Chapter 733 Oppenheimer

After the two little guys were crowned, Arthur was not in a hurry to leave the United States. Instead, he arranged the political affairs of the two new kingdoms while visiting this country that was about to become the world hegemon in history.

To be honest, when he first came to this world, Arthur never thought that one day he would be able to destroy this country known as the world police.

In the early 20th century, the economy and industry of the United States were already very strong, so strong that it could compete with the world hegemon Britain.

Australia, which Arthur controlled at that time, was a colonial country with a population of only 4 million and a lot of deficiencies in its economy compared to Europe and the United States.

If it were not for the support of Queen Victoria, Arthur would not have been able to gain such high power as soon as he arrived in Australia, let alone lead the country to its current point.

World history is written by the victor. No matter how powerful the original historical United States was, the current United States has become multiple small countries after all.

As one of the actual occupiers of the United States, Australasia certainly has the right to deal with the American heritage.

Hollywood, which was famous in later history, is now only less famous than the world studio built in Australasia.

Of course, after the occupation of Los Angeles, a considerable part of Hollywood's facilities and many film companies have been forced to move to the World Studios in Australasia.

In fact, this is inevitable. Even if they don't move, the development of Hollywood will never be as smooth as in history.

The Kingdom of California, where Los Angeles is located, obviously cannot support the development of a huge film city.

Therefore, those film companies are also very proactive when they move. After all, only by going to the larger Australasia can their film companies have a chance to make a comeback.

In addition to arranging government affairs for the two kingdoms, Australasia officials also have a task, which is to inspect American universities in the two regions, select more suitable and powerful universities, and establish branches in Australasia.

At the same time, absorb a large number of talents in the United States, transfer them as much as possible to Australasia, and strengthen Australasia's talent pool.

Although there are many talents in the United States, there are not many talents that can alarm Arthur. However, many officials have worked hard in the United States for a period of time and reported to Arthur several times.

The first person who alarmed Arthur was the famous American father of the atomic bomb, the main leader of the Manhattan Project, and the famous American physicist Robert Oppenheimer.

Speaking of the progress of the United States in making nuclear weapons in history, many people may have the impression of Einstein.

But in fact, the main leader of the Manhattan Project for the United States to study the atomic bomb was Oppenheimer.

Although this does not mean that Einstein's contribution to the atomic bomb is weaker than Oppenheimer, it is helpful for Arthur and Australasia's nuclear weapons to have such a talent.

If Oppenheimer can cooperate with Einstein as in history, then the progress of Australasia's nuclear weapons research and development will be much faster.

Arthur could not predict what kind of sparks the cooperation between the two top physicists could collide. But for Australasia's nuclear weapons research and development, it was like a shot of adrenaline.

It was also a coincidence. This famous physicist in American history was teaching at the University of California, Berkeley at this time.

Because of the unfortunate infection of tuberculosis, Oppenheimer could only stay in his hometown to recuperate, which also prevented Oppenheimer from going to other countries.

Although Oppenheimer is not as famous as he was in history, his resume is already very brilliant and he can be regarded as an extremely outstanding talent.

As a genius known to everyone since childhood, Oppenheimer's academic career has basically been constantly skipping grades.

After entering the Department of Chemistry at Harvard University in 1921, Oppenheimer's talent in physics and chemistry has been demonstrated.

During his undergraduate studies, Oppenheimer was admitted to the College Student Honor Society and obtained the qualification of a physics graduate student on the basis of independent study.

Such qualifications are not easy to obtain, let alone Harvard University, where talents are born in large numbers.

After graduating from Harvard University as an honor student in advance, Oppenheimer went to Cambridge University in the UK, Göttingen University in Germany, Zurich University in Switzerland and Leiden University in the Netherlands for further studies, and successfully became a disciple of the famous physicist Joseph John Thomson.

Let alone the achievements Oppenheimer has made in history, his current luxurious resume alone is enough for Arthur to pay attention to.

A talent who has studied in many famous universities in Europe, his ability is beyond doubt.

If he did not have a talent for physics, so many universities would not have agreed to let him study, and he would not have been able to gain the favor of many European physics experts.

Because Oppenheimer suffered from tuberculosis, Arthur had no intention of meeting him.

