1900: A physics genius wandering around Europe

Chapter 387 Brother Xun explains the puzzle! Everyone worships him! Are there any surprises in the experimental questions?
The theoretical question competition is finally over.

All 80 candidates in the venue breathed a sigh of relief.

Everyone seemed as tired as if they had run a marathon.

Only now has the heart resumed normal beating.

"The Physics Olympiad organized by Professor Bruce is really terrible."

“This is more tiring than the Olympics.”

"Fortunately, I can only take the exam once. I don't want to take it a second time."

"It's over. Out of 30 points, I feel like I can only get 5 points. I didn't even finish the first question."

"Hey, stop talking. The more you talk, the more uncomfortable you feel."

Most of the contestants had sad faces.

This exam made them understand that there is always someone better than you.

In their own country, they are the best among their peers.

In addition, I majored in physics, so I naturally felt that my IQ was superior to others.

The courses in college are too easy for them.

However, today's three questions brought everyone back to their original form.

Especially the third one, it was simply a crushing existence.

Professor Bruce's godly way of asking questions was deeply engraved in everyone's mind.

This will also have a profound impact on future Olympiads in other subjects.

For example, in the Astronomy Olympiad one year, one of the questions was:
"One hundred million years ago, Mamenchisaurus could barely see a star."

"One hundred million years from now, humans will also be able to barely see this star."

“Ask what changes have taken place in this star over the past 100 million years?”

The core of this question is actually the different structures of the eyes of Mamenchisaurus and humans (figuratively speaking, it can be understood as the different apertures of telescopes).

Dinosaurs' eyes must be larger than human eyes, so the nature of the light they can receive is also different.

This results in the two seeing stars at different brightnesses.

Combined with certain astronomical knowledge, the answer can be found out by the fact that the brightness of light emitted by stars is different in different stages of their evolution.

This type of question that tests students' comprehensive thinking ability has become a feature of the National Mathematical Olympiad and has continued to attract countless students.

After a while of noise, everyone soon fell silent in tacit agreement.

Everyone's eyes turned to Wu Youxun at the same time.

At this moment, he was surrounded by Ye Qisun and four other teammates, talking and laughing.

Ye Qisun was still slapping his thighs frantically, with an extremely annoyed look on his face.

Wu Youxun suddenly found that the atmosphere in the classroom was a little strange.

He turned around and was suddenly startled.

"Why are they all looking at me? It's scary."

Ye Qisun and the other three were also shocked.

However, they immediately understood what he meant and even deliberately touched Wu Youxun's back.

Irena, Rancho, Shinji Komura and others came up.

Irena said with a pretty face:
"Wu, did you solve the third question?"

As soon as she finished speaking, everyone breathed rapidly, their eyes widened, waiting for the answer.

Wu Youxun felt a little embarrassed.

He always felt shy in front of Irena.

“I think my answer should be correct.”

Wow!
Many students gasped.

"Isn't it said that Chinese people like humble people the most?"

"Why is Wu not humble at all?"

"This kind of confidence is absolutely 100% certain."

Irena's beautiful eyes sparkled, and she asked impatiently:
"Wu, what is the answer?"

"A rigid body does not interact with any matter at all."

"What on earth can be used to measure it?"

Irena's question is also what everyone else wants to know.

They were tortured to the point of going crazy.

The habit of reviewing test questions after an exam really started a hundred years ago.

Wu Youxun glanced at everyone's expressions.

At this moment, he was no longer shy and became extremely confident.

An aura of domineering power that is 1% of Li Qiwei's gushed out.

Although it was only 1%, it was enough to shock these students who were not even scholars.

terror!
This is how everyone feels.

It seems like I haven’t seen the real person yet.

That earth-shaking energy and blood had already hit his face, shaking the universe and time and space, sweeping across the world.

Under this momentum, everyone trembled all over and fought hard.

Wu Youxun spoke the truth, only six words, but they were as loud as a huge bell or thunder from the sky.

"Special relativity!"

boom!
There was an immediate burst of shock in the room.

Everyone's face was filled with disbelief.

