1900: A physics genius wandering around Europe

Chapter 655 A Shocking Speech! The Technological Revolution and Human Civilization! The Arrival of the Information Age! Global Interconnection!

After returning to the Raffles Hotel from the Wah Kee headquarters, Ridgeway met two unexpected guests.

"Bohr, Dirac, what brings you two here?"

He was pleasantly surprised.

I never expected to see the two of them in Singapore.

Bohr said with a smile:

"What a coincidence."

"Chairman Zhu Kezhen of Huaxia invited me to visit."

"So I brought my wife and children to China, and also took the opportunity to do some sightseeing."

"After the visit, I happened to be there for the 4th Pan-Pacific Science Conference."

"So I shamelessly came along with the Chinese delegation."

Li Qiwei laughed:
"Everyone welcomes you."

Although Bohr was Danish and not on the conference invitation list, no one would surely try to get rid of him.

Dirac said:
"I was invited by Dr. Yoshio Nishina of the Sakura tribe to give an academic presentation there."

"And then it's just like Professor Bohr."

Both Ridgway and Bohr laughed:
"What a coincidence."

Dirac was of course aware of Professor Bruce's assassination.

So he asked cautiously:
"Professor, about the Sakura Clan?"

Li Qiwei waved his hand and said:
"It has nothing to do with them."

"Academia is academia, and the two should not be confused."

Dirac was relieved.

He was worried that his academic exchange with the Cherry Clan would leave a bad impression on Professor Bruce.

Looking back now, Professor Bruce's heart was broader than the Pacific Ocean.

Suddenly, Bohr asked with a look of anticipation:

"Professor, is your report this time related to quantum mechanics?"

Bohr also made a point of learning about this largest scientific conference in Asia.

It was not a physics-centric conference, but rather a comprehensive one.

Therefore, he worried that the teacher might not cover some very cutting-edge physics topics.

However, Li Qiwei smiled slightly and said mysteriously:
"You two will definitely find this trip worthwhile."

"I will bring a surprise to the physics community."

Wow!
Both of them were startled!
For Professor Bruce to say something like that, it must be a groundbreaking achievement.

Bohr looked excited and was confident:
"It must be a breakthrough in theoretical physics!"
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1926 6 Month 1 Day.

Singapore Parliament House.

To ensure the smooth running of this scientific conference, British Governor-General Kimson provided strong support, even going so far as to vacate the Houses of Parliament, which were not usually used.

The building can accommodate thousands of people, making it more than capable of hosting scientific conferences.

Different subject-specific sessions can be held in different rooms.

8 o'clock in the morning.

When Ridgeway arrived at the Capitol, it was already packed with people.

The hundreds of scholars from more than a dozen countries in the Pacific region all had rosy cheeks.

This is a grand event in the field of science.

Li Qiwei saw many acquaintances.

The Chinese delegation was led by Zhu Kezhen, president of the Science Society.

Scholars from various fields, including physics, chemistry, biology, and astronomy, are among them.

It is the only country in the entire venue that can rival the Sakura Clan in the number of scholars.

Li Qiwei greeted everyone and then said to Zhu Kezhen:

"You've run the China Science Society very well."

Zhu Kezhen sincerely said:

"Everything depends on your help, Professor Li."

Over the years, Li Qiwei has invested massive amounts of funds and other resources in Chinese science under the guise of funding scientific research.

This is why Chinese science has made such rapid progress.

From the Sakura Clan's side, the Dean of the Academy, Sakurai Joji, arrived with Nagaoka Hantaro and others, all smiling.

"Professor Li, hello, I am Joji Sakurai."

"The news of your participation in the Pan-Pacific Science Conference has caused an earthquake in the Asian scientific community."

"It's so great to see you here."

Wang Zhengyang whispered in Li Qiwei's ear, introducing the other party's identity.

His secretary is very competent; she did a lot of preparation beforehand.

Otherwise, Li Qiwei really wouldn't know who this person in front of him was, and even Nagaoka had to stand behind him.

Because there was absolutely no clue in his mind, it meant that the other party was just an unknown nobody.

"You can't hit someone who's smiling," Li Qiwei said.
"Hello, Professor Joji Sakurai."

"Your Sakura Clan mobilized the entire force this time."

Sakurada said proudly:
"I believe that the purpose of a science conference is to showcase the strength of each country."

