1900: A physics genius wandering around Europe

Chapter 358 This is not a physics competition, this is a scientific war between countries!

Sakura Country, Tokyo Imperial University.

Since returning from the UK, Hantaro Nagaoka has gradually focused on training young people.

The second Bruce Conference allowed him to witness the brilliance of the world's top physicist.

Li Qiwei's terrifying power shocked Nagaoka.

From then on, he no longer had the desire to compete with Li Qiwei, as the two were simply not on the same level.

Even the students trained by Li Qiwei, such as Bohr, Qian Wushi and others, were big names that he could not even dream of matching.

Moreover, after coming back, Yoshio Nishina became more reserved and no longer as aggressive as before.

It can be seen that the young man was hit hard.

"I hope he can learn from his mistakes and work hard for the physics cause of the Empire."

Nagaoka Hantaro sighed slightly in his heart, and then stopped thinking about catching up with Li Qiwei.

What he is most concerned about now is Li Qiwei's return to Asia to establish a city of science.

This is currently the most anticipated project in the Asian scientific community.

As the foundation of that man, everyone is looking forward to what the future of the City of Science will look like.

Seeing Nagaoka Hantaro sighing, Ishihara Jun smiled and asked, "Teacher, are you worried about Professor Li?"

Nagaoka sighed, "I'm afraid that Nishina will be hit."

"The questions he asked Professor Li Qiwei before will probably have a psychological impact on him."

Ishihara Jun nodded.

Yoshio Nishina is probably the strongest physics genius in Sakura Country at the moment.

The physics community in Sakura Country is also very concerned about his problem.

"Professor Li Qiwei is simply a superhuman being."

"Not to mention our country of Sakura, even the many scientific giants in Europe can only be suppressed by them."

"It's really too difficult to think about surpassing such a person."

Nagaoka didn't want to dwell on this issue too much, so he asked:

"Ishihara, you are now a professor at Tohoku Imperial University. Have you discovered any good talents recently?"

"The Science City in Borneo is now under construction in full swing. I estimate that it will be completed within four to five years."

"When the time comes, our Sakura Country will definitely send people there for further training."

Jun Ishihara, 34 years old this year, became a professor of physics at the recommendation of Nagaoka.

He is no longer the passionate young man he used to be, and has become mature and steady.

He knows that his talent is second-rate, so like his teacher, Ishihara Jun now focuses his energy on training students and translating works.

He translated the original papers on relativity and quantum theory word for word and introduced them to Japan.

It has now become teaching and research material for the Graduate School.

Therefore, Nagaoka now treats this student more equally and with more respect.

Ishihara Jun said:
“There are indeed some good talents, but they are still a little short of being true geniuses.”

"However, I think they will all become the backbone of the empire's scientific undertakings."

“No matter how great a leader is, he needs a group of followers to accomplish great things.”

Nagaoka Hantaro nodded.

He just asked casually.

Physics genius is so rare.

China has a population of 400 million, but there is only one person, Li Qiwei.

It is a rare honor to discover a Yoshio Nishina.

He didn't dare ask for more.

At this time, Ishihara Jun continued: "Teacher, do you know that Rabindranath Tagore of India led a team to visit the City of Science?"

Nagaoka said: "I know."

"what happened?"

Ishihara Jun said: "I heard that Professor Li was full of praise for the two people brought by Tagore."

"One is called Bose and the other is called Raman."

Nagaoka half-smiled and said, "India is not a country to worry about."

"For a country that doesn't even have independent sovereignty, how far do you think their science can develop?"

He even joked: "If Asia could hold a science competition, it would be clear who is strong and who is weak."

Ishihara Jun smiled and said, "That's a good idea."

Nagaoka added: "I have written to Professor Li Qiwei and plan to visit him in the City of Science in the near future and invite him to give lectures in Sakura Country."

“Now that war has broken out in Europe, it is a great opportunity for our Asian science to rise.”

“Even a powerful industrial country like the United States is called a salt marsh of science.”

“It can be seen that basic scientific strength has no direct relationship with a country’s industrial strength.”

"So we have every chance to catch up or even surpass Sakura Country."

Just as the two were talking, suddenly, Yoshio Nishina walked in with two newspapers in his hands.

Yoshio Nishina said with a little excitement:

"Professor Nagaoka, Professor Ishihara, please read this news!"

The two were puzzled because Renko rarely had such an expression.

So they took the newspaper and wanted to see if there was any big news.

Soon, they both exclaimed at the same time.

The newspaper clearly stated the announcement of the first International Physics Olympiad.

Ishihara Jun was extremely surprised. He didn't expect that his teacher's words would come true.

Just now, they were talking about the game.

What a coincidence.

Ishihara Jun quickly unfolded the newspaper and carefully read the details of the game:
The first International Physics Olympiad was to be held in July 1916 at the City of Science in Borneo.

Since then, it has been held every two years.

This is a competition open to all countries in the world.

The participating teams will compete in physics based on their countries.

