1900: A physics genius wandering around Europe

Chapter 111: Narrow phase! Finally appeared after much anticipation!

In the following days, Li Qiwei's small team began to study frantically.

He Yujie and two other colleagues are carefully preparing their graduation theses.

The first time they formally wrote a paper, the three of them felt it was very sacred and they pondered over every word and sentence over and over again.

Among them, Xu Qitai was working on the experimental direction, so Li Qiwei specially allowed him to go to Cavendish to do experiments.

Of course, everything must be under your own guidance.

The other two were working in theoretical fields and often went to the library to look up literature.

Li Qiwei did not help the three with their papers, but let them express themselves freely.

Although the papers of the three people seem very superficial to me, this systematic way of thinking is invaluable and is also a must for scholars.

The newcomers Hu Xizhong and Sheng Jingran gradually found their rhythm and started their work according to Li Qiwei's instructions.

Li Qiwei introduced Hu Xizhong to Zeiss's representative in the UK, Trevor.

He stated that Hu Xizhong was his representative and was responsible for subsequent cooperation with Zeiss.

After a few words of conversation, Trevor did not dare to underestimate this middle-aged man, as the other party had more than ten years of practical experience.

Li Qiwei asked Hu Xizhong to visit Schneider, Renault, Skoda, Krupp and other companies in the name of sightseeing and learning to understand their business.

As for Sheng Jingran, he was arranged for him to go to the Netherlands to follow Gerard and study the investment and financing needs and methods of high-tech companies.

By the way, learn some professional terms. If you don’t even understand the basic concepts of high technology, you won’t be able to invest in the future.

And from now on, Sheng Jingran will be responsible for financial matters such as patent dividends, and Li Qiwei has finally freed himself.

He also transferred all his patents, including Freon, to Sheng Jingran, allowing the other party to find a suitable company to discuss cooperation.

In the future, the lavish and affluent life of the few people in the UK will depend on Sheng Jingran to find ways to make money.

As for Wang Luyao, he was complaining about being bored. Li Qiwei suddenly had an idea and decided to let the little witch be in charge of the ceramic factory that had been planned earlier.

The ceramic factory was originally intended to seize the uranium mine, and it was not for making money anyway, so Wang Luyao could destroy it as he pleased.

As long as the ore can be shipped back to the country in the end.

Moreover, Wang Luyao's family is in the ceramic business, and he has been exposed to it since he was a child, so he should be able to get the hang of it quickly.

After she understood Li Qiwei's decision, she was very happy and now she is planning to make a lot of money.

At Li Qiwei's suggestion, Wang Luyao planned to first set up a trading company to specialize in ceramic trade between China and the UK.

Because if you want to set up a factory, it is best to do it in the country, otherwise it will be difficult to operate.

As for ceramics, of course she got them from her father, which was equivalent to opening up an overseas market for the family.

To this end, whenever Wang Luyao has time, he will consult the experienced Sheng Jingran and Hu Xizhong.

How to start a company, how to negotiate, and so on.

Of course, she couldn't see them most of the time because they were both extremely busy and often had to go on business trips.

Li Qiwei never expected that his unintentional action would create a powerful business queen in the future.

Li San was finally able to relax because he found that the person who had been monitoring his home suddenly disappeared.

After asking around, he found out that Luo Fuyu's three-year term had expired and he had been transferred back to the Qing Dynasty. He was probably going to be promoted.

So his men naturally followed him back.

This made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, and they no longer had to be so cautious when going out.

Even Cecil, the third-generation playboy, did not dare to provoke Li Qiwei after being warned by his grandfather, the Prime Minister.

In fact, after Li Qiwei won the Nobel Prize and became famous all over the world, all the conspiracies and tricks of the two became meaningless.

Not to mention that he is still a knight now, and the consequences of trying to touch him are not something that ordinary people can bear.

Therefore, the crisis naturally disappeared.

Li Qiwei can also focus on academic research, career, and XX at the same time.

Ever since that night, the little girl Xianglan looked at him with eyes full of love.

Her skin seemed to be nourished, becoming smooth and tender, rosy and shiny, making her even more beautiful.

Li Qiwei's happy life finally came. He could eat authentic seafood from time to time, which made him addicted to it.

He put his knowledge into practice and put into practice all that he had learned in his previous life.

Only then did I realize that many things are lies and that one should not trust edited films, especially those that are more than 2 hours long.

Now, Li Qiwei focuses all his energy on relativity and his doctoral thesis.

That's right, he plans to submit his thesis on atomic structure and obtain his doctorate this year.

Because the experiments are basically completed, all that remains is to organize the data and write the paper.

In this era, there is no strict regulation on the graduation time of a doctorate. As long as your supervisor thinks your thesis is qualified, you can graduate smoothly.

Therefore, it is very normal for geniuses to graduate in one or two years.

