1900: A physics genius wandering around Europe

Chapter 452: Brain waves! Brain-computer interface! Artificial flying sword! Professor Bruce's imagination is unbridled!
1920 5 Month 30 Day.

Bruce Building.

With the publication of the nuclear fusion paper, Li Qiwei was once again pushed to the top of the news.

There is a constant stream of people who want to visit him at the group every day.

They are all authoritative leaders in their respective industries.

Even the U.S. War Department sent someone to have a brief conversation with him.

After this, Li Qiwei also knew the attitudes of these major powers.

He felt a lot more relaxed, at least he didn't have to deal with it so hard.

Only then did the employees of Bruce Group understand why they felt like there was the sun above their heads that day.

It turned out that I was enlightened by the chairman’s paper.

At this moment, in Li Qiwei's office, he was receiving the editor-in-chief of Science journal, Professor Cattell.

"Hello, Professor Cattell."

“Thank you for your support for my paper.”

The reason why Li Qiwei's paper was published so quickly was, of course, because he went through the green channel.

Carter laughed and said:
"Professor Bruce, you are so polite."

"If Science doesn't publish your paper soon, I'll be a sinner in the scientific community."

After hearing this, Li Qiwei suddenly felt very emotional.

In his previous life, he was able to know the editor-in-chief of Science. What a great connection that was.

As for publishing an article on it, not only he but even his mentor didn't dare to think about it.

It is extremely difficult to publish a pure physics paper in a top journal such as Science.

And now, the famous editor-in-chief of Science feels very honored because of one of his papers.

In order to make up for the regrets of his previous life, Li Qiwei prepared to take severe revenge.

"Well, from now on, if I want to graduate, my research group must publish in Science and Nature."

If this standard were applied in later generations, it would scare all masters and doctors to death.

Cartell looked at this scientific genius and great figure in front of him.

Although it wasn't his first time meeting Professor Bruce, it was still very different to observe him so closely.

As a psychologist, he is good at capturing some micro-expressions and movements, from which he can get a glimpse into a person's mental state.

However, his method didn't work when facing Professor Bruce.

Cartel was deeply shocked.

"Oh my God! His eyes are as deep as the stars in the universe."

“I almost fell into it.”

“I can only feel a vast and eternal atmosphere.”

"It's really hard to imagine what kind of horrible things exist in Professor Bruce's mind!"

At this moment, Cartel dared not observe any more.

The biological aura emanating from this man is too strong.

He never felt this kind of pressure when he met with some senior US officials.

His curiosity about Li Qiwei has now reached its peak.

"Professor Bruce, on behalf of the journal Science, I would like to invite you to serve as honorary editor-in-chief."

"If there are papers we are unsure about in the future, we hope you can help check them out."

Cartel's invitation is sincere.

He saw the trajectory of the tide of the times from the reforms of Nature.

In today's era of scientific explosion, earth-shaking papers appear from time to time.

They completely break people's common sense and even the authority of existing science.

In this case, the editor's ability and vision become very important.

Otherwise some brilliant papers will be buried.

There are many such cases in real history.

For example, after Compton discovered the Compton effect, he published his paper in the American Journal of Physics.

This is a second-rate journal in the physics community.

It turned out that the review editor of this journal was completely unprofessional and had no idea how important the Compton effect is.

So I put it together with some junk articles and published them slowly in order.

It took half a year from the time he submitted his paper to Compton for it to be published.

However, during this period, another German physicist, Debye, also discovered this effect.

He was the first to publish it in a German journal, which instantly shocked the physics community.

A few months later, Compton's paper was also published, which created an embarrassing situation.

However, Debye did not have much grudge against this and he did not compete with Compton for the results.

In the end, it was the latter who won the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Now, Cartel is worried that this situation will occur, which will cause truly innovative and excellent papers to be overshadowed.

So, he thought that if he could invite Professor Bruce to take charge, he wouldn't have to worry about this kind of blunder.

