Xueba's Sea of ​​Stars

Chapter 97 Contemporary Newton
After eating a piece of orange, Bi Wanqing began to talk.

"First of all, you have to be clear that even in the contemporary world, not every country advocates atheism like my country, let alone the era when Newton was born."

"In the West in the 17th century, religion was the orthodox thought. In the environment where Anglicanism was the Anglican religion at that time, Newton lived in a social environment full of Christianity, that is, theism, from his birth to his growth."

"Hmm..." Wu Bin nodded thoughtfully.

In fact, the few biographies he read about Newton did emphasize that Newton had always been a devout Christian.But this is not the focus of Wu Bin's biography, so he ignored it.

Seeing Wu Bin nodding, Bi Wanqing continued.

"In Newton's life, in fact, 80% of his works were theological works, with a total of more than 140 million words. Just like when he was studying at Cambridge University, he often said, 'There is no doubt that the world we see, of which The forms are so colorful, the movements so intricate, that it is nothing but the free will of God who directs and rules all things. Such quotes."

"Then what do you mean, teacher, Newton studied theology all his life, and physics was just incidental?"

"Well..." After listening to Wu Bin's words, Bi Wanqing lowered his head and thought for a moment: "To be precise, it should be that Newton, who had an extremely high IQ, was determined to use his own wisdom to find out the traces left by God when he designed the universe, and even He cracked the code of the entire universe and wrote a lot of jaw-dropping works such as "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy", "Optics", "Laws of Nature" and so on."

"So physics... was once used to find God?" I have to say that this surprised Wu Bin, who is very materialistic.

"Yes, that's why his epitaph says the laws of nature are hidden in the darkness, so God said: Let Newton be born, and then everything will suddenly become clear."

"It turns out that there is a religious element in this sentence." Wu Bin also suddenly realized.

After smiling kindly, Bi Wanqing suddenly became chatty, and said with a smile: "When it comes to religion, there is actually another story, the calculus battle between Leibniz and Newton, you must know Bar."

"Yes." Wu Bin nodded, and threw a piece of orange into his mouth.

"But in fact, Newton hated Leibniz's 'theism' and 'theodicy' more than calculus. Of course, Leibniz also despised Newton's 'mechanical cosmology'."

"Oh, it's just the watch universe, right?" Wu Bin suddenly remembered the passage mentioned in the biography.

"Yeah." Bi Wanqing nodded.

In that era of the 17th century, rain was a gift from God, snow was also a gift from God, earthquakes were God's wrath, and thunder was also God's wrath.

Generally speaking, the purpose of many scientists at that time was to find out God's temper, so that he would be more happy, less angry, lucky and even get some rewards.

But the talented Newton is of course different from those ordinary coquettish and cheap scientists. He firmly believes that God is such a dick, how could he interfere with the operation of a small earth?
So Newton firmly believed that God must have designed a very perfect operating mechanism for the universe, and then gave the universe "a first impetus" to make it operate.

In plain language, the universe is like a clock, and God is the watchmaker. After the watchmaker completes the assembly, he winds up the clock, and then the clock will run on its own, without the need for the watchmaker to ask again. "

This is Newton's "mechanical cosmology", which can be said to be one of the most popular, cutting-edge, and most powerful cosmology in the 17th century.

However, this kind of cutting-edge thinking basically represents fashion, and usually in that era, fashionable things were to be criticized.

Naturally, Newton did not escape this rule. At that time, graduate students at Cambridge University had to be officially appointed as a priest by the Anglican Church. Newton's "mechanical cosmology" was obviously a heretical idea. At worst, he could burn you to death. How could it be possible to appoint him as a pastor, so he was required to publicly retract such remarks.

But who was Newton?God is the biggest, Lao Tzu is the second, you want him to compromise?nonexistent!

So he easily discovered the loophole in the regulations. You only said that you want to become a priest of the Anglican Church, but you didn't give a time limit for the appointment, so I will delay it indefinitely!
After making his decision, Newton began his pleasant procrastination career, and did not become an official pastor until he graduated from graduate school.
When he was appointed as the Lucas Teaching Professor, the situation was completely different. The old man wrote a letter directly to the king, saying that it is OK to be a professor, but not a pastor. Either you figure it out.

Charles II immediately settled the matter after reading it. After all, Newton's social influence was already very large at that time.

In the final analysis, the reason why Newton was so dead against the Anglican sect on this matter was because he looked down on each other. Are you scumbags worthy of finding God with me?Shit you!

"Pfft." Thinking about Wu Bin, he laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" Bi Wanqing looked at Wu Bin strangely and asked.

"It's really interesting to think of the various operations of this god-man." Wu Bin laughed a few times, then suddenly turned his head and asked Bi Wanqing, "Teacher, do you think it is possible for me to become a contemporary Newton?"

"Contemporary Newton? If you can prove string theory or dark matter, maybe you can." Bi Wanqing didn't treat this sentence as a joke, but answered him rationally.

String theory, dark matter, and the two ultimate bosses of physics. Countless scientists have spent their lives for them, but in the end it was nothing.

This is also the most embarrassing part of the physics field now. String theory has been discovered since 1930, but there has been no development so far, which means that the physics field has not developed much so far, and a figure like Newton or Einstein is urgently needed to bring it Leading everyone to rush into the next new physical field.

"String theory, dark matter, teacher, do you think we are going on the wrong path?"

"Hahahaha." Bi Wanqing laughed suddenly after hearing this, "You are definitely not the only one who doubted this, but if you can really explore a new path, then you are definitely the contemporary Newton."

"However... you should think about how to get the ranking in the national competition first." After laughing, Bi Wanqing said to Wu Bin.

"Too……"

After Wu Bin finished speaking, he threw the last piece of orange into his mouth.

'System, will I lead mankind into the next new field one day? '

"Sorry, this question is no longer available for query."

"Oh, the system."

　I was too tired yesterday, and I will make up for it in the fourth update today

　　
　
(End of this chapter)