我眼中的世界

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1、THEWORLDASISEEITAlbertEinsteinPREFACETOORIGINALEDITIONOnlyindividualshaveasenseofresponsibility.--NietzscheThisbookdoesnotrepresentacompletecollectionofthearticles,addresses,andpronouncementsofAlbertEinstein;itisaselectionmadewithadefiniteobject--namel

2、y,togiveapictureofaman.To-daythismanisbeingdrawn,contrarytohisownintention,intothewhirlpoolofpoliticalpassionsandcontemporaryhistory.Asaresult,Einsteinisexperiencingthefatethatsomanyofthegreatmenofhistoryexperienced:hischaracterandopinionsarebeingexhib

3、itedtotheworldinanutterlydistortedform.Toforestallthisfateistherealobjectofthisbook.ItmeetsawishthathasconstantlybeenexpressedbothbyEinstein'sfriendsandbythewiderpublic.Itcontainsworkbelongingtothemostvariousdates--thearticleon"TheInternationalofScienc

4、e"datesfromtheyear1922,theaddresson"ThePrinciplesofScientificResearch"from1923,the"LettertoanArab"from1930--andthemostvariousspheres,heldtogetherbytheunityofthepersonalitywhichstandsbehindalltheseutterances.AlbertEinsteinbelievesinhumanity,inapeacefulw

5、orldofmutualhelpfulness,andinthehighmissionofscience.Thisbookisintendedasapleaforthisbeliefatatimewhichcompelseveryoneofustooverhaulhismentalattitudeandhisideas.J.H.INTRODUCTIONTOABRIDGEDEDITIONInhisbiographyofEinsteinMr.H.GordouGarbedianrelatesthatanA

6、mericannewspapermanaskedthegreatphysicistforadefinitionofhistheoryofrelativityinonesentence.Einsteinrepliedthatitwouldtakehimthreedaystogiveashortdefinitionofrelativity.Hemightwellhaveaddedthatunlesshisquestionerhadanintimateacquaintancewithmathematics

7、andphysics,thedefinitionwouldbeincomprehensible.TothemajorityofpeopleEinstein'stheoryisacompletemystery.TheirattitudetowardsEinsteinislikethatofMarkTwaintowardsthewriterofaworkonmathematics:herewasamanwhohadwrittenanentirebookofwhichMarkcouldnotunderst

8、andasinglesentence.Einstein,therefore,isgreatinthepubliceyepartlybecausehehasmaderevolutionarydiscoverieswhichcannotbetranslatedintothecommontongue.Westandinproperaweofamanwhosethoughtsmoveonheightsfarbeyondourrange,whoseachievementscan