Upon hearing this, Li Qiwei gladly accepted the other party's request.

"my pleasure."

He already has no idea how many scientific journals he is honorary editor of.

Every day, a number of sample papers are sent to the Quantum Institute.

Of course, whether to reply or not depends entirely on his mood.

And most of the work is now done by Schrödinger.

After receiving a positive answer, Cartel hurriedly expressed his gratitude.

At this moment, he suddenly became hesitant, as if he didn't know how to start.

Li Qiwei noticed his abnormality and asked in confusion:

"What's wrong, Professor Cuttle?"

"You don't want me to help you review all the papers, do you?"

"Then I guess I don't have that much time."

Ridgeway made a joke.

Carter waved his hands quickly and finally said:
"I would like to ask Professor Bruce to help me complete an experiment."

"I am a psychologist, and I am currently studying the psychological state of top scientists through data analysis."

"See how they are different from ordinary people."

"And you, Professor Bruce, are my best research subject."

"I don't know, does this offend you?"

ha?
Li Qiwei was really confused.

My goodness, the other party is preparing to study him.

Fortunately, Cartell is not a medical scientist.

Otherwise, I would have to dissect my own brain.

In real history, Einstein received this special treatment.

His brain was cut into many pieces and collected by many people.

Li Qiwei shuddered at the thought.

too frightening.

"Professor Cattell, you are not going to dissect me."

Carter was startled when he heard this, then smiled and said:

"Haha, Professor Bruce, you worry too much."

"My specialty is psychological testing, not medical anatomy."

"I mainly use instruments to measure your body parameters."

"Moreover, I have prepared one of the most advanced measurement programs in the world today."

Li Qiwei asked curiously:

"What is it?"

Carter said excitedly:

"In March this year, German medical scientist Professor Berger published the first electroencephalogram (EEG) in human history."

"This is a milestone discovery in the history of brain science and even psychology."

Then, Carter began to excitedly introduce the technology.

Li Qiwei was shocked when he heard this. EEG actually already exists in this era.

This was a bit unexpected.

He thought that this thing would have to wait until the 1960s or 1970s.

In real history, in 1857, British physiologist Cartoon had already discovered EEG activity in the monkey's brain.

Soon, scientists discovered similar electrophysiological activities in the human brain, which sparked a research boom.

It was not until Berger first recorded a complete human brain wave and presented it in the form of an electroencephalogram.

Scientists have officially entered this new field of research.

The so-called electroencephalogram is a graph formed by recording the spontaneous bioelectric potential of the human brain from the scalp through sophisticated electronic instruments.

Its basis is brain waves, which are the overall response of nerve cells when performing electrophysiological activities.

Each person's brain waves are unique, with different frequencies, intensities, and so on.

In later generations, brain wave detection was widely used in brain science research.

Using it, we can even develop an amazing technology: brain-computer interface.

It is to connect the human brain and mechanical equipment.

Allow paralyzed patients to control machines through their brain waves and move according to their own thoughts.

Thereby achieving the effect of replacing one's own limbs.

In his previous life, Li Qiwei was deeply fascinated by this technology.

In his opinion, if this technology develops to a certain level, humans should be able to control flying swords with their thoughts.

For example, there are various electronic components inside the flying sword.

These devices can then receive brain waves of specific frequencies emitted by the human brain.

This is the "flying sword recognizes its master."

Flying with a sword and taking heads from thousands of miles away are no problem at all.

That's really terrifying!

At this moment, Cartell didn't know that Professor Bruce in front of him knew more about EEG than he did.

After he finished his introduction, he smiled and comforted:
"Professor Bruce, don't be afraid."

"Detecting your brain waves is a non-invasive process, and only requires electrodes to be attached to your head."

Of course Li Qiwei was not afraid, as he had done this many times in his previous life.

He was dragged by those people from the School of Life Sciences to be a guinea pig.

