1900: A physics genius wandering around Europe

Chapter 356 The first visitors to the City of Science! The water of the Ganges is really good for health!
After returning to Borneo, Li Qiwei took action one after another and did several sensational things.

Although he is no longer in Europe or China, his reputation is still well-known.

If before he was admired by countless people because of his identity as a great scientist.

Now, he has won the respect of everyone with his noble character and spirit of universal love.

Especially after the donation incident, Li Qiwei was praised to the sky.

Although money sounds vulgar when you talk about it, everyone likes to use it.

A great scientist is something that the Chinese people should be proud of, but if he is a rich great scientist, it would be even more proud.

Moreover, this great scientist was so generous that he spent three million taels at once, which shocked countless people.

At this moment, the war in Europe was becoming increasingly fierce and had entered a white-hot stage.

Almost all personnel were mobilized, and many of them went to the battlefield without even holding their guns.

So no matter how hard Li Qiwei tried, he gradually became powerless.

He has done his best and at least given many civilians a chance to save their lives.

The course of this war can no longer be influenced or controlled by anyone.

Compared to the abyss-like Europe, Asia generally seems to be relatively calm at the moment.

Although there are still warlords of varying sizes fighting each other in various countries, they are nothing compared to what is happening in Europe.

Therefore, activities in all sectors of Asian society can proceed normally.

Li Qiwei's City of Science was officially established during his time in the limelight, and he sincerely invited talents from all over the world to come and inspect.

Soon, the first group of visitors arrived, led by someone Li Qiwei knew.
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In the reception room of Huangpu University of Technology, Li Qiwei, He Yujie and others welcomed Tagore and his party who had come from afar.

When Li Qiwei introduced Tagore as last year's Nobel Prize winner in literature, he received a round of exclamations.

China has always respected literature since ancient times. It is only in recent years that it has gradually begun to absorb Western science, and its development is getting faster and faster.

But this does not mean that liberal arts are unimportant.

As the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, Tagore's status in the humanities in Asia is not much worse than that of Ridgwell in the sciences.

He Yujie and others were in awe.

Because of Li Qiwei's introduction, they knew that this seemingly wise old man in front of them was also fighting for the rise of the country in his own way.

Tagore was very excited when he saw Ridgevi again.

At just 54 years old, he has already started growing a slightly gray beard.

You can tell at first glance that he is engaged in literature and art, very stylish.

"Bruce, I'm so happy to see you again."

Li Qiwei smiled and said, "I am glad to meet you too, Tagore."

Tagore joked: "After returning home, I kept telling my friends that if Professor Bruce changed his career to study literature, he would definitely become a great writer."

"I didn't expect that in just such a short time, your novel has become a global hit."

“I read it three times myself, it’s so wonderful.”

Li Qiwei was very grateful to receive praise from a great writer like Tagore.

He said modestly: "Tagore, you flatter me."

"Science fiction is ultimately just a small genre in literature, and it can't compare to the great writers and poets like you."

After saying that, the two of them laughed out loud, and the people around them followed suit.

When the big guys chat, they must give enough emotional value.

Suddenly, Tagore sighed again:

"Bruce, you are so lucky."

"Luckily you left England early, otherwise you probably wouldn't be able to leave now."

"Transportation in Europe has been completely paralyzed. It is almost impossible to return to Asia normally."

Li Qiwei said: "Yeah, I didn't expect this to happen."

"Many of our Chinese students are stranded there."

Tagore took over and said: "One of our mathematical geniuses in India has also been left in Britain."

"Not long after he went to Cambridge University in England last year, the war broke out."

"He wrote to me and wanted me to help him, but there was nothing I could do."

"Oh, this damn war."

Li Qiwei was slightly stunned when he heard the word mathematical genius.

He asked tentatively: "Is this mathematical genius Ramanujan?"

Tagore was surprised and asked, “Bruce, do you also know Ramanujan?”

"Yes, it is him. He is the most famous mathematical genius in India."

When Li Qiwei heard that it was indeed Ramanujan, the other party's information immediately appeared in his mind.

