From all-round academic master to chief scientist

The celebration party lasted until late at night.

People who attended the party also enjoyed the joy of the banquet.

In particular, all the researchers who have responsibilities in Lin Xiao's project have received praise from others. Some of them have performed well and have also been invited by other research institutions or universities, such as giving a lecture. Then share their entire process.

There are even some people who have been hired by some universities, hoping that they will go to universities to serve as teachers and professors. For some researchers, this is what they want. After all, not everyone wants to stay at CERN forever.

All in all, basically these people have received certain benefits, which also makes them feel grateful to Lin Xiao in their hearts.

Without Lin Xiao, they would definitely not have such treatment.

This can be regarded as a kind of personal network. After all, there are hundreds of people in the entire project team. Except for more than a hundred first-class scholars, the rest are basically young people. Maybe a few of them will be in the future of particle physics. It is not impossible for big names to emerge with one or two Nobel Prize winners.

Of course, these future things can only be known by the future.

After the party, Lin Xiao and the others organized the research process and conclusions and published them.

One in Science, one in Nature, one for W boson mass, and one for black holes, each worthy of being published on the cover of both journals.

Of course, these two journals do this. The cover of the paper on the mass of the W boson has a pattern of a W smashing all the particles in the old standard model, indicating that the determination of the mass of the W boson is based on the standard model. A break, however, is that in one corner of the cover, there is a tiny formula, as if to replace the old Standard Model. Apparently, this formula is the New Standard Model.

For the physics community, the replacement of the New Standard Model is already an unchangeable fact.

As for the Nature journal of the artificial black hole paper, the cover is a huge ring representing a particle collider, and then there is a black hole in the middle. It is very simple. Of course, just a black hole is very attractive.

Of course, by the time this journal was published, it was already mid-December.

The Solvay Conference is very close.

…

Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris.

In Lin Xiao’s dormitory.

To be honest, after living in the small villa at CERN for so long, Lin Xiao was not used to it when he suddenly returned to this narrow dormitory. It was probably because it was easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it was difficult to go from luxury to frugality. .

Of course, it's not a big problem, at least this dormitory should be quieter.

At this time, he was preparing for the Solvay Conference.

After all, this is an important meeting and should be treated well, and he will introduce his multidimensional field theory to everyone at the meeting. As the founder of multidimensional field theory, he must introduce his own new ideas.

Of course, these problems are not big. After all, it has only been a few months now. There are still relatively few physicists in the world who can understand multidimensional field theory, so no matter what 'new ideas' they have, they are basically A truly new perspective.

Suddenly, his phone rang. Looking at the caller, Lin Xiao raised his eyebrows. It was someone from Time Magazine.

People from Time Magazine had contacted him before and said they hoped to interview him. Lin Xiao would naturally not refuse. No matter what, it was an honor for him.

After being abroad for so long, he naturally needs to prepare for returning home.

Although as a Chinese, you do not necessarily need foreign honors and awards to commend yourself, especially for his achievements, but given the domestic environment in China, these things are always inevitable.

It is an indisputable fact that foreign monks like to chant sutras, and it is also a sad thing.

For example, Tu Youyou was almost a transparent figure in China before she won the Nobel Prize. She had no doctorate, no overseas study experience, and no academician title. She was nicknamed the "Three Nos" scientist. Of course, before the Nobel Prize, she In fact, in 2011, she won the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award, which is known as the bellwether of the Nobel Prize. Even after she won this award, she also caused some controversy in the academic community, because some domestic scholars believed that That should belong to the team, not to her, even though she was the first to discover artemisinin.

And until later, after she won the Nobel Prize in Medicine, the controversy never stopped, but no matter what, it was of great help to her, just like people all over the country now know her name.

For Lin Xiao, the same is true. A scientist who returns to China with a full body of honors will be cherished more in China.

Especially after he plans to go back, he will start developing lithography machines. This is undoubtedly a project that requires a lot of investment. He has no company behind him and no tens of billions of assets, so the only thing he can rely on is the country.

And it is necessary for him to use some internationally recognized honors to bring himself capital.

