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1、大学英语精读第五册05大耳朵英语 http://www.ebigear.com 2005-09-3000:40:16 【打印】UNIT5TEXTAstheauthorpointsoutbelow,thesuccessofsciencehaslesstodowithaparticularmethodthanwithanessentialattitudeofthescientist.Thisattitudeisessentiallyoneofinquiry,experimentationandhumilitybeforethefacts.Therefore,
2、agoodscientistisanhonestone.Truescientistsdonotbowtoanyauthoritybuttheyareeverreadytomodifyorevenabandontheirideasifadequateevidenceisfoundcontradictingthem.Scientists,theydoplaceahighvalueonhonesty.ScienceandtheScientificAttitudebyPaulG.HewittScienceisthebodyofknowledgeaboutnatu
3、rethatrepresentsthecollectiveefforts,insights,findings,andwisdomofthehumanrace.Scienceisnotsomethingnewbuthaditsbeginningsbeforerecordedhistorywhenhumansfirstdiscoveredreoccurringrelationshipsaroundthem.Throughcarefulobservationsoftheserelationships,theybegantoknownatureand,becau
4、seofnature'sdependability,foundtheycouldmakepredictionstoenablesomecontrolovertheirsurroundings.Sciencemadeitsgreatestheadwayinthesixteenthcenturywhenpeoplebeganaskinganswerablequestionsaboutnature—whentheybeganreplacingsuperstitionbyasystematicsearchfororder—whenexperimentinaddi
5、tiontologicwasusedtotestideas.Wherepeopleoncetriedtoinfluencenaturaleventswithmagicandsupernaturalforces,theynowhadsciencetoguidethem.Advancewasslow,however,becauseofthepowerfuloppositiontoscientificmethodsandideas.Inabout1510Copernicussuggestedthatthesunwasstationaryandthattheea
6、rthrevolvedaboutthesun.Herefutedtheideathattheearthwasthecenteroftheuniverse.Afteryearsofhesitation,hepublishedhisfindingsbutdiedbeforehisbookwascirculated.HisbookwasconsideredhereticalanddangerousandwasbannedbytheChurchfor200years.AcenturyafterCopernicus,themathematicianBrunowas
7、burnedatthestake—largelyforsupportingCopernicus,suggestingthesuntobeastar,andsuggestingthatspacewasinfinite.GalileowasimprisonedforpopularizingtheCopernicantheoryandforhisothercontributionstoscientificthought.Yetacoupleofcenturieslater,Copernicanadvocatesseemedharmless.Thishappen
8、sageafterage.Intheearly1800sgeologistsme
