伯頓·里克特
1976年獲諾貝爾物理學獎
"The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible."
發(fā)現(xiàn)可能性的極限的唯一方法是超越它們進入不可能。
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."
知識最大的敵人不是無知，而是知識的幻覺。
"We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct."
我們都同意你的理論是瘋狂的。我們之間的分歧在于它是否足夠瘋狂以至于有可能正確。
"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"
"The joy of discovery is certainly the liveliest that the mind of man can ever feel."
發(fā)現(xiàn)的喜悅無疑是人類心靈所能感受到的最活躍的喜悅。
"Science is not just a collection of facts; it's a way of thinking, a way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility."
科學不僅僅是事實的集合；它是一種思維方式，一種以對人類易錯性的深刻理解來懷疑地審視宇宙的方式。
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
想象力比知識更重要。知識是有限的。想象力環(huán)繞著世界。
"The most important thing is to never stop questioning."
最重要的是永遠不要停止提問。