Chapter 564: A new French scientific community

Chapter 565 The new French scientific community

"You have made so many sacrifices for France!"

Dean Leroy was so moved that he would definitely not give up easily if it were him who had won the award. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince gave up the prestigious Louis Prize to others just because of the reputation.

He sighed: "In fact, several judges and I believe that even the literature award should be awarded to you. I have read your "Ma'am, Please Stop", and the wonderful plot made me feel like I can't even taste the food. Taste.”

Although these novels were all signed with the name "Gunner", over time people came to know that they were actually the works of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Joseph suddenly felt even more embarrassed. This was a blatant plagiarism of the work of the Tianhaishan boss. It was really embarrassing...

He hurriedly changed the subject and said: "Hey, Dean Leroy, how is the reorganization of the French Academy of Sciences progressing?"

"Oh, it's going well, Your Highness." Leroy said hurriedly, "Currently, the new Departments of Mathematics, Geometry, Mechanics, Astronomy, Optics, Agriculture, and Chemistry have begun operations.

“Relatively new departments, such as the Department of Thermodynamics and the Department of Surgery and Medicine, are still under preparation.

"And the departments you requested, such as the Department of Geology and the Department of Electrical Engineering, lack enough scholars, so it may take some time..."

What he said may seem ordinary to future generations, but at present, it is a huge progress in the field of scientific research management.

You must know that before this, both the French Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society of London had only two departments-the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Physics.

More subdivisions have not been divided at all, which has led to many situations that hinder scientific research. For example, when it comes to funding division, how can electricity, which is both in the Department of Physics and has no theoretical system of yours, compete with the big guys in mechanics for funding? Let alone geology, the experts in traditional physics will not look at you seriously.

The same goes for management. For example, Lavoisier is the second director of the Department of Physics, but he knows nothing about physics. How can he lead the Department of Physics when all he does is research in the field of chemistry?

There are also many rookies in physics who submit papers to him. It's a trivial matter that he can't understand it. Sometimes it's a big loss if a promising star is delayed.

So Joseph asked Leroy, Lagrange, Condorcet, and Laplace to reorganize the Academy of Sciences according to the common subject division method in later generations.

In this way, scientific research will be more efficient and funding allocation will be more reasonable in the future.

At the same time, segmented academic departments can also attract more talents to France.

For example, a talented person who devotes himself to geology can only succumb to a bunch of theoretical physics bosses in other places, and has almost no chance of getting ahead.

And when you come to the French Academy of Sciences, you may be able to directly serve as the director of the Department of Geology with your solid academic foundation!

A crow turns into a phoenix.

At least the people in the same department as you are engaged in related research and won't point their nostrils at you all day long.

Dean Leroy continued: "As for the national laboratories supporting each academic department, most of them have been completed. If nothing else happens, they will all be completed before August this year."

As for Joseph asking the Academy of Sciences to build these national laboratories, it can be regarded as a pioneering work of this era.

At the moment, scientific research is still a very "trendy" thing, and it's really hard to do it unless you're a millionaire.

As for this laboratory, the university can only provide the most basic equipment. If you want to do advanced research, you have to pay for it yourself and hire people to buy equipment to build a private laboratory. It can easily cost tens of thousands of francs.

For example, Lavoisier's private laboratory invested hundreds of thousands of francs and produced tens of thousands of beakers alone.

In this case, if you can produce research results, you may not be able to recoup the cost, and if you cannot produce results, you will definitely lose money.

Therefore, scholars of this era strive purely for ideals and the pursuit of truth, and all of them are worthy of admiration.

But this also makes many extremely talented poor scholars look at the sky and sigh, unable to give full play to their abilities.

This time, Joseph allocated 1.2 million francs to the French Academy of Sciences to build several large national laboratories according to the highest standards. Any scholar can apply for use without any fees.

This will not only facilitate French scholars to conduct research, but also attract a large number of foreign talents with little money to apply for the laboratory.

You have to live in France before the experiment is completed, and the research materials must be piled up here. Moving them around is very troublesome. Basically, the entire scientific research process is done in France. After living in France for a few years, they may not want to leave.

Even if everyone uses unified and standard experimental equipment, it can promote the rapid progress of experimental science.

While Joseph and Leroy were talking, the carriage slowly stopped, and there was noisy conversation outside the carriage. It was obvious that many people had gathered here.

Eman opened the car door and stood aside.

Joseph saw in front of him a large group of villas surrounded by red brick walls. The words "Great Scholar's Palace" were carved on the boulder outside the wall.

In fact, the so-called "University Scholars Palace" is a high-end residential complex prepared for the introduction of talents. At first, Joseph was going to name it "House of Talents", but Brian thought the name was not loud enough and suggested changing it to "Palace of Great Scholars".

So there is actually no palace here, but the building quality and style are definitely of the highest quality, and it is not for sale. Only talents recognized by the talent introduction plan can rent here at very low prices.

Guaranteed that your neighbors are all first-class scholars.

When you have accumulated academic contributions and reached a certain academic rating, this luxurious villa will be given to you directly. Of course, it cannot be sold privately.

As the main person in charge of the talent introduction plan, Mirabeau had already been waiting in the fountain square in front of the Grand Palace. When he saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arrive, he immediately signaled the band to play music.

The crowd around him then bowed to Joseph.

This kind of academic affairs usually does not attract too many people to watch, but under the vigorous promotion of the talent introduction plan, thousands of people came today.

Among them, there are many children who saw the magnificent villa of the Grand Palace and secretly made up their minds to become a scholar in the future and live here one day.

Joseph gave a speech as usual, and then told the reporters present about France's emphasis on talents, and then watched the first batch of scholars who moved into the Grand Palace get their new homes.

At around 6 pm, the whole ceremony ended, and Joseph got on the car to return to the Tuileries Palace.

Mirabeau came running behind him, bowed respectfully, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Joseph motioned him to get in the car and asked, "What do you want?"

Mirabeau hesitated and said, "Your Highness, I would like to ask you to postpone the follow-up project of the Grand Palace. Oh, and it would be best if you could postpone the dividends from the Industrial Development Fund."