Four hundred and twentieth chapters, a happy funeral
"According to the rules, as a member of the Academy of Sciences..., as one of the reviewers of this paper, I also have the right to make a speech." Napoleon said quickly, as if he was afraid that he would slow down, so Joseph directly announced the end of the meeting.
After saying this, Napoleon breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that although this guy was annoying, and although it was very bad, if he used the nine-grid camp, this guy was definitely in the orderly camp. As for whether he was orderly evil, kind or neutral, different people in his family had different opinions. But everyone agreed that Joseph was a person who abides the rules. Since Napoleon had the right to discover it according to the rules, and Napoleon pointed out this point, then Joseph should not break the rules and would not give him a chance to speak.
Sure enough, Joseph frowned, but he still said, "Okay, Academician Bonaparte, please come up and speak. But it's better to be short..." Speaking of this, he took out his pocket watch and took a look, "Don't affect everyone's lunch."
"No, no, I'm short, I'm short." Napoleon said, and hurried to the podium.
Napoleon knew that a major political trick was to be able to hold funerals. For example, even though the plagues were prevalent in China and there were many dead, they could be said to be "because we have the highest number of tests in the world"; for example, a large number of young people who were relatively more resistant were also infected with the plague, and they could be said to be "young people get more diseases, which is a good thing in a sense." As long as they are good at holding funerals, they might be able to dress themselves up as an open and upright image of respecting science, courage to admit mistakes and correct mistakes.
"Academicians, gentlemen," said Napoleon, "I am sorry for making such a mistake just after joining the Academy of Sciences. Although Mr. Evans was not present, I still want to say sorry to him. This is a great paper that should have won the Prometheus Prize. However, because of my old and conservative thinking and being bound by past habits, I failed to discover the significance of this paper and even slandered it, which misled many colleagues. This is my mistake, and therefore, I want to apologize to those colleagues.
On the road of science, we cannot be pride and complacency or self-righteous. On the road of science, we can only continue to make progress in our science and our careers by getting rid of all kinds of old prejudices and boldly abandoning those old ideas.
Speaking of this, I remembered the famous saying of Dandong. During the most dangerous period of the Republic, Dandong said: "We must be bold, be bold, always be bold, France will be saved!" In fact, in science, we must also have a bold and enterprising spirit, not be bound by past habits and dogmas, and boldly break through the constraints of these things. We must be bold, be bold, and always be bold, so that science can make progress.
But just being bold is not enough. We can see how rigorous his argument is in Mr. Evans's paper. To be honest, because he cannot accept his conclusions that break through my old views, I have spent a lot of time looking for loopholes in the argument of this paper. Of course, as you all know, I failed to succeed.
However, my failure, or Mr. Evans' success, also shows that science not only requires the courage to make great breakthroughs, but also requires careful and meticulous operation. Only by combining these two can our science and even our France continue to explore and advance."
Napoleon felt that after such a speech, he had successfully turned the funeral into a happy event. Although this guy from Joseph made him very embarrassed, he was not the one who made the mistake. Didn’t the entire Paris High Division be beaten with him? Moreover, his main identity is a politician and a military strategist, and the identity of a scientist is just a head start. Moreover, on a scientific issue, he made the same mistake with the scientists who were shortlisted for the Prometheus Prize. Doesn’t that mean that he is not much different from those people, so he made the same mistake? Only when the level is high enough, as high as Laplace and others, will he make such mistakes. You are not worthy of making such mistakes! So Napoleon also won spiritually.
The next thing is the publicity and the matter must be discussed carefully. The funeral must be done into a happy event in a solid manner. It must be done into a real happy event. It must not be done like a country in later generations, but the funerals cannot be done, and even the people of their own country cannot be deceived.
Mathematics, a magazine of the Academy of Sciences, issued a special issue for this paper. In this special issue that was temporarily published, which was as thick as this book, the first was the full text of Mr. Lucien Evans' paper, followed by the paper that Joseph and Gauss made proof of the paper from different angles and methods, followed by the speech of the intern Academician Fourier, followed by the speech of President Bonaparte, and of course, Napoleon's speech.
Considering that French science is the best in the world, especially in mathematics, this is especially true. Therefore, the magazine "Mathematics" of the French Academy of Sciences is definitely the most authoritative magazine in the field of mathematics in the world. For mathematicians in many countries, if their papers can be published in the French magazine "Mathematics", it would be almost the highest honor. Even in Oxford and Cambridge, England, some mathematicians are increasingly willing to publish their papers in the magazine "Mathematics" of the French magazine, which is not only because the royalties given by the magazine "Mathematics" are relatively high (the British have already raised the royalties of some of their professional magazines), but also because publishing articles in the magazine "Mathematics" can bring higher academic reputation.
