Chapter 937: Transfiguration of a certain science (2)
Today’s... next step?
How to complement the teaching of transformation based on the knowledge system of the non-magical world?
Elena, who was sitting in the audience, was stunned, and subconsciously turned to look at Dumbledore.
"Professor Dumbledore, this is-"
"not me."
Dumbledore frowned and shook his head slightly, looking a little surprised.
"Obviously, Minerva is better at Transfiguration than I am."
In the original plan, today was just Professor McGonagall's first open class at the institute. It was mainly about answering questions and getting to know each other, and there was no plan to carry out in-depth cooperation. At least for now, Transfiguration is not that important.
High priority.
Hogwarts electromagnetic field and magic energy conversion, these two topics occupy almost all the resources of the institute.
Because of this, Elena specially set a time limit for today’s speech defense session:
Each person only has five minutes to ask questions.
From the beginning, she did not expect that there would be such in-depth communication.
Unlike Quirrell, Lockhart, and Professor McGonagall, they are almost one of the inherited symbols of magical civilization.
Elena is not arrogant enough to think that science can completely conquer and explain all the mysteries of magic. This is not a joint project of the magic industry. When it comes to teaching how to cast spells, she does not think that wizards will be willing to deign to listen to the voices of Muggles.
It's like Soviet scholars not asking wizards for their opinions on nuclear physics.
Regardless of any field, the accumulation of prerequisite skills is very important.
If there is no accumulation of basic knowledge, the dialogue between the two parties will always be in a state of cross-server chat. Maybe they can understand and explain a phenomenon at the same time, but they will inevitably explain it from their own fields, rather than from mutually integrated fields.
Therefore, Elena never expected that Professor McGonagall would actively seek the opinions of non-magical scholars.
At the same time, a commotion gradually erupted in the lecture hall after a brief silence.
"wait wait wait--"
Arkhipovna took a deep breath and frowned, "Professor McGonagall, what you just meant was... I hope we can make suggestions to help the students at Hogwarts better master transfiguration."
magic?"
"Yes, you can understand it this way." Mag said, smiling and nodding.
"We'd love to get involved if we can help. But there's one problem..."
Arkhipovna exchanged glances with the scholars around her, and after pondering for a few seconds, she asked seriously.
"You just said that this theory has not been tested in practice in the magical world, and we can only give suggestions based on your description - but before that, there is something to confirm. How do you determine whether this theory can be successful in casting a spell?
?Different from our calculations and experiments, this concept that exists in the mind is difficult to judge the extracted one..."
"Well, this..." Professor McGonagall said, "The person who first proposed this theory was not me, but an ordinary junior student in Hogwarts. She-" McGonagall glanced at Eileen
Na, "She successfully released the transformation spell."
"Then there shouldn't be any problem, at least it constitutes the elements for establishing an experiment."
Arkhipovna nodded, knowing exactly what this meant to the wizard.
During this period of time together, Quirinus Quirrell roughly described the state of some wizards when casting spells.
The most important of these is undoubtedly subjective consciousness. If a wizard has cognitive problems, then no matter how he waves his wand or recites a spell, there is a high probability that he will not get the correct result - in the magic world, this is the truth.
"If the student really completed the spellcasting and was not affected by traditional theories, then we can conceive from this perspective, sort out the methodology, and conduct more teaching attempts. As long as there is a second or third student who succeeds
, it can be proved that this theory is established. If it is established, then it must be better than the previous incomplete theory."
Professor McGonagall walked off the podium and looked around at the excited scholars, his expression less serious than before.
"So, Ms. Arkhipovna, how long will it take to draw up a lesson plan? I originally planned to try it myself, but I found that I couldn't objectively stand outside the 'box' and look for omissions - it might change everything about transfiguration...
…”
A hint of helplessness flashed across the corner of Professor McGonagall's mouth.
As one of the longest-serving Transfiguration professors at Hogwarts, in terms of teaching Transfiguration alone, she may be better than her former teacher Albus Dumbledore - she has been working in this position
Thirty-six years.
Minerva McGonagall has been Professor of Transfiguration at Hogwarts since leaving the Ministry of Magic in 1956.
Mag can memorize all Transfiguration textbooks, copy hundreds of articles in "Transfiguration Today", and comment on all Transfiguration techniques like a housewife counting spice jars. But, that's all.
In the early 20th century, modern transfiguration entered its golden age.
Ordinary transformation, human transformation, reverse transformation, transformation spell, cross-species transformation, disappearance spell, summoning spell and Animagi are closely and orderly combined to build a gorgeous and majestic palace of transformation magic.