According to the regulations, each country can send at most one delegation, consisting of a maximum of five participants and two accompanying personnel.

Participants can be middle school students or college students. Postgraduate students and above are not allowed to participate in the competition.

The head of the delegation must be a physics professor or lecturer who can be responsible for solving problems encountered in the competition.

The registration deadline is December 1915, 12.

Once missed, it cannot be increased.

The competition is held over two days.

The first day consists of 3 theoretical calculation questions, and the other day consists of 2 experimental questions, with a day of rest in between.

The maximum score for each question is 10 points, and the total score for each question is 50 points.

The questions for the first competition were set by Professor Bruce Lee himself.

The content mainly includes four parts of physics: mechanics, thermodynamics, optics, and electromagnetism.

Individual gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded based on competition results.

At the same time, the group score will be calculated based on the average scores of the contestants, and the first place in the group will be selected.

This is also the ranking of each country, reflecting the level of young physics in that country, which is a huge honor.

In addition, the first place winner will receive a mysterious gift prepared by Professor Bruce.

The specific gift will be officially announced on the day of the award ceremony.

But whatever it was, it was Professor Bruce's gift.

Who wouldn't be crazy!

"call!"

When Jun Ishihara finished reading all the content, he was shocked.

"Professor Li Qiwei is really generous!"

"He's trying to imitate the Olympics and create a carnival sport for the scientific community!"

"If you can win first place in this kind of competition, you will become very famous."

Ishihara Jun was excited.

Although he is already past the age to participate in the competition, he can bring his students to participate.

In the current Sakura Country, only he and Professor Nagaoka are qualified to lead the team.

Although Yoshio Nishina is a genius, his qualifications are too inexperienced and he cannot represent the country yet.

If the students he tutors can win awards, even Sakura Country will win first place.

That.
hiss!
Jun Ishihara has begun to have wild thoughts.

Nagaoka Hantaro was able to remain calm, although he was also quite shocked.

This competition can be said to have set a precedent in the scientific community.

There has never been any similar case.

Direct competition between countries in scientific level?

Although the level of college students cannot represent the overall level of a country.

But judging from the small part, the younger generation is the future.

It can even be said that this Physics Olympiad is a survey and evaluation of the development potential of physics in various countries.

This is definitely not a competition in the ordinary sense.

Nagaoka Hantaro said with emotion: "Professor Li Qiwei always makes earth-shattering moves."

"This news will surely cause a stir in the scientific community."

Suddenly, he said to Ishihara Jun with a serious expression:
"Ishihara-kun, I'm counting on you for this match."

"I hope you can lead the Sakura Country team to participate in the competition."

"Remember, this is not a competition, but a war!" "It is a war between countries over science."

"The Empire must win!"

As the leader of the physics community in the Land of Sakura, Nagaoka will definitely not lead the team himself.

After all, this is a competition among college students, not an attempt to select the strongest physicist.

Moreover, Nagaoka is very confident that the decision-making power for selecting players for this competition will definitely be in his hands.

Because this is a physics competition, and it is organized by the famous Professor Li Qiwei.

In the entire Sakura Country, Nagaoka is the only one who is closest to that man.

The decision belongs to him.

Ishihara Jun was excited and shouted loudly: "Hey, Professor, I will never let you down!"

At this time, Yoshio Nishina suddenly said, "Professor Nagaoka, Professor Ishihara, I also want to join in and coach students to participate in the competition."

His blood was boiling at this moment.

Yoshio Nishina likes this kind of pure competition, otherwise he would not have dreamed of challenging Li Qiwei.

Everything is determined by the scores, and it is clear who is the best and who is the worst.

Nagaoka Hantaro glanced at him and knew what he was thinking.

So he said, “Okay.”

"The scope of the competition has been given, and there are also some example questions."

"You can start training students now and familiarize them with this kind of questions."
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The news of the first International Physics Olympiad quickly spread throughout the world.

The craziest ones are undoubtedly the college students majoring in physics.

They are used to being shocked by the theories of top physicists.

But I never thought that I would become the protagonist.

Under the attention of the whole world, represent the country and compete with talents from other countries.

Just thinking about it makes me excited.

Once you win the award, the honor is enough to make anyone tremble.

Although Europe was still in the midst of war at this time.

There was no hope of an armistice until at least July 1916.

But physicists from all over the world still feel excited.

They must try every possible means to persuade the government to participate in this grand event in the field of science.

Because this is the first world academic competition held in human history.

Its significance is truly enormous.

Germany, Einstein sighed:

"I wonder if Germany can participate in this competition organized by Bruce."

On the side, Laoe had a helpless expression on his face, he was not sure either.

"We can go and discuss this with Professor Planck together."

"Even if we only send one teacher and one student, we can still participate in the competition."

Although they themselves cannot participate in the competition, the significance of this competition is very important.

Perhaps the first conference was organized rather crudely, with few countries participating.

But they all believe that this competition will become the world's most famous scientific competition in the future.

There will even be mathematics Olympiads, chemistry Olympiads, and so on in the future.