But in terms of publicity, there is a big problem with Mathematics magazine, that is, its circulation is too small. Because its readers are limited, it is limited to a very small circle. The things in Mathematics magazine are often too advanced to most people cannot understand. For most people, the articles in Mathematics magazine are all celestial books that cannot be understood at all. This is even true for many college students who study science and engineering.
But this does not mean that Mathematics magazine has little influence, because its B-type is high enough. B-type itself is an influence. For the journalists, news related to Mathematics magazine is always particularly attractive. What's more, there are so many news-worthy good things in the supplementary magazine of Mathematics this time.
First, a subversive and breakthrough theory emerged, and the author did not know who it was. Then the subversive and breakthrough theory led to a split in the French Academy of Sciences. In the end, everyone used a hearing method similar to a duel to resolve the differences. How interesting this is! More importantly, the opponent in this scientific duel was actually a brother. Of course, the most important thing is that the brothers were the brothers with the most prominent status in France, and it can even be said to be the two most prominent brothers in the whole of Europe.
One of them is the first ruler of the French Republic, the other is the president of the French Academy of Sciences. The other is Augustus of the Roman Empire, and the other is Caesar of the Roman Empire. In the past years, these two brothers have become role models for brotherly friendship, but now they have entered the duel arena for this paper. What a big news this is. For journalists from all over the country who are committed to making big news, how worth reporting it!
So before the special issue of "Mathematics" was published, "People of Science" first issued a related report. Because they had special news channels, they could always get big news first: "'Euclidean geometry' encountered challenges, and the magazine "Mathematics" will soon publish a subversive paper." The focus of this report is still on "mathematics" itself, on whether there are internal angles and triangles less than 180 degrees. However, at the end of this report, it was also mentioned that President Bonaparte and Academician Bonaparte did not agree on this paper.
Then, the Sun, which has the fastest-running reporter in the world, immediately followed. Of course, the Sun did not care about the inner corners of the triangle. In fact, no readers of the Sun were concerned about this. So the Sun's news title was naturally: "Who was the winner of the Battle of Caesar in Augustus?" The focus of the report was naturally on the brotherhood.
Of course, if you give The Sun a hundred courages, it dares not really set the pace and say that the Bonaparte brothers are against each other. In its report, both brothers still look like "I love my brother (brother), but I love the truth especially". Their argument is only based on the dispute between gentlemen with different opinions.
Even at the end of the report, The Sun was full of survival and aroused the argument between the two brothers to France's equality, freedom and fraternity.
They said that the participants in this debate included the first ruler, the president, academician, and intern academician of the Academy of Sciences. However, when discussing scientific issues, everyone did not suppress others with their status, which reflects the fundamental spirit of the founding of France - equality.
But everyone has one question: no scruples and speaks freely, which is also the embodiment of the freedom of the founding of France.
For a paper by an unknown author, everyone's enthusiasm is also a manifestation of France's spiritual fraternity in founding the country. Therefore, it is natural that France is invincible to the world!
These two newspapers took the lead in hype. Although the magazine "Mathematics" has not been published, its popularity has already risen. Not only the French, but people from other countries are also interested in this matter. Even British newspapers generally reprinted these news.
Of course, the British could not spit out ivory in their mouths, and they placed more power on the identity of a scholar who satirized Napoleon. They implied that the reason why Napoleon became an academician of the French Academy of Sciences was entirely due to his own political status.
Of course, there are some pro-French media, especially those with trade backgrounds. The funders of these media either export textiles or import machinery. They all need "good British-French relations". So their voices are naturally different.
"We interviewed Professor Cohen of Cambridge University on the academic level of Bonaparte's rule. Professor Cohen said that Bonaparte's ruled had a very high level of research on complex variable functions. Judging from his paper, it is natural that he won the title of academician of the Academy of Sciences.
The reporter mentioned that some people think that Bonaparte's ruling papers are likely to write. Professor Cohen said that the nonsense of those guys who are full of conspiracy theories are not worth refuting. He said: 'If you look at them, you will lose to him.'
