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1、StructChem(2007)18:733735DOI10.1007/s11224-007-9252-0BOOKREVIEWFrankWilczek:Fantasticrealities:49mindjourneysandatriptoStockholmWorldScientific,2006MagdolnaHargittaiPublishedonline:26October2007ÓSpringerScience+BusinessMedia,LLC2007OneofmyheroesisJohann
2、esKepler,thesixteenthcenturyforerunnersofmodernscience.NotonlydidKeplertrytoastronomer,whomArthurKoestlercalledoneofthegiantdescribetheUniversewithpuremathematicalandgeo-questionmastersofscience.Hehadthecouragetoaskmetricalmodelsbutalsorealizedthatnoma
3、tterhowquestionsthathadneverbeenaskedbefore.Hewasabeautifulatheoryis,itisonlyapredictionthatbecomesyoung,20-year-oldmathematicsteacherinGraz,Austria,realityonlyifitreceivesexperimentalverification.Muchanddidnotfindhisworksatisfyingatall.Hestartedtooftwen
4、tiethcenturyparticlephysicsislikethat.thinkmoreandmoreaboutCopernicussnewideasaboutFantasticRealitiesisacollectionofpreviouslypub-thesolarsystemandoneday,whiledrawingpolygonsonlishedshortarticlesbyWilczekonparticlephysics,theblackboard,suddenlycameupwi
5、ththeideathatthereastrophysics,somecosmology,somehistory,andphiloso-isarelationshipbetweentheratioofcirclesdrawnaroundphy.Thereisalsoonechapterwithhispoemsandonewiththedifferentregularpolygonsandtheorbitsoftheplanets.hiswife,BetsyDevinsblogwriting.Thes
6、cientificarticlesSoonenough,however,herealizedthatthisisnotright.aregroupedinto12sections.ButhelikedtheideasomuchthatcouldnotstopthinkingThemottoofthefirstSection,ConstructingThisWordaboutitand,suddenly,heunderstoodwherehewentandOtherscouldbePythagorasst
7、atement:allthingsarewrong:thepolygonsaretwo-dimensionalobjectswhilethenumber.Allchaptersherearededicatedtotheanalysisofsolarsystemisthree-dimensional.Therefore,hehadtonatureandshowinghowthisancientPythagoreanidealookattheregularpolyhedraratherthanregul
8、arpolygonsreceivednewmeaninginthetwentiethcenturywiththeandtheirrelationshiptotheplanets.Thisishowhisadventofquantummechanics.Suddenly,numbersandplanetarymodelwasbornwhich,ofcourse,wasnotrightconceptualelementsgainedimportanceincontrast
