Mr Agar s book is somewhat biased towards the physical sciences and it has some oddgaps. Seeing the molecular biology of the 1960s as an information science, Mr Agar overlooksPeter Mitchell, whose breakthrough in understanding that cells store energy, not inmolecules, but in potential differences revealed an aspect of life hitherto undreamed of.There is nothing on the fluoridation of water, and too little on nutrition.
艾格先生在书中对自然科学的存有一些偏见,但该书在某些领域的也有空白。他不仅将1960年代的分子生物学视为信息科学,还忽视了彼得米切尔的观点,这位生物化学家的一项突破性研究是细胞能够通过电位差而不是分子储存能量,这个理论体现在生活中的方方面面,至今为止都让人类难以想象。书中也没有对饮水加氟法进行阐述,在营养学方面也较少被提及。
Some of the later material on trends too close to the present might well have beenomitted. Given the central role of war, a book limited to what Eric Hobsbawm has called theshort 20th century1914 to 1991might have served better. But overall, Mr Agar hasabstracted and made manageable a range of rich and informed analysis. Anyone whothinks seriously about science, and about how it is used, will find it a very useful source ofnew ways to appreciate both problems and solutions.
后期对科学趋势的一些研究由于很接近当今的研究而被省略了。鉴于埃里克霍布斯鲍姆称二十世纪乃是个短暂的世纪,以及战争在本书起到的核心作用,这样的安排比较妥当。但总体来说,艾格先生在本书中做出了一系列充分且通透的分析,虽然抽象,但易于掌握。认真研究并运用科学的人都会发现书中许多有用的科学方法会帮助他们解决问题并发现对策。
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