Douglas Magic School, in a garden villa belonging to the teacher.
Rock, who was visiting a friend's house during the New Year holiday but was still hungover, was holding the "Arcana" journal and yelling, surprised and excited, and occasionally saying "It's possible to do this" and "Great job".
"Oops, we're going to be late!" Roque was dancing excitedly when he suddenly saw the clock hanging in the living room of his friend's house. His body suddenly jumped up. He was shocked to realize that he had made a big mistake. He quickly picked up the soft hat and put it on, and
The friend said hello and hurried out the door.
The yellow and fallen leaves on the school avenue created a strange romantic atmosphere, but Rock had no intention of admiring it and hurried to the place where he rented a carriage.
"Isn't this Rock? When did the top people from the Atomic Research Institute return to school?" A sharp voice pretending to be surprised suddenly came from the side.
Hearing this slightly low and hoarse voice, Rock stopped suddenly and looked sideways to the other side of the avenue. He saw the honest-looking Beate and others standing under the tree.
"Beate?" Rock's expression suddenly became excited. He didn't care about Beate's hostile attitude and said with a smile, "Have you watched today's "Arcana"?"
Beate was stunned for a moment. When did Roque, who usually ridiculed each other, become so kind?
"Didn't you see it? What's wrong?" A teacher from the electromagnetic department next to him answered doubtfully.
Rock resisted the urge to blurt out and smiled maliciously: "Do you still remember that bright and dazzling star more than half a month ago? It was created and launched by the Speaker! The first article of the paper is a detailed experiment.
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"What? How is this possible?" Beate didn't think of other questions, but her face was full of horror. Is this an experiment that humans can complete?
The other teachers next to him had the same expression.
Roque persuaded very patiently: "This fully proves the correctness of your Excellency the Speaker's theory. It effectively counters the secret doubts in the past hundreds of years."
"That's right." Beate quite agreed with this. Douglas's theoretical system has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so he subconsciously nodded in reply.
Rock suddenly laughed: "Then when we discussed the Speaker's light speed experiment last time, didn't you deny it on the grounds that there was a problem with the basis of the Speaker's theoretical system? What about now? Do you believe it? Or have you thought of other reasons?
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Beate raised her right hand and pointed at Rock, her fingers shaking violently: "You!"
He is only a second-level arcanist. I really can't think of any other theoretical explanation at the moment.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you that the two theories proposed in the last issue of "Arcane" and "Magic" have been refuted by the Storm Lord. One is refuting from its own loopholes, and the other is asking for experimental proof. But I believe that there are real experimental results
If so, the proposer will definitely attach it as soon as possible. If it is not available, it will prove that he has produced experimental results that are not conducive to the paper." Rock blocked Beate's train of thought.
Beate became angry and unable to accept it and said: "Then you use particle theory to explain the double-slit diffraction fringes and the Brooke spot!"
"This is not the focus of our discussion now. Come on. Please come up with other explanations for the Speaker's light speed experiment to prove the existence of ether. If ether does not exist, what value does the wave theory have? By the way, "Arcane"
In the journal, Mr. Altier offered a reward of 50,000 arcane points to solicit similar theories, so that you arcanists who support the wave theory can use your imagination!" Roque avoided the important and took the easy. The last two words were deliberately emphasized to emphasize that they are just imagination.
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Beate felt that if it weren't for the support of classical optical images, he might have been shaken. Now he firmly adhered to the bottom line and said: "If you can't bring it up now, it doesn't mean it doesn't exist! You'd better use particle theory to explain the double slit
Do these experiments on diffraction! They are nearly a hundred years old!"
"Stubborn and unwilling to face reality!" Rock sarcastically said loudly.
Beate roared angrily: "You are the same, refusing to face those classic experiments!"
In this way, Rock started a long debate one by one against a group, but both sides spoke for themselves and had no intention of replying to the other party's questions. It seemed that even if the world was destroyed, there would be no outcome.
"It's over, it's already late!" It wasn't until Rock discovered that the winter sun had already warmed him that he suddenly panicked. Thinking of the arcane points that would be deducted, he felt heartache.
So, Rock looked at Beate and others with disdain: "Stop going around and around. If you have the ability to refute the Speaker's light speed experiment, go and claim the reward! I'm waiting for you to exchange 50,000 arcane points for copper.
The day that Fair disgraced me!"
“If you don’t have this ability, don’t promote the wave theory!”
After saying that, he walked away without giving Beate a chance to reply. He understood the essence of debating war in one blow.
Just when Beate was about to use a classic experiment to refute Rock again, she found that he had disappeared without a trace. The unventable anger and anger burned his heart like a flame: "Damn bastard! Idiot! Fool!
