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A prize equivalent to 290 kilograms of gold caused a sensation throughout Europe. Discussion of the matter at once drove any other news to the second page. Even the fake news media such as "The Sun" couldn't help jumping out and pretending to be serious to discuss this issue.

However, "The Sun" is "The Sun" after all, and after only a few sentences of discussion, it unknowingly turned to the issue of the sun. The topic quickly became: "Which one of the talents who may win the prize is the one that the majority of female friends are most willing to go to Wushan with?"

However, in European countries, the specific emotions aroused by this news are not the same. In France, everyone has habitually started to applaud the Academy of Sciences. Everyone felt that this reflected France's spirit of pursuing science and progress, and the huge bonus also reflected the prosperity and abundance of France.

As for the possible winners, most of the French believe that the award for medicine will definitely go to the Irishman Carroll. But everyone was not dissatisfied because he was not French. Anyway, Carol's teacher is French, and he only achieved such achievements in France. In addition, there should still be a high possibility that the mathematics award will be awarded to the French. Of course, the guy from the Rhine Union called Gauss is also very popular. Considering that he is younger and of course looks more handsome, there are still many girls in France who are more willing to support him.

As for the Rhine Union, everyone's attention is on Gauss, and everyone is guessing whether their little fellow will win the award. However, considering that the award was given by the French after all, everyone thinks that the French will win the award. The chances of the award should still be a little bigger.

"But it doesn't matter, anyway, Gauss is still young, and considering that the French have always behaved fairly, well, even if you don't get it this time, you still have a chance in two years, even in two years... four years later, it's time for the round It's his time." Many North Germans who care about this matter think so.

But on the British side, after seeing the news, the situation is different. They felt novelty and excitement at first, but soon they discovered an embarrassing phenomenon. In this selection, it seems that there is nothing British about it.

Medicine is fine, British medicine, traditionally speaking. Although it is not backward, it is not advanced. In fact, before that great breakthrough, doctors all over Europe were basically Mongolian butchers. So if you can't get this, it's okay. Anyway, I didn't see this selection. So far, the only candidate nominated by everyone is Dr. Carol. So this award has nothing to do with the UK, this is really not shabby.

But mathematics is a different story. Back then, when Lord Newton was still there, Lord Newton alone suppressed the entire continent of Europe. (Of course, Sir Alex’s methods are somewhat like that) Even, what is Sir Newton’s most important and greatest work? Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy! Now British mathematicians can't even be shortlisted, which is really terribly embarrassing.

Of course, there will be prizes for physics and chemistry next year, but the British figured it out. Unless Sir Newton is resurrected, there is really no suspense about the physics prize. His; as for chemistry, if Mr. Lavoisier participates, well, there is no suspense at all. As for the UK, it is still only for viewing, and they don't even have the confidence to say that this award is too partial to the French. What a shame, what a fucking shame! So in some newspapers, this kind of soul torture immediately appeared:

"What happened to this country? Why did we fall from the most advanced country in the world to this in a short period of time? It must be..."

This is of course not an institutional issue. On this point, the British media is quite self-conscious. Whether it is the Tory Party, the Whig Party, or the New Tory Party, it is very clear that no matter how much they fight, they cannot really break this platform. They can't eat and smash the pot, so on this point, they still have a bottom line. The bottom line is: the United Kingdom's system is the most perfect in the world, it is the end of history, it is the ultimate truth, and no doubts are allowed.

Since there is no problem with the system, it can only be a problem of physique. To put it more clearly, it is-the people in this class are not good, and there is not a single math genius!

So the newspapers naturally berated the younger generation in Britain, saying that they are idle and not doing their jobs properly. Look at Gauss, and then look at you. Don't you blush? Then these newspapers further pointed out that if they don’t repent and study hard, they will soon be beaten to death on the beach by the French back waves, you know?

The British college students are naturally unconvinced. They feel that they are actually very serious, and you can't compare with anyone, you can compare with a pervert like Gauss! This guy was already very good before he went to the University of Paris, okay? Besides, who is Gauss' teacher? Joseph Bonaparte! Look at our teachers here again, which one can catch up with him?

By the way, have you read the preface to that epoch-making paper in The Lancet? Ah, you sure haven't seen it. In the UK, journalists are generally uneducated, so where would they read such a thing? Well, Dr. Carroll admitted there that the whole idea and research direction were proposed by Dean Bonaparte. We dare not say that if Gauss’s position is replaced by me, then I can do it, but if we want to replace Carroll’s position with us, then we dare to say that I can do it too! But is there such a good teacher in the UK? Dean Bonaparte gave all such honors to his students. In England, even if there is such a paper, maybe Carol's name will be thrown somewhere. . So, it's entirely because you guys can't move forward!

Since university students decided that Britain was lagging behind in science mainly because of the lack of frontiers, the best and most logical thing to do was of course to go to France to study. Not to mention medicine, since the "Lancet" paper incident, people who study medicine don't go to France to study, and no patient dares to let them see a doctor. But now, after careful discussion, everyone found that not only medicine, but even mathematics and other natural sciences can no longer be studied in the UK.

"Now in England, you can learn 'Shakespeare' and 'Milton'. As for natural science, you can't learn it at all!"

As British university students questioned the quality of British universities, French newspapers immediately joined in. They introduced the situation of various schools in France to British students who intend to study in France. When introducing the situation of these schools, the French newspaper came up with a very convincing ranking, which was based on the papers of each school in the official journal "Nature" of the French Academy of Sciences, and the number of papers cited, according to A ranking calculated by certain rules. This ranking is quite detailed, including both the overall ranking of each school and the ranking of individual subjects of each school. This ranking is really useful for students who want to study in France.

"Why doesn't our UK have such a ranking?" Many British students couldn't help asking this question.

This question naturally leads to another question, that is, if the UK universities also participated in this ranking, where would they be placed? There are really good people who do the math according to this model, because in the past one or two years, many scholars in the UK, after completing their papers, are more willing to give priority to submitting papers to "Nature", because although the French are very slow in reviewing Picky, but quite generous when it comes to giving.

The final calculated results were not very satisfactory. Cambridge actually had to be ranked behind a certain École Normale Supérieure in France. This is really... Of course, this does not fully explain the problem, because after all, the British are not like the French, who submit all papers to "Nature". Therefore, the level of Oxbridge should still be better than that of the higher normal school, probably, maybe, it should be about the same as that of the University of Paris. Well... just a little bit at most, really, just a little bit.

However, despite such a forced explanation, it has become a trend for a large number of British youths to study in France, and this has brought another complaint along the way, that is: British passenger ships are too heartless, expensive and unreasonable. Comfortable! There is no way to compare with Europe! The "Navigation Act" has turned those shipowners into slobs!