1900: A physics genius wandering around Europe

Chapter 145 Luxurious Doctoral Defense Committee
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is 1903.

On the first day of the new year, Li Qiwei gathered with everyone, and Hu Xizhong and Sheng Jingran also rarely came back.

Everyone ate and drank happily, imagining what life would be like after returning home.

Li Qiwei personally toasted Hu Sheng and the other man, which made them flattered and they stood up quickly.

"Thank you for your hard work during this period."

"Especially Brother Sheng, you will have to stay in the UK alone to expand our business."

"I propose that we toast to Brother Sheng together."

At this time, Wang Luyao also added: "Thanks to Brother Sheng for teaching me about business, I was able to run a good ceramic trading company."

"When I return to China, I hope you can help me run the company."

Then everyone stood up.

In the face of the respect from the Third Young Master and the Third Young Mistress, there is also the kindness of other people.

Sheng Jingran was a little excited, and he said sincerely: "Third Young Master, please don't say that."

"Being able to stay in the UK is a personal test for me."

"In this year, I feel I have learned more than I did in the previous thirty years. I realized that the world outside is so exciting."

"Thank you Third Young Master for giving me this opportunity!"

"Thank you for your trust in me, Madam Third Young Master!"

“Thank you all for your help.”

After saying that, Sheng Jingran drank the wine in the glass.

His words also moved the expressions of others. It was obvious that Li Qiwei had changed their originally dull fate.

Xiang Lan and Li San were no longer ordinary maids and guards, but half-relatives of Li Qiwei.

Especially the three people of Xinghuo, they seemed to have been reborn, and their vision was much higher than before.

When they return to China now, their perspective on issues will be completely different from before.

And I also understand how important what I am about to do is to the nation and the country.

It can be said that it was Li Qiwei who brought them to a height that did not belong to them, allowing them to see this wonderful world clearly.

At Sheng Jingran's suggestion, everyone toasted Li Qiwei together.

Li Qiwei looked at his small group and felt a lot of emotions.

Although there are only nine people including him now, they have laid a solid foundation for future careers.

And all this was done under his command.

Thinking of this, Li Qiwei couldn't help but feel proud.

In just three years, he has achieved such success that he can have a clear conscience.

And he firmly believes that the future will be filled with more challenges and more exciting.

In the joy of returning home soon, everyone became happier and happier as they drank, and in the end they were all drunk.

On January 1903, 1, after the opening of the school term at Cambridge University, there were suddenly more notices on the campus.

Many students came forward to take a look, only to find that it was actually a preview of Bruce Lee's doctoral defense.

Countless teachers and students sighed in their hearts that the physics genius was finally going to graduate with a doctorate.

Before this, he was still a student who had not yet graduated with a doctorate, but the physics results he published surpassed those of most professors.

This makes many people feel awkward and weird.

I always feel that such a genius should not still be a student, he should at least have the title of professor.

And now, this genius is finally about to get rid of his student status.

After graduating with a Ph.D., with his achievements, he is more than qualified to be a professor.

I guess any university in the world would be willing to hire him as a professor of physics.

As a business card of Cambridge University, every move of Li Qiwei is closely watched.

His doctoral dissertation defense will naturally be very grand.

Just looking at the list of members of the defense committee, it can be said to be super luxurious.

Although doctoral graduation is an internal matter of Cambridge, senior people from foreign universities are generally not invited.

But the bigwigs from the UK and the Commonwealth alone have made this doctoral thesis defense star-studded.

When Li Qiwei returned to campus, he also saw the results of his defense.

He gave a wry smile. It seemed that this time he would be in the spotlight again, just like his last undergraduate defense.

But now his status is completely different, and no one will deliberately make things difficult for him anymore.

He looked at the defense notice, which read: Bruce Lee's Ph.D. Dissertation Defense.

Title: Research on using alpha particles to bombard gold foil to explore the internal structure of atoms
Respondent: Bruce Lee
Supervisor: Professor Joseph Thomson

Defense Committee:
Principal: John Stratton (Lord Rayleigh), Professor
Members:

William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), Professor, University of Glasgow

Ernest Rutherford, Professor, McGill University
Henry Bragg, Professor, University of Adelaide

Defense date: January 1903, 1

Defense location: Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
After reading the list, Li Qiwei smiled slightly.

Only he knew that four of the five members of the defense committee were future Nobel Prize winners in physics.

Even now, they are all successful and highly respected professors.

In this era, the value of professors cannot be overstated.

Even academicians are not as good as professors, because some people can be elected as academicians without being professors.

The status of academician was not gradually raised until later generations, becoming a title that completely surpassed that of professor.

If Ridgway wanted, he could even invite Planck, Roentgen, Lorentz and others.

But that doesn't make much sense, and it would make him seem too ostentatious.

Moreover, if these people come, what will the British physicists think?

Academics are not just about studying hard, one also needs to pay attention to the ways of the world.

As a man determined to become an academic tycoon, Li Qiwei's method is to maintain close and friendly relations with all academic leaders.

No matter how great a person is, there are only so many things he can accomplish. Only a group of people can create a great cause.

When Ridgway arrived at Cavendish, he was immediately called over by Thomson.

Thomson looked beaming with joy.

His three students, Rutherford, Bruce and Wilson, became famous in the physics world.

Some people began to give him the title of educator.

Not only is he knowledgeable, but he is also able to teach so many outstanding students. As a professor, there is no greater compliment than this.

Thomson has been very busy recently because people keep inviting him to give lectures and share his educational experience.

In addition to universities, even some well-known middle schools have sent invitations.

Thomson was tired but happy. He finally understood why Wilson liked to go outside.

That's because looking at a group of people in the audience who envy and admire you, anyone would be obsessed with this feeling.

"Bruce, your doctoral defense this time can be said to be the most grand defense in the history of Cambridge."

“By then, in addition to the people on the committee, many members of the Royal Society will also come.”

"You have to behave well!"

It was only after Thomson's introduction that he realized that his graduation defense was indeed a grand event.

(End of this chapter)