Under normal conditions the research scientist is not an innovator but a solver of puzzles, and the puzzles upon which he concentrates are just those which he believes can be both stated and solved within the existing scientific tradition.

  • -- Thomas Kuhn 库恩

在正常情况下,研究科学家不是创新者,而是解谜者,而他所关注的谜题恰恰是那些他认为可以在现有的科学传统中陈述和解决的谜题。

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At times you feel like you're the only voice speaking out to improve the working conditions of people, whether it's to be able to collectively bargain, to get adequate pay, to know that you can come home safe out of a coal mine.

有时,你觉得自己是唯一一个站出来改善人们工作条件的人,无论是为了集体谈判,为了获得足够的工资,还是为了知道你可以安全走出煤矿回家。

My analysis was directed toward purely physical conditions, such as defective wiring, presence of lack of air spaces between metal flues and woodwork, etc., and the results were presented in these terms.

我的分析是针对纯粹的物理条件,如线路有缺陷,金属烟道和木制品之间缺乏空隙等,结果用这些术语表示。

We are regarded as a Third World country with First World living conditions.

我们被认为是拥有第一世界生活条件的第三世界国家。

He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.

想要触碰发端的人,往往会被一根稻草绊倒。