From University Lecturer to Chief Academician

The house allocated to Ding Zhiqiang by the school is in the adjacent Huayuan District. It was bought by the school's finances, and the purpose is to provide the teaching staff with welfare.

Ding Zhiqiang became one of the first faculty members to enjoy benefits, but he still needs to wait for his official graduation and formally sign a work agreement with the school before he can get his personal property certificate.

This house has three bedrooms and one living room, with a total area of ​​130 square meters, and the mid-range decoration looks good.

Ding Zhen and Tian Guifang came here once, and they were very satisfied with the house. The house they live in is only 100 square meters, and 130 square meters seems to be much more spacious.

What attracts Ding Zhen and Tian Guifang is not just a house, but also Ding Zhen's work arrangement.

Ding Zhen started a small business in Hetang. He set up a small stall to sell things. He once opened a fruit shop, but it closed it after not making any money. He went to the university to open a small shop and a small supermarket. For Ding Zhen, he could It counts as 'a further step in business career'.

He is less than fifty years old, and it can be regarded as the second spring of his career.

Ding Zhen and Tian Guifang were very satisfied with Ding Zhiqiang's stay in school because the school allocated a house to their sons, gave them a high salary, and allowed them to work with Wang Hao. In addition, they planned new jobs for them.

When they moved their things to the new house, they kept talking, "Zhiqiang, you will have to work hard in the future. I can hear it on the phone. Teacher Wang has high expectations for you."

"You should thank Mr. Wang well. I heard that you are worried about our pension issues. Don't worry. Our family will be able to stay in Xihai in the future, so you don't have to worry about it."

"Yes, you put all your energy into your work, work hard, do more research..."

"Hard work is the best reward for Teacher Wang!"

When Ding Zhiqiang first entered the house and looked left and right, he felt a little better. After all, it was a new house he got, and he still had some sense of freshness and accomplishment, but after hearing what his parents said, his His face darkened.

try hard?

Putting all your energy into work?

"Since you have to work so hard after graduating with a Ph.D., what is the purpose of the past twenty years of hard work!"

He was so depressed that he wanted to cry, feeling that his life had been cheated.

...

at the same time.

Wang Hao was sitting with an old professor with gray hair. He was Professor Wang Hui from the Material Testing Center.

Holding a document in his hand, Wang Hui said, "This test has made a new discovery, an amazing discovery. In the materials submitted for inspection, we found extremely low levels of mutated elements."

"Variation element?" Wang Hao didn't understand.

Wang Hui explained, "Although the content is very weak, we did several tests and found an abnormality. There is no precedent for this abnormality, so we call it 'mutation'."

"Some of them are mutated iron elements. We used various methods to collect the elements together and found that the physical properties of these mutated elements have changed a lot."

Wang Hao immediately grasped the key point, "What about the chemical properties? Has there been any change?"

"We did basic experiments and found no changes." Wang Hui added after finishing speaking, "Because the extracted variable elements are very few, there is no way to do too many experiments, and we can't be sure for the time being."

"If further testing is to be done, more material will be needed."

Now Wang Hao understood, he nodded and said, "We will continue to provide similar materials in the future, and we will trouble Professor Wang then."

"It's our honor not to trouble you."

Wang Hui said expectantly, "Academician Wang, this is probably a new discovery. We have discussed it internally. It is very likely that the magnetization reaction will produce a certain isotope or other things. Anyway, it is very valuable for research. "

After Wang Hui left, Wang Hao, He Yi, and Xiang Qiansheng also discussed.

Wang Hui described it as a "mutated element", and confirmed that the physical properties had changed, which was enough to prove that they had indeed made a new discovery.

A new discovery of an elemental element...

"The new elements are unlikely, or are they isotopes?" He Yi thought about it and said, "Making isotopes sounds very interesting."

"It shouldn't be an isotope."

Wang Hao shook his head and said, "The isotopes have the same number of protons and different numbers of neutrons. F-rays have no effect on ablation of neutrons. In theory, no matter how strong the annihilation effect is, it will not change the composition of the atomic nucleus."

"what is that?"

"Maybe it's a special effect after strong extrusion?" Wang Hao shook his head thinking about it. The relevant information is too little to think further. He simply explained, "For the next experiment, prepare more materials. , Send it to Professor Wang after the experiment is over."

"Let's concentrate on doing new experiments."

He Yi and Xiang Qiansheng nodded together. They were still looking forward to the new experiment.

