Chapter 521 - 247 Bosses Gather (Part 2) (6.8K)_3

Thus, within just a few months, Tennyson was harassed by numerous obsessive fans, who watched him 24 hours a day.

The most outrageous thing was that at that time, the University of Cambridge still had public baths, and Tennyson tried to sneakily take a shower at 3 AM.

But when he got to the bathroom, what did he see?

Oh dear, over a hundred completely naked guys were staring at him with glowing eyes...

So, having no other choice, Tennyson had to find Prince Albert.

He said that his appointed position was almost turning into a mockery, and they’d better find someone more capable, then he left, reciting British poetry as he went.

Then there was the third professor of Moral Science, Will Cook, who was unbelievably outrageous—he got brainwashed by students into going to the Scottish border for a duel with soldiers! Can you believe that?

So Xu Yun always suspected—was the archetype for the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor in "Harry Potter" actually from Moral Science...

Compared to the twists and turns in Moral Science, Natural Science was much calmer.

Its first professor was William Hamilton.

That’s right.

He was the author of "1650-1830: Two Centuries of Scientific Transition," which Xu Yun had previously studied, and the inventor of quaternions.

This is perhaps one of those inexplicable coincidences, so Xu Yun was quite interested in this boss.

However, what surprised him was...

The next second.

The name that came out of William Whewell’s mouth was not Hamilton, but....

"Michael Faraday!"

Whoosh——

With the announcement of this name, the classroom was instantly filled with discussions and gasping sounds.

Xu Yun’s pupils shrank dramatically, nearly causing him to stand up from his seat.

After coming back to his senses, he suddenly thought of something.

He quickly turned his head, staring intently at Wheat.

Being stared at made Wheat a bit nervous, and he subconsciously shrank his neck, asking:

"Mr. Luo Feng, is there something wrong with me?"

Xu Yun took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and shook his head:

"Nothing, just thought of something else."

Then he turned his gaze back towards the podium, the shock in his heart not dissipating.

He didn’t expect the name William Whewell announced would not be Hamilton, but...

Faraday!?

In the 2022 Xu Yun traveled from.

If there was a ranking in electromagnetism, the order should be like this:

Maxwell > Faraday > Ampere = Gauss > Oster > Hertz = Coulomb > Ohm ≈ Kirchhoff > Green > Weber > Joule. (Volta and Cavendish are not ranked)

Faraday’s background and past were introduced in Chapter 223, so let’s summarize his contributions here.

Speaking of Faraday’s contributions, the first to mention is certainly the law of electromagnetic induction.

Faraday, one might say, single-handedly brought humankind into the electrical era, making him the greatest contributor to the Second Industrial Revolution.

He also proposed the concept of ’fields’, used the ice pail experiment to prove the law of conservation of charge, and discovered the glow discharge phenomenon—JJ Thomson discovered the electron based on this.

Without the discovery of the electron, the work of Rutherford Bohr and others would have been delayed somewhat.

Additionally, there were the magneto-optic effect, the first discovery of semiconductor phenomena, discovery of electrolysis laws, metallography, and the discovery of benzene, too (though he didn’t write about the benzene ring).

The average person achieving any one of these accomplishments could be recorded in history, but Faraday had so many that they couldn’t be counted on two hands.

So sometimes, you really can’t help but marvel at this point in the 19th century, which truly witnessed too many monsters.

Even a hundred years later into the 21st century, the scientific community still hasn’t found too many of its own paths.

It’s worth mentioning, too.

Although Faraday came from humble beginnings and only attended elementary school, receiving little higher education,

after inventing the disc generator on October 28, 1831, his lack of formal education was no longer a blemish but rather a medal highlighting his greatness.

By 1835.

Even the UK Prime Minister Robert Peel had him as a guest of honor.

If this was the case in 1835, then 1850 was even more so.

Today, Faraday is undeniably Europe’s top scientist, and two years ago, he was gifted the House of Grace at Sarri Hampton Palace by Prince Albert, with a stature in the scientific community unmatched by anyone.

So unlike Wheat, who gained fame posthumously,

Faraday received supreme honor and respect in his mid-life.

There was only one perspective of his that wasn’t accepted by the scientific community during his lifetime:

That is "electromagnetic force exists not only in conductors but also extends into the space surrounding the conductor", and that’s it.

It’s just that under normal trajectories.

Faraday should still be in Ireland conducting experiments at this time, and it would be impossible for him to appear on the University of Cambridge’s roster.

In fact, Faraday had little interaction with the University of Cambridge throughout his life.

To be honest.

After traveling to this dungeon, Xu Yun did contemplate scenarios of meeting Faraday.

But those involved Xu Yun actively seeking the meeting, not encountering him at an impossible time and place—according to Xu Yun’s plan, that would be on a far-off day when he had accumulated some assets, status, and fame in this dungeon.

At that time, he would choose a sunny afternoon to visit with Wheat.

The three would sit and have a heart-to-heart talk, feeling like old friends at first sight, the process harmonious and friendly.

But the current situation was completely beyond Xu Yun’s expectations and control:

Faraday appeared where he shouldn’t have, taking a position he shouldn’t have taken.

So without a doubt.

History has once again undergone a change.