Once everything was arranged, progress went very quickly.
Li Yuxian submitted a manuscript to Pulitzer, talked about his academic research, and mentioned that he would publish an epoch-making paper in Science magazine; in addition, he also wrote that he would publish a book based on the universe model.
A science fiction novel with a grand story background.
But Li Yu’s propaganda ability obviously cannot compare with Pulitzer.
Pulitzer's "World" is really powerful. It published an editorial in a prominent position, focusing on Li Yu's status as a foreign academician of the Royal Society, and then publicized his various achievements.
They are still specialized in newspaper publicity and distribution. They set up people first and are not in a hurry to promote "Science" and "Star Wars".
It was only after the reader's appetite was whetted that he mentioned Science magazine and promoted it to a very high status.
The Association for the Advancement of Science and Li Yu also added additional funds, and many copies of this edition of "Science" with Li Yu's papers were printed.
With his reputation for discovering Pluto, and these articles being in the field of astronomy, they directly caused a sensation in the scientific community.
The key is that there have been so many great discoveries since the beginning, and this issue of Science has exploded. If we push back many years, we will not find a single issue of the magazine with so many high-quality, heavyweight discovery papers.
News between Britain and the United States was relatively smooth, and soon Europe also became very interested in this issue of "Science".
After all, science fiction novels always have a small threshold, and illustrations can perfectly let readers understand the knowledge and settings of the universe.
For a moment, the physics community became quiet. Everyone was immersed in checking Li Yu's derivation process and trying to understand its meaning.
Of course, the article does not use Planck's fictional "energy quanta", but explains that energy has the smallest unit.
During this period, Li Yu also gained a reputation in the United States. As President Huggins said, the discovery of extragalactic galaxies is indeed exciting. Kant once talked about the concept of "universe islands". He never imagined that there are really galaxies outside the Milky Way. There are many galaxies outside the Milky Way.
People were aroused and wanted to know whether the mysterious extragalactic galaxy was the same as the Milky Way. Observatories in various places began to observe the Andromeda Galaxy according to Li Yu's method.
In short, through Pulitzer's professional approach, not only did "Science" immediately gain a place in the scientific circle, but even "Star Wars: A New Hope" was sold out as soon as it was published.
But even if it doesn't win the prize, finding extragalactic galaxies is still an amazing discovery, and it is indeed worthy of as much bragging as the discovery of Pluto.
However, Li Yu only saw the booming sales in newspapers. What was even more impressive was that the Journal of the Royal Society published Li Yu's "Derivation and Discussion of the Blackbody Radiation Formula". At present, the physics community is directly
Fryer.
Supporters such as Boltzmann directly mentioned the inspiration of the new scientific theory, "We cannot always stand still. Stubborn blockers are not uncommon in the history of science, but just like the heliocentric theory rising from the flames,
Theories, under the baptism of time, will not fail to withstand scrutiny, but will only become a solid hammer to hit those ignorant heads."
The Atlantic Ocean is not particularly wide, and the current distance between the east coast of the United States and Europe, based on the navigation capabilities of ships, generally takes four to six days, depending on the destination.
President Huggins shook his head: "It seems not. I haven't heard of any powerful journals from the American Academy of Sciences."
President Huggins also felt that Li Yu was really amazing, "Have you read the newspapers? He published several other major discoveries in the field of astronomy in the United States."
However, literary works are more "complex" than scientific papers. This is the characteristic of literature, and many more people can comment on it.
HarperCollins Publishing Group has not seen such a hot sales scene for a long time, which is no less than that of Mark Twain and Conan Doyle.
Today's readers have never read such an advanced science fiction work, and they are completely attracted by the encounter between Skywalker and Princess Leia in the article.
Not only in the scientific community, ordinary readers now also know Li Yu's name through "Star Wars: A New Hope", and the scope of his influence is much larger.
He and Mach were very uncooperative and left no room for conversation.
What a fun person!
This is more rigorous. Strictly speaking, Planck's "energy quanta" was a false fiction, but it makes sense when used as the smallest unit of energy. After all, Planck also believed that "energy is divided into parts."
