1900: A physics genius wandering around Europe

Chapter 235 I didn't want to show off, but you guys forced me to
When Francis walked up to Li Qiwei and others, he was surprised to see Li Qiwei among the group of middle-aged people.

The other person should be the youngest and has an oriental face.

Francis was curious about how he could sit among a group of scientists and remain calm.

At this time, Bateson stood up and introduced: "Professor Francis, this is Professor Bruce of Physics."

"After all, we are still alumni."

Francis was not as shocked as he had imagined, and he might have roughly guessed it before.

He had heard of Li Qiwei's name a long time ago. When the other party was still stirring up trouble at Cambridge University, he knew there was such a person.

But firstly, their majors are different, and secondly, Francis has a super awesome dad.

So he didn't have much admiration for Li Qiwei.

Compared with the field of life sciences, Li Qiwei's achievements are still some distance away from Darwin.

Moreover, people who study evolution are likely to develop a subtle view that human races are different.

Some human races are naturally more perfectly evolved, which means they are better than the average human race.

This kind of thinking still exists in later generations.

And the greater the scientist, the more serious this kind of thinking is.

There is an example in the United States in later generations. A Nobel Prize winner in physiology or medicine publicly declared that certain races are inherently inferior.

The remarks immediately caused an uproar.

In this era, Francis inherited his father's legacy. Although he did not have such extreme ideas, he still felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

The British Empire dominated the world, but among its defeated enemies, a super genius in physics emerged.

Some people will be very unhappy.

Francis said calmly: "Oh, it's Professor Bruce, hello."

Li Qiwei felt the other party's coldness, and of course he would not try to please someone who was so cold to him.

So he said calmly, "Hello, Francis."

At this time, Francis turned to look at Bateson and asked with a smile: "Bateson, what were you talking about just now? You were so excited."

"And you said you could help me win the debate. What does that mean? Could it be that you have made a new breakthrough in your experiment?"

Bateson, Morgan and others looked at each other, then smiled and said, "It's more than a breakthrough, it's a huge breakthrough, a huge transcendence!"

Morgan also echoed, "Mr. Darwin's theory of evolution is expected to become a classic like Newton's mechanics."

"High above, unbreakable, governing the rules for the reproduction and evolution of life."

Francis was startled and felt incredible.

Although he respected his father immensely, his influence was indeed a little behind Newton's.

Compared with Newton's three laws of mechanics and the law of universal gravitation, the theory of evolution lacks a bit of logical consistency, so it cannot work perfectly.

But decades have passed and no one has been able to make up for the shortcomings of the theory of evolution. Now Bateson actually says that there has been a major breakthrough?

He knew Bateson and knew that he would never brag.

"What's going on, Bateson? Tell me."

Bateson then introduced Ridgway's improved theory of evolution to Francis.

"Gene mutations give rise to various sources of variation."

“Natural selection weeds out useless variations.”

“What remains is the organism’s best traits that nature has selected.”

Francis was shocked when Bateson explained the concept of gene mutation in detail.

This idea is so genius!
As a professor of botany, Francis certainly knew the name of Mendel.

Especially the other party’s experiments have attracted renewed attention in recent years.

Concepts such as genetic factors and genes are very popular nowadays.

But Francis did not think that Mendel's work was comparable to that of his father Darwin.

So, he didn't delve into the pea experiment.

Now, when he heard Bateson's explanation, he realized how important the concept of gene was.

Isn't this the missing link in my father's theory?

Francis screamed wildly in his heart.

"Oh my God, that is to say, if my father knew this concept more than 40 years ago, with his wisdom, he would have thought of this."

"The theory of evolution plus the theory of genetics has turned out to be the perfect theory of evolution."

"Father, your theory is finally going to be reborn and become authoritative!"

At this moment, Francis was shaking with excitement.

Verifying the correctness of the theory of evolution was his father's lifelong wish.

Now, this wish is about to come true, how can Francis not be excited.

Moreover, after completing the theory of evolution, he could refute others speechlessly in future debates.

No, he will never have the chance to debate again because everyone will agree with the theory of evolution.

The theory of evolution, which supplements the concept of genetic mutation, is impeccable.

Francis said excitedly: "Bateson, it's amazing, it's really amazing."

"I can't think of any words to describe the amazingness of genetic mutations."

“Is this your latest research?”

Bateson smiled and waved his hand, "I'm not that talented."

Francis looked at Morgan again, who also smiled and waved.

Then he looked at De Vries, Correns and Chermak, but the three of them still waved their hands.

He even looked at Wilson at the end, but Wilson just shrugged his shoulders without giving him any face.

As for Li Qiwei, he was simply ignored by Francis.

