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科学
Science
In praising science, it does not follow that we must adopt the very poor philosophies which scientific men have constructed. In philosophy they have much more to learn than to teach.
在赞扬科学的时候，并不是说我们必须采纳科学家们所建立的那些非常糟糕的哲学。在哲学上，他们要学的比要教的多得多。
Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?
即使只有一种可能的统一理论，它也只是一组规则和方程。是什么让方程式充满激情，并创造出一个宇宙让它们来描述?
We are much beholden to Machiavel and then it ought to be done. That if something has been invented, then we must use it. We don’t stop to thing of the possible consequences of its use.
我们非常感激马基雅维利，这是应该做的。如果发明了什么东西，我们就必须使用它。我们不会停止讨论使用它可能带来的后果。
A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering.
一个好的科学家是有独到见解的人。一个好的工程师是一个人，他所做的设计尽量少用原创的想法。工程界没有杰出的学者。
The social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives, and for all those whose premature frustrations led them into the sterile alleys of confrontation.
社会科学是为那些还没有决定如何生活的人而设的，也为那些过早受到挫折而陷入对抗死胡同的人而设的。
It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure.
科学地描述一切是可能的，但这毫无意义;它没有任何意义，就像你把贝多芬的交响乐描述为波压的变化一样。
Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort.
生活不是由巨大的牺牲或责任组成的，而是由一些小事情组成的，在这些小事情中，微笑和善意，以及习惯性地给予的小义务，是保持心灵和获得安慰的东西。
It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.
说没有人会吹嘘自己对文学的无知几乎已经成了陈词滥调，但吹嘘自己对科学的无知、自豪地宣称自己在数学方面的无能是可以被社会接受的。
Maths is the purest science in that you don’t need any test tubes or animal testing to do it. All the other sciences eventually boil down to maths, apart from biology, which boils down to soup.
数学是最纯粹的科学，因为它不需要任何试管或动物实验。除了生物学可以归结为汤之外，其他所有的科学最终都归结为数学。
In life sciences, we find a reasonable balance between men and women. In engineering and computer science, we have a major problem. A very small percentage of women will be in computer science.
在生命科学中，我们发现了男性和女性之间的合理平衡。在工程学和计算机科学中，我们有一个大问题。只有很小一部分女性会从事计算机科学。
Modern science is fast-moving, and no laboratory can exist for long with a program based on old facilities. Innovation and renewal are required to keep a laboratory on the frontiers of science.
现代科学瞬息万变，任何实验室都不可能长期存在于一个以旧设备为基础的项目中。创新和革新是保持实验室在科学前沿的必要条件。
We are driven by the insatiable curiosity of the scientist, and our work is a delightful game. I am frequently astonished that it so often results in correct predictions of experimental results.
我们被科学家永不满足的好奇心所驱使，我们的工作是一场令人愉快的游戏。我经常感到惊讶的是，它经常导致对实验结果的正确预测。
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Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of the imagination.
科学上的每一个重大进步都来自于一种新的大胆的想象。
Every Saint has a Past and every Sinner has a future. Don't give up.
每个圣人都有过去，每个罪人都有未来。不要放弃。
God does not play dice with the universe.
上帝不会和宇宙玩骰子。
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。
If I wasn't doing this, I'd be in school studying political science or socioeconomic something. I love visiting different cultures and finding out how they make up a society.
如果我不这样做，我就会在学校里学习政治学或社会经济学之类的东西。我喜欢参观不同的文化，了解他们是如何组成一个社会的。
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。