Chapter 178 God is Dead
The conservatism of the British was finally fully reflected in the change of presidents of Cambridge University. The world-recognized first academic master was strongly opposed because her husband's life was in the hands of Downing. Queen Victoria himself did not want to object or was unwilling to object. However, the public opinion led by the Times was particularly strong. The biggest reason was of course the atheist position of a certain master. The Times believed that if Downing, a bold and reckless guy, would destroy the theology of the entire British university and shake the faith of the British Empire.
Downing didn't care about the British's views. He added fuel to the fire on the Telegraph and put forward his school management philosophy: Cambridge University is no longer the highest institution of the British Empire, but an academic center around the world. It will set up branches in education centers around the world, with credits and headquarters in communication, and students can also apply to study in London. Assistant professors and lecturers will also be required to go to schools around the world to support higher education. Of course, the funds of these branches will be borne by local governments or commercial institutions and individuals. Not only that, he only gave the British government three days to consider, otherwise he would start a new job and do his own. Whether Cambridge is going to do it with him, you can do it.
The International Academy University Department had long been equipped with the prototype of this model. If it weren't for the prince's position, he would not have considered the position of President of Cambridge University. Of course, he would have been subject to various constraints after taking over Cambridge University, especially theological compromises, which was something he disliked.
It seems that a great god is not sincere in governing Cambridge University. Although Bamazun supports Downing, the members of Congress still argue fiercely.
Just as they were arguing, the American press discovered a strange story: Downing Windsor once donated 100,000 pounds to the Boston Institute of Technology, which was just established in April, and his only requirement was that the school should change its name to MIT, which is the abbreviation.
Haha, that's interesting. It turned out that Tang Ning claimed that he graduated and no one knew what it was. Now he finally knew it, but he created it. So this incident is called a strange story. The news that someone "created his alma mater" spread throughout the world and became a laughing stock.
However, this joke also made the American Yankees less hostile to the Windsor Consortium. You see, they had donated some money to the north, and they still retained a trace of conscience in their despair.
After receiving the funds and "hype", he quickly gained high-quality teachers and students, which made Harvard University shamelessly want to merge it. However, he has his own academic philosophy and ignores Harvard University at all. American universities have a strong tradition. I care about the federal government fighting with the Windsor Consortium, so he still gave Downing a seat on the board. Downing reciprocates, saying that he will donate at least 100,000 pounds to him every year, and the treatment is the same as that of the British Museum!
There is no news about Tangning's new start, but the three-day deadline has passed long ago. Cambridge University's conservatism seems to have won. Now people are curious about what the master's stove is.
The answer is finally revealed - the Global Polytechnic Alliance. The slogan is: "God is dead." Please note that this is not the name of a certain university, but a system. Any top university with a major in science and engineering that agrees and completely denies theology, speaks evidence, and dares to challenge any academic authority can join the alliance.
Haha, it turns out to be the Atheist University Alliance. Hum, for the "thugs" without faith, this is indeed his choice. Downing personally donated 10 million pounds of terrifying funds to the Global Polytechnic University Foundation to help the members of the alliance develop their careers. The foundation has sent invitations to major universities around the world, but the condition of "complete denial of theology" is really a bit rude. The directors of famous universities are hesitant and even very entangled.
Just when these universities were struggling, just as believers were clamoring to boycott the Global Polytechnic Alliance, several national university projects were quietly applying to join the alliance. The first was the University of Tokyo funded by the Japanese federal government, the second was the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, the third was the Qing National University where Downing himself troubled, the fourth was the Imperial Indian Polytechnic, and the fifth was the University of Milan Polytechnic.
In order to make the alliance famous more and more shocking, the decision to establish the headquarters of the Global Polytechnic University in London was finally made. Tang Ning personally served as the president of Global Polytechnic and published an earth-shaking paper "Can atoms not be divided again?" on the day of its official unveiling.
The paper mainly reveals the discovery of a subatomic particle - electrons. Discharge in a glass vacuum tube can lead to the production of green glow on the glass wall. This ray is proven not light, but a mass solid matter, and its mass is far smaller than atoms previously thought to be unable to be divided anymore because it can be deflected by a magnetic field and the deflection is huge, either because it is charged or because it is small. After measurement by the newly established laboratory of the Department of Physics of the "Global University of Technology", its mass is 1/1837 of that of hydrogen atoms.
