1900: A physics genius wandering around Europe

Chapter 82 Doctoral Admission, Selecting a Topic (Part )
On September 1901, 9, Ridgway returned to campus as a doctoral student at the Cavendish Laboratory of Cambridge University.

After two months of traveling, he actually felt as if he was in another world.

It seemed as if he should not stay in a closed and quiet laboratory, but should stand in front of thousands of people and point out the academic direction.

Soon, he calmed down and realized that he was still a long way from leading the world.

After sorting out the things on hand, Li Qiwei found that there were more and more things to do. It turned out that the start of school was not a good thing.

The first one is the reply to Einstein.

It records in detail the derivation process of the LQW equation and Ridgway's own views on the principle of relativity.

Basically, the special theory of relativity was half completed, and the rest was up to Einstein to perfect.

According to the other party's current level and time, he estimates that the narrow phase will be released before June next year, which will then cause a bloody storm in the physics world.

Thinking of that grand occasion, Li Qiwei couldn't help but smile knowingly and was very much looking forward to it.

Of course, during this period, both parties had to communicate frequently.

Li Qiwei plans to collect all the letters, which will definitely become priceless scientific history relics in the future.

The second was that He Yujie and other two officially started their professional courses.

The teaching materials compiled by Li Qiwei are completely rote learning. If they are to be promoted domestically, they must undergo a lot of revisions.

This task, of course, was given to the three Xinghuo boys. After they returned home, they would handle it as appropriate based on the actual situation.

He was only responsible for sowing the seeds. After all, when it came to understanding the details of Chinese education at the moment, he might not be as good as the three of them.

Now, they have to study until 9 o'clock every night, and Li Qiwei sometimes feels distressed when he sees them.

But there is no way. China does not have that much time to wait. Within twenty years, earth-shaking changes will take place.

However, for what Li Qiwei was planning, twenty years was too short, so short that he had no confidence.

After all, he doesn't have the system. If he wants to set up a factory, people will drop from the sky with a ding, and materials can be exchanged at will.

Apart from his advanced knowledge of physics and historical experience, he is just an ordinary person. In terms of courage and charm, he cannot compare with the real big guys.

But Li Qiwei's timing of traveling through time was too good. If he had appeared 50 years later, no matter how talented he was, he would never have been able to make waves.

Because at that time, the world situation had already been determined and there was no chance to pick up bargains.

The third is to participate in the study of atomic structure.

Li Qiwei is now officially considered Thomson's doctor. With the addition of this high-end combat force, Thomson will of course make full use of it.

The Cavendish Laboratory is currently famous for its atomic research, and the research topics of its master's and doctoral students are of course inseparable from this core.

Now that Rutherford was about to touch the atomic nucleus, Ridgway felt it necessary to add fuel to the fire so that the gold foil experiment could begin.

Next, basically any discovery is a Nobel Prize-level achievement.

Li Qiwei was already drooling from his fantasy.

In the future, he will be the founder of two god-level theories, relativity and quantum mechanics. It’s terrifying to think about it.

I guess now even MacArthur doesn't know how to evaluate him.

The fourth is making money and industrial layout.

With Philips as the core and the automobile industry as the two wings, it will drive machinery, military industry, chemical industry, materials, etc. to form an industrial transformation plan.

Bring the most critical industrial system to China in advance. Of course, all of this will be left to the family to operate.

It takes Guangdong as its base and radiates to several surrounding provinces.

By building railway connections, a huge transportation network is formed to realize the transportation of materials such as oil and minerals.

Eventually the family becomes a huge trust, and the question is how to prevent being targeted as a fat sheep.

I think with the strength of his elder and second brothers, he can be safe in the early stage for the time being, but he will have to rely on himself in the later stage.

This is also the most important fifth point, the Science City Plan!
Every day when Li Qiwei has free time, he thinks about this huge plan and writes it down on paper.

For example, where is the address, what is the appropriate area, and what will be relied upon for daily security.

