After Shi Liangcai left, Li Yu began to write this introductory article for the Nobel Prize.
Becquerel and the Curies winning the Physics Prize are naturally top priority.
The 1903 Chemistry Prize went to Arrhenius, who was the founder of the ionization theory, which means that in chemistry, sodium chloride solution will decompose into chloride ions and sodium ions.
In fact, it can be seen from this award that the Nobel committee believes in atomic theory.
Although there is no conclusive evidence yet, this award can illustrate the problem.
And Arrhenius was a native of Sweden.
As for the Physiology or Medicine Award, it was awarded to a Danish doctor, Finsen, who invented "phototherapy", which is ultraviolet therapy.
The Peace Prize was awarded to Creamer, a British MP who promoted international arbitration.
It is a good thing to introduce these people to China.
On the one hand, it can boost the morale of women's rights, and on the other hand, it can also let people know what arbitration is. It is a very good legal weapon and is very useful for civil disputes and corporate disputes that do not touch criminal law.
While Li Yu was writing the article, Lu Bicheng, Konoe Akihitsu, and Fengling came back in a car.
Zhao Qian was responsible for the transportation, and then Lu Bicheng showed Li Yu the things he bought one by one.
"With this alarm clock, you will never have to worry about getting out of bed, and it won't crow as early as a rooster."
Li Yu said with a smile: "If I had a rooster at home, I would stew it and eat it that day if I woke it up. How much did this clock cost?"
Lu Bicheng said: "60 yuan is really not cheap. If Fengling hadn't been able to bargain, it would have been even more expensive."
It is indeed a bit expensive, and the actual value is definitely not that much, but there is nothing you can do about it because things are rare.
It will take ten or twenty years for the price of watches to come down.
Lu Bicheng added: "There are also these clean clothes and dumbbells. This is the first time I know that I need to use these for exercise."
Li Yu stretched his arms: "They can exercise the biceps, triceps, and deltoid muscles. They are very useful."
Lu Bicheng asked: "What kind of chicken? Don't you want a rooster?"
Li Yu said: "I can buy a diagram of human anatomy someday and I can explain it to you."
Lu Bicheng took a breath: "Human anatomy? Who wants to see that? How scary!"
Konoe Akiyuki interjected: "When I was studying, I heard the teacher say that these are important muscle groups of the upper limbs. Are these muscles of yours very strong?"
Li Yu said proudly: "Of course, the two years since I traveled back in time have been so boring and there was no WiFi, so I exercised regularly and my abdominal muscles have developed into a six-pack."
Konoe Akiyuki said: "Then you are more powerful than some officers and generals! But what is a circulation? What is a Wafi?"
Li Yu said casually: "It just lacks the meaning of entertainment."
Konoe Akiyuki read silently for a moment and said, "English?"
Li Yu said: "That's right."
Konoe Akiyuki wondered: "Why haven't I heard of it?"
Li Yu smiled and said: "They are all products of science and technology. It's normal that you haven't heard of them."
"Akiyuki seems to have a lot more to learn." Konoe Akiyuki took out the toothpaste she had purchased, "You can use it to clean your teeth in the future."
"Toothpaste?" Li Yu hasn't brushed his teeth for two years. Although he insists on rinsing his mouth, he is not used to letting go of his habit for so many years now.
Seeing Li Yu's interest, Konoe Akiyuki immediately followed up: "Brushing your teeth is a very effective way to clean your mouth, and it's also good for your gums."
Li Yu said: "It's interesting, I'll try it tonight."
At the beginning of the 20th century, the dental health problems of ordinary people were actually very serious, especially in the West. This had a lot to do with living habits and eating habits.
During the American Civil War, each gun of frontline soldiers had to be loaded with at least 1 round of ammunition. At this time, the soldiers had to use their teeth to tear off the strong wrapping paper that wrapped the gunpowder and bullets. However, many young people who were about to become soldiers
, but did not have the three pairs of straight teeth needed to tear this paper!
The few dentists serving in the Union Army were despairing of the condition of the soldiers' teeth.
Even when World War I broke out, the U.S. military recruiting volunteers for military service still faced the same problem as during the Civil War: some seemingly healthy volunteers died because they lacked the three pairs of healthy teeth needed to eat the army's harder dry food.
Disqualified.
From the perspective of later generations, it is a bit unbelievable, but the condition of people's teeth at that time was indeed not very good.
A historian once said: "In order to be able to bite, you must have 6 teeth, but many people a hundred years ago did not even have this most basic condition."
