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The Importance of Scientific Expreiments


　　
The rise of modern science may perhaps be considered to date as far back as the time of Roger Bacon(1), the wonderful monk and philosopher of Oxford(2), who lived between the years 1214 and 1292. He was probably the first, in the middle ages to assert that we must learn science by observing and experimenting on the things around us, and he himself made many remarkable discoveries. Galileo(3), however, who lived more than 300 years later (1564 to 1642), was the greatest of several great men, who in Italy, France, Germany, or England, began by degrees to show how many important truths could be discovered by well-directed observation. Before the time of Galileo, learned men believed that large bodies fall more rapidly towards the earth than small ones, because Aristotle(4) said so. But Galileo, going to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa(5), let fall two unequal stones, and proved to some friends, whom he had brought there to see his experiment, that Aristotle was in error. It is Galileo's spirit of going direct to Nature, and verifying our opinions and theories by experiment, that. has led to all the great discoveries of modern science.(6)

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　From Logic by William-Stanley Jevons







注釋:

(1) Roger Bacon： 羅傑·培根(1214-1292)，英國僧侶及哲學家，實驗科學的先驅。
(2) Oxford： 牛津，舉世聞名的英國的一所大學城。牛津大學(Oxford University)位於此。
(3) Galileo： 伽利略(1564--1642)，意大利物理學家及天文學家。
(4) Aristotle： 亞理斯多德(公元前384-322)，古希臘哲學家和科學家。
(5) the Leaning Tower of Pisa： 比薩斜塔。Pisa：意大利中部城市。
(6) It is Galileo's spirit…that has led to…：這是強調主語的結構。

Additional words and their definitions:

ver·i·fy (vr-f) tr.v. ver·i·fied, ver·i·fy·ing, ver·i·fies 1. To prove the truth of by presentation of evidence or testimony; substantiate. 2. To determine or test the truth or accuracy of, as by comparison, investigation, or reference: experiments that verified the hypothesis. See Synonyms at confirm. 3. Law a. To affirm formally or under oath. b. To append a verification to (a pleading); conclude with a verification. con·firm (kn-fûrm) tr.v. con·firmed, con·firm·ing, con·firms 1. To support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify. 2. To make firmer; strengthen: Working on the campaign confirmed her intention to go into politics. 3. To make valid or binding by a formal or legal act; ratify. 4. To administer the religious rite of confirmation to. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Middle English confirmen, from Old French confermer, from Latin cnfirmre : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + firmre, to strengthen (from firmus, strong; see dher- in Indo-European roots).] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- con·firma·bili·ty n. con·firma·ble adj. con·firma·tory (-fûrm-tôr, -tr) adj. con·firmer n. Synonyms: confirm, corroborate, substantiate, authenticate, validate, verify These verbs mean to affirm the truth, accuracy, or genuineness of something. Confirm implies removal of all doubt: "We must never make experiments to confirm our ideas, but simply to control them" (Claude Bernard). Corroborate refers to supporting something by means of strengthening evidence: The witness is expected to corroborate the plaintiff's testimony. To substantiate is to establish by presenting substantial or tangible evidence: "one of the most fully substantiated of historical facts" (James Harvey Robinson). Authenticate implies the establishment of genuineness of something by the testimony of an expert: Never purchase an antique before it has been authenticated. Validate refers to establishing the validity of something, such as a theory, claim, or judgment: The divorce validated my parents' original objection to the marriage. Verify implies proving by comparison with an original or with established fact: The bank refused to cash the check until the signature was verified.

漢譯：


科學實驗的重要性


現代科學的興起也許要追溯到羅傑·培根的時代.羅傑·培根是牛津傑出的僧侶和哲學家，他出生於1214年，死於 1292年。他可能是中世紀第一個提出我們必須通過對周圍事物進行觀察和實驗來學習科學的人，他自己也有許多卓越的發現。然而，生活在三百多年之後的伽利略(1564-1642),卻是好幾個偉大人物中最偉大的一個，這些人在意大利，法國，德國和英國開始逐步使人們看到許多重要的真理是可以通過掌握得當的觀察去發現的。在伽利略之前，學者們相信大的物體掉到地麵比小的物體要快，因為亞理斯多德是這樣說的。可是，伽利略登上比薩斜塔的頂端，讓兩塊體積不相等的石頭同時落地，從而向一些他帶去觀看實驗的朋友們證明，亞理斯多德錯了。正是伽利略的這種直接到大自然中去通過實驗來證明我們的判斷和理論的精神，導致了所有現代科學的偉大發現。 （唐力行　譯）


作者簡介：


　　JEVONS, WILLIAM STANLEY(1835-1882) British economist and logician. Professor of logic, political economy and philosophy, Ovens College, Manchester(1866-1879). Author of Pure Logic (1864), Elementary Lessons in Logic(1870), Studies in Deductive Logic (1880), Theory of Political Economy (1871), etc.
 
　　威廉·斯坦利·傑文斯（1835-1882） 英國經濟學家和邏輯學家。1866-1879年任曼徹斯特的歐文學院邏輯學政治經濟學和哲學教授。著有：《純邏輯》（1864）、《邏輯學基礎教程》（1870）、《演繹邏輯的研究》（1880）、《政治經濟學原理》（1871）等。 

　　

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討論：

1。　the middle ages 是否該以大寫字母開頭？

2。　兩塊體積不相等的石頭同時落地。-　這句話改如何翻譯才達意？

下麵的譯法準確嗎？

Two unequal stones dropped to the ground at the same time.
Two unequal stones dropped on the ground at the same time.
Two unequal stones fell on the ground at the same time.
Two unequal stones fell to the ground at the same time.