But at this moment, he became extremely curious about the experimental results.

Because he is a time traveler, there shouldn't be any mutation in his brain waves.

"Oh my goodness, if the result is different from others, it will be fun."

However, he didn't care much.

Today's EEG technology is not even in its infancy.

He even doubted whether the cartel in front of him had the ability to conduct professional analysis.

I guess he's not even as good as himself.

Cartell was shocked to see Li Qiwei so calm.

EEG technology is the most advanced technology in the fields of psychology and medicine.

In the United States, very few people dare to volunteer to measure their brain waves.

They believed it was witchcraft, black magic, and would absorb the soul of the tester into hell.

If this happened in China, it would be a definite soul-stealing technique and no one would dare to try it.

But the Professor Bruce in front of him seemed relaxed and calm.

There was no sign of tension or anxiety at all.

This made Cartel admire it.

"As expected, he is the greatest scientist of his time."

"Professor Bruce, I'm afraid you can see through the nature of this technology at a glance."

"Of course, there is nothing to be afraid of."

Cartel was now even more excited about the outcome.

Soon, he called in the assistant he had brought with him.

Several people installed various instruments on Li Qiwei in an orderly manner.

The experiments lasted for more than half an hour.

When it came to the final EEG measurement, Li Qiwei's eyes were fixed on the instrument.

Suddenly, there was a gleam in his eyes, and some kind of spirituality was looming.

It seems like I have discovered something extraordinary.

But soon, he calmed down and his face remained calm.

The cartel remained silent throughout.

He is not yet particularly proficient in this technique.

All data needs to be returned and properly organized before analysis.

However, soon, his negligence will cause a famous mystery in the history of human science.

Professor Bruce's EEG! It's missing!
Before Cartel died, he kept muttering:

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

His family and friends asked him what was impossible.

Carter never answered.

He was one of only two people in the world, besides Li Qiwei, who had seen the EEG.

However, the picture he remembered in his mind was incomplete and some important information was missing.

Besides, he was too embarrassed to ask Professor Bruce to test it again.

So, there is an unsolved mystery left.

At this time, after finishing the test, Li Qiwei started chatting with Cartell with great interest.

Especially when he proposed the idea of ​​brain-computer interface, the other party was shocked.

"Oh! God! Professor Bruce, your imagination is so wild."

"I just explained EEG to you, and you can think of such an application."

Cartell was completely impressed by Li Qiwei.

He finally felt what the so-called peerless genius was like.

"This is too scary!"

Only then did he realize that this world's top scientist had another identity: a science fiction writer.

His imagination is much stronger than that of ordinary people.

That’s right, in his opinion, this brain-computer interface is a technology that only appears in science fiction novels.

It's really amazing!
If this can really be achieved, it will be a miracle in medical history!

It can even completely change the way human beings survive.

After obtaining Ridgway's approval, Cattell wrote the idea into a short paper.

Once published, it instantly shocked the entire medical community.

All medical scientists were shocked by this incredible idea.

Li Qiwei didn't care about it at all.

Because soon, he will become a true legend in the field of medicine with a miraculous discovery.
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1920 5 Month 31 Day.

After ending his trip to the United States, Ridgway returned to Britain with Dyson, Eddington and others.

After returning to London, he attended the wedding of Rutherford's daughter Irene.

During this period, various bigwigs arrived.

They urged Ridgway to tell about his journey to the United States.

Fowler, the groom, couldn't help but ask an astronomy question.

This made the bigwigs present burst into laughter.

Rutherford looked at the lively scene and felt very happy.

"Thank you, Bruce!"

After the wedding, Li Qiwei returned to the Quantum Institute to continue his ultimate research.

At the same time, there was a surge in the physics community.

A corner of a brilliant world will soon be unveiled.

Before that, there was another important event.

The 2nd Physics Olympiad!
About to start!
(End of this chapter)