Konoe Akiyuki was very happy to see Li Yu's great interest in toothpaste. Of course she knew how important dental health is to the human body. It is said that diseases enter through the mouth, and oral medicine is always the top priority.
Li Yu planned to use this toothpaste to brush his teeth that night.
Although this toothbrush looks ordinary, it is better than rinsing your mouth.
But as soon as I applied toothpaste and brushed, I felt very uncomfortable.
Because the raw materials of toothpaste were obviously very backward at this time, Li Yu turned to the instruction manual on the surface of the toothpaste. It said that the toothpaste was made by mixing chalk soil, soap and various liquids.
No wonder it feels greasy after use, which is very unpleasant.
Li Yu suddenly lost the motivation to brush his teeth. The product was really a failure!
The next day, Konoe Akiyuki came to Li Yu during breakfast and asked, "Have you used that Austrian toothpaste?"
Li Yu said: "It's not easy to use. There is so much room for improvement. I even thought about how to improve it while I was sleeping. I can even issue a patent if I have time."
Konoe Akiyuki wondered: "It is already the latest product. Could you possibly make something better than Austrian toothpaste?"
Li Yu thought for a while: "It's very simple. You can buy a few more when you have time. You should be able to get results while Yu and Qin are still here."
Konoe Akiyuki asked: "How come you know everything?"
Li Yu smiled and said: "It's just a small process improvement, no big deal."
Konoe Akiyuki had no choice but to do as he was told and bought a few more tubes of toothpaste from the foreign store.
Li Yu immediately found Yu Heqin with toothpaste and said, "There is a new mission."
Yu Heqin is good at experiments, but his theoretical foundation is still very weak. He can only do some simple experiments that have been done countless times in books. If there is no goal, he doesn't know what innovation to do.
Yu Heqin knew that Li Yu's brain was a monster. As long as the task he proposed was to create new gadgets, and in his eyes, the most interesting thing about chemistry was that it could create things that had never been done before.
Yu Heqin asked: "What is it? Is it troublesome?"
"No trouble!" Li Yu pointed at the toothpaste and said, "Improve it."
"Toothpaste?" Yu Heqin saw toothpaste when he was in Shanghai and asked curiously: "How to improve it?"
"Use it to brush your teeth first," Li Yu said.
A few minutes later, after brushing his teeth, Yu Heqin felt as if his mouth was covered with oil, and no matter how he rinsed his mouth, he couldn't relieve it.
"Is this the toothpaste?" Yu Heqin asked.
Li Yu said with a smile: "So we can improve it to ensure the teeth cleaning effect without being so greasy."
Yu Heqin said, "It's not troublesome. I don't know how many materials I need to test."
Li Yu said: "With me here, you definitely don't need to test a lot of materials. Just testing different ratios is enough. Because we only need to change the core material to calcium bicarbonate, and as for greasy soap, we will completely abandon it."
Yu Heqin was doubtful: "It's that simple?"
Li Yu said: "It's that simple!"
With the general direction, the experiment can be carried out very quickly.
Yu Heqin can make a lot of them at the same time according to different ratios, and it won't take long to find a suitable formula. Because there are some old tooth powder formulas in China.
Li Yu's original intention was simply to apply for another patent, and then he could continue to collect patent royalties like previous zippers, expansion screws, stainless steel, etc.
However, this similar small move unexpectedly left many "hidden dangers" in the future.
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Two days later, Shi Liangcai polished and revised the article written by Li Yu and published it in Shenbao.
Due to its detailed content, it was soon reprinted by important newspapers such as Ta Kung Pao.
Qiu Jin was very excited when she saw it and found Lu Bicheng on the same day.
These two heroines are the earliest advocates of women's rights.
"Have you seen it! Bicheng! This report that Li Yu participated in is so exciting!" Qiu Jin said excitedly while holding the newspaper.
Lu Bicheng said: "I saw it."
Qiu Jin continued: "In today's world, the highest award in the scientific community is actually awarded to a woman! And the highest literary award praises the status of women so much! Look at the play of this person who won the literary award. What kind of drama is it?
It’s just a naked life!”
Shi Liangcai obtained the Nobel Prize-winning "The Glove of Challenge" from a British journalist friend and excerpted the key chapters.
Qiu Jin couldn't help but read:
"The male protagonist Alfer: When I proposed to Miss Lis, it was because I loved her wholeheartedly and only her! As for the past, I firmly believe that it is her future life that I should be responsible for.
