Under normal conditions the research scientist is not an innovator but a solver of puzzles, and the puzzles upon which he concentrates are just those which he believes can be both stated and solved within the existing scientific tradition.

  • -- Thomas Kuhn 库恩

在正常情况下,研究科学家不是创新者,而是解谜者,而他所关注的谜题恰恰是那些他认为可以在现有的科学传统中陈述和解决的谜题。

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Furthermore, order is a necessary condition for making a structure function. A physical mechanism, be it a team of laborers, the body of an animal, or a machine, can work only if it is in physical order.

此外,顺序是构成结构函数的必要条件。一种物理机制,无论是一组劳动者,动物的身体,还是机器,只有在符合物理秩序的情况下才能工作。

My analysis was directed toward purely physical conditions, such as defective wiring, presence of lack of air spaces between metal flues and woodwork, etc., and the results were presented in these terms.

我的分析是针对纯粹的物理条件,如线路有缺陷,金属烟道和木制品之间缺乏空隙等,结果用这些术语表示。

Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without any omission; and satisfaction by means of good works.

忏悔有三个必要的条件:悔悟,即对罪恶的悲伤,以及修正的目的;无遗漏的认罪;并藉着善行得满足。

The social system grows rigid but the productive forces continue to expand, and conflict ensues between the forces of production and the social conditions of production.

社会制度僵化,生产力不断发展,生产力量与生产社会条件发生冲突。