A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
科学
Science
Time is what keeps everything from happening at once.
时间是阻止一切同时发生的东西。
The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.
衡量智力的标准是改变的能力。
Colour is a power which directly influences the soul.
色彩是一种直接影响灵魂的力量。
I do not like odd things until I can understand them.
我不喜欢奇怪的东西,直到我能理解它们。
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.
一知半解是件危险的事。很多也是如此。
We are built to be effective animals, not happy ones.
我们生来就是有效率的动物,而不是快乐的动物。
Somewhere something incredible is waiting to be known.
在某个地方,一些不可思议的事情正等待着被发现。
You must not lie about trilobites, nor yet about time.
你不能在三叶虫的问题上撒谎,也不能在时间上撒谎。
My patients taught me not how to die, but how to live.
我的病人教我的不是如何死亡,而是如何生活。
All science is dominated by the idea of approximation.
所有的科学都被近似的概念所支配。
Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are.
告诉我你吃什么,我就会知道你是谁。
Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.
休斯敦,这里是宁静基地。老鹰已经着陆了。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
All science is either physics or stamp collecting.
所有的科学不是物理就是集邮。
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
现在生活中最悲哀的一点是,科学收集知识的速度比社会收集智慧的速度还要快。
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.
一个新的科学真理不是通过说服它的对手并让他们看到光明而取得胜利,而是因为它的对手最终会消亡,而熟悉它的新一代会成长起来。
Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.
不是所有有价值的东西都能被计算,也不是所有能被计算的东西都有价值。
Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.
科学哲学对科学家的用处就像鸟类学对鸟类一样大。
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
有两件事是无限的:宇宙和人类的愚蠢;我对宇宙也不是很确定。