Mrs. Lee: But if a woman said the same thing in the same situation, who would believe her?
Male Protagonist: I have to admit that I have never considered the question Mrs. Lee just raised, because it is impossible for such a thing to happen. If a man who cherishes honor is not very clear about a woman's past experience, he will never choose her to be his wife.
Yes. Never!
Mrs. Lees asked: What about a woman who cherishes honor, Alf?
Male Protagonist: Oh, that’s another thing.
It was only after Alf said these words that he felt aggrieved."
Qiu Jin couldn't control the torrent in her heart and said to Lu Bicheng: "It turns out that the world has undergone so many changes. If I hadn't seen this report, I wouldn't even know anything about it. Women can do the scientific research that men are doing.
, you are still the best. You can also get the most basic respect!"
Lu Bicheng guessed Qiu Jin's thoughts: "Sister Qiu Jin, do you think so?"
Qiu Jin said: "Miss Hattori is right, and Mr. Li Yu is also right. A journey of thousands of miles! If you can't even cross the vast ocean in front of you, what is a journey of thousands of miles!"
Lu Bicheng said: "You want to go abroad?"
Qiu Jin nodded firmly: "Yes, I want to go out and see what the world is really like, and never be a frog in a well again!"
Lu Bicheng had already followed Li Yu to Japan, Europe, and the United States. She naturally knew the benefits of going abroad. At this time, she saw Qiu Jin's firm eyes, so she did not stop her: "Sister, I support you! I will ask Li Yu quickly to find out.
, is there any safe place to stay?”
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UK, London.
Lord Kelvin received an invitation from the Swedish Nobel Committee to write an expert report on Li Yu for nomination for this year's Nobel Prize in Physics.
Since the content of this Nobel Prize nomination is the expansion of the second law of thermodynamics, the law of entropy increase, and the formulation of the third law of thermodynamics, there is no problem in choosing Lord Kelvin, the master of thermodynamics.
Who told him that he was also Li Yu's nominee?
Lord Kelvin was happy to do this. He had witnessed Li Yu's growth almost step by step. He was eager to see such a dramatic scene as "a backward Qing man winning the Nobel Prize".
Lord Kelvin is already so old and hopes to witness more miracles in his lifetime.
He also knew Li Yu better than most other European scholars of the same period, so he immediately wrote an expert report of thousands of words.
Lord Kelvin is currently the most powerful person in British academic circles, and his autographed expert report is of great significance.
After receiving Lord Kelvin's expert report, the Nobel Committee attached great importance to it and quickly held a meeting to discuss it.
There were many candidates submitted that year, but the Nobel committee really wanted Li Yu to win the physics prize.
Levler said firmly: "I think there is no objection to letting Li Yu win the physics prize this year."
Someone said: "But Lord Rayleigh of England is also very fruitful, and his discovery of argon is also worthy of a Nobel medal."
Then someone else said: "Ramsay deserves a medal too!"
Historically, the winner of the 1904 Nobel Prize in Physics was Lord Rayleigh of the United Kingdom for his discovery of argon.
However, Rayleigh discovered argon together with Ramsey, and in actual operation, Ramsey actually did more.
Ramsay and Lord Rayleigh won the Nobel Prize in 1904 at the same time, but Ramsay won the Chemistry Prize.
In other words, the 1904 Nobel Prize in Physics and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry were actually awarded repeatedly, both in recognition of the discovery of argon gas.
This is a good story in the history of the Nobel Prize, because Rayleigh and Ramsey did not engage in academic competition, but jointly researched.
Correspondingly, Leonard's fight against Roentgen for the right to invention X-rays became a negative example.
Arrhenius, who just received the Chemistry Prize last year and is also an academician of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, stood up and said: "Just like last year's Physics Prize, I think Lord Rayleigh and Mr. Ramsay can share the Chemistry Prize at the same time.
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Others asked: "Does this make Lord Rayleigh feel under-appreciated? Because the prize money is divided equally."
Arrhenius said: "As someone who has won the Nobel Prize, I should have a strong say. I say seriously that for a scientist, the prize is not important, what is important is the medal!"
Levler also agreed with Arrhenius: "This is a perfect plan. In the words of Li Yu's game theory, it is a win-win situation!"
So the Nobel jury temporarily finalized the plan: Li Yu will win the physics prize; while Lord Rayleigh and Ramsey will win the chemistry prize.