1900: A physics genius wandering around Europe

Chapter 328 Who can rival the heroes of the world? All the wise men are here! I am the only one!
Led by Crookes, Li Qiwei followed Thomson and others into the report hall.

Through the president's introduction, Li Qiwei also had a preliminary understanding of the bigwigs who came today.

Rutherford lowered his head and whispered in Ridgeway's ear.

"Bruce, please don't derive mathematical formulas on the spot later."

“I guess people who come here won’t understand.”

"Use your humorous personality."

"Explain the theory of relativity in easy-to-understand language."

Li Qiwei smiled knowingly after hearing this.

Rutherford was not wrong. Relativity is the most difficult theory in physics, not to mention other disciplines.

The people who came today are from all walks of life.

The total number of participants reached an astonishing 2000+ people.

It was definitely a super conference.

There are basically no ordinary people among them, they are all scholars and celebrities in various fields.

Although Li Qiwei did not require any identity qualifications for the participants.

But the Royal Society of London is a place, so of course it has its own standards.

And when there are too many people, safety will be greatly reduced.

Li Qiwei was helpless about this.

In an era without the kind of television and internet broadcasts of later generations, it was indeed not suitable to hold large-scale gatherings.

The largest number of participants came from the scientific field, accounting for 90% of the total number of participants.

Among them, almost half of the Nobel Prize winners in the field of chemistry, led by Ramsey, came.

Hubble, Soddy, Langmuir and other younger generations were also present.

They all have more or less relationship with Li Qiwei.

The goal of the chemical giants is clear.

That is to cling to the thighs of physicists, especially top physicists.

Modern chemistry exists only because of physics.

The theories and techniques of physics play a vital guiding role in chemistry.

Crystallography is the best example.

Crystal research is now very popular in the field of chemistry.

In the biological community, people like Bateson and Morgan, who had contacts with Ridgway, had already been waiting here.

Physics not only affects chemistry, but also deeply affects biology.

Ridgway's speech at the British Association for the Advancement of Science, the gene chain hypothesis, profoundly changed the direction of biological research.

Now many top biologists have conducted in-depth research on genetic chains.

Morgan was one of the best.

So, biologists today are very much looking forward to whether Bruce will make another shocking statement.

Although general relativity has little to do with biology, Bruce is a well-known imaginative scientist.

It is very likely that he will have a flash of inspiration and come up with a completely new theory.

Maybe it just happens to be related to biology.

Biologists and chemists have the same purpose, which is to pick up leaks.

If you pick it up, you earn it.

If you can't pick it up, you can at least get a free lecture on general relativity.

Why not do it.

This is what most people really think.

As for questioning the theory of relativity, what a joke! Are we worthy of that?
I really mistook the chemical equation I wrote as a partial differential equation.

In addition to the three traditional subjects of physics, chemistry and biology.

Other subjects are equally impressive.

Hilbert, Poincare, Grossmann and others came to the mathematics world.

The mathematical principles of general relativity make these math giants very excited.

Let’s see who will dare to say in the future that current mathematics is too advanced and too far from practical application.

Grossman often said: You think math is useless because you are too bad at it.

You think advanced mathematics is useless, or it's because you are too bad.

Why can Bruce use such a difficult theory as Riemannian geometry?

Mathematics is the sword of the strong and the excuse of the weak.

Mathematics is the foundation of all subjects!

The mathematics experts present were all in high spirits.

Like the medical and chemical fields, several Nobel Prize winners also came.

Medical scientists of this era are still studying the human body at the system and organ level.

It does not go deep into the cellular and molecular levels.

Therefore, many theories, viewed from the perspective of later generations, are very crude or even wrong.

Among these medical giants.

Even Pavlov from Russia came, the guy who discovered the conditioned reflex.

He came to Europe with his friends and happened to attend this meeting.

Pavlov himself had little interest in physics; he believed that humans were different from dead matter.

Physics cannot explain various human behaviors and activities.

But Bruce was so famous that he was not interested in physics, but very interested in Bruce.