Lord Kelvin and President Huggins also found it very interesting. They hoped to see this kind of debate in the scientific community. Only through repeated confrontations of ideas can the correctness of a new discovery be further tempered.
The sales volume in Europe will definitely not be lower than that in the United States. Influenced by two top science fiction writers, Verne of France and Wells of England, the readership of science fiction novels in Europe is very large.
As the winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1909, Ostwald was of good quality and quickly came up with his own theory of energy to refute it.
Although it is incorrect, Wien still understands the derivation of blackbody radiation, and many other people are even more vocal in their opposition.
Lord Kelvin said: "Science? Never heard of it. It's from the American Academy of Sciences?"
The book was priced at $2 and was not thick, but HarperCollins published some illustrations based on Li Yu's ideas. Unexpectedly, these illustrations became a catalyst.
According to what Li Yu said, the Association for the Advancement of Science had already shipped tens of thousands of magazines to Europe.
But as a time traveler, Li Yu is too familiar with quantum theory. He knows that the theory of force is not like the theory of relativity, which can be proposed in a short time. Its development is a long process and cannot be said too much now. So there is no way at all.
There are many extensions, just using quantum assumptions and mathematical theory to derive the black body radiation formula.
Mach, of course, saw that Boltzmann was pointing directly at him, and retorted: "Who can prove that Li Yu and Planck are not clowns who popped up in the history of science, just trying to win everyone's attention through shocking theories."
However, if you look closely, you will find that Li Yu just explained it from many aspects.
On the opposing side, the army in the field of thermodynamics is also very strong. Wien, who proposed Wien's formula, was very unconvinced by this. He is now a professor of physics at the University of Würzburg in Germany.
"Astronomy?" Lord Kelvin asked before he could light the cigar in his hand. "That's your specialty. What's your new discovery?"
Lord Kelvin said: "What kind of head does he have? The more he looks now, the more he looks like Gauss or Euler in physics. He has produced so many results that we can't count them."
Wien is also a veteran in the study of thermodynamics and electromagnetism, and cannot accept the so-called "discontinuity" at all.
He succeeded Roentgen, which shows that his status in the scientific community is not low.
The first edition printed 30,000 copies, but sold out after only two days. HarperCollins was also convinced, and editor-in-chief James directly increased the printing volume of the second edition to 150,000 copies. He quickly asked Li Yu to get it.
Distribution rights in Europe.
Ostwald never dreamed that Li Yu would actually use the energy he mentioned, and his explanation was more perfect. He was immediately confused, and for a while he didn't know whether Li Yu was supporting his energy theory again.
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President Huggins said: "The current understanding is not specific, but from newspaper reports, it appears that he made three major discoveries, and he also found an extragalactic galaxy."
However, Li Yu also saw this article by Ostwald. Seeing that there was such a quarrel in Europe, he just used it to write another article. And "energy is in parts" can be used to explain quantum
Li Yu used this to derive the theory in detail from the perspective of energy and published it.
For example, Mr. Mach said: "Although I couldn't find any errors in the article, I just took a quick look and knew it was definitely not the case! This reminded me of the ingenious sophistry and paradoxes of ancient Greece. Even if I look for them now,
There is no problem, but I believe that the so-called quantum theory will never withstand the scrutiny of time and years!"
Mach was immediately speechless, but he didn't want to suffer this secret loss, so he quickly immersed himself in studying the quantum theory to find refutation points.
These two are the most powerful opponents. If they can be persuaded, it will be OK, and the rest will be left alone.
Many editorials have mentioned that this novel was written by a Chinese and that it is a story about the resistance against the Galactic Empire. There is some suspicion of innuendo.
"Extragalactic galaxy!" Lord Kelvin asked in surprise, "Could it be more important than the discovery of Pluto?"
Fortunately, Li Yu did not disappoint them. Now the scientific community has not found any flaws. It can only be said that Li Yu is too good.
James was really busy during this period. He hired an illustrator to prepare more illustrations and redesigned the cover. He contacted major distribution points in the United States to prepare it for sale.
Pulitzer's "World" then mentioned Li Yu's new science fiction novel "Star Wars: A New Hope". The key point is that Pulitzer also told a small part of the storyline very cleverly, but quickly stopped it.
