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    After returning from Sun Jia Nai's house, another day passed. I was sitting cross-legged on the bed planning whether to go to the American Embassy to visit Mr. Conger today or tomorrow, when I heard a noise coming from outside the door.  He stood up in a hurry, but before he could put on his shoes, he heard Old Tong's loud voice: "Mr. Sun, the American Minister is here to visit¡ª¡ª!"

    Sun Yuanqi was startled. He pulled out his shoes and walked out. He saw Lao Tong leading a few foreigners into the yard. When he looked carefully, he saw Mr. Kanger, his wife, Ding Haoliang, and two other people with very unfamiliar faces.  He hurried up to greet him and said in English: "Good morning, everyone." After that, he whispered to Lao Tong in Chinese: "Please help me go out to find some snacks. I want to entertain the guests, and the money will be given to you later."

    Old Tong sang the promise, turned around and went out.

    Mr. Conger stepped forward and shook hands with Sun Yuanqi: "York, I haven't seen you for a long time. I'm very sorry for this sudden visit."

    Sun Yuanqi smiled and said: "I should be the one who said sorry. Five minutes ago, I was still considering whether to visit you today or tomorrow, but you came"

    I met Mrs. Conger and Mr. Ding Weiliang again.  One of the two people behind was a young man in his twenties, whose appearance was quite similar to Mr. Conger. When shaking hands, he introduced himself: "I am Thomas Conger. It is an honor to meet you."

    Sun Yuanqi thought: Yes, Mrs. Conger said before that she was going to Cambridge to see her son, and she thought it was Thomas.  Immediately he replied: "You are studying at Cambridge University, right? Mr. Conger has always been proud of this. This is the first time we meet, please give me some advice."

    The other one is a young man in his thirties who looks like an energetic scholar.  He said in a British accent: "My name is Rutherford. I used to teach in Cambridge"

    Sun Yuanqi¡¯s eyes widened immediately, and he looked at the great figure in physics in front of him with admiration. He held Rutherford¡¯s right hand tightly with both hands: ¡°I have admired you for a long time!¡± He looked like he was looking up at a mountain.  Xin said: You don¡¯t need to introduce yourself, I know you well, for example, you are about to teach at McGill University in Canada I¡¯m sorry, Lu Daniu, I ¡°learned¡± several of your most important achievements!

    Rutherford was born in Nelson, New Zealand on August 30, 1871. He had 12 brothers and sisters, but he was in good health. At the age of 18, he received a scholarship to attend the University of New Zealand.  Later, he obtained the qualification to study abroad at Cambridge University in England.  In 1898, he went to Canada to serve as a professor of physics at McGill University for nine years. During this period, he made great contributions to the research on radioactivity.  In 1907, he was appointed professor of physics at the University of Manchester.  He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908 for his research on radiochemistry.  In 1919, he was appointed professor at Cambridge University and director of the Cavendish Laboratory.  In 1931, the King of England awarded him the title of Lord.  He died on October 19, 1937, and his ashes were buried next to Newton's tomb in Witminster Abbey.

    Rutherford was not only a famous scientist, but also a great educator.  He is approachable and affable, and encourages students to have new insights and discoveries.  Among his students, there are more than a dozen Nobel Prize winners, including Bohr, Chadwick, Cockcroft, Kapitsa, etc.

    Except for students, few guests come to this courtyard on weekdays, so there are no tables and chairs in the main room.  The west wing is where students gather, with tables and stools complete.  While talking, Sun Yuanqi led everyone into the west wing and asked everyone to sit down.  Because students often come, there are tea bowls and teapots. Since there are no servants, Sun Yuanqi has to take care of it himself.  When tea was served, Lao Tong also brought pastries.  After everyone sat down, Mr. Conger slowly revealed his intention:

    Let¡¯s say that in mid-September, Mrs. Conger got on a passenger ship to Europe because she missed her Tommy¡ªThomas who was sitting next to her¡ªand she took Sun Yuanqi¡¯s paper ¡°Experiments and Conjectures on Atomic Structure¡± with her.

    At that time, there were neither Boeing 747s, Airbuses, nor intercontinental railways. Even the respectable minister¡¯s wife could only travel first class on passenger ships.  From Beijing to Shanghai, to Hong Kong, through the Strait of Malacca, stopped in Mumbai, India, and then wandered in the Indian Ocean.  Then it enters the Mediterranean from the Suez Canal, disembarks in Marseille, France, crosses France, and then changes to a ship to cross the English Channel.  In this way, after more than a month of bumpy journey, we finally arrived at the London dock.