They looked at Wu Youxun in horror, their hearts in turmoil.

How can it be!

"Oh, God, why is this about special relativity?"

"Isn't the exam about mechanics, thermodynamics, optics, and electromagnetism?"

"No, I remember now. The guide said mainly, not absolutely."

"Hou Li Xit, this is too exaggerated, who would have thought of using the theory of relativity?"

Although most of the people present were not as good as Wu Youxun, they were still geniuses.

When Wu Youxun explained the special theory of relativity, everyone quickly approached the correct answer.

As for Irena and the others, they understood instantly, with expressions of sudden enlightenment on their faces.

"Oh my god, although electromagnetic light and heat have no effect on rigid bodies, it does have an effect on space."

"According to the contraction effect, a rigid body will shrink."

"This contraction is not the compression of the rigid body itself, but the contraction of space."

"So, it does not violate the definition of the properties of a rigid body."

"Oh my God, Wu, you are amazing. How did you come up with this?"

"That's the most clever question and the most clever answer I've ever seen."

When Wu Youxun was praised by the beautiful woman, he instantly deflated and looked like a pig. He scratched the back of his head.

"Well, I just thought that in this question, the rigid body must be connected to other factors in order to be measured."

"Since traditional electric heating didn't work, I suddenly had an idea and thought of the space itself."

"Basically, when you think of space, you should be able to think of the special theory of relativity."

Everyone was simply overwhelmed with admiration.

Rancho originally wanted to show off his answer.

After hearing Wu Youxun's answer, he closed his mouth silently.

"What should I do? I feel like a clown."

"There was nothing wrong with the question, but I actually changed it just to do it."

Ye Qisun echoed, "Hey, I've already thought of the special theory of relativity."

"As a result, I used the conclusion that mass increases with speed."

Lan Che reacted immediately and instantly felt that he had found a fellow Taoist.

"Oh, Ye, if that's the case, then you need an extra ball."

"Otherwise, we can't compare the weights, and we can't tell them apart."

Ye Qisun sighed and said, "Yes, so I changed the title a little bit, haha."

Everyone laughed.

It turns out that friendship only exists between poor students.

This is also good news.

Otherwise, the strength of the Chinese team would be too terrifying.

Lan Che smiled and said, "I guess the teachers will give you some points for innovation."

Ye Qisun was happy again.

At this time, Komura Shinji, who had been silent, said sarcastically:
"Wu, you are amazing." "You actually came up with the answer at the last minute."

"Could it be that Professor Li Qiwei is transmitting power to you through the air?"

After saying this, he even pretended to laugh.

In his opinion, the last question was too difficult.

Without any hint, there is no way anyone could have done it.

There were so many people present, why was Wu Youxun the only one who came up with this idea?

Shinji Omura felt very unbalanced.

Ye Qisun was a straightforward person and got angry when he heard this.

Especially since the other party was Sakurako, it just made him even more angry.

Of course, in such an occasion, he definitely couldn't act like a shrew.

We still need to pay attention to the international impact.

"Haha, Mr. Komura Shinji, what you said is a bit inappropriate."

"Three months before today's game, Brother Xun had already started studying the theory of relativity."

"Not only the theory of relativity, he even studied quantum theory."

"At that time, I asked Brother Xun, these are not included in the exam scope, why do you still want to read it?"

"Brother Xun said: For those who truly love physics, there is no such thing as the scope of the exam."

"I was also influenced by Brother Xun and started to learn the theory of relativity at that time."

"However, I just glanced at it and didn't study it seriously, so I was unlucky in this exam."

Wow!
Everyone looked shocked.

A genius is not scary, but a genius who works hard is scary.

In addition to preparing for the exam, Wu Youxun actually found time to study the most cutting-edge theories.

It's really horrifying!

At the same time, they firmly believed that Wu Youxun could not have cheated.

Which genius present here does not have his own self-esteem and path?

Although they madly worship Professor Bruce, they will never be his puppets in terms of personality.

Everyone believed that with Wu Youxun's talent and ability, he would not listen even if Professor Bruce told him the answer in person.

Of course, given Professor Bruce's status and position, this kind of thing is nonsense.

