1900: A physics genius wandering around Europe

Chapter 448: Paper published! Nuclear fusion! The world is shocked! Bruce, the "King of the Sun"!

Top floor of Bruce Building.

Li Qiwei put down the pen in his hand, stood up and walked to the window.

Looking at the bustling world below, his eyes were vague and deep.

But his heart had already flown to the other side of the ocean.

Li Qiwei knew very well that once this paper was published, nuclear fusion would become a secret research topic of all countries.

This terrifying theory of being able to create the sun would be unimaginable once it was turned into technology.

If it could be used on weapons, it would be a powerful weapon to suppress the world.

European countries, having just experienced World War I, probably understand the importance of weapons better than anyone else.

But Li Qiwei was not worried about his own safety.

In the current era, the difficulty of achieving weapons-grade nuclear fusion is countless times greater than its power.

The high temperature conditions of tens of millions of degrees mentioned by Li Qiwei in his paper are enough to deter any country.

Before the advent of the atomic bomb, this was a condition that was impossible for humans to create.

Therefore, nuclear fusion is destined to be a beautiful dream.

Beautiful but illusory.

For such a dream, Professor Bruce, the world's top scientist, must be captured.

Then Li Qiwei can only turn completely evil and become the devil who destroys the world.

In terms of destructive power, something is countless times more terrifying than an atomic bomb, and it is precisely targeted.

Once upon a time, Li Qiwei was planning to use nuclear fusion as a bait to fool Western countries.

The great powers spent huge amounts of manpower and material resources and invested them into this bottomless pit.

He himself secretly developed the atomic bomb using nuclear fission.

However, when he firmly believed that destiny was in China and his state of mind broke through.

This kind of thought has faded a lot.

Because he has greater ambitions and a bigger spirit.

The atomic bomb and the rise of China were just part of his plan.

He has an invincible faith and absolute self-confidence.

Moreover, Western countries are not fools.

With so many top scientists, they will naturally conduct a detailed assessment of nuclear fusion.

If it was Eddington who published the paper, the impact would probably have been much smaller.

The name Bruce Lee will make this nuclear fusion paper unprecedented.

This is the influence that Ridgway has today.

Not to mention publishing a paper, even a random word from him could cause a lot of trouble.

If he said: Kelp can entangle submarines.

I believe that countries like Britain and France will conduct experiments secretly.

Li Qiwei's status and position are destined to make his every unintentional move have a profound impact on the world.

Even if there is no deception subjectively, it is automatically deceptive objectively.

Several years later, various countries collectively accused Li Qiwei.

"Professor Bruce, given your extremely noble status, why would you do such a despicable thing?"

"You tricked us into doing nuclear fusion, but you yourself researched the atomic bomb for China."

Li Qiwei: I am not fooling you, you should study it on your own.

Countries: It’s all your fault for publishing that paper. Nuclear fusion is simply not feasible.

Li Qiwei: Oh? Then look at this, what is this?
boom!
In the far distance, a mushroom cloud larger than an atomic bomb rose up.

All countries: @#￥%……%……

At this moment, Li Qiwei gently stretched out his right hand.

He held the paper on nuclear fusion in his hands.

Suddenly, the paper burned slowly and turned into a miniature sun, emitting terrifying heat and causing ripples in space.

In his eyes, there were endless flames dancing and flashing.

"Let this sun shine on my path to invincibility."

boom!
All the employees in Bruce Building felt a tremor in their hearts.

"Oh my God! Why do I feel so hot all of a sudden!"

"It was as if a sun appeared above my head."

"Oh my god, this isn't the end of the world."

With the managers' comfort, everyone finally calmed down.

And soon, they knew why they had this feeling.
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Washington, DC, USA.

The journal Science is headquartered here.

In Li Qiwei's previous life, "Nature" and "Science" were the two sacred journals in the field of natural sciences.

Countless scientific researchers work day and night without sleep, but they dare not hope to publish papers in these two major journals.

Because that's too difficult.

Especially for official publications, it is even more difficult than climbing to the sky.

In China, if anyone can publish a paper in the official journals of Nature and Science, he will receive countless honors and funds.

To this end, many people even resort to fraud.

That’s right, I’m talking about Korean researchers.

The harvest is really too tempting.

Even in this day and age, Science remains as famous as ever.

It was originally invested and founded by Edison in 1880, and later changed hands several times before becoming the official publication of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science, similar to the Chinese Science Society, is the largest private scientific group in the United States.

