Chapter 17 The exam is approaching
January 1900, 6, sunny.
When Li Qiwei got up in the morning, he found that Hong'er's face looked a little strange.
When asked what happened, the little girl was shy and didn't say anything.
Li Sanze just went out and went to the post office to send the letter back to China.
Li Qiwei didn't think much about it. As usual, he washed, ate, and rushed to school with Hong'er's help.
At this time, there are no more students chatting on the campus of Cambridge University.
All the study rooms and libraries were overcrowded.
The reason is simple, the final exam is coming soon!
At that time, the strong will survive the calamity, while the weak will be reduced to ashes.
As one of the top universities in the world, it is extremely difficult to get credits at Cambridge.
If you fail the exam, you won't get enough credits, and then you won't be able to graduate, find a good job, or marry a good wife.
Therefore, the huge campus is much quieter.
Li Qiwei has a total of more than a dozen courses that require exams, covering various areas of physics.
Mechanics, optics, thermodynamics, various experimental courses, and elective courses such as cutting-edge theory.
There are even two math classes.
As we all know, mathematics is the skeleton of physics. Without mathematics, physics cannot become a systematic science.
Don’t underestimate the current level of mathematics. It has been more than 30 years since the death of Riemann.
Riemannian geometry and complex functions are enough to make one feel overwhelmed just thinking about them.
However, for Li Qiwei, all of this was not a piece of cake, but at least it was effortless.
As an outstanding student who had experienced the tactics of a sea of questions in his previous life, Li Qiwei absolutely looked down on the questions of this era.
Moreover, I didn’t even have to take an exam for Wilson’s class and got full marks directly.
At this moment, Li Qiwei just wanted to say to everyone: "You guys just review, I'm fine."
Li Qiwei wandered around the campus for a while, then found a classroom with few people and sat down.
Instead of reviewing his lessons, he started writing teaching materials.
The Spark Project requires too much content, so he has to start from now on, write a little bit every day, accumulate little by little, and finally compile it into a book.
Li Qiwei initially decided to write three textbooks: physics, mathematics, and chemistry
Physics is the core and is related to the research of future atomic bombs. It is of utmost importance and cannot be lost.
Mathematics is aimed at improving China's overall scientific research literacy, and it is the foundation of all natural sciences.
As for chemistry, it involves all aspects of industrialization and is closely related to national production.
Li Qiwei originally wanted to add biology as well, but he thought that he could not digest too much at once, so biology could be studied later.
Suddenly, he thought of another thorny problem.
So where will the students in the Spark Program study together?
It is definitely not possible within Cambridge University, and the place we rent cannot accommodate many people.
It is initially estimated that the first batch will have about three or four students. If there are more, he will not be able to accommodate them.
Just as Li Qiwei was writing the textbook and thinking about the details of the Spark Project, a voice suddenly interrupted him.
"Hi, Senior Bruce, I finally found you."
"These days, after class, you go to the lab and I don't dare to disturb you." Chris walked over excitedly.
Li Qiwei looked at him and smiled: "Oh, it's Chris, what's the matter?"
Chris rubbed his hands together and said awkwardly, "Um, Senior Bruce, I want to ask you for a favor. Please tutor me in my course."
Li Qiwei saw his expectant look and said with a smile: "Sure, bring the questions here now and I'll teach you."
Chris quickly thanked him and said, "Thank you so much, Senior Bruce, but I have a small request."
So he explained the reason. It turned out that Chris had formed a small team called the Physics Club, which had four or five members.
The members are all first-year students majoring in physics at Trinity College. They often get together to learn and discuss with each other.
Self-study resources in school are currently limited, so Chris suggested reviewing at his home in the countryside.
Chris's hometown is not far from the outskirts of Cambridgeshire. It is a village with very beautiful rural scenery.
Chris wants to invite Li Qiwei to his house to provide unified guidance to the physics club members.
Upon hearing this, Li Qiwei suddenly had an idea of the location of the Spark Project.
Why not just leave it at Chris's home, which is not far from Cambridge University? Students can also use the school library, killing two birds with one stone. So he said happily: "No problem, Chris, I also want to breathe the fresh air of the countryside."
Chris didn't expect Li Qiwei to agree so readily, and he was very happy.
"Thank you so much, Bruce-senpai, you are such a gentleman."
"How about I take you to my house tomorrow? Today I'm going to inform the members of the Physics Club."
Li Qiwei said: "Okay, we will leave from school tomorrow morning."
After Chris said yes, he trotted off to tell other people the news.
Li Qiwei just smiled and continued writing the teaching materials.
The next morning, Chris found Li Qiwei as promised, and he was accompanied by four other boys.
As for why there are no female students, it is because Cambridge University was a male-only university until the mid-20th century.
Even if women have the right to go to Cambridge, they cannot get a degree because the school will not grant it.
Not to mention, Cambridge doesn't recruit women at all now.
If this happened in later times, it would be unimaginable.
So even though Europe claims to be civilized, it is actually just that.
If science had not happened to be born here, it would be hard to say what the world situation would be like.
Although the women's education movement in the UK has been developing for decades, it has not yet been able to crack the tough nut of Cambridge.
As a result, the school is full of male students with raging hormones.
It is no wonder that there are problem students like Raymond and Cecil. They are probably forced into that situation.
Li Qiwei would definitely oppose this situation, but since we are in the UK, it doesn't matter.
The few of them chatted and laughed along the way and soon became familiar with each other.
The four boys are named Jenny, Happy, Lauren and Rickard.
Like Chris, they all admired Li Qiwei and felt very honored for his arrival.
In fact, the five people in the Physics Club all came from ordinary families in Britain at that time, and it took a lot of their family savings for them to go to Cambridge University.
In order to live up to myself and my family, of course I have to study hard.
In order to avoid being bullied at school, the five of them naturally formed a group and formed the so-called Physics Club.
Li Qiwei had no information about these names in his mind. It seemed that he was an unknown person just like Chris.
But this is also normal. There are only a few big names in physics and it is impossible to meet them easily.
More than an hour later, everyone finally arrived at the village where Chris's home lived.
Li Qiwei was instantly attracted by the scene before him.
Looking around, the endless lavender swaying in the wind looks like a purple ocean.
The air is filled with the fragrance of flowers and soil, it is like a paradise on earth.
The sea of flowers is surrounded by British-style country cottages. Although they look shabby, they are large and have their own entrance and house.
Chris's parents warmly entertained Li Qiwei and his group.
It was in such an intoxicating scenery that Chris and five others were subjected to intense mental torture by Li Qiwei.
"This is a small piece of wood that can be considered a particle."
"A smooth surface means there is no friction."
"First, analyze the forces acting on this pulley separately."
"Watch out, I'm about to transform."
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Li Qiwei took all the typical physics questions encountered in the college entrance examination papers in the next five years for reference.
For students of this era, this is a dimensionality reduction attack.
Chris and others never thought that a simple physics problem could be played out like this?
For the first time, they felt the horror of the examination from the mysterious Eastern country.
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