It is not uncommon to have a PhD in your early twenties.

In the Cavendish Laboratory, Li Qiwei was holding a letter from Einstein.

Along with it was a 30-page draft of a paper titled: "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies"!
"call!"

Seeing this name, Li Qiwei breathed a sigh of relief. The special theory of relativity was finally about to be born.

He read the paper carefully from beginning to end, and when he saw [LQW transformation], he couldn't help but smile.

No one can imagine how it felt to have such a great and epoch-making paper with his contribution. Ridgway had no intention of changing his name, because the theory of relativity was originally a short name for later generations.

He first showed the paper to Wilson, and after waiting for about half an hour, he saw that the other party was frowning.

"Wilson, how about it, can you understand this paper?"

Wilson's hands were shaking. "Bruce, is this the paper you want to publish?"

"Oh my God, you are going to be the target of all physicists' attacks!"

"I really can't imagine what kind of shock this paper will bring to the field of physics."

"I'm afraid it's no less than a magnitude 18 earthquake!"

Li Qiwei joked: "Oh, that's great. As long as Wilson can understand it, it means it is written in a simple and easy-to-understand way, and everyone else can understand it."

Wilson's face turned dark and he was speechless. How come I have become the lowest standard of a physicist?

There is a saying in later generations that when the theory of relativity was first published, only a few people in the world could understand it.

In fact, there are many misunderstandings here.

Because relativity includes special relativity and general relativity.

In real history, the special theory of relativity published in 1905 mainly described the constancy of the speed of light, the contraction of length and the slowness of clock, as well as the mass-energy equation derived from this.

There is no advanced mathematical knowledge in the narrow phase, and almost all physicists at that time could understand it.

The reason why so many people oppose it is because it believes that time and space are relative, not absolute.

Most physicists cannot accept this point and cannot get around it.

After the special theory of relativity was published, there was no experiment to prove it, and there was no way to conduct an experiment.

So people think it is heresy.

And many people have doubts about one of the assumptions, that is, the inertial system.

Because of Newton's law of universal gravitation, the applicable scenario is not an inertial system because of the existence of gravity.

Special relativity cannot solve this problem because it cannot accommodate gravity.

In the end, Einstein secluded himself for ten years, sharpening his sword for ten years, and became a god in one battle.

In 1916, he published the theory of general relativity, which concluded that the essence of gravity is actually the curvature of space-time.

Successfully incorporated the factor of gravity into the framework of relativity.

From then on, the theory of relativity became the pinnacle of macroscopic physics theory, dominating the world.

This was a theory that few people could understand at the time.

Because the derivation in general physics involves complex and advanced mathematical knowledge such as electrodynamics, Riemannian geometry, differential geometry, and tensor analysis.

Some mathematical theories were even created to solve the general theory of relativity.

Many physicists who are not good at mathematics have to concentrate on studying mathematics for four or five months before they can barely understand the general theory of relativity.

As for a deep understanding, it will be impossible without one or two years.

The ten years that Einstein spent in seclusion was actually spent learning mathematics.

During this period, he received strong support from Grossmann, Hilbert and others.

It can be said that the difficulty of the narrow phase and the broad phase are completely not on the same order of magnitude.

It is almost impossible for ordinary engineering masters in later generations to understand the general physiognomy. At the very least, one needs to be a master's degree student in pure physics.

But if we compare the degree of shock that the narrow phase and the broad phase bring to people, Li Qiwei believes that the narrow phase is a little greater.

Because the narrow phase appeared out of nowhere, its subversiveness and impact stunned all physicists of the time.

No one dared to believe or was willing to believe that Newton's view of time and space was wrong.

After all, the general phasm has the foundation of the narrow phasm, it just elevates Einstein to the throne.

From then on, Einstein became a household name, the world-renowned physicist of the time, and unmatched.

This is the general outline of the theory of relativity.

But now, with Li Qiwei's intervention, the fate of the narrow phase may change.

This is the influence of the first person to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Li Qiwei was filled with emotion, and his heart had begun to tremble, which was a sign of extreme excitement.

Einstein also suggested in the letter that Ridgway and he be co-authors, but that Ridgway's name be placed first and his own be placed last.

In the field of scientific research, the order of names in papers is also very important.

Although they are both the first author, the name comes first, which means the contribution is slightly greater.

This is different from the previous quantum theory, in which Planck was the corresponding author.

The contributions of the corresponding author and the first author are calculated separately.

Li Qiwei shook his head. How could he be that kind of person? He had always acted honestly and openly throughout his life and never plagiarized other people's achievements.

Only by relying on your own talent and hard work can you go further in the field of physics.

So, he wrote back to Einstein and swapped the two people's positions.

At the same time, I silently declared in my heart: Big names in physics, get ready to tremble.
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PS: Guess whether the author understands general relativity.

(End of this chapter)