He had a plan in mind: the Double Dragon cooperation plan.

China is the real dragon, and the City of Science is the hidden dragon.

By then, the City of Science will certainly be an independent political entity, but many things can be outsourced.

The outsourcing object is self-evident. Only by sharing the same language and culture can the suspicion between the two parties be eliminated.

To accomplish all of the above tasks, the prerequisite is that Li Qiwei must have absolute authority in academics.

He wants to use education to quickly awaken all Chinese people, turn them into nutrients, and penetrate into every capillary of this ancient country.

Therefore, Li Qiwei in the open sea must climb up step by step until he becomes the God of Physics!

Just as he was thinking about various things in his mind, he was suddenly patted on the shoulder. He turned around and found that it was Raymond.

The other party was cautious, worried about disturbing Li Qiwei, "Hi, Bruce, I have an urgent message to tell you, but I saw that you have been distracted, so I interrupted you. I hope you don't mind."

Li Qiwei had long forgotten what happened before, and Raymond became low-key and honest at school since that day and turned over a new leaf.

"What's the matter, Raymond? Why haven't you graduated yet and are you still in school?"

Raymond scratched his head and said embarrassedly, "Well, Professor Case thought my paper still had some flaws, so he asked me to revise it before submitting it."

Li Qiwei smiled knowingly and stopped asking, "What's the matter?"

Raymond looked around and said softly, "While you were away, Cecil came here several times with a middle-aged Qing man."

"I don't know what they were talking about, but that Qing man seems to have bad intentions towards you. You'd better be careful."

A cold light flashed in Li Qiwei's eyes, scaring Raymond beside him so much that he shivered and remembered the fear of being dominated that day.

Cecil actually hooked up with Luo Fuyu, the Qing Dynasty's ambassador to the UK. Both of them were deep-minded and cunning people.

I guess there must be some conspiracy planned in secret.

But Li Qiwei is not afraid, because he is no longer the rookie he was when he first traveled through time.

He has people under his command, his power is initially formed, and he has a very high reputation. It is not something that can be brought down by just a few tricks. However, this also reminds him to strengthen his own security force as soon as possible. Li San alone may not be enough.

Li Qiwei already had a plan. He planned to let his father recruit good people from China in the name of training employees and fill in the gaps secretly.

After arriving in the UK, they pretended to be workers to hide their identities, and secretly acted as their own guards.

Soon, he regained his composure and said with a smile: "Raymond, thank you for your reminder. They are just a bunch of clowns who only dare to hide in the shadows."

Raymond said, "Well, Bruce, just be prepared. I'll leave now and concentrate on revising my paper."

Ridgway said goodbye to him, watched him go away, then shook his head and walked towards the Cavendish Laboratory.

In Professor Thomson's office, Li Qiwei sat politely and communicated with Thomson. Both of them were in high spirits.

"Bruce, how do you feel as a doctoral student? Is there any pressure?"

"Oh, for you, graduating with a PhD is easy. I'm afraid you are the most relaxed PhD student I have ever seen."

Li Qiwei smiled and said, "Professor, you are wrong. Under your guidance, who dares to say it is easy? I am worried that you will give me a super difficult topic."

Thomson laughed loudly upon hearing this. "Bruce, do you think that things are difficult? This is not your usual style."

"However, when it comes to doctoral research topics, I do need to hear your ideas. For now, I have the following directions for you to choose from."

Having said that, Thompson stopped joking and introduced Li Qiwei seriously.

"The first is the study of gas conductivity. This is also my main research direction, which already has a solid foundation. The electron was invented in this research."

"Now I need to study more gas discharges and explore their mechanisms, so there are many sub-topics."

"The second is the electron direction. By designing more precise instruments, we can measure the various properties of electrons in detail and figure out their movement mechanism."

"You know, Wilson's job is to use instruments to record the trajectory of electron movement, but this is far from enough."