Scientists such as Millikan and Hale are almost all members.

Therefore, Science journal has no worries about sales and popularity.

In real history, Morgan's fruit fly genetics, Hubble's spiral galaxy and other achievements were published in this journal.

Therefore, it is now the most authoritative scientific journal in the United States, on par with Nature in the United Kingdom.

Like Nature, Science is also a weekly magazine.

It also publishes only the best original research papers, as well as high-end content such as reviews analyzing current research.

At this moment, the six-story building at the headquarters of Science journal is a scene of bustling activity.

Many editors came and went, discussing the latest submitted papers.

Like Nature, Science also benefited from the era of scientific explosion.

It also followed the example of Nature and expanded several professional sub-journals to adapt to the development of the times.

However, its official publication still retains its transcendent status.

If it is not the most top-notch paper, it is impossible to be published there even if there is a vacancy.

However, the requirements for sub-publications are much lower.

Therefore, a large number of papers are received here every day.

The current editor-in-chief, Cartel, was sitting in his office on the sixth floor, drinking coffee and enjoying the new start of the day.

He is 60 years old this year and has been at the helm of Science for more than 20 years.

He himself is a psychologist.

But this does not hinder his profound influence in the American scientific community.

Because as a psychologist, he is a little too awesome in the United States.

Cattell was the world's first professor of psychology and founded the first psychology laboratory in the United States.

He founded the American Psychological Association and was the first psychologist to be elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

All these honors are due to his outstanding academic contributions to psychology.

Cattell was a pioneer of applied psychology in the United States.

He was the first psychologist to introduce statistical quantification into psychology.

At the same time, he was also the first person in the world to break away from the scope of philosophy and explain psychology purely from a scientific perspective.

You know, this is not easy in this era.

Cattell once said: "Psychology can never have the accuracy of natural science if it is not based on experiments and measurements."

Therefore, he was the first to propose the concept of "psychological test".

He compiled fifty test forms in his laboratory.

Measurements include: muscle strength, movement speed, pain sensitivity, visual and auditory acuity, weight discrimination, memory, etc.

Through these precise tests, statistical methods are used to systematically describe a person's psychological state and study the differences between individuals.

This is Cattell's work in psychology.

He has a pilgrimage-like worship of science.

Therefore, he looked down on psychologists like Freud.

He believed that the psychoanalysis method mentioned in the other party's book "The Interpretation of Dreams" was complete nonsense and had no scientific basis.

He even publicly stated:

"No clinical psychologist would treat his patients according to Freud's psychoanalysis."

However, the cartel's opposition did not affect Floyd's success at all.

The establishment of the International Psychoanalytic Association in 1919 marked the final formation of the psychoanalytic school founded by the other party.

Just as Cartell was reminiscing about the past, suddenly, there was a hurried knock on the door.

He quickly came to his senses.

"Please come in."

Deputy Editor-in-Chief Dennis looked excited, holding a paper in his hand, and hurriedly walked up to Cattell and said excitedly:
"Editor-in-chief, Professor Bruce has submitted an article to Science."

Carter didn't react for a moment.

Just submit it. Is it worth it for you, a deputy editor-in-chief, to make a fuss about it?

After all, Science is a prestigious journal second only to Nature.

It's surprising that no one contributed.

So he didn't respond immediately.

Dennis quickly understood what was happening when he saw that his old boss looked normal.

He said loudly and clearly:
"Professor Cattell, it's Professor Bruce Lee who submitted the article!"

Wow!
Carter was startled.

"Who?"

"Is that Professor Bruce who just hosted the astronomy debate?"

Dennis nodded quickly.

"Yes."

"Professor Bruce's astronomy paper has finally been published."

"Look at this paper. It's absolutely shocking."

As a PhD in physics, Dennis is just a little-known figure in the physics community.

But his many years of editing experience have given him extremely keen insight.

The concept of nuclear fusion proposed in this paper made Dennis's soul tremble.

No language can describe it enough.

It goes beyond the scope of astronomy.

Rather than being an astronomy paper, this paper is more of a physics paper, but it is applied in the field of astronomy.

Dennis could not imagine the shock this paper would bring to the scientific community.

Stormy waves are not enough to describe it.

He suddenly thought of Professor Morgan's paper published in the journal Science a few years ago.

The concept of gene mutation is the core of that paper.

And it comes from Professor Bruce.

