才看到本 2019 年出版的专著，第一作者 Ebrahim Esmailzadeh 教授 是加拿大工程院的院士 (FCAE) ，虽是同行但并不认识。该书涉及到我的相关说法有， “An important figure in nonlinear vibration energy harvesting, and vibration of axially moving continua” “Major contributions in the area o ...
新冠病毒有些像 Voldemort 。如 Dumbledore 所谓， He is still out there shomwhere, perhaps looking for another body to share…not being truly alive, he cannot be killed. …while you may only have delayed his return to power, it will merely take someone else who is prepared to fight what seems ...
现代社会中，学者取得社会影响力的途径是成为专家。传统社会中往往更看重自以为无所不知的通人，或者所谓“有良心”的人。何为专家？ “An expert is simply someone who should know more than an intelligent layman about the problem in hand. (p. 123)” 有价值的话要收钱才肯说，这是基本常识，但容易被人们忽 ...
《 谈大学 》中已经说了，大学的关键是学者。现代学者多在大学中，虽然他们的教学负担在外人眼中不重。 “That teaching load now sounds onerous to a professor but no doubt positively lusurious to a nonacademic; my father-in-lay said I had a license to steal. (p. 39) Stigler 认为学 ...
与本系列过去谈的都是很久前读的书不同，《自私的基因》是在十年前读的，而且是 1981 年科学出版社的旧译本。当时我热衷于理解复杂系统，看些生物学的书。作者道金斯是牛津大学公众理解科学讲席教授，也是皇家学会会士。道金斯著述颇丰。我下载过其中些电子版，如 The Blind Watchmaker , The Ancestor’s Tale , ...
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