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【正文】 uld have dropped one or the other and fled in panic. Einstein daringly kept bothrevolutionized physics. For he demonstrated they could, after all, exist peacefully side by side, provided we gave up cherished beliefs about the nature of time. [15]Science is like 30a house of cards, with concepts like time and space at the lowest level. 31Tampering with time brought most of the house tumbling down, and it was this that made Einstein39。s work so important and controversial. At a conference in Princeton in honor of his 70th birthday, one of the speakers, a Nobel Prize winner, tried to convey the magical quality of Einstein39。s achievement. Words failed him, and with a shrug of helplessness he pointed to his wristwatch, and said in tones of 32awed amazement, “It all came from this.” His very ineloquence made this the most eloquent tribute I have ever heard to Einstein39。s genius… [16]Einstein39。s work, performed quietly with pencil and paper, seemed remote from the 33turmoil of everyday life: But his ideas were so revolutionary they caused violent controversy and irrational anger. Indeed, in order to be able to award him a belated Nobel Prize, the selection mittee had to avoid mentioning relativity, and pretend the prize was awarded primarily for his work on the quantum theory. [17]Political events upset the 34serenity of his life even more. When the Nazis came to power in Germany, his theories were officially declared false because they had been formulated by a Jew. His property was confiscated, and it is said a price was put on his head. [18]When scientists in the United States, fearful that the Nazis might develop an atomic bomb, sought to 35alert American authorities to the danger, they were scarcely 36heeded. In desperation, they drafted a letter which Einstein signed and sent directly to President Roosevelt. It was this act that led to the fateful decision to go allout on the production of an atomic bomban endeavor in which Einstein took no active part. When he heard of the agony and destruction that his E=mc had wrought, he was dismayed beyond measure, and from then on there was a look of 37ineffable sadness in his eyes. [19]38There was something elusively whimsical about Einstein. It is illustrated by my favorite anecdote about him. In his first year in Princeton, on Christmas Eve, so the story goes, some children sang 39carols outside his house. Having finished, they knocked on his door and explained they were collecting money to buy Christmas presents. Einstein listened, then said, “Wait a moment.” He put on his scarf and overcoat, and took his violin from its case. Then, joining the children as they went from door to door, he acpanied their singing of “Silent Night” on his violin. [20]How shall I sum up what it meant to have known Einstein and his works? Like the Nobel Prize winner who pointed helplessly at his watch, I can find no adequate words. 40It was akin to the revelation of great art that lets one see what was formerly hidden. And when, for example, I walk on the sand of a lonely beach, I am reminded of his ceaseless search for cosmic simplicit
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