However, Arthur still asked someone to find Oppenheimer in person and offered him quite generous conditions, not inferior to Einstein.

Honorary Vice President of the Royal Australasian Academy of Sciences, Vice President of the Royal Academy of Sciences Physics, an annual salary of 200,000 Australian dollars, an annual research fund of more than 2 million Australian dollars, and the ability to set up his own physics laboratory, etc., were the conditions Arthur offered to Oppenheimer.

Such conditions are absolutely generous, and even most countries in the world cannot offer them at all.

For Oppenheimer, who was only 25 years old, such conditions were indeed very attractive.

In addition to these conditions, Arthur also promised to allow Oppenheimer to bring his family to Australasia and arrange a place for them to live in Fort St. Arthur.

In addition, Oppenheimer would also participate in an extremely important research project, and Oppenheimer would work with the world's top physicists, etc.

Young people definitely like challenges, which made Oppenheimer quickly agree to Arthur's conditions and be willing to go to Australasia to recuperate.

Seeing Oppenheimer so decisive, Arthur was also very happy and said that Oppenheimer would be paid as usual during his recuperation.

An annual salary of 200,000 is just a drop in the bucket for Arthur, but if it can be exchanged for a top physicist, it will definitely be a profit.

With the joint efforts of Oppenheimer and Einstein, Arthur believes that the progress of nuclear weapons research will be greatly accelerated, and there should even be certain results within a few years.

In addition to Oppenheimer, Australasia also discovered a large number of American talents in California, including many world-renowned experts.

These talents include physics, chemistry, mathematics and biology, which largely fill the gap in Australasia's top talents.

Of course, Arthur also understands that the talents in California are only a small part of those in the United States.

There are many famous universities in the eastern United States, including the famous MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

These talents are currently under the control of the United Kingdom. If some of them can be attracted to Australasia, it will be a good boost to the development of Australasia.

More importantly, snatching talents that the United Kingdom has not yet discovered can reduce the talent pool of the United Kingdom.

Among these talents, there are many experts who have made outstanding contributions in nuclear weapons and other weapons. If these experts can go to Australasia, it is equivalent to weakening the British in disguise.

At the same time, it must be admitted that the previous American policy on talents did attract a lot of talents.

Everyone knows that the Manhattan Project was a plan formulated by the United States to develop atomic bombs, but many people don’t know that most of the participants in the Manhattan Project were born in Europe and other regions.

In history, the United States was able to take the lead in the development of atomic bombs because it attracted these talents, which also affected the results of World War II.

If Germany had developed nuclear weapons first, the results of World War II would have changed.

After all, nuclear weapons are strategic weapons with huge lethality. In addition to fearing the casualties and destruction caused by them, people are actually more afraid of the feeling of being threatened at all times.

Compared with death, people are more afraid of the moment before death. The tension of the approaching death is the most devastating thing for a person.

If it weren't for the help of the Victoria Prize, I'm afraid Australasia would lag behind the United States in terms of talent reserves.

This also proves a truth. In addition to relying on the Victoria Prize to attract talents, Australasia should also pay more attention to attracting foreign talents.

Attracting foreign talents can not only increase its own strength, but also weaken the enemy's talent reserves in disguise. The gap caused by one increase and one decrease will only be greater.

Of course, the strategy of cultivating talents in one's own country cannot be left behind. Although it is good to poach from other countries, there are still some scientists who have a strong patriotic heart.

Only by attracting and training can we ensure that the number and quality of scientists we have are the largest.

As long as we have enough talent reserves, we don't have to worry about falling behind in any industry. Just like nuclear weapons now, there was no concept of nuclear weapons in 1929, but now Australasia is almost done with research and development.

If it weren't for the nearly 1,000 outstanding scientists in hand, the research and development progress of various technologies in Australasia would be much slower.

The result of this, in addition to affecting the speed of national development, will also affect Arthur's layout of the world situation. It will be impossible for Australasia to develop so quickly.

Science and technology are still very important for the promotion of human life. The development of Australasia is also inseparable from the efforts of these scientists.

All Arthur can do is to try his best to ensure the research needs of these scientists, so that they can have enough energy to devote to their own research and make enough contributions to Australasia.

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