Of course, Lin Xiao has not forgotten that the old man said that if you need anything, you can go to him, and the country will not let Lin Xiao down.

But if Lin Xiao can obtain such more capital, it will give the country more reason to help him. After all, domestic resources need to be allocated.

Therefore, now that Time Magazine comes to interview him, it is just an appetizer.

…

Soon, Lin Xiao came to an empty classroom and came here to be interviewed by Time Magazine.

This can be regarded as the first media interview he has accepted since the publication of the multidimensional field theory nearly half a year ago.

The reporter is a man, and there is a photographer.

"Hello, Mr. Lin, I am Time Magazine reporter Macron Cain."

After seeing Lin Xiao, the man came up to him with a smile and extended his hand to Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao shook hands with him, smiled and said, "Hello Kane."

"I have heard Mr. Lin's name for a long time, especially after the birth of your multidimensional field theory. We have always wanted to interview you, but we have never received permission. Now we can finally interview you."

When McLean Cain thought of this incident, he couldn't help but sigh, "Time Magazine" wanted to interview a person. When did it feel so sad?

But even with Lin Xiao, their contact failed for six months.

This made some of them want to give up for a while. Anyway, they didn't necessarily have to interview Lin Xiao - because when they judged the most influential people of the year, they didn't necessarily need to interview.

However, when faced with scientists like Lin Xiao who are considered comparable to Einstein and Newton in the physics community, they still choose Zhenxiang.

Hearing McLean Kane's words, Lin Xiao couldn't help but laugh, "This matter is actually because I have been too busy for a long time, so I haven't been interviewed. I finally finished my work some time ago, so I agreed. Your interview.”

McLean Cain smiled and nodded and said, "It seems we are quite lucky."

After a pause, he continued: "Then let's start the interview now, right?"

"OK."

Lin Xiao nodded.

"Time" does not often interview people, but the interviews are usually with people who have attracted international attention for a period of time, or who they select as the annual person.

Although Lin Xiao was not selected as the Person of the Year, it is clear that he has attracted considerable attention in the world.

The photographer set up the camera, and the background of the two of them was a blackboard full of equations. If you are a person who studies high-energy physics, you can easily know that it is the standard model that has been improved by multi-dimensional field theory.

If the standard model is fully expanded, it is a quite complex equation. It can be written in about thirty or forty lines in total. Of course, the equation on the blackboard is simplified. However, since multi-dimensional field theory introduces more unknown quantities, so Still seems complicated.

But this also makes their interviews more compelling.

The camera started recording. The photographer held the slate in his hand and closed it with a 'snap', and the interview officially began.

McLean Cain asked: "So, who is the person you admire most?"

Lin Xiao raised an eyebrow. The interview questions were indeed a little different from normal interviews.

Then, he smiled slightly: "The people I admire are the people."

McLean Cain was stunned, "The public?"

"Yes."

Lin Xiao nodded slightly: "The people, or the vast majority of the people, don't have much desire. They just hope to live a good life and not encounter trouble, such as being bullied or oppressed." , as long as this is the case, they will feel that their lives are worry-free, and even if they suffer a little oppression, they will try their best to endure it."

"So I admire the people very much, because they are the most like 'normal people'."

McLean Cain didn’t understand. “Most like a normal person? What’s so ‘admirable’ about this?”

Lin Xiao smiled and said: "Because everyone has 'desires', and the way normal people satisfy their desires is to obtain them through their own efforts."

McLean Kane nodded in understanding, and then smiled: "So that's the case, but I originally thought that the person you admired most would be a scientist like you."

Lin Xiao shook his head slightly: "That's too common. Since this is your interview, of course I have to give a slightly different answer."

McLean Cain smiled and then asked the next question.

"Then, your 'slightly different' answer will be left to others to comment on. Let's move on to the next question now."

"It may be difficult for ordinary people like us to imagine what the universe is like in the minds of physicists. Under your description of multi-dimensional field theory, our universe has many dimensions, so how do you think these different dimensions look like? "

Lin Xiao: "If I talk about the thoughts in my mind, I might think that there is actually a four-dimensional life standing around us, or that what we step on is a two-dimensional life."

