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刚才看《Nobel-winning physicist Murray Gell-Man dies at 89》,里面说“盖尔曼根据电荷、自旋和其他特性,设计了一种将亚原子粒子分类为八个简单组的方法,从而改变了物理学。他根据佛教八正道,称他的方法为“八重道”。(Gell-Mann transformed physics by devising a method for sorting subatomic particles into simple groups of eight — based on electric charge, spin and other characteristics. He called his method the "eightfold way" after the Buddhist Eightfold Path to enlightenment.)”心想,学物理的盖尔曼竟然知道佛教的“八正道”。
这篇文章还说“在后来的几年里,盖尔曼开始对生物学、生态学、社会学和计算机科学的核心复杂性问题感兴趣。他与人合作成立了圣达菲研究所,研究复杂系统,并于1994年出版了《夸克与捷豹》一书,向一般读者展示了他的想法。(In later years, Gell-Mann became interested in the issues of complexity at the heart of biology, ecology, sociology, and computer science.)”
百度百科说“盖尔曼通晓的学科极广,是一个百科全书式的学者,也是20世纪后期学术界少见的通才。除数理类的学科外,对考古学、动物分类学、语言学等学科也非常精通。”
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