The new experiment is to test the effect of 'annihilation'. The laser is used to irradiate the strong annihilation force field. Under the special properties of the strong annihilation force field, the laser light will be annihilated directly.

Then, will the energy contained in the laser be absorbed by the surroundings, or will it be annihilated directly?

Experiments will give conclusions.

This experiment is relatively simple, just modify the device, add laser generating equipment, and start the equipment during the experiment.

Wang Hao did not directly participate in the experiment. He was in the Antigravity Behavior Research Center and conducted the remote command of the experiment.

When the experiment is over, there are immediate results.

"The internal temperature didn't increase significantly."

"After the circuit heat interference was excluded, there was little change in the internal energy."

"This means that the laser light is completely annihilated, rather than converted into heat."

This result is somewhat unexpected, but at the same time it is eye-catching. The most feared thing about physical experiments is "conforming to the routine", and conforming to the routine means that there is no discovery.

Some unconventional results may contain brand new laws.

That's the conclusion now.

The strong annihilation force field has the effect of 'complete annihilation' on the laser light irradiated by the field force. During the annihilation process, no heat is even transmitted.

Energy conservation is a basic characteristic of physics, and any physical phenomenon will follow energy conservation.

The current experiment is to make the energy no longer conserved, the high-power laser is directly annihilated, and a large amount of energy disappears out of thin air.

Here comes the problem——

Where did the energy go?

...

After the end of the experiment, Wang Hao has been thinking about the issue of 'where the energy goes'.

Conservation of energy is the most basic law. It is impossible for any energy to disappear out of thin air, and it will definitely play a certain role.

However, if you think about it deeply, it is also understandable that 'energy is annihilated and disappeared'.

For example, particles have lifetimes.

Relative to itself, the photon also has a lifespan. When the lifespan ends, the photon will be annihilated and disappear. So what about the original energy of the photon?

Disappeared out of nowhere?

If there are no other particles around, there must be no heat conduction. Where does the original energy go?

With this question in mind, Wang Hao returned to the Mason Number Laboratory, found Paul Phil-Jones, and explained that a temporary "physics research group" would be formed.

"We have discovered a new physical phenomenon, and we need to study the underlying logic..."

One sentence convinced Paul Phil Jones.

Afterwards, Wang Hao still had some work to do. He was concerned about the defense of two students' doctoral thesis. The school set up a special defense team for Ding Zhiqiang and Qiu Huian to defend respectively.

In fact, it's just a process.

The doctoral dissertations of Ding Zhiqiang and Qiu Hui'an are both related to the first problem of high-order particle functions and the proof of the Riemann conjecture.

This published and influential result has already been tested by countless top scholars, and there is no need for a defense at all.

Ding Zhiqiang and Qiu Hui'an's doctoral dissertation defense passed easily and got the best evaluation.

After passing the doctoral dissertation, you can graduate naturally.

Qiu Hui'an was ready to go back to Shanji, so he was going to come over and talk to Wang Hao.

Ding Zhiqiang followed after hearing this.

Wang Hao met two students in the office, heard Qiu Huian talk about going back to Shanji, and contacted Shanji University, he was silent for a while, sighed, and said, "Since you have thought about it, go back Bar."

"Xiao Qiu, you are the kind of hard-working, hard-working person, and you are also very smart. I have noticed it in the past few years, from the very beginning Legendre's conjecture to your own research..."

"Your thesis is a pity."

Wang Hao shook his head as he said, "I originally expected you to study something by yourself. I can't help you with the direction of mathematical methodology, but this is also a good thing."

"When you go to Shanji University, you can apply for projects in this direction. With your resume, it is not a problem to apply for excellent young people, and outstanding young people have opportunities."

Qiu Hui'an listened and nodded, he still felt a little bit reluctant, but there are always trade-offs in life, not everything can go well.

His family is in Sanji City, and his parents are both elderly and have chronic diseases. He can agree to let them all come to Xihai, but he feels that he should not do that.

Wang Hao was prepared in his heart, saying that "the world is full of peaches and plums", most of the students will leave to find their own way out after they have completed their studies, so that students can be everywhere.

Helen, Chen Mengmeng, and Ding Zhiqiang all the doctors he brought stayed, and it was normal for one of them to leave.

A few years ago, with a master's degree in informatics, Li Xin stayed and worked in the School of Information, Xihai University, and Zhang Yixin went to work in a first-tier city after graduating from a master's degree.

