A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
科学
Science
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.
第一条原则是你不能欺骗自己，你是最容易被欺骗的人。
Now, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if it could fail.
现在，作为一名科幻小说家，当我看到一个自然法则时，我怀疑它是否会失败。
I am aware of the usefulness of science to society and of the benefits society derives from it.
我意识到科学对社会的作用，以及科学给社会带来的好处。
The fields of science are full of crop circles that can't yet be explained by scientific means.
科学领域充满了麦田怪圈，这些怪圈还无法用科学的方法来解释。
Science and technology are what we can do; morality is what we agree we should or should not do.
科学技术是我们所能做的;道德是我们同意我们应该或不应该做的事情。
The word of Mohammad is a voice direct from nature's own heart - all else is wind in comparison.
穆罕默德的话是来自大自然内心的声音——相比之下，其他一切都是风。
It's time to let science and medicine, not politics and rhetoric, lead us to good, sound policy.
是时候让科学和医学，而不是政治和花言巧语，引导我们制定好的、健全的政策了。
A mathematician believes that describing the speed of Mercury with equations amounts to science.
一位数学家认为用方程式来描述水星的速度相当于科学。
Science always has its origin in the adaptation of thought to some definite field of experience.
科学总是起源于把思想应用于一定的经验领域。
There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course; a quiet conscience.
只有一件事在整个生命过程中首当其冲;一个安静的良心。
But man has still another powerful resource: natural science with its strictly objective methods.
但是人类还有另一种强大的资源:具有严格客观方法的自然科学。
Science requires an engagement with the world, a live encounter between the knower and the known.
科学需要与世界的接触，知识分子与知识分子之间的真实接触。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
The purpose of science is not to analyze or describe but to make useful models of the world. A model is useful if it allows us to get use out of it.
科学的目的不是分析或描述世界，而是建立有用的世界模型。模型是有用的，如果它允许我们使用它。
If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.
如果你想发现宇宙的秘密，就从能量、频率和振动的角度来思考。
The person who reads too much and uses his brain too little will fall into lazy habits of thinking.
读书太多而用脑太少的人会养成懒惰的思维习惯。
The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function.
人类最大的缺点是我们无法理解指数函数。
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.
听过的旋律是甜美的，但听不到的更甜美。