I Can Meet with Dead Scientists

Chapter 470: Chapter 229: The 3rd Ranked Genius in the History of Human Science!

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Staring at the prompt on the light screen in front of him.

Xu Yun’s facial muscles twitched a few times, feeling a bit subtly emotional.

Does this count as picking up a flag...

To be honest.

Judging from the intelligence available at the time, Xu Yun’s deduction process didn’t have much of an issue:

When Will and Thomson stated their names, there was no hint from the halo, and Thomson clearly stated that he was going to Cambridge to find an old professor.

Considering that the mainline character must be related to Thomson, the halo also seems to like digging up some obscure figures.

Xu Yun thought of Hopkins in this context; the reasoning process was entirely reasonable, with no major oversights.

The unexpected result was...

The name Will was actually a pseudonym, and the true identity of this Scottish youth turned out to be Maxwell!

As for Maxwell...

In the 21st century where Xu Yun had traveled from.

There are two issues that have always been quite controversial among the people, and basically, whenever they are brought up, arguments inevitably arise.

One is the sweet versus salty spicy debate regarding tofu pudding.

The other is the debate over who is the greatest scientist in history between Newton and Einstein.

It was mentioned a long time ago.

Nature did not select the 20 greatest physicists of the millennium in the year 2000; that was a rumor spread by Tianya Forum.

Because for websites and magazines, no one dares to make an official judgment on such issues.

But on the other hand.

Though these journal sites won’t take a stance themselves, they occasionally provide platforms to organize some voting events for industry insiders to choose.

For instance, Physics World and Physics Web Survey often do such things.

From 1999 till now.

There have been 29 times scientist selections organized by core journals from the Q1 zone of the JCR division.

Even before making all those underworld operations, a certain B network’s ICONS column organized similar selections in 2007 and 2011.

29+2=31.

This number is the total number of scientist selections organized by authoritative journals and media in the new century.

And among these 31 selections.

Little Niu... or rather Old Niu, came first 14 times, while Einstein did so 17 times.

The competition was neck and neck.

And while those two immortals were vying for the top spot, the third place held firmly by one person.

That person is Maxwell.

Among these 31 selections.

Apart from four times occupied by Galileo and three times by Planck.

The remaining 24 selections for the third place, without exception, were all Maxwell.

So just how amazing is Maxwell?

On June 13, 1831, Maxwell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

His father was a defense lawyer named James Clark.

The reason Maxwell had an additional surname "Maxwell" is due to the close relationship between the Clark clan and the Maxwell clan.

For instance, young Maxwell’s great-grandmother came from the Maxwell clan, and further, young Maxwell’s father inherited some property from the Maxwell clan.

However, during his childhood, although Maxwell’s family was well-off, he was often mocked by his peers due to a heavy accent and other issues.

So his character was somewhat introverted, and he didn’t like to speak much.

At the age of 8.

Maxwell’s mother fell ill and passed away, causing him to become even more silent.

Fortunately, though.

Maxwell’s father did not abandon his affection but rather actively encouraged and accompanied him in his growth and sent him to study at Edinburgh Academy.

At the age of 15.

Maxwell published his first paper, "Oval Curves", in the Edinburgh Royal Society Journal.

In 1847.

At 16 years old, Maxwell realized his wish to enter the University of Edinburgh.

Thereafter, he continuously ranked first in his grade for four years and also won the Scottish University’s Calm Gold Medal for four consecutive years, the same item Thomson received once.

In 1850.

The University of Edinburgh felt that their small temple couldn’t house this great Buddha, suggesting that God Maxwell should seek opportunity elsewhere.

At the same time, the Board of Directors of the University of Cambridge was discussing whether to abolish the reduced-fee student quota at Trinity College—after all, in nearly two hundred years only Little Niu had passed the assessment, setting it was virtually meaningless.

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Someone made a suggestion:

Anyway, since it doesn’t cost money, why not let Little Maxwell give it a try?

If even he couldn’t pass, then just cancel it altogether.

So Maxwell, under the escort of William Thomson, transferred to the University of Cambridge and eventually passed the assessment, becoming the second reduced-fee student at Trinity College after Little Niu.

Upon entering the school.

He was first recruited into the Cambridge Apostle Society at the University of Cambridge, becoming an honorable Cambridge Apostle.

At the age of 23.

Maxwell graduated from the Department of Mathematics at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, and this was a point where many seldom questioned Maxwell:

Little Maxwell graduated second in his year.

This is akin to a genius entering a sect in an online novel, with the sect sending elders to escort him from afar, instantly making him a core disciple upon joining, with cultivation techniques and resources all given.

However, when it came to the sect’s grand competition, he only secured second place, which seemed to underplay his prior halo.

But actually, the truth behind this is far from simple as it seems.

For some unknown reason, a lot of domestic databases have concealed this segment of content.

Fortunately, as a historical celebrity, Maxwell has detailed introductions in many authoritative foreign journals:

At that time, university degrees in the United Kingdom were called Honours Degrees, which means honor degrees.