Chapter 393: The Ten
Commandments Zhang Xingjiu arrived in Moscow and received a high-level welcome. The president of the Red Empire Academy of Sciences, Sergei Vavilov Ivanovich, personally went to the airport to greet him and sent him to the Kremlin to meet the bearded man.
When the bearded man met him, he talked about some things about nuclear weapons, but his attitude was not as urgent as Stilwell's, because they had also been secretly developing the atomic bomb and were now very close to success.
After a night's rest, Zhang Xingjiu and his son came to Moscow University to give a lecture the next day. They mainly talked about some cutting-edge research in the field of physics. The Russian experts in the audience listened very carefully and raised their hands to ask questions at the end of the speech.
The whole process was not much different from when Zhang Xingjiu gave speeches in other countries, but when it came to giving gifts at the end of the speech, Zhang Xingjiu received a very special gift.
Lev Davidovich Landau, an academician of the Red Empire Academy of Sciences, presented him with a hand-carved marble tablet, on which were engraved the ten greatest achievements he considered to be Zhang Xingjiu, including cathode rays, blackbody radiation, wireless telegraphy, theory of relativity, quantum mechanics, etc. Each of them was enough to win the Nobel Prize, and this was only in the field of physics. If chemistry, biology, medicine and other fields were included, this marble tablet would probably not be enough even if it was twice as big.
"Dear Professor Zhang, I am a Jew. Our Jewish prophet Moses wrote the Ten Commandments with the will of God. Now I will call this marble tablet the 'Ten Commandments' to express my utmost respect for you. You are the greatest physicist in human history and a prophet who guides us in exploring the physical world!" Landau's face was full of longing when he presented the marble tablet.
Other scholars around found this scene incredible, because Landau had always been aloof and arrogant, and seldom admired others. Even in the Red Empire Academy of Sciences, he was not polite to those physicists. He felt that he was an all-round physicist, and they were just experts in a certain field.
Even when Einstein was giving a speech, Landau stood up and said, "What Professor Einstein told us is not so stupid, but the second equation cannot be strictly deduced from the first equation. It requires an unproven assumption."
But in front of Zhang Xingjiu, he put away his arrogance and showed unprecedented humility, just like a naughty student meeting a strict and knowledgeable teacher.
But on second thought, they felt that this was a very normal thing, because although Landau was outstanding, Zhang Xingjiu was even more outstanding. He almost surrounded Landau in all aspects. In the fields of atomic theory, quantum theory, superconductivity, statistical physics and other fields in which Landau was good at, Zhang Xingjiu was ahead of him.
Moreover, Landau was not arrogant. He only stayed in Denmark for four months, but he was deeply infected by the "Copenhagen spirit". He admired Bohr very much and acknowledged himself as Bohr's student all his life.
Zhang Xingjiu's achievements were greater than Bohr's, and he repeatedly pointed out Bohr's mistakes at the Solvay Conference. He was even better than his teacher Bohr, so how could Landau put on an arrogant attitude when he saw him now? In the original history, the Ten Commandments Marble Stele was a gift from the Red Empire Academy of Sciences to Landau when he was fifty years old, to commemorate the ten greatest achievements in Landau's life. Now this gift was given to Zhang Xingjiu by Landau, which was really a very interesting thing.
Zhang Xingjiu accepted the gift and encouraged him, "Thank you for your gift. I like it very much. I also often see your papers in journals. You are indeed one of the few all-round physicists today."
"With the development of physics research, there are fewer and fewer physicists who are proficient in multiple fields. Many well-known scholars are often involved in only one or two cutting-edge fields. Now, apart from you, there are probably only a few scholars like Fermi who can make contributions in multiple fields at the same time. I hope you can make more achievements in the future and continue to push physics research into unknown areas."
"Your many achievements are enough to win the Nobel Prize in Physics. Next year, when I receive the nomination form, I will fill in your name. I hope you can win the prize soon."
After saying this, many people became jealous. They originally thought that you, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, would definitely not do anything to curry favor with authority, but they didn't expect that you gave such a gift and got nominated for the Nobel Prize in return!
If I had known earlier, I would have prepared more. If Professor Zhang is willing to nominate me, my chances of winning would be much greater.
Now Zhang Xingjiu's surrounding became even more lively. You have to know that as a Nobel Prize winner in Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Medicine, and Peace, he has the right to nominate for at least four awards, covering all fields of natural sciences. So not only physicists, but also chemists, medical scientists, and biologists gathered around him, hoping to get Zhang Xingjiu's favor and give themselves a nomination.
Some people who were too slow to squeeze in set their sights on Zhang Guosheng, who was also a Nobel Prize winner in Physics and was eligible for nomination. If they couldn't curry favor with Zhang Xingjiu, it would be the same to curry favor with Zhang Guosheng.
After staying in the Red Empire for a month or so and having in-depth exchanges with their scientists, Zhang Xingjiu particularly admired their research in physics, mathematics and other fields. The Russians were indeed extremely talented in this area, but it was a pity that they did not have a good research environment and were gradually left behind by other countries.
After leaving Moscow, Zhang Xingjiu went to the UK and stayed there for a month. He visited universities such as Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial College London, and University of London for exchanges, and also obtained some international student places for Hong Kong Chinese University from these schools.
In the future, these international students will come here to gain experience and will definitely be valued when they return to Hong Kong. With the support of Zhang Guowei, their influence in Hong Kong will become greater and greater, and this influence will help their younger generations. In the long run, Zhang Guowei's position in Hong Kong will become more and more stable.
After crossing the Atlantic Ocean to the United States, Zhang Xingjiu was also warmly welcomed. He took the train from the east coast to the west coast and visited almost all the famous American universities. Wherever he went, he was warmly welcomed by local teachers and students.
The last stop was San Francisco, where Situ Xianyi had been waiting for a long time. "Mr. Zhang, the situation in China has changed a lot recently. I have also received an invitation from them to come back. Have you received it?"
"I received it too, so I plan to return home after the speech in San Francisco. Will we take the same ship then?"
"That couldn't be better." Situ Xianyi laughed heartily.
A month later, the ship carrying Zhang Xingjiu and his son and Situ Xianyi docked at Jinmen Port. As soon as he got off the ship, Zhang Guosheng saw a familiar yet unfamiliar face.
(End of this chapter)
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