Ah~, scientists were so excited by the unveiling of the Subatomic Age that they all abandoned the boring work at hand and repeated the experiments according to the detailed description in the paper. Of course, the experimental results cannot disappoint them unless the extremely unreliable experimental personnel made a mistake.
At this time, a principal personally recruited doctoral students to study the subatomic world in depth. Top students from all over the world were also crazily competing for this quota of doctoral students that represents the top position of the ivory tower. Some professors even wanted to study a doctoral degree under the master scientists, and in the future they would print "Doctoral Supervisor: Downing Windsor" on their diplomas. Damn, where can't you find a lifelong teaching position?
The most incredible quota for applying for James Clark Maxwell, a professor of natural philosophy at King's College London, who is already a member of the Royal Society. Those undergraduate graduates can't help but feel desperate to see these people applying for a doctoral student from a certain master to become their competitors.
Of course, the professors are not young anymore, and Downing is not interested in cultivating them anymore. Only Professor Maxwell, who is 30 years old, is still a plastic material. He has become the only student who already has a professorship position and is the first of Downing's doctoral students.
Tang Ning is a person who dares to do things and dares to act. Many others recommend Gass to him, and even his wife recommends doctoral students to him. Tang Ning is ridiculous and sarcastic: "Why do you have people who recommend them? When did you have this ability? I don't know!"
The Duchess blushed for the first time when she was mocked by her husband. They had known each other for so many years and had not happened for a long time, but she still felt reasonable: "I am my younger brother. He studied at the University of Munich and studied with a teacher like Li Bixi, so I think he is qualified to be your doctoral student."
Ah, wasn’t that the little Duke of Bavaria when he was dating Sissi? The boy is quite smart, well, you can consider it.
The third incredible student was recommended by Faraday. He recommended his daughter to be a doctoral student. Tang Ning gasped. According to the saying, Faraday's recommendation was reliable, but that little witch was only... how old? 15 years old! Brother, this is the golden years of going to middle school or playing football. Isn't your baby daughter determined to be a football referee? Why did she change her ambition again?
Faraday may be a mess. In fact, since 1958, Tangning has felt that Faraday's thinking has slowed down. Alas, he is exactly 60 years old this year and has struggled with scientific research. The Faraday team of the Qing Dynasty Train Bureau only borrowed his name. In fact, "Pharaoh" is semi-retired.
Downing's objection was invalid, and the Pharaoh insisted that his baby daughter was qualified to be a doctoral student. Well, at this time, Downing, who had never paid attention to Lin Fei's studies, was forced to study the little girl's past grades. He was surprised to find that the 15-year-old girl had really learned enough credits from the International Academy University Department! This shows that she was at least theoretically qualified to be a graduate student.
Downing really loves and hates Maxwell, a great genius. He loves talent. He hates that his published this year's "On the Line of Physical Forces" has sorted out the existing research results in electricity and magnetism at that time into a differential equation system composed of twenty equations, which means that the mystery of radio waves has been recognized and solved by scientists around the world. In addition, the confrontation between the Windsor Consortium and the top four NATO countries has caused engineers from the four countries to study the wireless telegraph technology related to life and death. It is very likely that they are on the verge of breakthrough. Prussia, France, and the United States are not fuel-efficient, and Russia is of course almost in science.
The US Department of Defense has taken the lead in issuing a reward for radio technology, claiming that "as long as it is a little reliable, military technology does not pursue mass production, nor does it pursue cost." France had done this before, but unfortunately it was not successful. This time, Napoleon III was discouraged and did not pay attention to this aspect. Bismarck believed that the French team's innovative "800-mile expedited" short-range telegraph connection was enough, and even telegraph ships could be connected at sea. (http:///.). The situation is different now. Not only did Maxwell's equation, but also the announcement of "electronics" by Downing himself, the Americans are lucky than the French.
Bismarck attaches great importance to smoke-free launching drugs, and military engineers are doing their best to conduct research. With the use of the FN-1855 rifle in the Italian Unification War, the spies have collected many samples of guns and bullets.
A major benefit of military confrontation is that national research institutions will no longer care about any patents. As long as they can be made, they will be successful. At the moment of life and death, who will talk about fairness, justice, and law?
The French suffered from the "treatment output" of Windsor Military Hospital, and their military R&D institutions solicited counterfeit antibacterial drugs from the best scientists in France. French scientists tried to produce penicillin in small batches in the laboratory. After receiving the emperor's order, they carried forward French passion and fought against bacteria day and night.
Chapter completed!