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1812年，四位学者在在剑桥大学一起吃了一顿早餐。一次影响至今的科学革命就这样开始了。这四个人——在“科学家”一词出现之前自称“自然哲学家”——将四个基本原则引入科学领域。哲学家、历史学家劳拉·斯奈德（Laura Snyder）讲述了他们这段奇妙的故事。
n. 印象，效果
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- However, in 1809, David Ricardo muddied the waters
- 然而，在1809年，大卫·李嘉图搅了一趟浑水，
- by arguing that the science of economics should use a different, deductive method.
- 他主张在经济学领域应该使用另外一种方法：演绎法。
- The problem was that an influential group at Oxford
- 问题源自牛津一个很有影响的科学团体，
- began arguing that because it worked so well in economics,
- 他们主张既然演绎法在经济学领域如此有用，
- this deductive method ought to be applied to the natural sciences too.
- 那么也应该适用于自然科学领域。
- The members of the philosophical breakfast club disagreed.
- 哲学早餐俱乐部的成员们并不同意这个观点。
- They wrote books and articles promoting inductive method in all the sciences
- 他们写了一些书和文章来推动归纳法，在所有的科学领域中应用，
- that were widely read by natural philosophers, university students and members of the public.
- 这些文字被当时的自然哲学家、大学学生和公众广泛阅读。
- Reading one of Herschel's books was such a watershed moment for Charles Darwin
- 赫歇尔的著作成为后来改变达尔文思想的分水岭。
- that he would later say, "Scarcely anything in my life made so deep an impression on me.
- 达尔文后来写道：“好可怕，从没有一种思想这么深刻的影响了我。
- It made me wish to add my might to the accumulated store of natural knowledge."
- 这让我开始有了一种欲望为人类的自然知识宝库添砖加瓦。”
- It also shaped Darwin's scientific method, as well as that used by his peers.
- 达尔文及其同行的科学研究方法的形成也受到了赫歇尔的影响。
- Previously, it was believed that scientific knowledge
- 以前，人们相信科学知识
- ought to be used for the good of the king or queen, or for one's own personal gain.
- 应该为国王和王后或个人的利益服务。
- For example, ship captains needed to know information about the tides in order to safely dock at ports.
- 例如，船长需要知道潮汐的规律，让自己的船能够安全的停泊在港口。
- Harbormasters would gather this knowledge and sell it to the ship captains.
- 港务长收集这些信息并将其卖给船长们。
- The philosophical breakfast club changed that, working together.
- 哲学早餐俱乐部通过协同工作改变了这个现状。
- Whewell's worldwide study of the tides resulted in public tide tables and tidal maps
- 胡威立研究了全球的潮汐规律，做出了一张全球潮汐规律图，
- that freely provided the harbormasters' knowledge to all ship captains.
- 将原来只有港务长才能掌握的潮汐知识免费提供给了所有的船长。
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| impression | [im'preʃən] | 联想记忆 | ||
| previously | ['pri:vju:sli] | |||
| gather | ['gæðə] | |||
| philosophical | [.filə'sɔfikəl] | |||
| deductive | [di'dʌktiv] | |||
| influential | [.influ'enʃəl] |
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