1900: A physics genius wandering around Europe

Chapter 580: Conference news announced! The physics community is shocked! A storm is brewing! A small surprise!
Shortly after Li Qiwei returned to the Quantum Institute, two pieces of news successively set off a sensation in the physics community.

The first news is that the results of the 3rd Physics Olympiad have been announced.

The Chinese team surpassed the second-place German team by 0.5 points and won the team gold medal for the first time.

Anderson of the American team won the individual gold medal.

As soon as the news came out, the whole world was shocked!

The whole of China was immersed in the joy of winning the team gold medal.

This is an unprecedented feat!
Wu Youxun won the individual gold medal, which represents that China can also produce one-in-a-million geniuses.

The fact that Wang Dezhao and others won the team gold medal means that China's foundation has been laid and its strength has begun to show.

She is bursting with endless possibilities!
"China is rising!"

Anderson's individual gold medal made Millikan, who was thousands of miles away, smile from ear to ear.

This is the strongest proof of his educational reform!

From then on, no one had any reason to hinder his plans.

At the same time, this achievement also means that European science will not always be at the forefront!
“America is rising!”

The results of the Physics Olympiad reflect a country's potential in the field of natural sciences.

Therefore, all governments attach great importance to it.

Due to historical reasons, the results of the first Olympiad are less valuable as a reference.

From the second session onwards, the competition became more formal.

Europe's performance in the second Physics Olympiad was a disappointment to other regions.

But no one is unbeatable.

After just one term, the situation was reversed!
It seemed as if the fortunes of some places were increasing or decreasing.

In this world, no one except Li Qiwei can see through this change.

However, the Physics Olympiad is only talked about among the lower levels of the scientific community and ordinary people.

For the top bosses, no matter how great a genius is, if he does not have real academic achievements, he is not worth paying attention to.

However, soon after, another piece of news shocked many physics leaders.

At the first World Congress of Mechanics, von Karman relayed Ridgway's chaos theory in his report.

When the report came out, everyone was shocked!

Chaos theory brings as much shock to physicists as relativity and quantum mechanics do to theoretical physicists!

The Congress of Mechanics became famous because of this and attracted the attention of countless people.

It's a pity that if it weren't for the participation of Master Li Qiwei and his apprentice, this supreme conference in the field of mechanics would probably have been as unknown as most other conferences.

However, the appearance of Professor Bruce and chaos theory instantly raised the level of the meeting.

Soon, chaos theory caused a stir in the physics community.

Even the big names in theoretical physics are shocked by chaos theory!

"Professor Bruce has opened up a new direction!"

“This is a completely new theory, full of potential!”

“Perhaps, chaos theory is the quantum mechanics of the macroscopic world!”

The term "butterfly effect" has also spread along with chaos theory and is talked about by countless people.

There are even science fiction writers who worship it crazily:

"Professor Bruce is a fountain of science fiction inspiration!"

In the past two months, Li Qiwei has successively proposed concepts such as vacuum zero-point energy, vacuum phase transition, and antimatter.

These advanced theories are full of mystery and can inspire people's endless imagination.

However, real physics masters do not regard them as science fiction.

“That is the unknown truth!”

Just as the physics community was hotly discussing the Physics Olympiad and chaos theory.

An even more explosive piece of news completely drove countless people crazy.

1924 8 Month 15 Day.

The journal Nature published an exclusive article by Li Qiwei.

The 4th Bruce Conference is officially confirmed!

The time is the same as previous years, but the location has been changed to Brussels, the capital of Belgium.

The theme of the meeting was not surprising: quantum mechanics.

As soon as the news came out, the academic community was shocked!

The meeting that countless people have been looking forward to has finally arrived!

"Oh, God!"

“I can’t believe how wonderful this meeting will be!”

“There are so many achievements that have been made in the past three years!”

“The content of quantum mechanics is even richer than that of relativity.”

"Oh, what a pity that I can't attend."

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Countless people talked about it.

This time, Li Qiwei did not officially release the list in advance.

Therefore, only those who receive the invitation letter can be sure that they are invited.

As a result, the tense atmosphere instantly stirred up the physics community.

