2. ISAAC NEWTON 艾萨克·牛顿

In 1665, when Newton was in his early 20s, one of the last major outbreaks of the bubonic plague hit the country. Classes at Cambridge University were canceled, so Newton retreated to his family estate roughly 60 miles away to continue his studies there. He didn’t have to worry about responding to professors' emails or video conferencing into classes, and with zero structure, he excelled. The young mathematician produced some of his best work during his year in quarantine, writing the papers that would become early calculus and developing his theories on optics while playing with prisms in his bedroom. This was also the time when his theory of gravity germinated. While an apple likely didn’t hit Newton on the head, there was an apple tree outside his window that may have inspired his revelation.

1665年，在牛顿20岁出头的时候，史上最后一次黑死病大瘟疫在英国暴发了。剑桥大学停课了，于是牛顿回到大约60英里（97千米）开外的家族庄园，继续做自己的研究。在那个年代，他不用回复教授的电子邮件，也不用上网课，没有了条条框框的束缚，他反而做出了突出成就。这位年轻的数学家在隔离期间写出了自己最杰出的一些著作，在这期间写的论文奠定了早期微积分学的基础，在卧室里玩棱镜的时候发展出了自己的光学理论。这也是牛顿的万有引力理论萌芽的时期。或许苹果没有砸到牛顿的头上，但是他窗外的一棵苹果树可能给他带来了启发。

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