A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering.

  • -- Freeman Dyson 弗里曼·戴森

一个好的科学家是有独到见解的人。一个好的工程师是一个人,他所做的设计尽量少用原创的想法。工程界没有杰出的学者。

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I have had this view of the optimization of the electrode design for a long time. Historically we went through various phases in the work and eventually worked on large sheets - very large sheets - of palladium.

长期以来,我一直对电极的优化设计有这样的看法。历史上,我们在这项工作中经历了不同的阶段,最终在很大的钯板上工作——非常大的钯板。

Modern science is fast-moving, and no laboratory can exist for long with a program based on old facilities. Innovation and renewal are required to keep a laboratory on the frontiers of science.

现代科学瞬息万变,任何实验室都不可能长期存在于一个以旧设备为基础的项目中。创新和革新是保持实验室在科学前沿的必要条件。

Great designers seldom make great advertising men, because they get overcome by the beauty of the picture - and forget that merchandise must be sold.

伟大的设计师很少能成为伟大的广告人,因为他们被画面的美所征服,忘记了商品必须被销售。

Just as war is too important to leave it to the generals, science and technology are too important to leave in the hands of the experts.

正如战争太重要而不能留给将军,科学和技术太重要而不能留给专家。

Rather than being an interpreter, the scientist who embraces a new paradigm is like the man wearing inverting lenses.

拥抱新范式的科学家就像戴着倒置镜片的人,而不是一个口译员。

By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around.

根据定义,续集不可能是原创的。所以你要算出第一次是怎么做的。

Scientists know so much about the natural world by knowing so much about whom they can trust.

科学家通过了解他们可以信任的人,对自然界了解得如此之多。

Judging a person does not define who they are. It defines who you are.

判断一个人并不决定他是谁。它定义了你是谁。

I've got nothing very original to say myself.

我自己没有什么原创的东西要说。

I was never a fanatical movie person.

我从来不是个狂热的电影人。