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Similar scenes also occurred in many places in Arlinge, but basically the arcane masters who insisted on particle theory fought against a group of supporters of the wave theory with an absolute numerical disadvantage. However, thanks to the powerful proof of the speed of light experiment, they rarely
He gained the upper hand and completely vented his usual depression. The arcanist who supported the wave theory was so angry that he couldn't do anything about it.
The only good news is that because of the existence of classical optical experiments, the cognitive world constructed by arcanists based on the wave theory has not been strongly shaken. They believe that there must be other theories involving the ether medium that can explain Douglas's light speed experiment.
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In the "Electromagnetic Kingdom", Brooke saw a new issue of the "Arcane" journal.
He touched his wig and sighed softly: "Teacher actually thought of this idea of proof... You are indeed a teacher..."
He turned the journal to the last page, read Altier's "declaration of battle" carefully, then shook his head, stood up and walked to the window, looking at the twisted magnetic field, flowing current, jumping arcs and invisible electromagnetic waves outside.
, whispered to himself: "What's the problem with the speed of light experiment?"
"Its result is correct, but it does not mean that the ether does not exist. Maybe the ether is filling the starry sky in a form that we cannot imagine at present."
"Actually, we should thank the teacher for this experiment, which allowed us to eliminate many ideas about ether and get closer and closer to reality."
"How should it exist so that it is consistent with the experimental results?" Brooke fell into deep thought.
Unless faced with irrefutable proof, every Grand Arcanist has a much stronger insistence on his own theory than ordinary people.
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In "Theatre of Destruction".
Oliver Constantine, wearing pajamas, was leisurely leaning on the recliner, eating grapes fed by his wife Florence, and reading the "Arcane" journal carefully.
"Hey, Altier has issued a challenge to us?" Oliver said to Florence with a smile on his face.
Altier became Douglas's student only a dozen years after Brooke, so he is very senior. He is quite familiar with every great arcanist and legendary magician.
Florence raised her delicate eyebrows: "What challenge?" She only read Douglas's first paper before her husband "robbed" the journal.
Oliver sang two vague opera lines before saying: "He is offering a reward for a theory that can explain the speed of light experiment and include the ether medium."
"Haha, isn't this great?" Florence said with a charming smile. As a high-level arcanist, she quickly clarified the relationship between the Douglas artificial planet experiment and the light speed experiment after hearing her husband's words.
As the best at elemental magic, she undoubtedly supports particle theory, which is irreconcilable with the wave theory that Oliver insists on.
Oliver smiled and stretched out his hand to pinch the tip of Florence's nose: "What? You still want to argue with me about wave particles?"
"Of course, I don't think you can explain the speed of light experiment." Florence is quite insistent on theoretical issues.
Oliver chuckled and said, "If I can explain it, you have to agree to my request."
"No problem. If you can't explain it, you have to agree to my request." Florence cooperated and turned the theoretical conflict into a couple's fun. This is how they were able to have a harmonious relationship despite many theoretical differences.
Little trick.
Oliver sat up straight and said with a smile: "I feel that I am full of motivation to work!"
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Knocking on the authority of the electromagnetic system in Arlinge, Roland, the winner of the Silver Moon Medal, looked at the journal in front of him with a gloomy face, and growled in a low voice: "Damn Altier!"
He not only adheres to the theory of energy essence, but is also one of the advocates of the wave theory. One is about matter, the other is about light and spiritual power, and there is no conflict. He even believes that wave is the only manifestation of energy besides matter.
"Damn Norman, Luciana, Lucien!" He did not dare to curse Douglas and Fernando, so he cursed the other people who were thanked.
After scolding, his attention returned to the paper, pacing back and forth in the room, looking for any angle that could explain it.
Every intermediate and above arcanist who insisted on the wave theory began to rack their brains to think of theories that could explain the experiment after calming down.
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Lucien, who has always liked to cause controversy and solve difficult problems in the eyes of everyone, has remained rare silent and has not made any comments of practical value on the wave theory and particle theory.
When the Magic Council once again fell into a "wave-particle war", the second artificial planet successfully circled the world, the third communication planet secretly entered orbit, and the Allinger Telephone and Telegraph Company was initially established.
As the wave-particle war became more and more intense, at the end of January, Lucien received an invitation from the High Tower to present the Arcane Scepter Awards to himself and Levski respectively. The location was the High Tower in Arlinge.
Tower Headquarters.
The carriage stopped at the door with Lucien, Lazar and others from the Atomic Research Institute, and met Levsky who arrived almost at the same time.
"Good evening, Levsky." Lucien greeted as he stepped out of the carriage.
Levsky smiled bitterly and said: "It's not good at all. It is quite difficult to analyze the new geometric system. Moreover, during this time, my friends often quarreled over the wave theory and particle theory, which made it difficult for me to get peace."
You will also hear about the "wave-particle war" here, and Lucien is also a little helpless.