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3、inanyothercenturyinhistory.Thereasonisnotpoliticaloreconomic,buttechnological—technologiesthatfloweddirectlyfromadvancesinbasicscience,”wrotetheoreticalphysicist StephenHawkinginaTimeessayexplainingEinstein’ssignificance._____(1)_____. Timechoseasrunner
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6、ditorWalterIsaacson. EinsteinwasborninUlm,Germanyin1879._____(2)_____.Hewasslowtolearntospeakanddidnotdowellinelementaryschool.Hecouldnotstomachorganizedlearningandloathedtakingexams3. In1905,however,hewastopublishatheorywhichstandsasoneofthemostintricat
7、eexamplesofhumanimaginationinhistory._____(3)_____.Everythingelse—mass,weight,space,eventimeitself—isavariable.Andheofferedtheworldhisnow-famousequation:energyequalsmasstimesthespeedoflight大家论坛职称英语http://club.topsage.com/forum-109-1.htmlsquared—E=mc2. __
8、___(4)_____.“Therewaslessfaithinabsolutes,notonlyoftimeandspacebutalsooftruthandmorality.”Einstein’sfamousequationwasalsotheseedthatledtothedevelopmentofatomicenergyandweapons.In1939,sixyearsafterhefledEuropeanfascismandse
