Stories about physicists (short stories)

Lightning rod and baby One day, American physicist Franklin invited people to visit his new invention. A rich woman asked, "But what's the use?" Franklin replied, "madam, what's the use of a newborn baby?" Edison has a summer house, and he likes to accompany tourists here. In one place, tourists have to go through a winding pole, and it takes a lot of effort to turn it around. A guest asked Edison why there was such a heavy winding rod here, because there were some new inventions around. Edison replied, "Oh, you see, everyone who goes around the pole pumps 8 gallons of water into the water tank on my roof." The phonograph and hearing aid Edison applied for 1093 invention patents all his life, among which the invention of the phonograph made him most proud. When someone asked him why he didn't invent hearing AIDS, he said, "How much of the sound you heard in the past 24 hours must be heard?" "He went on to say," If a person has to shout loudly, he will never tell a lie. Please send me the box. 1895, the famous German physicist wilhelm konrad rontgen discovered a special kind of ray, named Roentgen ray, which is what we often call "X" ray, and caused a sensation throughout Germany. Soon, Roentgen received a letter and mailed it to him for an X-ray. Roentgen said humorously in his reply, "I don't have X-rays in stock at present, and mailing X-rays is a very troublesome thing, so I can't order them. So please send me the box! " On the day when Einstein was taken to the office of Princeton University, someone asked him what tools he needed. "I see, a desk or table, a chair and some paper and pencils will do. Oh, yes, and a big wastebasket. " He said. "Why is it big?" "So I can throw all my mistakes in." German physicist Kirchhoff once pointed out in a lecture that the black line seen from the solar spectrum proves the existence of gold on the sun. A banker who came to attend the class sneered at Kirchhoff and said, "What's the use of such gold if you can't get it from the sun!" Later, Kirchhoff won the gold medal for his discovery in spectral analysis. He showed the medal to the banker and said, "Look, I finally got gold from the sun." On one occasion, Queen Anna visited the famous Greenwich Observatory. When she learned that James Braldey, director of astronomy and astronomers, had a low salary, she said that she would raise his salary. However, Bradelet begged her not to do so. He said: "If this position can bring a lot of income, then it will not be an astronomer who will come to this position in the future." Considering that Edison is still working in the laboratory at the age of 75, it is too late. A reporter asked him, "Mr. Edison, when are you going to retire?" Edison pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Oh, no, I haven't had time to think about it until now!" " "The success or failure of theory and nationality In the 1930s, Einstein said in a speech at the University of Paris:" If my theory of relativity is confirmed, Germany will declare me a German and France will call me a citizen of the world. However, if my theory is proved to be wrong, then France will emphasize that I am German and Germany will say that I am Jewish. "Clever metaphor One day, someone asked W·S· Franklin, a British optical authority," Why does an object look upside down on our visual film, but we don't feel that the object is upside down? Franklin thought for a moment and replied, "When you hear a baby crying in both ears at the same time, why can you be sure at once that it's not twins crying?" "inertia example" The physics teacher is talking about "inertia", and the next student is talking about it. The teacher gave him a hint, but he went his own way. Teacher: "What did I say just now?" Student: "Inertia. Teacher: Please give an example. Student: "I was talking below just now. In spite of your hints, I can't stop at once. This is inertia. "I was outside, and a farmer invited engineers, physicists and mathematicians to enclose the largest area with the least fences. The engineer fenced a circle and declared that it was the best design. The physicist stretched the fence into a long straight line and thought it was big enough to enclose half the earth. The mathematician gave them a big laugh. He surrounded himself with several fences and then said, "I'm outside now." "