The Association for the Advancement of Science receives letters from readers like snowflakes every day. No one would have thought that an unknown magazine would suddenly make such a big move.
Lord Kelvin said: "It would be surprising if three articles were published on it. Since the ship arrived in London first, we must try to leave a few more."
It seems to make sense both the positive and the negative!
But energy has the smallest unit, which is even more unacceptable, okay!
Ostwald, Mach and others felt that Li Yu was simply digging deeper and deeper into the pit. They had to learn more relevant theories, but the more they learned, the more they felt that Li Yu was right...
Lord Kelvin smiled and said: "It's only been a few years since I proposed the two dark clouds. I didn't expect that there is already a theory that can explain the problem of black body radiation! I really can't wait to see when the other dark cloud can be dispelled."
The first person to react was definitely Planck. He directly wrote in support of it, saying that only quantum theory could explain blackbody radiation.
But it’s not surprising. After all, Mach didn’t even believe in atomic theory, so how could he believe in quantum? It was a leap of faith.
President Huggins laughed loudly: "You are really tough."
Everyone dreams of dispelling the two dark clouds, but unexpectedly the people who can do it are Planck and Li Yu.
Lord Kelvin certainly could not have imagined that the dark cloud of black body radiation would get bigger and bigger, and even bring thunderbolts all over the sky.
It's like an endless cycle, it's so frustrating.
Lord Kelvin raised his beard and said: "What are you afraid of them doing!"
President Huggins smiled and said: "I'm afraid the Germans and the French won't agree."
Well, they didn't even take a closer look.
President Huggins said: "We have to look at his paper specifically. If that's true, it is indeed a pretty impressive achievement."
Fortunately, Li Yu's mathematics is online and there are no loopholes left.
Boltzmann was not to be outdone: "Please don't just refute, please find the mistakes in Li Yuwen. Otherwise, I will just think that you are messing around like a scoundrel or a shrew on the street."
President Huggins has a background in astronomy, so he must not let it go.
Li Yu took advantage of the situation and said in Pulitzer's "Le Monde": "Thank you all readers! In the future, Science magazine will continue to present the most cutting-edge scientific results and become an absolutely excellent top scientific research magazine."
But after a brief calm, there was a heated discussion.
It was really interesting for Planck to see this excitement. He didn't even take any action. Li Yu blocked all the spearheads, and the blocking was perfect. He couldn't help but sigh: "I once heard that Chinese people know kung fu, and there is something called Tai Chi."
, it seems that I have to study it to some extent, maybe there is great wisdom hidden in it."
Mach studied for a long time but couldn't figure out the reason, so he had to call Ostwald from his side to counterattack.
In fact, the most powerful thing is the Cepheid variable star method. If the Nobel Prize had an astronomy prize, LeWitt would definitely win it.
Li Yu had already guessed that someone would say this. Even if he didn't make any metaphorical moves, there would always be someone who would over-interpret it for you and couldn't stop it.
President Huggins said: "The other two discoveries are not easy to read in the newspaper. The complete structure of the Milky Way and the theory of spectral red shift are both exciting. Fortunately, I heard that the book that published several articles by Li Yu is called Science
"The magazine will arrive in London soon, I want to take a good look at it."
It was exactly the same as the subsequent announcements of the movie, and readers' expectations were fully met.
Although Li Yu did not emphasize "discontinuity" in his article, many people still extended it to this point. Wien issued an article to refute it, claiming: "Are we humans just like earthworms, segment by segment? How ridiculous
explain!"
Even if Li Yu wanted to cover it up, it would only make the story more fragmented, and Li Yu felt that it was like covering up one's ears and stealing the bell, which was of no use.
So he can't control that much. He can't decide what others think.
Fortunately, the story itself is attractive enough, and readers don’t care about colonization or not, occupation or not, this kind of resistance story is just fun to watch!
Moreover, the story obviously leaves a suspense and there will be a sequel, so there are endless voices seeking the next part.
Some of Li Yu's translations in the article used the most classic sentences from the original, which was indeed too brainwashing, such as the sentence: "May the Force be with you", that is, "May the Force be with you."
It has directly become a mantra on the streets now.