In his eyes, why would a physicist like Li Qiwei come here to join in the fun?

Do you understand the theory of evolution? Those professional terms cannot be derived from formulas.

Professionals should do professional things.

Francis muttered, "How strange! It wasn't one of you who came up with this."

"Bateson, you are already an authority in the field of life sciences."

"Has a new genius appeared recently?"

"But I haven't heard anything about it."

Bateson couldn't hold back his laughter. He stopped teasing Francis and said with a smile, "Oh, don't guess."

"You will never be right if you guess like this." "The person who proposed gene mutation and completed the theory of evolution is among us."

Francis' eyes widened when he heard this, feeling incredible.

He had clearly just asked everyone.

wrong.

wrong!

There was one person he didn't ask.

Could it be?

Although he was unwilling to admit the fact in his heart, when he turned his eyes to Li Qiwei, the latter's face was calm, neither sad nor happy.

Francis felt something blocking his throat and couldn't utter a word.

He pointed a trembling finger at Ridgway, gathered all his strength, and asked Bateson in disbelief, "Could it be that Bruce proposed this?"

Looking at Francis, Bateson thought he was also frightened by Bruce's genius.

He smiled and replied, "It's the genetic mutation that Bruce proposed."

“He also applied gene mutation to the theory of evolution, filling in the gaps in the theory.”

"Bruce has made groundbreaking contributions to the field of life sciences."

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boom!
Francis could no longer hear what Bateson said next.

There was only one sentence repeating in his mind.

"how is this possible?"

"how is this possible?"

"how is this possible?"

Li Qiwei, whom he had always looked down upon, actually completed his father's theory.

That was something he couldn't accomplish even after spending decades on it.

Now, such a feat was actually accomplished by a Qing Dynasty person.

And according to Bateson, this was something the other party came up with in his spare time.

After all, the other party is a physicist, and his main job is to study physics.

Compared to Ridgway, Francis felt that all the biologists in the world had lived in vain.

He really couldn't accept this reality.

The coldness I had shown to others just now felt like a knife carving into my face, causing severe pain.

Francis didn't know how to continue facing Li Qiwei.

Apologize? Impossible!
Nothing happened between them at all.

Greet with a smile? Congratulate the other person on such a major breakthrough in the field of biology.

He asked himself that he couldn't do it.

Francis is now in the most embarrassing moment of his life.

Li Qiwei’s response just now actually made his attitude clear.

If you ignore me, I won't ignore you either.

At this time, Bateson seemed to have discovered Francis' abnormality.

However, he didn't think about it that way.

In such a noisy and exciting environment, it is difficult for people to think about sad things.

He thought Francis was just overwhelmed with excitement.

After all, this fulfilled his father Darwin's lifelong wish, so it was understandable that he was so excited.

At this time, Wilson, who had been silent, suddenly added fuel to the fire and said, "Bruce, why don't you just go to the podium and let that arrogant guy on the other side continue speaking."

"Let him see how terrifying our number one genius in physics is."

Li Qiwei was speechless for a moment. Old Wei, you really love me. You don’t mind watching the fun.

This is the home ground of biology, what would it be like for me to go there?

But Li Qiwei did not expect that he, the emperor, was not anxious, but the others were.

After Bateson helped Francis to his seat to rest, he smiled and said, "Yes, Bruce, you can go up."

"Anyway, this is a conference speech, anyone can go up there."

"With your status, if you propose gene mutation and perfect the theory of evolution, it will definitely cause a sensation."

"This is also a great thing for our life science field."

Morgan and the others also echoed: "Yes, Bruce, go ahead."

Only Francis stared at Li Qiwei blankly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Li Qiwei was also helpless when he saw this.

If he doesn't go up, it would be a bit disrespectful to others.

He complained to himself: I didn't want to show off, but you forced me to.

So he stood up and walked towards the podium with great strides.

The people around him were suddenly attracted to him and looked towards him, wondering what this young man was going to do.

After entering the podium, Li Qiwei gently tapped the loudspeaker with his hand to check whether it was in good condition, appearing very experienced.

There's no way. He has attended so many meetings that it has become a conditioned reflex.

At this time, not only the people in the VIP seats, but even the ordinary audience in the audience noticed something strange.

"What's going on? Wasn't Francis speechless just now? Didn't he go down?"

"Why is there another young man here now?"

"Is he going to continue his argument?"

Suddenly, someone in the crowd seemed to recognize Li Qiwei and shouted in disbelief.

"Oh my God, he's Bruce Lee, the number one genius in physics."

"The physicist who helped Hubble invent the artificial synthesis of ammonia."

boom!
The whole place was shocked!

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