【英文科普书】《The Story of Science》科学的故事三步曲 探索人类智慧的起点

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《The Story of Science》是由乔伊·哈基姆（Joy Hakim）所写的一套三本书的科学故事系列，旨在向年轻读者介绍科学的发展史。这套书以生动的叙述和富有启发性的故事讲解了科学背后的历史、人物和思想演变，非常适合青少年读者以及对科学史有兴趣的成人。



Hakim 以生动、人物为导向的叙述，突出了世界上一些最伟大的科学家的成就，并鼓励读者具有类似的探究精神。这些书包括数百张彩色照片、图表、地图和图表;信息丰富的侧边栏;进一步阅读的建议;以及伟大科学家著作的摘录。

1.《The Story of Science: Aristotle Leads the Way》

读者将穿越时空，回到古代巴比伦、埃及和希腊。他们将遇见世界上最早的天文学家、数学家和物理学家，并探索毕达哥拉斯、阿基米德、婆罗门加塔、花拉子米、斐波那契、托勒密、圣奥古斯丁和圣托马斯·阿奎那等名人的生活和思想。哈基姆将向他们介绍有史以来最伟大的哲学家之一——亚里士多德，他的科学思想在长达十八个世纪的时间里主导了世界的大部分地区。

By the time Aristotle camealong—almost 200 years after Pythagoras—sky gazers had figured out that the round shape on the Moon during a lunar eclipse is our planet’s shadow. Since those sky gazerswere apt to be the wisest of scholars, it was a heavy nail in the flat-Earth coffin.

There were others. The Greeks traveled widely in the Mediterranean lands. They knew that the North Star is lower in the sky in southern Egypt than it is in northern Greece. A round Earthexplains that. And they also knew that the first one sees of a ship coming over the horizon is its sail; only later does the hull come into view.



GREEK MINDS MEET AGAIN

Plato was a student of Socrates and a big admirer of Pythagoras. Aristotle was a student of Plato. So what’s the point? Young people learn from old people, but sometimes it’s the other way around. Science needs new, fresh ideas and approaches to keep moving ahead. It needs the wisdom of experience to use those ideas well.



2.《The Story of Science: The Water Clock Runs Slow》



学生们将见证哥白尼的系统性观测将太阳置于我们宇宙的中心——这令传统思想家们大为震惊。在了解了伽利略、开普勒和笛卡尔的成就与挫折之后，学生们将领略到艾萨克·牛顿的非凡之处。牛顿在引力、运动、颜色、微积分以及地球在宇宙中的位置等方面的发现，为现代物理学、天文学、数学和化学奠定了基础。

CHAPTER 2

A New Age: Bringing New Ways of Seeing

The sun does not move….The earth is not in the center of the circle of the sun, nor in the center ofthe universe.

—Leonardo da (1452–1519), Italian artist and inventor, The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

The universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.

—J. B. S. Haldane (1892–1964), British-Indian biologist, Possible Worlds and Other Essays





3.《The Story of Science: Newton at the Center of the Universe》

学生们将站在阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦的肩膀上，见证他和同事们开发出一种新的物理学。这一学科有两个发展方向：一是探索浩瀚宇宙及其未来（基于爱因斯坦的相对论理论），二是了解令人惊叹的微观亚原子世界（量子物理领域）。学生们将了解到为什么相对论和量子理论彻底改变了我们的世界，并催生了现代科学中最重要的思想，这些思想或许是有史以来最重要的。





CHAPTER 1

A Boy with Something on His Mind

One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike—and yet it is the most precious thing we have.

—Albert Einstein (1879–1955), who also said:

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He who knows it not and can no longer wonder, no longer feel amazement, is as good as dead.

And, when he was asked for a message to put in a time capsule, this is what he wrote:

Dear Posterity, If you have not become more just, more peaceful, and generally more rational than we are—why then, the Devil take you.



适合青少年与家庭阅读：书中采用了简单易懂的语言，配合生动的故事和历史背景，适合青少年读者阅读。即使是没有科学背景的成年人，也能轻松跟随书中的内容。

历史与科学的结合：哈基姆通过讲述人物传记和科学发现，巧妙地将科学历史与科学知识结合在一起，激发读者对科学的兴趣。

鼓励好奇心与批判性思维：每本书都鼓励读者提问和思考，从科学的角度理解世界，培养批判性思维的能力。

图文并茂：书中穿插了大量的插图、地图和时间线，使读者在理解复杂的科学概念时能够更直观地掌握历史脉络。



《The Story of Science》系列通过乔伊·哈基姆富有故事感的叙述，将科学史呈现得生动有趣，不仅让读者了解重要的科学概念和发现，还通过探索这些发现背后的故事和历史背景，使科学的学习更加丰富和有趣。