博学的人

To quote Isaac Newton, that great polymath of the 17th century, writing in a letter to another great scientist, Robert Hooke, in 1676:"If I have seen further it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants."

谈到"研究"，虽然英文中的research一词（源于法语recherche）往往给人以宏大意向，但究其本源，仅仅是"再一次探究"的意思。17世纪的博学家艾萨克·牛顿在1676年的一封信中对另一位伟大的科学家罗伯特·胡克所言："如果我比别人看得更远，那是因为我站在巨人的肩上"。

They are testament to a complex society of up to 20,000 people which later shrank to a shadow as a result of calamitous environmental stress and deforestation, a cautionary tale narrated in "Collapse", a book by Jared Diamond, a polymath at the University of California, Los Angeles.

它们是那个拥有2万人的复杂社会的见证，后来却因为灾难性的环境压力及森林砍伐而灰飞烟灭。这段令人警醒的历史在加州大学洛杉矶分校的博学家贾德戴蒙《崩溃》一书中已有记载。

Kim Peek may have been the world's most famous savant.

能是世界上最出名的博学之士，1988年达斯汀·霍夫曼的电影《雨人》就是以他为原型的。

"E-bigear" is so generous that she never minds my foretime; she is so kind that she never grudges her warmth; she is so knowledgable that she never carps; she is so dolce that she always sings nice songs; she is so humorous that she always brings us laugh; she is so caritative that she always records everyone's beautiful life selflessly.

& E-bigear &是如此的慷慨，从来都不介意我的过去；她是如此的善良，从来不会吝惜他的温暖；她是如此的博学，从来都不会挑剔；她是如此的温柔，总是唱动听的歌曲；她是如此的幽默，总是给大家带来欢笑；她是如此的博爱，总是无私的记录每个人的精彩生活。

Figments of Reality - The Evolution of the Curious Mind by Ian Stewart (340 pages) Mathematics and geometry professor Stewart, who writes the "mathematical recreations" column in Scientific American, and biologist Cohen are witty, erudite, clever, at times funny, and generally clearheaded in this rationalist's view of the universe and human evolution.

凭空现实演变的好奇心的Stewart伊恩(340页)教授的数学和几何的Stewart作家&数学娱乐性&栏科学美国人科恩是生物学家、机智、博学、聪明、有时逗趣这和一般清醒理智看待宇宙和人类进化。

These magisters learned magic from the Old Gods and became powerful, demanding blood sacrifices from their subjects, worship of the Old Gods, and tribute from the dwarves and the elves.

博学者们从上古神那里学会了魔法，并通过血祭其子民，膜拜上古神和来自精灵和矮人的贡品而日益强大起来。

As she looked at Warrington's manly face, and dark, melancholy eyes, she had settled in her mind that he must have been the victim of an unhappy attachment.

每逢看到沃林顿那刚毅的脸，那乌黑、忧郁的眼睛，她便会相信，他一定作过不幸的爱情的受害者。

Maybe they'll disappear into a pothole.

也许他们将在壶穴里消失