【正文】 。 and above all the American genius for nonverbal, spatial thinking about things technological. 26. As Eugene Ferguson has pointed out, A technologist thinks about objects that can not be reduced to unambiguous verbal descriptions: they are dealt with in his mind by a visual, nonverbal process...The designer and the inventor.., are able to assemble and manipulate in their minds devices that as yet do not exist.27. Robert Fulton once wrote, The mechanic should sit down among levers, screws, wedges, wheel, etc, like a poet among the letters of the alphabet, considering them as an exhibition of his thoughts, in which a new arrangement transmits a new idea.28. In the last three chapters, he takes off his gloves and gives the creationists a good beating. He describes their programs and, tactics, and, for those unfamiliar with the ways of creationists, the extent of their deception and distortion may e as an unpleasant surprise.29. On the dust jacket of this fine book, Stephen Jay Gould says: This book stands for reason itself. And so it doesand all wound be well were reason the only judge in the creationism/evolution debate.30. After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates, Australia39。 meeting, Levin asserted that music is not the cause of society39。s most densely populated region for the first time in the history of the nation39。s growth figure and considerably below that of other Western states.51. Unlike most of the world39。s interior.53. Wearing a seat belt saves lives。s life, NBAC will remain silent on embryo research.65. If experiments are planned and carried out according to plan as faithfully as the reports in the science journals indicate, then it is perfectly logical for management to expect research to produce results measurable in dollars and cents.66. It is entirely reasonable for auditors to believe that scientists who know exactly where they are going and how they will get there should not be distracted by the necessity of keeping one eye on the cash register while the other eye is on the microscope.67. Nor, if regularity and conformity to a standard pattern are as desirable to the scientist as the writing of his papers would appear to reflect, is management to be blamed for discriminating against the odd balls among researchers in favor of more conventional thinkers who work well with the team.68. The grand mediocrity of todayeveryone being the same in survival and number of offspringmeans that natural selection has lost 80% of its power in uppermiddleclass India pared to the tribe. 69. When a new movement in art attains a certain fashion, it is advisable to find out what its advocates are aiming at, for, however farfetched and unreasonable their principles may seem today, it is possible that in years to e they may be regarded as normal.70. With regard to Futurist poetry, however, the case is rather difficult, for whatever Futurist poetry may be even admitting that the theory on which it is based may be rightit can hardly be classed as Literature.71. But it is a little upsetting to read in the explanatory notes that a certain line describes a fight between a Turkish and a Bulgarian officer on a bridge off which they both fall into the riverand then to find that the line consists of the noise of their falling and the weights of the officers, Pluff! Pluff! A hundred and eightyfive kilograms.72. The ing of age of the postwar baby boom and an entry of women into the male domiated job market have limited the opportunities of teenagers who are already questioning the heavy personal sacrifices involved in climbing Janpan39。 the publisher of radical books who takes his meals in threestar restaurants。 80sand is still linked to the politics of thrift, in Britain, at least among the middleclass down shifters of my acquaintance, we have different reasons for seeking to simplify our lives.88. For the women of my generation who were urged to keep juggling through the39。 s notorious bad taste in ties.90. There are already robot systems that can perform some kinds of brain and bone surgery with submillimeter accuracy far greater precision than highly skilled physicians can achieve with their handsaone91. But if robots are to reach the next stage of laborsaving utility, they will have to operate with less human supervision and be able to make at least39。，私有財(cái)產(chǎn)的概念不僅包含對生產(chǎn)資源的所有權(quán)，也指其他一些特定的權(quán)利，如確定一個(gè)產(chǎn)品價(jià)格和與另一個(gè)私人個(gè)體(經(jīng)濟(jì)單位)自由簽定合同的權(quán)利。，沒有任何一個(gè)正式的廣告商敢于推銷一種商品卻不能兌現(xiàn)其在廣告中的承諾。，而找到與他／她的特定問題相關(guān)的那一點(diǎn)信息的任務(wù)不僅復(fù)雜、耗時(shí)，有時(shí)甚至令人難以招架。，至少目前會(huì)這樣，但是它的角色、它的規(guī)模和它的節(jié)目現(xiàn)在在英國成了全國上下的討論話題。 ，這是國家生活中代表不負(fù)責(zé)任的財(cái)富的一個(gè)因素，這種財(cái)富不但遠(yuǎn)離了土地和土地?fù)碛姓叩呢?zé)任，而且?guī)缀跬瑯优c公司的負(fù)責(zé)任的管理毫無關(guān)系。，但是就連他對工人們也沒有那種熟識的私人之間的了解。這些東西在他的思維中是通過一種視覺的、非語言表述的過程宋處理的……設(shè)計(jì)者和發(fā)明者……能夠在他們的腦中裝配并操作那些還不存在的裝置。，我將挑選出這些：這個(gè)國家優(yōu)秀的小學(xué)教育：歡迎新技術(shù)的勞動(dòng)者們：獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)發(fā)明者的做法；而且最重要的是美國人在對那些技術(shù)性事物的非言語的、空間性的思考方面的天賦。這些人依賴于其豐厚收入而不工作，他們除了分紅和偶爾參加一下股東大會(huì)，向管理層口授一下自己的命令之外，跟社會(huì)的其他階層毫無瓜葛。，并且它(這種變化)防止了效率的降低。，在這個(gè)結(jié)構(gòu)里面善于競爭的A類好像在某個(gè)方面要比他們B類的同輩更勝一籌。，成績進(jìn)步的學(xué)生，學(xué)會(huì)了一門新語言的外國人一一這些都是那些有可衡量的結(jié)果宋顯示其努力的人們的例證。，公共教育中顯示的對殘疾兒童的巨大關(guān)注表明了我們社會(huì)中的一種中強(qiáng)烈的情緒，那就是所有的公民，不管其情況有多特殊，都應(yīng)享有充分發(fā)展其能力的機(jī)會(huì)。而且它們(計(jì)算機(jī))也能為促銷活動(dòng)找到那些擁有優(yōu)先權(quán)的顧客。，在美國的經(jīng)濟(jì)體系中，個(gè)體消費(fèi)者的需求與商人試圖最大化其利潤的欲望和個(gè)人想最大化其收入效用的欲望相結(jié)合，一起決定了什么應(yīng)該被制造，以及資源如何被用來制造它們。 90s is not so much a search for the mythical good liftgrowing your own organic vegetables, and risking turning into oneas a personal recognition of your limitations.89. If you are part of the group which you are addressing, you will be in a position to know the experiences and problems which are mon to all of you and it39。M wave are the same that underlie the globalization process: falling transportation and munication costs, lower trade and investment barriers and enlarged markets that require enlarged operations capable of meeting customers39。s 119 million citizens live in cities where munity and the extended family have been abandoned in favor of isolated, towgeneration househo