“What is the exact charge mass of the electron? What is its nature? How does it interact with matter? These are all good research directions.”

"The third one is radioactivity. When I first gave it to Rutherford, I didn't expect him to do so well. Now he is almost surpassing his teacher."

When talking about Rutherford's achievements, Thomson was very proud, because it proved that he had a keen eye, was able to discover talents, and was good at training them.

Li Qiwei flattered Thomson appropriately, which made Thomson feel comfortable.

"But the more we know, the more we are ignorant. Research on radioactivity is in full swing now."

"For example, are there other types of natural rays? What substances can emit rays? What are the rules? What are the applications of rays? And so on."

"Oh, there is another piece of news. Rutherford's visit will soon expire and he will return to Canada."

Li Qiwei was startled before he reacted.

It seems that in history, Rutherford finally returned to Britain in 1907 and became a professor of physics at the University of Manchester, thus starting his own business.

Thinking that he wouldn't be able to see Shuai Lu in the next few years, Li Qiwei actually felt a little sad.

Thompson was very happy to see that he was reluctant to leave, as he had a good relationship with these students.

"As for the fourth direction, it is the study of the internal structure of atoms."

"Although Rutherford has made a breakthrough, he told me that his future research focus will still be on radioactivity."

"The internal structure of atoms is his second direction. He told me that you seem to be very interested in this."

"I personally think that the fourth direction is the most difficult. It depends on whether you are willing to take on the challenge, Bruce."

"Moreover, no matter which of these four directions you choose, as long as you make groundbreaking achievements, I will let you graduate with a doctorate directly without considering the time."

After Thomson finished talking about all the topics, Li Qiwei took a deep breath and felt deeply moved.

Any of these four directions, even just a sub-topic, will produce Nobel Prize-level results.

If someone could win them all, he could probably win more than a dozen Nobel Prizes, which is simply terrifying.

Therefore, many physicists in later generations feel that they were born at the wrong time, and believe that all the topics that are easy to produce results have been occupied by their predecessors.

It leaves no chance for future generations.

In fact, this statement is unreasonable, because from the perspective of later generations, although many results are indeed simple, they do not even require mathematical knowledge.

But you also have to consider the context of the times.

Today, in an era dominated by Newtonian mechanics, breaking free from the shackles is itself an extremely difficult thing.

Not to mention, various phenomena can be creatively discovered even with extremely rudimentary instrumentation.

Moreover, many physicists risked their lives without knowing it, such as Roentgen and Madame Curie, who suffered from the aftereffects of radiation in their later years.

It can be said that talented people will achieve something in any era.

Even if Newton were sent to the 21st century, it is estimated that after three months of self-study, he would be able to beat countless people, at least in the field of physics.

Of course, Li Qiwei is an exception.

He wanted to tell Thompson loudly now, "I want them all. I want ten."

Of course he didn't dare to commit suicide, so after some thought, he said, "Professor, I choose the fourth direction."

"The previous directions have already been studied by others. I don't like to follow others. I want to do work that is a little challenging."

Thompson showed an expression that I knew what he was doing, and smiled. "That's your style, Bruce. To be honest, I was worried that you would choose something else."

"If you have any questions about the fourth direction, you can also consult Rutherford. He will be happy to answer them for you."

"I'll give you two months to draft a rough idea for your topic and submit it to me. Then I'll apply for funding for you."

Suddenly, Thomson teased again, "I heard that you boasted in your graduation defense that you would soon earn a million pounds. I'm afraid you don't care about this at school anymore."

Li Qiwei was immediately embarrassed and laughed, "Haha, Professor, that was just to give myself courage. And if I really make money, I will definitely give it back to Cavendish."

"Uh." Thompson was slightly stunned. He swore that what he just said absolutely did not contain any hint. He did not expect Li Qiwei to react like this.

"What a good student."

Just as Thomson and Ridgway were discussing their doctoral thesis, a piece of news spread wildly throughout the global physics community.

The Nobel Prize is coming!
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