The world appeared to be at the turn of the twentieth century. Classical mechanics had long been established, and the theory of evolution had been proposed—though it had yet to gain complete dominance in academia. Several other important theories had also laid their foundations.
Pan Long could, of course, write up the Theory of Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, the Unified Field Theory, or even the Origin of the Universe for Natalia. But those ideas were far too advanced, and people of this era might not accept them.
If people rejected a theory, it could not shake the age overnight or carve its mark into history. It would probably still play its rightful role in the future, and Natalia could probably still use it to become one of the Immortals and Buddhas. But that would be useless for Pan Long's experiment.
He needed something that would work at once: announce it today, have it spread across Britain tomorrow, set all of Europe's academic circles talking within a week, and force every university to revise its curriculum within six months.
There were not many things that could do that.
After turning it over in his mind, he settled on the Miller Experiment.
The theory of evolution had caused a tremendous stir in academia. It was science's great charge against theology.
Yet amid that charge, theology still held one small fortress: "Where did life come from?"
Evolution could explain how living things evolved, but not where the first living things came from.
To breach that fortress, scientists had proposed many hypotheses and conducted plenty of experiments based on them.
Those experiments aimed to recreate natural conditions and reproduce the birth of primordial life in a natural environment.
The Miller Experiment was the most famous of them, though there were many similar experiments.
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