首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Will there ever be another Einstein? This is the undercurrent of conversation at Einstein memorial meetings throughout the year.
Will there ever be another Einstein? This is the undercurrent of conversation at Einstein memorial meetings throughout the year.
admin
2013-06-02
36
问题
Will there ever be another Einstein? This is the undercurrent of conversation at Einstein memorial meetings throughout the year. A new Einstein will emerge, scientists say. But it may take a long time. After all, more than 200 years separated Einstein from his nearest rival, Isaac Newton.
Many physicists say the next Einstein hasn’t been born yet, or is a baby now. That’s because the quest for a unified theory that would account for all the forces of nature has pushed current mathematics to its limits. New math must be created before the problem can be solved. But researchers say there are many other factors working against another Einstein emerging anytime soon.
For one thing, physics is a much different field today. In Einstein’s day, there were only a few thousand physicists worldwide, and the theoreticians who could intellectually rival Einstein probably would fit into a streetcar with seats to spare.
Education is different, too. One crucial aspect of Einstein’s training that is overlooked is the years of philosophy he read as a teenager—Kant, Schopenhauer and Spinoza, among others. It taught him how to think independently and abstractly about space and time, and it wasn’t long before he became a philosopher himself.
"The independence created by philosophical insight is—in my opinion—the mark of distinction between a mere artisan(工匠) or specialist and a real seeker after truth, " Einstein wrote in 1944.
And he was an accomplished musician. The interplay between music and math is well-known. Einstein would furiously play his violin as a way to think through a knotty physics problem.
Today, universities have produced millions of physicists. There aren’t many jobs in science for them, so they go to Wall Street and Silicon Valley to apply their analytical skills to more practical—and rewarding—efforts.
"Maybe there is an Einstein out there today, " said Columbia University physicist Brian Greene, "but it would be a lot harder for him to be heard. "
Especially considering what Einstein was proposing.
"The actual fabric of space and time curving? My God, what an idea!" Greene said at a recent gathering at the Aspen Institute. "It takes a certain type of person who will bang his head against the wall because you believe you’ll find the solution. "
Perhaps the best examples are the five scientific papers Einstein wrote in his "miracle year" of 1905. These "thought experiments" were pages of calculations signed and submitted to the prestigious journal Annalen der Physik by a virtual unknown. There were no footnotes or citations.
What might happen to such a submission today?
"We all get papers like those in the mail, " Greene said. "We put them in the junk file. "
What do scientists seem to agree upon judging from the first two paragraphs?
选项
A、Einstein pushed mathematics almost to its limits.
B、It will take another Einstein to build a unified theory.
C、No physicist is likely to surpass Einstein in the next 200 years.
D、It will be some time before a new Einstein emerges.
答案
D
解析
科学家认为,一个新的爱因斯坦将会出现,但是需要很长一段时间。
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/Wm5FFFFM
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
A、Peopleweremoremoney-conscious.B、Peopleweremorehealth-conscious.C、Thepriceoffruitdroppeddramatically.D、Peoplehad
Childrenmodelthemselveslargelyontheirparents.Theydosomainlythroughidentification.Children【C1】_______withaparent
MasstransportationrevisedthesocialandeconomicfabricoftheAmericancityinthreefundamentalways.Itspeededupphysica
MasstransportationrevisedthesocialandeconomicfabricoftheAmericancityinthreefundamentalways.Itspeededupphysica
Mostgrowingplantscontainmuchmorewaterthanallothermaterialscombined.C.R.Darneshassuggestedthatitisaspropert
A、Tomakefriendswiththeirpeers.B、Togetonwellwiththeircolleagues.C、Togetthelatestinformation.D、Todoresearchin
IncomeTaxesWegenerallydon’tthinkmuchabouttaxesexceptduringtheannualtaxseason.It’sprobablythemostdreadedt
SuggestionsforImprovingReadingSpeedImprovementofReadingRateItissafetosaythatalmostanyonecandoublehisorh
A、Shedidn’tyieldtochildrencrossingtheroad.B、Sheparkedillegallyneartheschool.C、Sheexceededthespeedlimit.D、She
A、Atnoon.B、Intheafternoon.C、Intheevening.D、Inthemorning.C时间数字题。从男士的话“Didyouhaveagoodday?”往往是一天的工作结束后的问语,以及女士的这句话
随机试题
垂直牙体牙根裂常发生在使用桩核修复的牙齿。使用哪一类桩核修复后,垂直牙体牙根裂的可能性最大A.有螺纹的圆柱形桩核B.有螺纹的圆锥形桩核C.无螺纹的圆柱形桩核D.无螺纹的圆锥形桩核E.以上无差异
小儿右髋部摔伤,首选的X线检查方法是
蜂蜜丸中蜂蜜加热105~115℃,含水量达到17%~20%属于()。
下列工序质量控制的方法,属于工序质量预控的有()。
下列关于股票内在价值与价格关系的表述中,错误的是( )。
某投资中心投资额为1000000元,企业加权平均的最低投资报酬率为18%,剩余收益为200000元,则该中心的投资报酬率为20%。()
假设某计算机有1MB的内存,并按字节编址,为了能存取其中的内容,其地址寄存器至少需要(9)位。为使4字节组成的字能从存储器中一次读出,要求存放在存储器中的字边界对齐,一个字的地址码应(10)。若存储周期为200ns,且每个周期访问4B,则该存储器的带宽为
直接转移指令执行时,是将指令中的地址送入()。
在基于ARM微处理器为核心的硬件平台上,开发其Linux环境下的应用程序expl.c。若需要编译后生成expl.c对应的汇编程序,应使用的命令是()。
AccordingtoAmericanlaw,ifsomeoneisaccusedofacrime,heisconsidered【B1】______untilthecourtprovesthepersonisguil
最新回复
(
0
)