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1、OntheMethodofTheoreticalPhysicsAuthor(s):AlbertEinsteinSource:PhilosophyofScience,Vol.1,No.2,(Apr.,1934),pp.163-169Publishedby:TheUniversityofChicagoPressonbehalfofthePhilosophyofScienceAssociationStableURL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/184387Accessed:08/05/200812:51Yo
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5、ndthematerialstheyrelyupon,andtobuildacommonresearchplatformthatpromotesthediscoveryanduseoftheseresources.FormoreinformationaboutJSTOR,pleasecontactsupport@jstor.org.http://www.jstor.orgOntheMethodofTheoreticalPhysics*BYALBERTEINSTEIN'FYOUwishtolearnfromthetheoretic
6、alphysi-cistanythingaboutthemethodswhichheuses,wouldgiveyouthefollowingpieceofadvice:~5'KIDon'tlistentohiswords,examinehisachieve-ments.Fortothediscovererinthatfield,theconstructionsofhisimaginationappearsonecessaryandsonaturalthatheisapttotreatthemnotasthecreationso
7、fhisthoughtsbutasgivenrealities.Thisstatementmayseemtobedesignedtodrivemyaudienceawaywithoutmoreado.Foryouwillsaytoyourselves,'Thelecturerishimselfaconstructivephysicist;onhisownshowingthereforeheshouldleavetheconsiderationofthestructureoftheoreticalsciencetotheepist
8、emologist'.SofarasIpersonallyamconcerned,Icandefendmyselfagainstanobjectionofthissortbyassuringyouthatitwasnosuggestionofminebutthe