Even wizards such as Dumbledore, who were astonishing in the era, were unable to achieve exciting results in the field of transformation - Gamp's Law of Transformation, and Emeric Switch's "Transformation Guide" almost revealed all the secrets of transformation.
.
The wizarding society began to believe that the secrets of transformation magic were completely mastered by wizards, and that nothing was left untouched.
The masters of transfiguration have come to the conclusion that all the classifications of transfiguration magic in this world have been discovered, and transfiguration magic has been perfected. It has reached its own limit and end, and there can no longer be any breakthrough progress.
If there is anything else that needs to be done, it is to make some optimizations and additions to the details.
For example, imitating new things to transform; or making the transformed buttons and boxes more beautiful and beautiful; or new applications in the field of jinxes and anti-jinxes...
All in all, the wizarding world has begun to generally believe that there is no mystery in the art of transfiguration.
All problems can ultimately be attributed to the amount of magic power and the quality of spell casting ability.
The magic palace of transfiguration has been capped. The five major exceptions to Gamp's transfiguration law are just a few small dark clouds floating in the sunny sky of transfiguration. As time goes by, wizards will sooner or later find results in other magical fields.
Not long ago, McGonagall Minerva thought so too.
It wasn't until last night that she discovered to her horror that maybe the "box" of transfiguration had just opened a crack.
"This will overturn the thousands of years of understanding of transformation magic and overthrow it from the very foundation -"
Professor McGonagall said softly, her eyes shining brighter than everyone present.
"If possible, I hope to discuss it before Christmas and try out the curriculum simultaneously, so that before the first wave of doubts arrives at Hogwarts, maybe Hogwarts can hand over an answer sheet - start a new
The world’s answer sheet.”
"Christmas? It doesn't take that long at all..."
Arkhipovna was stunned for half a second, then shook her head with a confident smile.
"If you don't mind, we can start now - but we may need some pens, paper, blackboards and other recording tools to... Okay, thank you very much -" She glanced at the people who suddenly appeared in the lecture hall
Something, shrugged noncommittally, the convenience of magic in life is sometimes really enviable and indescribable.
"first--"
Arkhipovna wrote simply on the blackboard.
"The common point is the bridge between the before and after states of the object affected by transformation magic. That is, the closer the initial state of the cursed object is to the target state of the transformed object, the simpler the transformation process will be - this is the most fundamental and easiest place to start."
"This means that in addition to magical principles, spells and wand hand movements, many variable factors need to be considered to complete a precise transfiguration. Therefore, beginners are encouraged to list mathematical formulas, formula variables, physical parameters of variable factors...
…”
"Mathematical formulas, formula variables, physical parameters?" Professor McGonagall repeated with a frown.
"That's right. It's equivalent to establishing two sets and then mapping them -"
Arkhipovna picked up the chalk and listed the contents on the blackboard, explaining quickly.
"Mainly including the mass and size of the object being cast, the mass and size of the result of the spell, the size of the magic power, and unknowable variables within the controllable range - build a model of the before and after states in your mind, and replace them logically...
…”
"I see, let's do a rough calculation and simulation before deforming..."
Professor McGonagall nodded thoughtfully, which was somewhat similar to orbit calculation in astronomy.
"So, the mapping association, and the set... can you tell me in detail. Of course, what are the physical parameters? I will see how to incorporate them into the course schedule. As for replacement, I will provide some gestures for reference later.
…”
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"...Okay, we can almost go back. Lunch time is coming."
Elena glanced at the people who were immersed in academic discussions, smiled wryly, scratched her cheek and stood up.
"Professor, I'll leave this to you. I'll notify the kitchen to deliver the food..."
The little wizards at Hogwarts still don’t know what kind of wonderful class they are about to face.
But as someone who has experienced the baptism of "scientific" theories, she knows very well, especially under the brainstorming of a group of top scholars from the former Soviet Union, the Transfiguration classroom will soon become one of the most terrifying places in Hogwarts.
.
On the other hand, if Professor McGonagall starts to speak out, the wave that will be triggered may be no less than that of the previous tragedy at Gringotts.
after all--
Transfiguration is just the beginning.
Once this ancient, omnipotent course blows the horn, there will soon be a second and third subject that tries to incorporate new elements, eventually sweeping the entire Hogwarts, and even the entire magical world, Elena firmly believes in this
No doubt.
And before that...
She also wanted to go back to the auditorium to enjoy one last carefree lunch.