1900: A physics genius wandering around Europe

Chapter 54 Nobel Prize News
Time flies and it is February.

After a month, He Yujie, Xia Yuancong and Xu Qitai quickly adapted to life at Cambridge University.

The three of them are the "second generation" of this era, so they have no pressure at all even in a foreign country.

Especially Xu Qitai, this kid is obsessed with the devil. Sometimes he even sneaks out to see the so-called foreign horses, which makes Li Qiwei laugh and cry.

Therefore, in order to add pressure to them, in addition to their normal language learning every day, the three of them will also receive small lessons from Li Qiwei in the evening from now on.

The textbooks used are those compiled by Li Qiwei himself. Currently, we start with physics and teach in Chinese.

"Don't think that just because you have a certain foundation, you think that physics from hundreds of years ago is very simple and don't want to learn it. That's because you don't have any experience."

"Come, look at this mechanics analysis problem. Who can list the force balance equations for each pulley?"

Looking at the seven or eight small pulleys spinning around on the simple blackboard, the three of them felt overwhelmed and like frogs in a well.

Isn't Newtonian mechanics just F=ma? How come it was transformed in Teacher Li's hands and instantly became such difficult knowledge?

Li Qiwei looked at the frustrated expressions of the three people and felt very relieved. "Five years of college entrance examination, three years of simulation", do you think this is a joke?

Under the admiring gazes of the three people, Li Qiwei solved the problem with a few clicks, causing a burst of exclamations.

He Yujie's eyes lit up, "Brother Li is a hundred times better than Instructor Davis!"

Xu Qitai even sighed, "Brother Li is even better at teaching than my father!"

Xia Yuanzhen was secretly taking notes, recording Li Qiwei's ideas for solving the problem in detail, and had already started to roll up his sleeves with the other two.

Next, it was acoustics, optics, and electricity. Li Qiwei broke down the knowledge bit by bit and fed it to these three gifted children.

They learn with pain and joy, and grow every day.

That morning, Ridgway was suddenly called to the laboratory by Thomson. When he arrived, he found that Rutherford and Wilson were already sitting there, and he didn't see anyone else in the laboratory.

Thomson casually smoothed his thinning hair, then picked up a letter and said, "This is from a friend at Lund University in Sweden."

"He said that the first Nobel Prize will be awarded this year. You can check out the details."

"Wow!" Rutherford and Wilson exclaimed immediately. Li Qiwei was also stunned. He almost forgot about this matter.

Wilson thought that he came from the Qing Dynasty and didn't know who Nobel was, so he quickly introduced him and hurriedly picked up the envelope. The three of them read it together.

Of course, there is no need for Li Qiwei to look closely. He knows everything about the Nobel Prize better than anyone else.

Before the Nobel Prize in Physics, it was difficult for physicists of this era to brag because there were no awards for physics.

No one knows the true level of your achievements, let alone laymen, who are completely unable to judge.

This is not only true for physics, but also for other fields of science, so there is an urgent need for a standard of judgment.

Awards are used for publicity and positioning, so that truly amazing people can become known around the world.

Of course, we cannot be like later generations, who gave themselves a lot of titles, which would only make things more ridiculous.

In 1895, Nobel donated all his inheritance to establish five awards: the Prize in Physics, the Prize in Chemistry, the Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the Prize in Literature, and the Prize in Peace.

It was first awarded in 1901, and in 1968, a new prize in economics was added.

The selection is held once a year, hosted by Sweden and Norway, and the awardees are the King of Sweden and the head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (replacing those two words).

One special thing is that the Nobel Prize is only awarded to living people.

And according to the regulations, a maximum of two different achievements can be awarded, and each achievement can have a maximum of three co-winners.

There is only one criterion for the Nobel Prize: "the person who has made the greatest contribution to mankind." There is no objection to this for the Physics Prize, Chemistry Prize, and Physiology or Medicine Prize. As for the last three, it depends on personal opinion.

Since its establishment, the Nobel Prize has become the highest award in the field of natural sciences, and countless people have strived for it throughout their lives!
Even just being nominated can make you famous all over the world.

After five years of warm-up, the scientific community has been looking forward to this award for a long time.

The first Nobel Prize was held in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. The single prize was 15 Swedish kronor, which was equivalent to the salary of a Swedish professor working for 20 years at that time. It was extremely generous.

Since September last year, the Nobel Prize Committee in Physics has sent out nomination invitations to many scholars, inviting them to nominate candidates for the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 9.

These nominees are not chosen randomly, but the committee selects academicians, professors, etc. from various universities in Sweden.

At a later stage, previous Nobel Prize winners will also become nominees.

By February, the committee will have collected information on all candidates, and then, after several rounds of expert evaluation and screening, will determine the final recommended candidates, which is usually in August.

In September, the committee will hold two more secret meetings and finally recommend the final candidate to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and submit a scientific report.

Then in October, all members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences hold a secret vote.

After the voting results come out, if they are in favor, then this year's Nobel Prize in Physics will be truly settled.

The winners will be notified individually a few hours in advance before the results are announced to the public, which can be considered a surprise.

Finally, the award ceremony will be held on December 12, a date that is fixed to commemorate Nobel's death.

The information of the remaining candidates who did not win the award will be kept confidential for 50 years.

Therefore, the entire Nobel Prize in Physics selection process is very strict and fair, and it is difficult for insider information to exist.

The Nobel Prize in Physics Committee is elected by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It usually consists of only about five people and is very important.

Now, the person who sent the letter to Thomson was one of the members of the Nobel Prize in Physics Committee.

Of course, the letter definitely did not mention any information about the candidate, it was just some information shared among friends.

After all, this is the first session and no one has any experience. The committee also wants to adopt the opinions of industry experts.

After reading the letter, Rutherford and Wilson's eyes seemed to be burning with fire.

Physicists are also human beings, and as human beings they have vanity. Now that the first highest award in physics is about to be elected, how can these two not be excited.

Even the mature and steady Thomson was ambitious at this moment, and he exuded the aura of a big boss.

Although Ridgwell knew the result, the winner of the first Nobel Prize in Physics was Roentgen.

But he really never paid attention to who the other candidates were.

Now that I have traveled through time, will history change?
With quantum theory in his left hand and photoelectric effect in his right hand, he is fully capable of fighting.

In fact, for the first thirty or so Nobel Prizes in Physics, it was like a fight between gods. It didn't matter who won, it was just a matter of time.

But after all, it is the first session and it is of great significance. Many bigwigs are secretly gearing up, hoping that the committee can recognize the talent.

For a moment, everyone in the room had different expressions, and Wilson's breathing became heavier.

Li Qiwei couldn't understand why Lao Wei was so excited. No matter how you looked at it, the first Nobel Prize in Physics had nothing to do with him.

Thanks to [曾1爱] and [MCY379] for their monthly tickets. Thanks to all the book friends for their recommendation tickets. Leave a hook and guess who will win the first Nobel Prize in Physics.

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