a moment and sorted out his thoughts before starting to answer.

“My current idea is to continue to improve the theory of Maxwell’s equations and continue to measure the characteristics and detailed parameters of electromagnetic waves.

In addition, I found in experiments that electromagnetic waves are transverse waves, which have some of the characteristics of light. They can be reflected, diffracted or even refracted. "

What Hertz said was inconsistent with his goals, and Shi Jintang couldn't help but want to give this physics guru a few words.

"Based on my understanding of Maxwell's equations and the research papers you two have done, I think the research you are doing is in the right direction.

And I think electromagnetic waves and light are the same, or light is also a kind of electromagnetic wave, and their speeds should be the same, very fast.

In addition, I have a conjecture about electromagnetic waves. This conjecture is just my own idea. I don’t know if it is correct. I hope you can help me verify it. "

Boss Shi's words sounded to Hertz as if he was possessed by a close friend. He had come up with similar conclusions before, but he had no data to verify the authenticity of the idea.

After Boss Shi said it, Hertz was very happy.

In his opinion, Boss Shi and Tesla are both geniuses. Their ideas are wild and unconstrained, but they are often proven correct.

His inner thoughts were confirmed by Boss Shi, and his belief became stronger.

"Okay, go ahead, I trust your intuition."

Shi Jintang chuckled and then continued the previous topic.

"Electromagnetic waves should be special than light. This wave should essentially be an electrical signal, so it has strong penetrability.

It can penetrate part of the medium and spread quickly in a short period of time.

Can such characteristics be exploited?
  For example, if I emit an electromagnetic wave in Cannes, the electromagnetic wave I emit will be quickly received in Walvis Bay, Southwest Africa. Isn't this very similar to a communication process?

If we could master the method of transmitting and receiving electromagnetic wave signals, would we have invented a new way of communication? "

Hearing this, an idea flashed in Hertz's mind, and he snapped his fingers.

"Henry, are you saying that we invent a long-distance communication tool like the limited telegraph?"

Finally getting to the point, Shi Jintang nodded with satisfaction, "Yes, that's what I think. This new communication tool can be named 'radio'."

Hearing this, Hertz and Lucia both smiled, "If it's really what you think, then we will really leave our names in the history of science!"

Shi Jintang laughed: "Just because you measured the parameters of electromagnetic waves and perfected Maxwell's equations, it is enough for you to leave your name in the history of science. Don't belittle yourself."

When Hertz heard Shi Jintang's praise, he smiled shyly: "Maybe I'm not enough. I think your academic concepts and academic attainments are as good as any genius in the world. Why don't you want the world to know?"

This topic was not easy to pick up, so Shi Jintang deliberately took his chin and rubbed his daughter's delicate skin.

The little girl was accidentally pricked and hurt, and cried "Wow".

Shi Jintang smiled apologetically at Hertz, and then went to find Alice with his daughter in his arms.

Looking at Shi Jintang's retreating back, Hertz couldn't help but mutter in a low voice, "What a weirdo!"

"what?"

Lucia asked uncertainly, Hertz smiled, "Nothing."

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