SSS 2011-11-08
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(十一)月
英语课
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute.
Einstein, Newton and many other legendary 1 scientists did groundbreaking work in their 20s. But if your hair has gone gray and no Nobel seems likely, don't fret 2 just yet. Because the age at which Nobel-winning work gets done has been going up. So says a study in the Proceedings 3 of the National Academy of Sciences.
Researchers analyzed 4 525 science Nobel Prize–winners from 1901 to 2008. In the small sample before 1905, about two-thirds of Nobel winners did their major work before age 40. But by 2000 most laureates did their cited work after age 40.
The entire field of quantum mechanics was predominantly a young man's game—which meant that as late as 1934, more than three-quarters of physics prizes were for work done by people under 40. But the more mature researchers have steadily 5 increased their catch since then.
The study authors note that a shift from theoretical to experimental work can account for some of the age change. It also takes longer to educate and train new contributors to now-mature fields. So keep plugging. Unlike the youthful Archimedes, your "eureka" moment may come in a bathtub with safety bars.
Thanks for the minute. For Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Cynthia Graber.
adj.传奇（中）的，闻名遐迩的；n.传奇（文学）
- Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
- Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。
v.(使)烦恼；(使)焦急；(使)腐蚀，(使)磨损
- Don't fret.We'll get there on time.别着急，我们能准时到那里。
- She'll fret herself to death one of these days.她总有一天会愁死的.
n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报
- He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
- to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼
v.分析( analyze的过去式和过去分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析
- The doctors analyzed the blood sample for anemia. 医生们分析了贫血的血样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The young man did not analyze the process of his captivation and enrapturement, for love to him was a mystery and could not be analyzed. 这年轻人没有分析自己蛊惑著迷的过程，因为对他来说，爱是个不可分析的迷。 来自《简明英汉词典》