Of course the top bosses are not worried at all, they will definitely be invited.

But the people in the second and third echelons were a little nervous.
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University of Cambridge, UK.

Wilson is explaining an experiment to students in the laboratory.

Although he is already a professor, he has not forgotten his original intention and always squeezes out more time for teaching.

"Any phenomenon of the experiment must be recorded truthfully."

“Sometimes, what you think is a mistake may not be a mistake, but a new discovery.”

The students nodded.

At this time, someone suddenly asked:
"Professor, the light on your instrument is not on. Could it be some unknown phenomenon?"

Wilson glanced at the instrument and silently pressed the back button.

"Oh, I forgot to turn it on."

Everyone:.
Just as Wilson continued to explain without changing his expression or heartbeat.

Suddenly, his assistant came hurriedly.

"Professor, your invitation has arrived!"

Wilson was stunned.

"What invitation?"

The assistant said excitedly:
"Invitation letter to the 4th Bruce Conference sent by the Quantum Research Institute!"

Wow!
Everyone was shocked, then envious and happy.

Wilson's eyes widened with disbelief!

Although he attended the third Bruce Conference.

But that meeting was different.

It was the first large-scale academic conference after the war, and its symbolic significance was greater than its academic significance.

In order to inspire everyone to have confidence in the future, Professor Bruce invited a large number of people, including young people who have not even graduated from college.

Therefore, Wilson was not overly excited at the time and he did not report on the meeting.

But the fourth session was completely different.

This was a purely academic conference on quantum mechanics.

According to the meeting requirements, all participants designated by Professor Bruce need to make a public report.

What will be discussed are all the core contents and remaining issues of quantum mechanics.

Therefore, everyone must be adequately prepared!

Wilson took a deep breath.

"This invitation letter represents Bruce's recognition of me!"

"I must not let him down!"

Then, he smiled and said to the students:
"You see it."

"I didn't turn on the instrument, just to wait for the invitation to arrive."

Everyone laughed.

In the Cavendish Laboratory not far away.

Rutherford took the invitation and smiled.

"The theme of this session is quantum mechanics. Why did Bruce invite me?"

"Does nuclear physics also fall within the scope of quantum mechanics?" "Bruce has such a big appetite."

"No, I need to ask him."

Chadwick next to him found it very funny.

He complained inwardly:
“I don’t know whether the teacher really doesn’t know or is just pretending not to know.”

"You are a big shot in the field of physics and have broken free from the confines of your research field."

"If Professor Bruce doesn't even invite you, then he won't invite Professor Lorentz, Madame Curie and others either."

"That's definitely impossible!"

Of course, Chadwick didn't dare say it directly.

Perhaps Professor Rutherford was having a passionate conversation with Professor Bruce from a distance.

Otherwise why are you laughing so happily?
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University of Rome, Italy.

Fermi ended his research under Born ahead of schedule. In Born's words, he said: I have nothing more to teach you.

So Fermi returned to his homeland.

As soon as he returned, he was directly hired by the University of Rome as a professor of theoretical physics.

At the same time, at the age of 23, he is also the youngest professor in the school's history.

And no one thought there was anything wrong with all this.

The Fermi-Dirac statistics, discovered by Fermi and Dirac, are crucial to quantum mechanics.

At this moment, he is an authority in Italian physics.

After returning to the University of Rome, Fermi devoted some of his energy to shifting his research focus to nuclear physics.

The knowledge and experience he learned from Professor Born were secondary; the height of his vision was the most important.

Today, the high-end physics community has basically accepted a fact.

That is, the wild era of quantum mechanics has passed, and it is no longer possible to easily discover earth-shaking results.

The Fourth Bruce Conference may be the last comprehensive summary.

There was even a rumor going around that Professor Bruce was going to resolve all problems at this meeting!
Fermi found it a little unbelievable!

He knew that there was still a very critical problem in quantum mechanics that had not been solved.

"Could it be that Professor Bruce has made another breakthrough?"

"This is too exaggerated."

Fermi felt that he was still young and did not need to hang himself on a tree.

It is unlikely that he will be able to make greater achievements in the pure theoretical field of quantum mechanics.