"why is that?"

Lin Xiao stretched out his hand and pointed at the plane, "Imagine that there is a piece of paper on this plane. Why can we see this paper?"

McLean Cain thought for a moment and asked, "Because light is reflected into our eyes?"

Lin Xiao smiled and nodded: "You can understand it this way."

"However, there are requirements for us to be able to 'see' something. Imagine why we can't see air? For example, we can't see oxygen? But we can see liquid oxygen?"

"This involves the issue of particle density, and in two-dimensional space, it is an infinitely thin piece of paper."

"When it is infinitely thin, it cannot accommodate our particles, because you have to know that particles have a volume, which means that its particle density is zero, which makes it even less likely to reflect our three-dimensional light, so we can only Seeing things in three dimensions.”

"So from this point of view, we can't see two-dimensional space, we are surrounded by two-dimensional space."

"Similarly, the same goes for four-dimensional space. The 'light' that passes through the four-dimensional space will pass through our three-dimensional space and therefore will not be seen by us."

"Of course, you can also understand it this way: establish a three-dimensional rectangular coordinate system, x, y, z are the length, width and height. We do not live in the 'length and width' of the second dimension, but in the third dimension." The same is true for the fourth-dimensional life. If a four-dimensional rectangular coordinate system is established with w, x, y, and z as the four axes, they will mainly live on the fourth axis, rather than representing the length, On the three axes of width and height.”

Listening to Lin Xiao's introduction, McLean Kane couldn't help but feel amazing: "Is that so? If so, will our wave of hands affect the two-dimensional space?"

Lin Xiao shook his head: "The force we exert all comes from electromagnetic force, and electromagnetic force requires electrons and photons, but obviously the infinitely thin two-dimensional space cannot accommodate the electrons and photons in our three-dimensional space."

McLean Kane nodded. Although he was a little confused, he could probably imagine what Lin Xiao meant.

Then, he asked: "So, is this your judgment based on multi-dimensional field theory?"

"Yes." Lin Xiao nodded.

"What if the real high-dimensional space does not proceed according to your understanding?"

Lin Xiao smiled: "If the universe does not proceed according to my mathematical deduction, then I think our universe is really bad, or in other words, our universe is false and must have been designed by a real creator. Come out, because only the Creator can design without following the rules.”

"Oh, God will definitely not be happy when he hears your words."

"Give to God what belongs to God, and belong to scientists what belongs to scientists." Lin Xiao replied nonchalantly.

McLean Kane was stunned for a moment, and then sighed: "From this, I can be sure that you are a great scientist."

Lin Xiao laughed: "I believe every scientist thinks so."

McLean Cain did not respond and moved on to the next question.

The interview with Time Magazine is no different from a normal interview. Questions are asked and then answered. Since Lin Xiao is being interviewed as a scientist, the questions are basically related to mathematics.

Until the end, McLean Cain asked the last question: "Mr. Lin, do you think theoretical science or applied science is more important?"

Hearing this question, Lin Xiao frowned, and then said with a smile: "I always firmly believe that theoretical science is the most important, and I will always contribute to solving problems in theoretical science. As for applied science - if you know the Bourbaki school , you will know that the Bourbaki school does not like applied mathematics, and my teacher is Jean-Pierre Serre, who is also a member of the Bourbaki school, although this concept has not had much influence in modern times. , but it still survives, just like even if I study physics now, I am only studying theoretical physics."

"Leave the application matters to others. I just want to explore more profound truths."

McLean Kane had a bright smile on his face, "Then I wish you will develop further on your path of theoretical science."

"Thanks."

The interview ends here.

McLean Kane stood up and extended his hand to Lin Xiao again, and the two shook hands.

The previous questions were asked by Time Magazine, and the last question was asked by others.

But now, he has got a more satisfactory answer. He is a theoretical scientist. I hope he will become more and more great, because the theory is universal.

"Oh, by the way, we need to take another photo of you. If there are no accidents, you will appear on the cover of next week. In addition, your name will also be among the 100 most influential people this year. Congratulations. .”

Lin Xiao smiled and nodded: "Thank you."