There seems to be one quality of mind which seems to be of special and extreme advantage in leading him to make discoveries. It was the power of never letting exceptions go unnoticed.

  • -- Francis Darwin 弗朗西斯·达尔文

似乎有一种精神品质,在引导他进行发现的过程中,似乎具有特殊而极端的优势。这就是永不让例外被忽视的力量。

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Science fiction rarely is about scientists doing real science, in its slowness, its vagueness, the sort of tedious quality of getting out there and digging amongst rocks and then trying to convince people that what you're seeing justifies the conclusions you're making.

科幻小说很少是关于科学家做真正的科学的,它的缓慢,它的模糊,那种乏味的性质,走出去,在岩石中挖掘,然后试图说服人们,你所看到的证明你的结论是正确的。

In the first place, the preparation of the Nobel lecture which I am to give has shown me, even more clearly than I knew before, how many others share with me, often, indeed, have anticipated me, in the discoveries for which you have awarded me the prize.

首先,为我即将发表的诺贝尔演讲所做的准备工作,比我以前所知道的更清楚地向我表明,有多少人与我分享了你们授予我诺贝尔奖的发现,事实上,他们常常比我更早发现这些发现。

Another cause of change, one less noticeable but fundamental, is the modern growth of population closely connected with scientific and medical discoveries. It is interesting that the United Nations has set up a special Commission to study this question.

另一个变化的原因是与科学和医学发现密切相关的现代人口增长,虽然不那么明显,但却是根本性的。有趣的是,联合国已经设立了一个特别委员会来研究这个问题。

I think that to a very great extent we are partners with the divine in this enterprise called history. That is an ongoing relationship, and there is absolutely no guarantee that things will automatically work out to our best advantage.

我认为在很大程度上,我们是神圣的伙伴,在这个叫做历史的事业中。这是一种持续的关系,而且绝对不能保证事情会自动地向我们最好的方向发展。

As to the advantages of temperance in the training of the armed forces and of its benefits to the members of the forces themselves, there can be no doubt in the world.

关于节制对武装部队训练的好处及其对部队成员本身的好处,世界上是毫无疑问的。

It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.

决定心灵尊严的不是知识的数量,而是知识的质量。