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The discovery of the positron pushed the craze for Experimental Physics to its very peak!

And Li Qiwei's name once again rang through the academic world.

The positron proved the correctness of Relativistic Quantum Mechanics—in other words, the Bruce Equation.

This was a tremendous breakthrough for the world of Theoretical Physics.

Special Relativity and quantum mechanics had been perfectly unified, as though offering a glimpse of dawn.

Close on its heels, news from France's Radium Institute added another legendary touch to the positron.

It turned out that after Irène and Joliot published their paper on Artificial Radioactivity, they had also conducted an in-depth study of the nature of the radiation emitted by aluminum foil.

They discovered that the radiation's trajectory in a magnetic field was actually identical to an electron's orbit—except reversed.

Like Qian Huzhou, Irène believed it was an electron, perhaps one whose direction in the magnetic field had changed for some reason.

So they had not paid it any further attention.

Yet when they saw Zhao Zhongyao's paper, they suddenly woke up to the truth.

"That isn't an electron—it's a positron!"

Unfortunately, the Nobel Prize that had been within their grasp flew away once more.

It was said that Irène shut herself in her room for an entire day and night, utterly depressed.

Li Qiwei even received a more-than-ten-page letter from her, pouring out her grievances.

"Uncle Bruce, if you were here, I definitely would have asked for your opinion."

Li Qiwei rubbed his nose. Though he was far away, he still felt somewhat embarrassed, as if he had stolen something from a young girl.

Once news of Irène and her husband spread, the physics community let out a collective sigh of regret.

"Artificial Radioactivity and the positron are both achievements bound to win the Nobel Prize."

"Irène