"Science serves the nation."

"That's why so many people from the Sakura Clan's scientific community came."

Li Qiwei smiled slightly.

You little brat, I gave you a taste of your own medicine, and you've already taken it.

He already understood the personality of Dean Sakurai Joji.

To put it more vividly, the other party is a militarist in the field of science.

The viewpoint is rather extreme.

While Rigdwell encourages scientists to have their country in their hearts, he would never be so direct.

I will not offend others unless they offend me.

The other party is me, I am powerful, I am proud, I am a criminal.

He quickly lost interest and instead nodded at Nagaoka.

The latter nodded in agreement.

Behind Nagaoka Hantaro, two young men appeared extremely excited.

One of them said:
"Xiao Chuan, did you see that? That's Professor Li!"

"I finally met my idol today!"

"My God! His aura is so powerful!"

"His deep gaze seemed to pierce right through me."

Hideki Ogawa was speechless.

You're exaggerating!

"Ichiro, you've said it several times already."

"Since you admire Professor Li so much, why don't you go up and ask for his autograph?"

"And to correct you, he didn't even glance at you."

In fact, Hideki Ogawa was even more excited than Shinichiro Tomonaga.

He had met Professor Li when he was a child, but at the time he did not know what it meant.

It wasn't until he went to university and learned a lot about physics that he realized just how high that man had gone.

At Kyoto Imperial University, a place teeming with talented individuals, Hideki Ogawa was widely recognized as the number one genius.

The second genius was Tomonaga Shinichiro, who was standing next to him.

However, when they turned their attention to the world, they discovered that genius was too cheap.

Shinichiro Tomonaga has a lively personality, and he added:

"Look! The one next to Professor Li is Zhao Zhongyao, who discovered the antielectron."

"I heard he did very well in the second Physics Olympiad."

"Xiao Chuan, do you think we can be like him in the future?"

"I'm determined to win the gold medal!"

Hideki Ogawa said:
"You definitely can."

Yoshio Nishina listened to their conversation and felt a sense of感慨 (gan3kai3, deep emotion).

He was like that once upon a time.

At that time, he was equally spirited and arrogant, even wanting to challenge Professor Li.

However, reality dealt him a heavy blow!
He couldn't even see the man's back.

Effort may compensate for shortcomings, but intelligence and talent are absolutely innate. Yoshio Nishina's greatest achievement to date is co-authoring the Nishina Formula, which explains a certain relationship between gamma rays and the elastic collision of matter.

With this achievement, he became a prominent figure in the Sakura Clan's physics community.

However, the so-called Nishina formula is merely an additional supplement to the Wu-Compton effect.

The Wu-Compton effect merely proved that man's conjecture about wave-particle duality.

This gap is simply despair-inducing!
Sometimes, he would think:
Why weren't Newton, Maxwell, and Lidgway contemporaries?

"Should we avoid each other, or should we refrain from clashing with one another?"

Then, Ridgway saw Compton, Hubble, Raman, Bose, and others.

Everyone was filled with anticipation for the meeting that Professor Bruce would be attending.

This conference is mainly divided into two parts.

First came the keynote speeches from the industry leaders.

This is a report open to everyone, regardless of academic discipline.

Li Qiwei's sudden appearance undoubtedly became the biggest focus of the meeting.

Therefore, he was arranged to speak first, highlighting his supreme status.

Under the watchful eyes of hundreds of people, he calmly walked to the high platform in front of him and looked down at the crowd.

"Before I begin my speech, I'd like to ask you a question."

"Do you think the Trans-Pacific Science Conference has any fatal flaws?"

Wow!
Everyone was stunned.

I don't quite understand what Professor Bruce means.

Li Qiwei said with a smile:

"That's because academic communication is too inconvenient."

"The countries in the pan-Pacific region are often tens of thousands of miles apart, making it impossible to send a telegram."

“For example, Compton in the United States, if he really wants to know what Wu Youxun in Borneo is researching recently.”

"He could only send a telegram to Honolulu, Hawaii first, and then travel from Honolulu."

"This is unacceptable in terms of both time and money costs."

"Let me give you another example. That little girl Elena once wrote me a letter to scold me."

"She said that it was because I left Europe that she didn't test for artificial radioactive radiation products immediately."

"Thus, the anti-electron was missed."

"This demonstrates the importance of real-time communication among researchers."