    Thomas received a telegram from his mother from France and was greeting her on the dock.  When we met, it was inevitable to have some heartfelt exchanges and introduce our lives after separation:

    ¡°In the capital of China, I saw many interesting and incredible things, such as the little feet of ladies

    ¡°And their sanitary conditions are really terrible. Once

    Sun Yuanqi was mentioned during the conversation: "I also met a Chinese man, very young, probably about the same age as you, who claimed to be a master of physics from Yale University."¡­¡±

    Rutherford was even more confused: "Then how did you get your experimental data?"

    "Experimental data? Are you talking about the data from the paper?" In the blink of an eye, Sun Yuanqi thought of the answer. "When I was in the United States, I had completed the experiment, but there was no reasonable conclusion. Only recently did I come up with a conjecture that is consistent with the experimental results.  , then write the paper.¡±

    After that, Rutherford asked some more physics questions. Fortunately, Sun Yuanqi did not need to make up the answers, so he answered them one by one.

    It was nearly noon when the group of uninvited guests got up to say goodbye.  Sun Yuanqi originally wanted to let them have dinner together, but they probably saw that the owner was alone in the house, so they declined.  At the same time, both the Conger family and Rutherford invited Sun Yuanqi to visit the embassy around Christmas. With their kindness, they had no choice but to agree.

    During Rutherford's visit, Sun Yuanqi casually said the name "iprt" (Institute of Physical Research and Teaching), and this most famous physics research institution in later generations appeared inadvertently.  It became known to the world when a reporter interviewed Rutherford in the "Scientist" magazine two months later. When Rutherford introduced the recent developments in physics, he first mentioned York Johnson of IPRT.  It is the first institute of physics in China, and Rutherford was honored to be the first international scholar to "visit" the institute.

    As for the establishment time of iprt, there are different opinions, and there are three representative ones:

    First, it is believed that it was established on August 16, 1898, which was the first day Sun Yuanqi moved into the courtyard.  Those who hold this view are mainly school history researchers from the private Kingshim University.  They believe that the earliest entity of Jingshi University is iprt.  In this way, their school history is several months longer than that of the famous National Peking University.  The evidence is Sun Yuanqi's authorship published in "Science".

    First, it is believed that the establishment was in early November 1898. This statement appeared in the diaries and memoirs of Han Zang and Chen Jide successively. Because Han Zang and Chen Jide were the parties involved in the founding of iprt, their views were adopted by the official.

    First, it is believed that it was founded in December 1898, around the time when National Peking University was established.  This view was put forward by the National Peking University History Research Association, which has repeatedly stated that Sun Yuanqi¡¯s correspondence address "kingshimuniversity" published in "Science" was a clerical error by the American Minister Mr. Conger; iprt was originally a research study by Peking University  The institution is inseparable from Peking University.  evidence?  The old address of iprt is in Peking University. Do you still need evidence?

    In the next few days, Sun Yuanqi visited the American embassy several times out of admiration for Rutherford or for other reasons.  During the discussion, Sun Yuanqi always inadvertently mentioned later generations' views on atomic structure, which amazed Rutherford.

    One afternoon after Christmas, Rutherford solemnly said to Sun Yuanqi: "York, your genius understanding of atomic structure has been published in "Science" and "Nature". But during our conversation, I  I find that you have more discoveries and deeper understandings. These results are enough to shock the world and make the development of natural science more rapid. But why don't you publish it?"

    Sun Yuanqi shrugged and said helplessly: "Those things are still just theories - or conjectures, which need time and experiments to prove. If I write them out, I'm afraid I won't be able to find a publisher to publish them. Even if they are published, it won't be published.  It will be placed alongside Verne's works and regarded as science fiction."

    Rutherford was still serious: "No! Just like the alpha particle scattering experiment you designed, although there is only one in 8,000 probability of rebounding, it does exist, but it requires a lot of experiments and careful observation. Likewise.  , theories also need to be constantly proposed, even if only a few are correct. The process of denying errors is the process by which we get closer to the correct ones."

    Sun Yuanqi was a little moved. He felt that if some basic theories were elaborated, science and technology could indeed develop better, allowing this generation of great scientists to focus their energy on more cutting-edge positions, and human beings might be able to gain more truth and knowledge.  The butterfly effect says that a butterfly flapping its wings in South America may cause a hurricane in North America.

    "Perhaps, I am that butterfly" (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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