Xu Jie followed Zhang Zhiqiang to study for a Ph.D., but he planned to stay and work in the university, but whether he could stay or not was uncertain. Even if he stayed as an outstanding graduate, his starting point would be far behind Chen Mengmeng and Ding Zhiqiang.

These are normal conditions.

Qiu Hui'an and Wang Hao said a few more words, and left the office with the sadness of parting.

After Wang Hao and Qiu Hui'an finished talking, they continued to think about the issue of 'non-conservation of energy'.

He also noticed Ding Zhiqiang, but Ding Zhiqiang was sitting at the position where he was doing research together, Wang Hao thought that Ding Zhiqiang was here to study, so he didn't pay much attention.

Ding Zhiqiang never expected that when Qiu Hui'an bluntly said that he wanted to leave, Wang Hao directly agreed.

"Is that agreed?"

"Teacher Wang Hao didn't make things difficult for Qiu Hui'an... That's right, everyone has the right to choose a job. It's normal for Qiu Hui'an to want to go back to his hometown to work, but..."

"Why can't I?"

The more Ding Zhiqiang thought about it, the more depressed he became. He felt that maybe he didn't say it bluntly, which made everyone feel that he wanted to stay.

"Why don't you tell Teacher Wang Hao that I'm actually planning to go back to Hetang, maybe he will agree?"

"As long as Teacher Wang Hao speaks, there will definitely be no problem with my parents!"

Ding Zhiqiang struggled for a long time, and finally mustered up the courage to stand up.

At this time, Wang Hao asked with a thoughtful face, "Zhiqiang, I have a question for you. Do you think space exists?"

Does space exist?

After Ding Zhiqiang heard this, he felt his mind was stuck, and he couldn't understand why he was asked such a question.

"Teacher Wang Hao is testing me?"

"If you answer normally, you will probably be considered to have a solid knowledge base, and then you will say 'you are a genius'?"

"However, if you answer abnormally, you may also be called a genius... This has always been the case in the past..."

Ding Zhiqiang figured it out all at once. After several turns in his mind, he suddenly thought of a report he saw a while ago, and he replied, "I don't think it exists."

"oh?"

Wang Hao suddenly became interested.

Ding Zhiqiang nodded and said seriously, "Not only space, but even matter does not exist. In philosophy, there are idealism and materialism. After entering the age of science, materialism has been highly recognized, and idealism has become the object of criticism."

"In my opinion, idealism and materialism also exist in physics. Starting from facts and experiments is materialism, and constructing physics through fictional illusions is idealism."

Wang Hao thought about it immediately, "You mean theoretical physics?"

Ding Zhiqiang nodded fiercely, "In materialist physics, space certainly exists. Our existence, the existence of the earth, and the existence of the universe naturally indicate the existence of space."

"But I am more inclined to the idealistic view of the universe. I think that there is existence, and I think that there is no existence if there is no existence."

"For example, there is a view that the universe may be a sophisticated computer, and the program is designed, so we may all be a program or a symbol."

"Material does not exist, space does not exist, and human cognition and senses are just illusory existences."

After hearing this, Wang Hao was silent for a while, and asked doubtfully, "Are you inclined towards the so-called 'idealistic physics'? So, you also like theoretical physics?"

"ah?"

Ding Zhiqiang was stunned for a moment, and muttered in a low voice, "Can you still understand this?"

He was full of apprehension and anticipation.

What was disturbing was that he was worried that his statement would annoy Wang Hao, because he classified theoretical physics into the ranks of "idealist physics", and he also made an argument that most scientists scoffed at. What he expected was...

He has already said that, maybe Mr. Wang Hao won't think he is a genius anymore, right?

Wang Hao nodded thoughtfully, stood up solemnly, then walked over formally, and stretched out his hand towards Ding Zhiqiang.

shake hands?

Ding Zhiqiang stretched out his hand to touch Wang Hao, his face full of bewilderment.

At this time, Wang Hao said seriously, "Professor Ding Zhiqiang, I formally invite you to join my cosmology research group."

"Our research needs talents like you who are full of imagination and are not bound by traditional theories!"

"—?"

Ding Zhiqiang's mouth was half-opened, and he didn't close it for a long time.

When Wang Hao returned to his seat, he sat down blankly, reached out and patted the top of his head vigorously, thinking carefully, "Why did you join some research group?"

"its not right!"

"I seemed to want to say something just now... is it...?"