Shinji Omura was left speechless by Ye Qisun's retort.

He knew he was in the wrong, so he said no more.

From beginning to end, Wu Youxun did not try to explain what he meant.

His level has improved and he is no longer limited to doing exercises like he did in his student days.

He is looking forward to studying wave-particle duality with Compton in the future.

His battlefield is not the Olympiad, but the future, where he will sit down and discuss with those physics giants.

Only papers that shock the world are the achievements that physicists can be most proud of.

At this time, Lang Zhiwan, who had put away the test paper and was about to leave, heard their conversation.

So he smiled and said to everyone:
"You should be thankful."

"Originally, the other two theoretical questions Professor Bruce asked were also very difficult."

"It was the heads of delegations from our countries who discussed together and made substantial revisions."

"As for the spherical rigid body problem, the team leaders all agreed that it was very innovative."

“So, this question was retained.”

"You should think carefully about the next experimental question."

"The experimental questions have been revised based on Professor Bohr's suggestions."

“Professor Bruce was full of praise for the revised title.”

“You can imagine the changes that he appreciated so much.”

"hey-hey."

Lang Zhiwan smiled mysteriously and then left.

He cannot reveal more information yet.

Leaving many students nervous.

In the eyes of these students, his smile was like that of a devil.

Damn, is it necessary to be so scary?

"Will the experimental question ask us to prove the theory of relativity and quantum theory?"

"How is that possible? These two theories cannot be proven by one experiment."

"Forget it, stop bragging and go back to review."

"Maybe Wu is not good at doing experiments."

“We still have a chance to surpass.”

After hearing this, Irena, Rancho and others were not frightened, but instead became more motivated.

Irena is full of desire to win.

She is the only girl in this Olympiad, so she is unwilling to admit defeat and wants to prove herself.

In her opinion, the status of women in this world is too low.

They are assumed to be not smart and cannot even go to school properly and get a degree.

Irena wants to break this prejudice.

And her mother, Madame Curie, was the person she loved and admired the most.

Deep down, she had always hoped to be like her mother.

Make great achievements and prove yourself in the science that men are most proud of.

And this physics competition was the beginning of her making her own voice heard.

Lan Che was very excited, as experiments were what he was best at.

When he first entered university, he couldn't stand the "custom" of seniors bullying freshmen.

So I made a little conductive gadget.

When the senior wanted to humiliate him by peeing on him, he was instantly electrocuted by the electric current flowing through his urine.

Lanche became famous overnight and became a celebrity in the school.

His hands-on ability is unmatched among his peers.

The more bizarre the experiment, the more it arouses his interest.

So he couldn't wait for the next exam.

For the first time, Rancho was inspired to win.

He was being influenced subtly.

Of course, only a genius of the same level as Wu Youxun could change his mind.

Wu Youxun, Ye Qisun and others were also full of confidence.

Although the other four members of the Huaxia team did not answer the last question, Wu Youxun still had great hopes of winning the first place.

He alone can raise the group average score by 2 points.

The gap of 2 points can be said to be very large.

In this way, as long as no serious mistakes are made in the experimental questions, the group's results will not be too bad.

There is a great possibility that the team will be ranked in the top three.

In other words, the principal's prediction is coming true!

At this moment, all the contestants present were excited and ready to face the experimental questions.

Despite Professor Lang Zhiwan's "threat", no one took it seriously.

The experimental questions focus on carefulness, rigor and hands-on ability.

It will definitely not test your imaginative thinking like the third question in the theory test.

Moreover, given China's current situation, it will definitely be at a disadvantage in the experimental questions.

After all, their university has only been built for more than ten years, and it is estimated that it does not even have many instruments and equipment.

Therefore, students receive very little experimental training.

Unlike European universities, there are many homemade instruments made by big guys.

For example, Irene, her mother Marie Curie even had her own private laboratory.

What a huge advantage this is.

Therefore, those Western players are gearing up to play to their strengths.

However, they soon discovered that they were totally wrong.

When everyone saw the question, they just wanted to shout:

"Fuck!"

(End of this chapter)