The audience burst into laughter.

Zhao Zhongyao scratched his head sheepishly.

He's still a little shaken; he almost wasn't the first to discover positrons.

"Take the physics community as an example, and nowadays all kinds of achievements are emerging one after another."

"If you have a problem that requires help from a friend far away, it could take a month to travel back and forth."

"But by then, others had already published the same results."

"Of course, it doesn't matter who publishes it, it's the same for the scientific community itself."

"What I mean is, the scientific community needs a revolution!"

"An information revolution!"

Wow!
The crowd's eyes burned with anticipation!

Bohr, Compton, and others, in particular, had a deeper understanding of the benefits involved.

Being in Denmark means you can consult Professor Bruce anytime.

Goodness, then why worry about not getting results?
"Since the formal birth of science, humankind has experienced two technological revolutions."

"The first was the steam age, marked by Watt's improved steam engine."

"It means that humans can convert thermal energy into mechanical energy, which greatly improves production efficiency."

"The second was the electricity age, when the maturity of electricity technology completely broke through the limitations of space."

"Humans can transmit energy to distant places."

"But this is not enough."

“I predicted long ago that the third technological revolution would come soon and that it would be related to electronics.”

"But today, I feel as if I have seen the dawn!"

"Because Alpha Labs in Borneo will soon launch a groundbreaking product!"

boom!
The whole audience was shocked!

Professor Bruce didn't talk about science today, but about technology.

If even he, an old man, calls it a groundbreaking technology, then how terrifying must it be?

Compton looked excited and quickly grabbed Wu Youxun's hand, asking in fluent Mandarin:

"Old Wu, what exactly did you guys invent?"

Wu Youxun gave a wry smile.

"Hey, I didn't expect the professor to make it public so easily."

"Actually, we're still missing one thing: a transistor that can replace vacuum tubes."

Wu Youxun, at his current level, naturally cannot comprehend Li Qiwei's far-reaching plans.

Then, the speaker on stage continued:
"This product is a transistor!"

"It is an iterative version of the current vacuum tube."

"A vacuum tube is a device that uses electrons, but it has many limitations."

"For example, if the function is simple, even just to assemble a simple device, it requires countless vacuum tubes to be combined together."

"This greatly increases the volume."

"But transistors are different."

"It is a new type of electronic device based on semiconductor materials."

"At present, semiconductors are a very cutting-edge topic, even in the physics community."

“I am delighted that Alpha Labs can perfectly combine fundamental physics and applied physics.”

"The special properties of semiconductors make a single transistor as functional as hundreds or thousands of vacuum tubes."

"Moreover, it is not difficult to manufacture and is very suitable for mass production."

"Therefore, the electrical age will be replaced by the electronic age."

"The core characteristic of the electronic age is the high speed of information transmission."

"In the near future, perhaps after an American scholar publishes a paper, scholars around the world will be able to see it simultaneously within a second."

"This is an explosive transmission of information!"

Therefore, I also call the third technological revolution the "Information Age"!

"At that time, the world will be interconnected!"

"Scientific communication is about to experience a true explosion!"

Wow!
A collective gasp filled the room.

Everyone stared wide-eyed, captivated by Professor Bruce's awe-inspiring presence.

"Oh, God!"

"Global interconnection! What an advanced concept!"

"But coming from Professor Bruce, it sounds very believable."

"If transistors are truly that powerful, they will inevitably lead to a revolution in electronic instruments."

At this moment, the bigwigs present were completely shocked.

That man's influence was just too strong.

When facing experts and scholars from more than a dozen different disciplines, they did not talk about any single aspect of physics.

Instead, it paints an inspiring blueprint for the construction of a scientific infrastructure network.

This is not only useful for scientists, but also a technological innovation that benefits all of humanity!
"Professor Bruce truly deserves to be called a scientific leader of our time!"

"His perspective is on a completely different level from ours!"

Among the crowd, Wu Youxun was as energetic as if he had been injected with chicken blood.

"The Information Age!"

"Global interconnection!"

He was simply leading a team to research a new electronic component.

However, in Professor Li's words, it was directly elevated to the level of the Third Technological Revolution, which will change the future of mankind.

"Is this the power of a big shot?"

If he were to go up there himself, he would never dare to say such a thing, even if he were beaten to death.

But now, he is full of confidence!

(End of this chapter)