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第32章 The Ideological Giants 思想巨人(12)

Faraday was an excellent experimentalist who conveyed his ideas in clear and simple language。

法拉第是一个优秀的实验物理学家,他用简单明了的语言表达了他的想法。

In the 1800’s the invention of the electric dynamo by Michael Faraday ignited the path for electric generators of the future。

19世纪,麦克法拉第电动机的发明为其他发电机的发明照亮了道路。

Faraday continued publishing his experimental work。

法拉第继续出版他的实验性成果。

Faraday’s breakthrough came。

法拉第的突破来临了。

Faraday is best known for his work with electricity and magnetism。

法拉第最出名的是他在电和磁上的成果。

Michael Faraday is the inventor of the dynamo for producing electrical energy。

迈克尔·法拉第是产生电能之发电机的发明者。

Faraday continued his laboratory work。

法拉第继续他的实验室工作。

Faraday also was active in what would now be called environmental science。

法拉第在环境科学方面也十分活跃。

Faraday gave a successful series of lectures on the chemistry and physics。

法拉第成功地做了一系列关于化学和物流学的讲座。

Faraday rejected a knighthood。

法拉第拒绝了爵位。

British physicist and chemist Michael Faraday was born on September 22。

9月22日,英国物理学家、化学家法拉第出生。

English chemist and physicist Michael Faraday demonstrated the first dynamo。

英国化学家、物理学家迈克尔·法拉第演示世界上的第一个发电机。

When he was twenty–one he read Michael Faraday’s experiments in electricity。

二十一岁时,他读到迈克尔·法拉第在电学方面进行的实验。

One of the first men to work with such reactions was the great English scientist Michael Faraday。

伟大的英国科学家法拉第是最先研究这种反应的人之一。

Michael Faraday no doubt realized the practical importance of his discoveries but he left the development of the generator and motor to others。

迈克尔·法拉第无疑意识到了他发现的在实际中的重要性,但是他却把发电机及电动机的研制留给了其他人。

The idea of transmitting power wirelessly has been around since the 1830s when Michael Faraday introduced his celebrated law of induction。

无线电能传输理论形成于1830年左右,其时迈克尔·法拉第将著名的电磁感应定律引入物理学。

The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures for Children Michael Faraday in 1825, with himself as the inaugural lecturer。

1825年,迈克尔·法拉第发起面向孩子的英国皇家学院圣诞讲座,他自己就任讲师。

Let’s Talk!

开始交流吧!

Mike:Who invented generators·

麦克:谁发明了电动机·

Daisy: I remember it is Faraday。

黛西:我记得是法拉第。

Mike: That’s right。

麦克:对了。

Daisy: Why do you ask it·

黛西:为什么问起这个·

Mike: My little sister asked me this today, and I can’t remember。

麦克:我的小妹妹今天问我这个,我记不起来了。

Daisy: I remember being taught about him in the Physics class。

黛西:我记得在物理课上学过他。

Mike: Yes, and we did experiments of generators。

麦克:是的,而且我们做了发动机的实验。

Daisy: I remember that, and it was very interesting。

黛西:我也记得了,实验非常有趣。

Mike: Faraday is so clever。

麦克:法拉第实在是太聪明了。

Daisy: The generators he inventoried promote the development of human beings。

黛西:他发明的电动机推动了人类的发展。

Mike: I’m never good at Physics, I find it very hard。

麦克:我物理一向都不好,我觉得太难了。

Daisy: So was I。

黛西:我也是。

Mike: But my sister is very interested in Physics, maybe she will be a physicist some day。

麦克:但是我妹妹对物理非常感兴趣,也许她某天会成为物理学家。

Daisy: That would be great。

黛西:那就太好了。

Albert Einstein

爱因斯坦

爱因斯坦全名为阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦。世界十大杰出物理学家,现代物理学的开创者、集大成者和奠基人,同时也是一位著名的思想家和哲学家。

About Einstein

关于爱因斯坦

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who discovered the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics。 For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics。 He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics “for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect”。 The latter was pivotal in establishing quantum theory within physics。

Near the beginning of his career, Einstein thought that Newtonian mechanics was no longer enough to reconcile the laws of classical mechanics with the laws of the electromagnetic field。 This led to the development of his special theory of relativity。 He realized, however, that the principle of relativity could also be extended to gravitational fields, and with his subsequent theory of gravitation in 1916, he published a paper on the general theory of relativity。 He continued to deal with problems of statistical mechanics and quantum theory, which led to his explanations of particle theory and the motion of molecules。 He also investigated the thermal properties of light which laid the foundation of the photon theory of light。 In 1917, Einstein applied the general theory of relativity to model the structure of the universe as a whole。 He was visiting the United States when Hitler came to power in 1933, and did not go back to Germany, where he had been a professor at the Berlin Academy of Sciences。 He settled in the US, becoming a citizen in 1940。 On the eve of World War II, he helped alert President Franklin D。 Roosevelt that Germany might be developing an atomic weapon, and recommended that the US begin similar research。 Later, together with Bertrand Russell, Einstein signed the Russell–Einstein Manifesto, which highlighted the danger of nuclear weapons。 Einstein taught physics at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, New Jersey, until his death in 1955。

Einstein published more than 300 scientific papers along with over 150 non-scientific works。 His great intelligence and originality have made the word “Einstein” synonymous with genius。

19世纪末期是物理学的大变革时期,爱因斯坦从实验事实出发,重新考查了物理学的基本概念,在理论上作出了根本性的突破。他的一些成就大大推动了天文学的发展。

有一句熟悉的格言是:“任何事都是相对的。”但爱因斯坦的理论不是这一哲学式陈词滥调的重复,而是一种更精确的用数学表述的方法。此方法中,科学的度量是相对的。显而易见,对于时间和空间的主观感受依赖于观测者本身。2009年10月4日,诺贝尔基金会评选“1921年物理学奖得主爱因斯坦”为诺贝尔奖百余年历史上最受尊崇的3位获奖者之一。(其他两位是1964年和平奖得主马丁·路德·金、1979年和平奖得主德兰修女。)Key words & Sentences

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He later received the Albert Einstein Award。

之后他获得了阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦奖。

Albert Einstein was born on March 14th, 1879 in Germany。

爱因斯坦1879年3月14日出生于德国。

Albert Einstein had one of the great minds of last century。

阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦是上世纪具有伟大智慧的人之一。

Albert Einstein emigrated from Germany to the United States。

阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦从德国移居到美国。

Albert Einstein was a great physicist and a scientific thinker。

爱因斯坦是一位伟大的物理学家和科学思想家。

Such was Albert Einstein, a simple man as well as a scientist of great achievements。

这就是爱因斯坦,一个简朴的人,同时也是一位成就辉煌的科学家。

In 1933, Albert Einstein arrived in the United States as a refugee from Nazi Germany。

1933年的这一天,爱因斯坦从纳粹德国流亡到美国。

Albert Einstein said: “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things。”

爱因斯坦说:“如果你想过个幸福的一生,你要把生活拴到一个目标上,而不是什么人或东西上。”