As for the statement about 'shaking Euclidian geometry', Professor Cohen said: 'I am very much looking forward to seeing the new issue of Mathematics as soon as possible. I personally estimate that it is probably a paper about the Fifth Presentation. Since the Greek era, countless mathematicians have been trying to reduce this presentation to the theorem. This is a difficult problem that has lasted for thousands of years. Perhaps our French colleagues have made progress on this problem...'"
As a result, under the hype or follow-up of these media, the special issue of "Mathematics" has been successfully copied before it was published.
Under such a huge attention, the special issue of "Mathematics" was finally published.
Then, the newspapers immediately became boiling.
"Leonardo" first interviewed some famous scholars from the University of Paris and the High-level Master of Paris. They made their own comments on the significance of this paper from their respective perspectives. Although everyone's perspectives are different, everyone acknowledged the importance of this breakthrough to mathematics.
Pravda published a large number of readers' letters. Most of these letters expressed their love for science and their admiration for both sides of this scientific duel.
"Director Bonaparte's keenness and talent in science, as well as his rigorous, meticulous and pragmatic spirit, are admirable. He has become an example for the vast number of young people who love science. His younger brother Academician Bonaparte dared to stick to his own point of view at the beginning, and after knowing that he had made mistakes in this problem, he had the courage to admit his mistakes, the courage to find problems in himself, and the courage to correct mistakes also allowed us to see the noble character of a scientist." - "Primesian Truth·Reader Letters Column"
Led by "Perreciation", the entire French media almost unanimously sang Napoleon's hymn. Many newspapers even said: Although Academician Bonaparte lost to his elder brother, President Bonaparte in the scientific duel, it proved that your brother was still your elder brother. However, Academician Bonaparte looked even more cute.
In other countries, newspapers will certainly not praise Napoleon like French newspapers, because French newspapers praise Napoleon, and they must praise Napoleon according to the Basic Law - ah, it is the basic method. But foreign media don’t have to worry about this. When they praise Napoleon, they can even make Napoleon blush himself.
This is actually not surprising. In later generations, some media in a certain country praised foreign countries, such things also happened, such as "dominate passport", "substantiful sewer", "a free house for free", "dignity of slums", "rigorous oil-paper bags", and "conscience of free medical care", which praised the foreign moon as rounder than a black hole. Foreigners have seen it themselves, and they have misunderstood that you are turning around and mocking them.
Nowadays, in some European countries, some media like to sarcastically use the outside world to mock France. This kind of media is not only Italy, but also the Rhine Alliance, Austria, Prussia, Russia, and even the British.
Moreover, the situation on the British side is very special. In Austria and Russia, both the reformists brag France and Napoleon, while the conservatives scold France and Napoleon. But in Britain, the situation is different. In Britain, there are no more conservative aristocrats like Austria and Russia who are far behind an era.
However, there are pro-French factions and anti-French factions in the British. Logically, the pro-French factions should praise France, the anti-French factions scold France, the pro-French factions praise Napoleon, and the anti-French factions scold Napoleon. But the things in this world are particularly strange. In Britain, the pro-French factions and the anti-French factions praise France and Napoleon.
Of course, there is no need to say about the pro-French faction, what are the anti-French factions? What do they praise? They praise the patriotism of the French, unlike Britain, where there are so many damn pro-French scum in China. The French have been secretly supporting them, not even secretly supporting them, but openly supporting the separatist forces in China, but these damn British traitors still follow the French for such a little money. Look at the French and Napoleon, when did such shameless things? Alas, it would be great if Napoleon was a British, he would have sent all these British traitors to the guillotine long ago! (Napoleon said that this kind of thing would be better for Robespierre)
They also praised Napoleon for developing industry, especially heavy industry. It was definitely not like the British bureaucrats who were in vain. They watched Britain's heavy industry gradually lag behind. They watched these industries become increasingly competitive. Their catchphrase was: "If our prime minister was Napoleon, we would have raised tariffs on French goods long ago."
In short, they praised Napoleon for having ulterior motives. They praised Napoleon to scold those in China who were inconsistent with their interests. They praised Napoleon, even like Xin Qiji praised Sun Hundred Wan. Although Sun Hundred Wan was beaten by different people on the battlefield, it is really worth praising compared with my cowardly emperors. At least they dare to fight against the Central Plains in the north.
Of course, this time, they had the opportunity to praise Napoleon again, that is: "Napoleon was willing to admit his mistakes and correct him, but those guys who did so many mistakes on stage and harmed the whole of England were shameless. Well, there was still one thing they were better than Napoleon, that was, their faces were thicker than Napoleon."
Chapter completed!