Next is the astronomical community, which can be described as simply massive.

There were more than 200 people from the field of astronomy, all of them were high-spirited and dignified.

Because they have already assumed that the five major predictions of general relativity are all in the hands of astronomers.

Who dares to disobey!

Hubble, Eddington and Schwarzschild came together.

All the big names in astronomy have arrived, ready to go.

For example, American astronomer Levitt discovered the period of Cepheid variables, which provided an effective method for measuring the distance to distant celestial bodies.

Dutch astronomer Kapteyn, in collaboration with others, published the Cape of Good Hope star catalog containing the positions of 45 stars, and proposed the "two star stream" hypothesis.

This laid the theoretical foundation for the later confirmation of the rotation of the Milky Way.

and many more.

In later generations, their fame is not as great as that of Hubble, Hawking, Corbu and others.

But his contribution to astronomy is indelible.

Astronomy and physics are different now.

There were no super-authoritative figures like Ridgway, Bohr, and Planck.

The results of the astronomy giants are almost the same.

No one can crush anyone.

Because the embryonic era of Kepler and Tycho, when any discovery was considered a remarkable achievement, is over.

No astronomer today has come up with any earth-shaking theories or discoveries.

Everyone does odd jobs.

You add a little, I add a little, and gradually the knowledge and scope of astronomy are expanded.

This is also why general relativity drives all astronomers crazy.

Because of this theory, astronomy entered its golden age.

Capable of producing results and discoveries that go down in history.

Only when the pond is big can you raise big fish.

The general theory of relativity has upgraded the entire field of astronomy.

Finally, there are science-related industries such as geology, physiology, and mineralogy.

But not many people came, mainly just to join in the fun.

The above is the number of people in the science field and science-related fields.

The remaining 10% are big names in the fields of literature, history, and philosophy.

Rather than coming to study general relativity, it would be more accurate to say that they came to study Ridgway himself.

To these bigwigs, people are much more interesting than theories.

Almost all the Nobel Prize winners in Literature were present.

This was a very novel experience for them.

It can enrich their inner core.

Communicating with the world's top scientists may bring unique inspiration to their future literary creations.

Adding a touch of rational and cold charm. Some of them are not Nobel Prize winners in literature, but Crookes still introduced them.

They are George Bernard Shaw of Britain, Romain Rolland of France and Rabindranath Tagore of India.

The latter is said to be highly likely to win the Nobel Prize next year and may well become the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Tagore's family was a ruling family in India with the support of the British.
Li Qiwei had no impression of the Nobel Prize winners in literature from the previous ten years.

But these three still know a lot.

No matter what era, the Nobel Prize in Literature is the most controversial.

Because literature is difficult to evaluate.

Anyone can tell who is better between Wilson and Ridgway by looking at their results.

But if they both wrote a poem, it would be difficult to distinguish objectively.

Sometimes, the propaganda effect of public opinion is far greater than the quality of the work itself.

This is the reason why they say scholars look down on each other.

The same situation exists in the scientific community, but it is much better because of objectivity.

As for the field of philosophy, the only person Ridgway knew was Russell.

Now the other party is a professor at Cambridge University, and he also came today with his student Wittgenstein.

Since Bruce came from Cambridge, Russell certainly would not miss this opportunity.

He was too embarrassed to squeeze into those orthodox physics conferences.

Soon, under Crookes' introduction, Li Qiwei arrived at the entrance of the hall.

At this moment, his heart was calm and there was a smile on his lips.

Immediately, he took a step forward!
Even though Li Qiwei had made sufficient mental preparations, he was still shocked by the atmosphere on the scene.

Looking around, it was crowded with people.

This auditorium, which can accommodate 2000 people, seems a bit crowded at the moment.

However, even so, the auditorium remained orderly and without any chaos.

Those who can attend the meeting today are at least elites in their respective fields.

The quality of the bosses is beyond doubt.

However, as soon as Li Qiwei appeared from the door in front of the crowd, he immediately caused a commotion.