He was still very interested in this famous mathematician.

In real history, Ramanujan is a very legendary figure.

One sentence can describe him.

"I prefer to write formulas in my dreams."

Ramanujan is said to have often claimed that the goddess Namakar gave him revelations.

Then when he woke up in the morning, he could write down the mathematical formulas and propositions he had dreamed of.

The scariest thing is that most of these formulas were eventually proven to be correct.

Ramanujan did not use any derivation process at all; he simply wrote down the formula based on his almost inhuman intuition.

Later generations called his talent "number sense", meaning that he had a sense of numbers that was extraordinary.

He never received formal higher education training in his life, but wrote more than 3000 mathematical formulas.

Most of these formulas are extremely strange, and it is easy for ordinary people to copy them incorrectly, let alone dream about them.

Later, Ramanujan's mathematical talent was noticed by Professor Hardy of Cambridge University, who made an exception and admitted him to study in Cambridge.

Soon, Ramanujan became a foreign member of the Royal Society of London because of his achievements in mathematics.

He was also the first person in Asia to become a foreign member of the Royal Society, reaching the pinnacle of honor.

That year, he was only 31 years old.

Ramanujan became depressed because he could not return home during World War I, and even attempted suicide by lying on the railway tracks.

When he finally returned to India in 1919, after the war, he was already ill with depression.

On April 1920, 4, shortly after he became a foreign member of the Royal Society and reached the peak of his life, he died of illness at the age of 26.

After Ramanujan's death, a large number of his unproven mathematical formulas were unearthed.

Later, many mathematicians devoted themselves to studying his formula and achieved great results.

Many of his formulas later became of great reference significance for mathematics, physics, computer science, etc.

As Li Qiwei thought about these things in his mind, he felt a little regretful that he had not met Ramanujan.

When he had just left England, Ramanujan had just gone to England, and the two missed each other perfectly.

He smiled and said to Tagore:

“Although I am not from the mathematics field, I have also paid attention to the latest developments in mathematics.”

"I heard from a friend that there is a mathematical genius in India who can dream up mathematical formulas."

"To be honest, when I first heard it, I didn't believe it."

Tagore smiled and replied: "Many people did not believe it at that time. If it were not for Professor Hardy of Cambridge University who had a keen eye for talent, Ramanujan would have been buried." Ridgway nodded and said that when he returned to England in 1919, he might be able to meet Ramanujan.

He was very curious whether this person was an alien, or a fellow time traveler.

At this moment, Tagore suddenly cried out:

"We were so busy talking about Ramanujan that we almost forgot about the real business."

"Bruce, you are a physicist. Today I would like to shamelessly recommend two outstanding young people to you."

Li Qiwei said: "Tagore, I welcome your recommendation."

Tagore and Ridgwell had previously agreed that they would strengthen exchanges after returning to Asia.

The City of Science welcomed Indian scientists to join, and Ridgway invited Tagore to give lectures on new culture in China.

It is currently in full swing in the country, and a large number of works written in vernacular Chinese have emerged.

As a literary giant, Tagore's experience can bring more diverse changes to the country.

Although this kind of thing has nothing to do with science, Li Qiwei is willing to help.

Science is hard power, literature is soft power, and both hard and soft power must be strong for healthy development.

Tagore smiled and said to the two young men behind him:

"Bose, Raman, the two of you come and meet Professor Bruce."

After that, he turned to Li Qiwei and said:
"Now, the scientific community in India believes that you and I have a close relationship."

"A lot of people have approached me and asked me to make an introduction."

"I didn't dare to bother them, so I decided to choose the younger generation first and bring them out to broaden their horizons."

Tagore's status in India at that time had long surpassed the limitations of the discipline.

Even the big names in the field of natural sciences respect him very much.

So, he was right when he said to bring the younger generation along.

Li Qiwei smiled and said: "Science requires mutual communication."

"Tagore, you can help me promote it when you go back. The City of Science welcomes everyone."