Einstein feigned anger and said:

"When Bruce returns to Europe, I will ask him in person whether he chose this time intentionally."

"They are just afraid that Europe will take all the gold, silver and bronze medals."

Lauer smiled and said, "I feel like Professor Bruce is very likely to do something like this."

"I'm afraid he is deliberately trying to improve Asia's position in the scientific field."

Einstein chuckled.

"I won't let his evil plan succeed."

"I've discovered a few physics geniuses recently."

University of Chicago, USA.

Now Professor Michelson has gradually withdrawn from the academic circle.

Today, the American physics community is centered around Millikan.

At this moment, he and Hubble were discussing the first Physics Olympiad.

“This time, we in the United States must participate.”

"This is a great opportunity for the United States to demonstrate its strength."

Hubble smiled and said, "I'm curious about what the mysterious gift Professor Bruce prepared is."

"Is he going to accept the first one as his doctoral student and train him personally?"

"That is indeed a great gift."

Millikan laughed and said, "No one can guess what Professor Bruce is thinking."

"I originally thought that after he returned to Asia, he would be quiet for a while like before."

"I didn't expect that he would frequently make such a big fuss and get on the nerves of so many people."

Hubble said enviously: "This is Professor Bruce. He is always the center of science."

The first Physics Olympiad is undoubtedly a huge opportunity for Asian countries.

Because under normal circumstances, it is impossible for these countries to have their voices in the scientific community.

In this era, Europe was the center of science, and all achievements were born there.

But now, Li Qiwei gave him a chance.

Although it is just a physics competition among college students, it can also represent the scientific foundation of a country.

Therefore, all countries are quietly preparing to make a splash and make their voice heard in the global scientific community.

Even if I can only get a bronze medal, it would be a great honor.

At this moment, China.

Xu Shoushang, director of the Science and Technology Department of the Ministry of Education, was now complaining to Zhou Yucai with a sad face.

In the early years of the Republic of China, there was no Ministry of Science and Technology in the government.

All businesses related to science and technology are managed by the Science and Technology Department under the Ministry of Education.

Therefore, the task of the first Physics Olympiad fell on Xu Shoushang's shoulders.

However, he encountered a problem.

"Yucai, do you think the students of Huangpu Polytechnic University belong to us or to the Brooke Dynasty?"

"Uh." Zhou Yucai was a little confused when he heard that. This matter really needed to be explained clearly.

He thought carefully for a while and said:
“There are three universities in Borneo, although most of the students are from Nanyang.”

"But Professor Li Qiwei still has a small number of students, and they are all Chinese nationals."

"Strictly speaking, they are definitely Chinese."

"Shou Shang, you can think of it this way."

"The first physics competition was hosted by the Brooke Dynasty in Borneo."

"The Brooke dynasty is also a separate country internationally."

"However, due to the special relationship, the country entrusted Professor Li Qiwei to take full charge of this event."

"That is to say, Professor Li Qiwei himself cannot have any connection with the competition."

"He doesn't belong to any party, and he can't even mentor students."

“And the Chinese students of Huangpu Polytechnic University, as international students studying in Borneo, are naturally able to represent the country in competitions.”

After Zhou Yucai's analysis, Xu Shoushang finally understood much more clearly.

Fortunately, Zhou Yucai had been to Kuching before, so he could understand it so clearly.

"So, I need to contact Professor Li Qiwei immediately."

"Discuss the list of contestants with him."

It’s no wonder Xu Shoushang is anxious, but the matter is too serious.

As an official of the Ministry of Education, he is well aware of the current situation of university education in the country, which is not even as good as that in the Qing Dynasty.

He was really not sure about letting Chinese students participate in the competition.

If he ended up getting last place, Xu Shoushang felt that his career might be over.

Only Whampoa University of Technology can give Xu Shoushang a sense of security.

Zhou Yucai nodded, appearing very wise.

"Well, you do need to talk to Professor Ridgway."

“Although this competition itself is not a particularly big event, the significance it represents is really too important.”

"This is the first time that China has openly and fairly competed with other countries in the world in the field of science and technology."

"Once a Chinese student wins first place individually or as a team, it can greatly enhance the national pride."

“Even the winners are treated as national heroes.”

"In the final analysis, we have been oppressed too much in the past few decades, and we need to vent thoroughly."

After listening to Zhou Yucai's analysis, Xu Shoushang was also infected and his blood boiled.

This time, China can only win, not lose!
He believed that Professor Li Qiwei would never favor China and would definitely remain fair and just.

In other words, China cannot rely on Professor Li Qiwei to take the so-called back door.

But those Chinese prides who study at Whampoa Institute of Technology will never let the country down.

Xu Shoushang had dealt with He Yujie several times, and he knew very well that the level of Huangpu University of Technology was much better than that of domestic universities.

It is recognized as the best in Asia, even the universities in the Country of Sakura cannot compare to it.

"China's scientific development will begin with this competition!"

(End of this chapter)