8:20.
Surrounded by the crowd, Zhao Yi, wearing a suit and tie, stepped into the eting room with a dignified stride, and the noise in the air quickly cooled down.
Under the gaze of everyone, he went up to the podium, stood in the middle, glanced below the podium, and imdiately noticed the guests in the first row.
Yang Zhenning, Edward Witten. Next to Yang Zhenning was...
Xiao Ye?
No, it’s that, that... he thought for a long ti but still couldn’t rember the na and had to look at the others.
George Smute.
He had seen George Smute two days ago, which was not surprising, but the one sitting next to Smute was quite unexpected.
"Sheldon Glashow?"
"Would this old man... attend my presentation?"
"That seems unlikely..."
Zhao Yi stared at Sheldon Glashow with a calm look, but he couldn’t help but feel puzzled. He had seen Sheldon Glashow once at a conference when he went to Europe for the data analysis work of the nuclear organization. They didn’t exchange a word because his manuscript for Higgs’ particle review was like a stone sinking into the ocean, aning it was directly rejected.
He had heard from Kibor that Sheldon Glashow was stubborn. It seed that he scorned Zhao Yi’s main the of proving physics experintal results with computer thods.
Zhao Yi also knew about Sheldon Glashow’s views—this old man didn’t believe in string theory, or rather, didn’t believe in any ’unprovable’ theories. The boundary theory of particles, which is related to string theory and unprovable to so extent, couldn’t possibly impress Sheldon Glashow.
"Could this old man have changed his mind? Accepting the particle boundary theory?"
He then imdiately shook his head.
Change his mind? Don’t be ridiculous. That’s absolutely impossible.
If it were a young person, it wouldn’t be a very difficult thing to accept a new theory and judge his previous academic views. But it would be harder than asking for his own death to convince a stubborn old man who won a Nobel Prize in physics to change his views.
Many people think academia is inclusive, but in the circle of theoretical physics, this is quite an amusing statent.
In the circle of theoretical physics, contradictory theories are like opposing ones, and the faith in theories isn’t less than religious zeal.
Edward Witten is an obvious case.
Besides, researchers in different theories are like religious believers. They hope others would believe in the theory they are committed to researching while vehently rejecting theories that conflict with their ideas.
Sheldon Glashow is a glaring example, who rejects all theories contrary to his views. His attitude toward string theorists is as if they were ’fraudsters’, especially because these ’fraudsters’ aren’t sanctioned by the law but instead continue to ’commit fraud’ and live quite comfortably... Isn’t it annoying?
"At least..."
Zhao Yi thought sowhat relievedly, "Sheldon Glashow and Edward aren’t sitting together."
...
Sheldon Glashow and Zhao Yi made eye contact. The look Sheldon Glashow gave off was very sharp and contained no trace of friendliness.
Of course, he wasn’t ’changing his mind.’ He was here specifically to expose the ’academic fraud.’
The Supersymtry Problem is a cornerstone of theoretical physics and is of global interest. He hoped for a theory on the Supersymtry Problem, but certainly not one that was based on a ’fraudulent’ new theory.
So how does one expose an ostensibly ’fraudulent’ new theory?
First, one must have a sufficient understanding of the new theory, and enough understanding of its point of view on the Supersymtry Problem.
For Sheldon Glashow, understanding Zhao Yi’s paper wasn’t the big deal. There may have been so minor details that needed so further thought, but he had grasped the overall content.
Now, Sheldon Glashow was about to listen carefully to the presentation, find the problem, and confront the ’academic fraud’ on the spot.
That’s why he had co.
Sheldon Glashow believed he ca bearing righteousness. Even if the majority of his ’colleagues’ were optimistic about the presentation, oftentis, the truth was held in the hands of the few.
With his arms folded over his chest, he sat rigidly in his chair, his face cold and serious.
If he had been a handso young man, adopting this pose and facial expression would probably earn him the title of a ’coldly attractive god.’ Unfortunately for Glashow, he had an old face. Whenever the cara pointed to him, journalists and cara operators who saw the footage couldn’t help but quip inwardly, "A typical stubborn old man."
Soon after.
All caras were pointed at the stage.
Zhao Yi thanked the guests for their participation and introduced the schedule for the academic report. "My report will be divided into morning and afternoon sessions. The morning session will take up about three hours. It will mainly involve explaining the mathematical structure of particle energy and discussing and analyzing the Supersymtry Problem. There will also be a Q&A session."
"The afternoon session will mainly revolve around a detailed explanation of the difficulties in the theory."
"Let’s begin... "
Zhao Yi opened the PPT on the computer on the podium and started on the first part, "The first part is the particle energy mathematical frawork, or the boundary theory of particles. In my boundary theory, the mathematical component of the energy that constitutes the particles is the core, and it also forms the foundation for the Supersymtry Problem."
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