Nuclear physics is the field that the bigwigs are most optimistic about at the moment, and even Professor Bruce has talked about it publicly more than once.

At this moment, when Fermi received the invitation, he did not show much surprise.

Because it was within his expectations.

The President of the University of Rome, Vecchio, who was standing next to him, was very surprised.

The old man smiled and said:

"Femi, congratulations!"

"I heard that this meeting is different from the last one."

"Everyone who receives an invitation letter is a big shot recognized by Professor Bruce!"

"You are the only one from Italy attending the meeting."

"You have brought honor to the country!"

Fermi smiled bitterly and said:

"Principal, I'm in a state of panic now."

"I'm the one assigned by Professor Bruce to give the report, so I have to prepare carefully."

Vecchio patted Fermi on the shoulder and encouraged him:

"That's Professor Bruce's recognition of your academic ability!"
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France, Radium Institute.

Irena was in a bad mood. She sat alone at the table in the laboratory, staring blankly out the window.

Madame Curie sighed helplessly, walked to her side, and comforted her:
"You are just too strong-willed."

"This meeting was unusual, and Professor Bruce must have been careful when considering the list."

"Your current academic achievements are indeed a bit lacking."

"Just because you are someone's doctoral student, I can't give you a backdoor."

"Do you think your Uncle Bruce is that kind of person?"

"He is an academic leader, and his every word and action is watched by countless people."

Irena hugged her mother and said aggrievedly:
"Mom, am I useless?"

"Pauli has even received an invitation, and I am his senior."

Madame Curie pretended to be stern and said:
"Well, you're not a kid anymore."

"You can't be so rude to Pauli. You have to respect others."

"Pauli's academic achievements are extremely high in the entire physics community."

“He’ll definitely get an invitation.”

Irena felt even worse after hearing this.

Madame Curie continued to comfort her:
"You are still young and there will be many opportunities in the future."

"Think about it, it's only been 30 years since Professor Roentgen discovered X-rays and Professor Becquerel discovered radioactivity."

“Physics has really changed.”

“Who can predict what physics will be like in the next thirty years?”

“So, you just need to work hard on your research.”

“Don’t put the cart before the horse.”

Irena nodded obediently.

She also knew that her current level was not enough to attend the meeting.

It's just that I can't accept the cruel reality for the time being.

At this time, Madame Curie suddenly smiled fondly and asked:

"By the way, when is your wedding with Joliot going to be held?"

Irena blushed immediately.
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University of Berlin, Germany.

Einstein and Schrödinger undoubtedly received the invitation.

However, what they cared about was not this, but a letter from Bruce that followed.

There is only one main content in the letter:
"I know how to understand wave-particle duality."

Einstein smiled and said:

"Bruce is trying to intimidate both of us."

"We disagreed with his interpretation of the probability wave, so he deliberately sent a letter like this to disrupt the morale of the troops."

Schrodinger smiled slightly when he heard this.

"Professor Bruce is indeed as innocent as a child sometimes."

Then he asked doubtfully:

"Currently, wave mechanics and matrix mechanics have developed independently, one focusing on waves and the other on particles, and they are clearly distinguished."

"There has to be a theory that accommodates this contradiction."

"Has Professor Bruce found the answer?"

"But wave-particle duality is just a property and cannot be theorized at present."

“And how does it resolve this contradiction?”

Einstein smiled mysteriously and said:

"It's useless even if Bruce has the answer."

"Regarding probability waves, I have thought of a fatal problem!"

"I'm curious to see how Bruce will explain it."

Wow!
Schrödinger was shocked when he heard this.

"Brother Ai, are you serious?"

Professor Einstein in front of us is no ordinary person.

Sometimes he could even see the shadow of Professor Bruce in the other person.

Schrödinger suddenly became full of anticipation for the upcoming meeting.

This time it is the real pinnacle of quantum mechanics! ——
The news of the 4th Bruce Conference completely set off the physics community and was highly anticipated.

The bosses were extremely excited and were making final preparations for the meeting.

However, Li Qiwei himself could not get excited.

Because he fell ill unexpectedly.

(End of this chapter)