Dennis also rushed from Washington to New York for this great astronomy debate.

For the first time, he saw with his own eyes the legendary Professor Bruce.

I was deeply impressed in an instant.

He couldn't help but sigh:

"How can there be such an incredible man in the world?"

“His light is like the sun.”

Cartell didn't have time to think about it. He quickly took the paper and started reading it.

"Stellar energy!"

"Nuclear fusion!" "Hydrogen fuses into helium!"

"Nuclear reaction equation!"

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Although he majored in psychology, he also learned basic knowledge of natural sciences such as physics and chemistry.

He couldn't understand the professional terms and derivation process in the paper, but he could understand the results.

So, the cartel was shocked.

Even from a layman's perspective, he knew the importance of this paper.

"Oh, God! Professor Bruce is so outrageous!"

"He used his wisdom to create the sun!"

"I can't imagine what kind of shock this paper will bring to the scientific community!"

Suddenly, Carter realized an important problem.

That is, the level of this paper has exceeded the review capabilities of the editors of Science journal.

He was powerless and could only seek external help.

So he quickly ordered:
"Dennis, send the paper to Professor Haier and others by telegram immediately."

"Please ask them to give their review response within today."

"We need to publish this paper as quickly as possible."

Science journal rarely receives papers in the field of astronomy.

Because in the United States, astronomers prefer to publish their papers in the Astrophysical Journal.

The journal was founded by Hale and later became an official professional journal under the American Astronomical Society.

In real history, Chandrasekhar's paper on the limit of stellar mass was published there.

It is also a very authoritative journal in the field of astronomy.

The funny thing is that this journal was later classified as a Zone II journal by the Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
However, Cattell was well aware that it was a bit unfair to publish this paper in The Astrophysical Journal given its content.

It requires a higher-quality journal to carry it.

Dennis took the order and left, excitement still lingering on his face.

He understood that after today, Science magazine would usher in an unprecedented advertising effect.

Everyone in the scientific community is aware of Professor Bruce's habit.

That is, he does not publish papers easily, but whenever he does, he will definitely publish them in Nature.

And each one of them is earth-shattering.

Either reshape the physical foundations, or be the ultimate or open up a direction.

This habit of the other party also made Nature the supreme journal in the field of science.

Although "Science" claims to be on par with "Nature".

But Dennis was well aware that there was an invisible gap between the two.

That's where Professor Bruce comes in.

And now, the other party has published a paper in Science for the first time.

This is destined to be the greatest honor in the history of Science journal.

Dennis smiled and said:

"Next, I'll be busy."

After Dennis left, Cartell still held the paper excitedly and read it over and over again.

Although he is a psychologist, he loves natural sciences.

Otherwise, he would not be so keen on introducing science into psychology research and delving into it carefully.

Unfortunately, Cattell felt that his IQ was not high enough, otherwise he would be studying physical chemistry now.

Yes, he does not shy away from admitting that he has a low IQ and is not proud of his achievements.

This is nothing to be ashamed of, especially for a psychologist.

Cattell has a clear understanding and profound analysis of himself.

He knew very well that all his achievements, added together, were not half as good as Professor Bruce's.

So, Cattell has recently become very interested in the psychology of scientists.

In his view, all human behavior has traces to follow, rather than relying on vague dreams.

He is committed to exploring what factors lead to such a huge gap between ordinary people and scientists.

Especially a great and extraordinary being like Professor Bruce.

Among scientists, they are all outliers among the outliers.

It is simply the most precious experimental material that Cartel has ever dreamed of.

But unfortunately, he never had the chance to connect with Li Qiwei.

After all, a psychologist and a physicist really can't have a conversation if they don't have much of a relationship.

But now it's different.

Cattell saw an opportunity in this paper.

He could use this opportunity to visit him in person, and the other party happened to be staying in the United States recently.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Thinking of this, Carter's old face became excited.

After he prepared his paper for publication, he immediately went to New York.

Bring all your measuring tables and give Professor Bruce a thorough measurement.

"Perhaps I will be the first to decode Professor Bruce's genius brain."
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Mount Wilson Observatory, California.

Here and New York are on the east and west sides of the United States respectively, and the distance between the two is more than 4000 kilometers.

After the debate, Hale returned with Hubble and others.

Because the field of astronomy is about to enter a period of explosive growth.

So everyone should seize the time to do research.