"Oh my God, Bruce has two wives, and they're both so beautiful."

"Bruce is really the envy of others. Not only is he successful in the scientific field, but I didn't expect his love life to be so happy too."

"I hate the British system. Why does the law only allow monogamy?"

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Crooks also smiled bitterly.

When he was greeting them at the door just now, he was attracted by Li Qiwei and did not notice Wang Luyao and Xiang Lan who were protected in the crowd.

Only after entering the Royal Society did he hear Ridgway introduce his two wives.

Although China has now implemented the monogamy system.

But when Li Qiwei married, there was no such rule.
Today, Wang Luyao and Xiang Lan were obviously dressed up carefully.

They came just to cheer for Li Qiwei.

At the same time, it represents the image of Asian women.

So they both wore traditional Chinese costumes, and every move they made reflected the beauty of Chinese women.

That is a temperament that is completely different from that of Western women.

The two women held Li Qiwei's arms, one on the left and one on the right, which made it immediately clear to others that they were a couple.

They all had happy smiles on their faces.

I can personally witness my husband’s supreme glory.

Many people present were meeting Wang Luyao and Xiang Lan for the first time.

I was stunned at once.

They know that China has now entered the civilized world.

Therefore, the previous discrimination against the Qing Dynasty has faded a little.

But soon, no one paid any attention to it anymore.

All the bigwigs who came today are elites of society, and their vision is unmatched by ordinary people.

In their eyes, women are never the most important.

That man is the protagonist.

Li Qiwei whispered to the two girls:

"You guys can just sit over there with the Chinese exchange group."

The moment he entered the auditorium, he saw an area in the crowd filled with Chinese faces.

I think it is what He Yujie mentioned, the educational inspection team sent from China.

He even saw Boss Situ communicating with the people in the inspection team, and Roosevelt was sitting next to him.

It would also be safer to let Wang Luyao and Xiang Lan sit there.

Li San and Tian Qi followed the two girls silently.

His hawk-like eyes kept a close eye on every move of everyone in the field.

Although the British government is well prepared for today's meeting.

There were at least dozens of police officers patrolling outside.

There were also people in plain clothes walking around inside the auditorium.

But it's always better to be careful.

Then, accompanied by Crookes, Li Qiwei slowly walked up to the podium at the front.

He and Crookes had just stepped onto the stage and stood still, but had not spoken yet.

boom!
Thunderous applause instantly broke out in the conference hall.

Many people were confused.

Even Li Qiwei on the stage was stunned.

"So you have so many fans?"

Only then did everyone realize that the applause came from the astronomers.

Those astronomers were all as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

Ridgway's general theory of relativity has had a profound impact on astronomy.

It is no exaggeration to say that he is the mentor of all astronomers present.

Without Ridgway and general relativity, astronomy would never have made its mark.

This shows how excited they were when they saw Li Qiwei.

That's the feeling of meeting a benefactor and an angel.

They were generous with their applause.

Some even stood up and applauded.

It was under their influence that others felt embarrassed not to applaud.

This never happened to Crooks on stage.

Especially when the other person is an Asian.

To receive such an honor in the UK shows how great his achievements are.

Only then can we transcend racial and national prejudices.

He sighed inwardly: "Bruce will create a legend."

Li Qiwei was even more full of passion, as if a breath was bursting out of his chest, and he really wanted to shout loudly.

Many of the bigwigs present are characters who need to be highlighted in future history books.

And today, they are all just their own foils.

Ridgway is someone they need to look up to.

No one can express this feeling in words.

This pleasure surpasses everything in the world.

It is more delicate than power and more explosive than wealth.

Crooks also said that several politicians were here today.

However, they were very low-key, came in casual clothes and were unwilling to reveal their identities.

Li Qiwei didn't care about this.

Everyone is equal in his eyes, so equal that it is not worth mentioning.

This day was just the beginning of his declaration to the world.

In the near future, those high and mighty emperors and generals will also sit down and listen obediently, just like everyone else today.

"I control truth and also rule over life and death."

(End of this chapter)