"We in Asia are already much behind Europe in science, so we need to unite even more."

Tagore had great admiration for Ridgevi in ​​his heart.

The other party's noble and selfless character is truly worthy of respect.

Then, Li Qiwei turned his gaze to Bose and Raman.

Bose was now 21 and Raman was 27.

In the future, these two people will become famous figures in the field of physics.

In real history, Bose became a physics lecturer at the University of Calcutta, India at the age of 17.

His most important contribution is his research on quantum physics.

In 1924, Bose proposed a novel theory.

In simple terms, photons cannot be distinguished.

Suppose there are photon A and photon B, then no matter what means are used, it is impossible to distinguish the difference between these two photons.

Later, Einstein extended this concept to atoms, and it became "Bose-Einstein condensation."

In 1945, Dirac awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics to commemorate Bose's pioneering contributions to quantum statistics.

He named the elementary particles that follow "Bose-Einstein condensation" bosons.

The counterpart of bosons is fermions.

The difference between the two can be described figuratively as follows:
Assuming there is only one position, then only one of the two fermions can occupy the position, and the remaining one will be squeezed out.

But if there are two bosons, then both of them can exist in the same place at the same time.

This is the magic of quantum mechanics. (Don't worry, I'll explain it in detail later)

Logically speaking, Bose's achievements were enough to win him the Nobel Prize in Physics.

But for various reasons, he was not awarded the Nobel Prize in the end.

In real history, the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Physics was the young man next to Bose: Raman.

This is an absolute genius.

He graduated from college at the age of 16 and obtained a master's degree at the age of 19.

Raman's research direction was light scattering, and the result that won him the Nobel Prize was the "Raman effect."

After Compton discovered the Compton effect of X-rays, Heisenberg predicted that visible light would also have an effect similar to X-rays.

In 1928, Raman discovered this effect and published a paper.

Soon, his achievements were recognized.

The Royal Society even called it "one of the three or four most outstanding discoveries in experimental physics in the 20s."

The Raman effect has very wide applications in modern medical testing, chemical testing and other fields.

(Part of the author's master's work was related to the Raman effect, studying Raman spectroscopy.)
Raman also won the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for this achievement.

In the future, Bose and Raman became the leaders of the Indian physics community and greatly developed India's scientific undertakings.

And now, the two of them are just the younger generation in the physics community.

In front of Li Qiwei, they were both excited and reserved, it was like meeting their idol.

Nowadays in Asia, anyone who studies physics regards Professor Bruce as a god-like being.

Li Qiwei took the initiative to extend his hand, and suddenly smiled and said to Raman:
"Raman? I seem to have heard of this name."

“Didn’t you publish a paper in Nature a few years ago?”

Raman was shocked when he heard this, and his face flushed instantly, which was a sign of extreme excitement.

Even the smell of curry on him was diluted a lot.

Raman said excitedly, "Yes, Professor Bruce, I didn't expect you to know my paper."

"I published a paper on the diffraction effect of light in 1906."

"Professor Bruce, how did you know that?"

Of course Li Qiwei wouldn't say it, it just popped up in his mind automatically.

"Oh, I take a look at almost every issue of Nature's physics papers."

"Your paper is quite interesting, and the author is Asian, so I paid attention to it at the time."

Hearing this, Raman had an orgasm instantly as if he had drunk the water of Ganges.

Even the famous Professor Bruce knows his thesis.

He couldn't wait to get back and brag about it.

Li Qiwei was also very satisfied with Raman and Bose brought by Tagore.

If these two people have research experience in the City of Science, then they will have more confidence in promoting it in the future.

Even Indians can win the Nobel Prize after studying in the City of Science. Why don’t you come quickly?

Soon, Ridgevi and Tagore introduced each other's teams.

The two sides also carried out friendly academic exchanges.

The purpose of Tagore's trip was not only to introduce Bose and Raman to Ridgway, but also to learn about the specific situation of the City of Science.

This place will definitely become the scientific center of Asia in the future, and India also wants to make arrangements early.

(End of this chapter)