Moreover, everyone will be able to see Professor Bruce at the conference two years later, so there is no need to stay in New York.

At this moment, at the observatory, Hubble was standing next to the world's largest telescope, the Hooker telescope.

The extra-large caliber of 2.5 meters makes it look like a star-destroying cannon.

No secret in the universe can escape its detection.

Hubble, who is only 1.8 meters tall, looks extremely petite.

With a smile on his face, he muttered to himself as he checked the parts of the telescope.

After the debate, Shapley was met by representatives from Harvard University.

The two sides had a great time talking.

In the end, Shapley got his wish and was hired as the director of the Harvard College Observatory.

Obviously, his performance on the court impressed the opponent.

Therefore, Shapley did not return with everyone else, but went directly to Harvard University for inspection.

Hubble was delighted.

Once Shapley left, it meant that he could enjoy the Hooker telescope alone from then on.

Professor Haier has already left the frontline research, so naturally he will not use it.

This is what Hubble has always dreamed of.

"The progress of both of my projects has been accelerated."

One is the problem of spiral nebulae, and the other is the problem of cosmic expansion.

Hubble was now confident.

He wanted to make a splash and prove himself at the 1922 conference.

Over the years, he has gained countless honors and glory because of Professor Bruce.

But he is well aware that these honors also come with heavy pressure.

Genius is worthless in today's scientific world.

Even if Hubble had been praised by Professor Bruce himself, it would be of no use.

We must produce actual results.

Just like Wu Youxun, once the Wu-Compton effect came out, no one questioned the value of his gold medal anymore.

Scientific achievements are scientists' greatest confidence.

Just as Hubble was working hard, someone called him to go to the director's office immediately.

Hubble didn't understand, but he put down his work and walked towards Haier's office.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Professor Haier standing up excitedly.

"Hubble, come here."

"Professor Bruce's paper is about to be published!"

"Oh my God! You can never imagine how shocking it is."

After that, Hale handed Hubble the telegram he had just received from New York.

Hubble's heart started pounding when he heard this.

He couldn't wait to see Professor Bruce's first astronomy paper.

At the debate, the strength displayed by the opponent once again proved to everyone how terrifying Professor Bruce was.

And now, what kind of sensation will this paper written by the other party himself cause?
Hubble was extremely excited!
Just by looking at the title, he knew that this was a paper under review.

He immediately guessed the whole story.

This is the special treatment Professor Haier gives him because of his special status.

"Hydrogen fusion!"

"Ten million degrees of heat!"

"Proton-neutron model application!"

"The first step is to transform the P nucleus into a D nucleus."

"The second step is to transform the D nucleus into a helium-3 nucleus."

"The third step is to transform the helium 3-nucleus into the helium 4-nucleus."

"Four protons, start fusion!"

Just finished watching.

"hiss!"

Hubble couldn't help but gasp.

He felt as if a surge of hot blood was rushing from the soles of his feet to the top of his head and bursting out with a loud bang.

"It's so shocking!"

"How bold!"

At this moment he simply couldn't find the words to describe this paper.

Any language pales in comparison.

Although this is just a guess.

However, the theoretical analysis and calculations contained therein all reflect Professor Bruce's amazing intuition.

Looking at the dazed Hubble, Haier said with great emotion:

"Professor Bruce has perfectly applied his knowledge of atomic structure and quantum theory to the problem of stellar energy."

"I'm afraid only he can come up with such a brilliant idea."

"I really can't imagine that the proton-neutron model he proposed can explain the nature of star formation so smoothly."

"This paper has revolutionized my understanding of astronomy research."

The fact that the astronomy giant Haier could say such words shows the shock he felt from this paper.

It has opened up a new field of research.

And there is unlimited space for imagination.

Further fusion of helium, internal structure based on nuclear fusion, stellar evolution, etc.

Hubble was reluctant to take his eyes off the paper for a long time.

"If there is a God, then he must have created the world according to the theory of general relativity."

"Then, through nuclear fusion, stars were created."

Hubble could hardly imagine the shock this would cause in the scientific community.
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1920 5 Month 20 Day.

Li Qiwei's paper was published on the cover of Science journal.

The title is "On the Source of Stellar Energy".

The concept of nuclear fusion was introduced for the first time!
As soon as the article came out, the world was shocked!

Countless people shouted in disbelief:

"Professor Bruce created the sun with his pen."

"He is the well-deserved King of the Sun!"

boom!
(End of this chapter)