时间简史中的经典语录 英语

时间简史中的经典语录 英语

以下是《时间简史》（A Brief History of Time）中的一些经典语录：

1. "Just as Darwin and Wallace discovered the law of evolution in biology,

so now physicists have discovered the law of evolution in the universe."（就像达尔文和华莱士在生物学中发现了进化的规律一样，现在物理学家在宇宙中发现了进化的规律。）

2. "The universe doesn't allow perfection."（宇宙不容许完美存在。）

3. "We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a

very average star. But we can understand the universe. That makes us

something very special."（我们只是一种进化较高的猿类，在一颗普通恒星的次要行星上。但我们能够理解宇宙。这让我们成为了非常特殊的存在。）

4. "Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change."（智慧是适应变化的能力。）

5. "We are awash in cosmic information, but without a guide or

interpreter."（我们被宇宙的信息所淹没，但没有指导者或解释者。）

6. "The past has no effect on the future."（过去对未来没有影响。）

7. "The laws of physics may be expressed in the form of mathematical

equations, but even after we have solved them, their meaning and

significance remain open to interpretation."（物理学的定律可以用数学方程的形式表达，但即使在我们解决了它们之后，它们的意义和重要性仍然有待解释。）

8. "There ought to be something very special about the boundary

conditions of the universe, and what can be more special than that there

is no boundary?"（宇宙的边界条件应该是非常特殊的，还有什么比没有边界更特殊呢？）

9. "We find ourselves in a bewildering world. We want to make sense of

what we see around us and to ask: What is the nature of the universe?

What is our place in it and where did it and we come from? Why is it the

way it is?"（我们发现自己处在世界的迷惑之中。我们想要理解我们周围所见的，并问：宇宙的本质是什么？我们在其中的位置是什么？宇宙和我们是从哪里来的？它为什么是这个样子？）

10. "The universe is not something separate from us. It is part of us. We

are not observers, but rather participants in the cosmic dance."（宇宙并不是与我们分离的东西。它是我们的一部分。我们不是观察者，而是宇宙舞蹈中的参与者。）

11. "Theories come and go, but the questions remain."（理论会有去有来，但问题却依然存在。）

12. "The universe is governed by random chance and yet appears to

follow certain laws."（宇宙由随机的机会统治，但似乎遵循某些法则。）

13. "The ultimate origin of the universe is still an open question."（宇宙的最终起源仍然是一个悬而未决的问题。）

14. "We are each free to believe what we want, and it's my view that the

simplest explanation is that there is no God."（我们每个人都有选择自己相信的自由，而我认为最简单的解释是没有上帝。）

15. "Time and space are intertwined and have a beginning and an end."（时间和空间是纠缠在一起的，并且有一个起点和一个终点。）

16. "The laws of physics themselves tell us that not only could the

universe have popped into existence without any assistance, like a

proton, and have required nothing in terms of energy, but also that it is

possible that nothing caused the Big Bang."（物理定律本身告诉我们，宇宙不仅可以在没有任何帮助的情况下突然存在，就像质子一样，并不需要任何形式的能量，而且没有导致大爆炸的原因也是可能存在的。）

17. "The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that

events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a

certain underlying order."（科学的整个历史一直是逐渐认识到事件不是以任意的方式发生的，而是反映了某种潜在的秩序。）

18. "We are all now connected by the internet, like neurons in a giant

brain."（我们现在都通过互联网连接在一起，就像巨大大脑中的神经元一样。）

19. "Science is beautiful when it makes simple explanations of

phenomena or connections between different observations."（当科学对现象进行简单的解释或连接不同的观察结果时，它是美丽的。）

20. "The universe is much more complex than our brains, yet we humans

have been able to unlock some of its secrets."（宇宙比我们的大脑复杂得多，然而我们人类却能够揭示其中一些秘密。）

21. "The universe is a complex and elegant mathematical structure."（宇宙是一个复杂而优雅的数学结构。）

22. "The universe does not owe us any explanation of its existence."（宇宙对我们的存在不负任何解释。）

23. "There is no unique history of the universe."（宇宙没有唯一的历史。）

24. "Our only chance for long-term survival is not to remain

inward-looking on planet Earth, but to spread out into space."（我们长期生存的唯一机会不是把目光仅仅局限在地球上，而是要向宇宙空间扩展。）

25. "It is possible that we are the only intelligent beings in the galaxy or

even in the universe. But if that is the case, why is the universe so big?"（宇宙中我们可能是唯一的智慧存在，甚至是宇宙中唯一的智慧存在。但如果是这样，为什么宇宙这么大？）

26. "The universe becomes small when it is understood."（当宇宙被理解的时候，它变得很小。）

27. "We are the product of 15 billion years of cosmic evolution."（我们是150亿年宇宙进化的产物。）

28. "We have this one life to appreciate the grand design of the universe

and for that, I am extremely grateful."（我们只有这一个生命来欣赏宇宙的伟大设计，对此我感激不尽。）

29. "The universe may have a purpose, but nothing we know suggests

that, if so, this purpose has any similarity to ours."（宇宙可能有一个目的，但我们所知道的没有任何迹象表明，如果有，这个目的与我们的目的有任何相似之处。）

30. "The human race is just a chemical scum on a moderate-sized planet,

orbiting around a very average star in the outer suburbs of one of a

hundred billion galaxies."（人类只是一个位于一个十分普通的恒星的外围，环绕着一个中等大小的行星上的化学淤泥，而这个行星位于一百亿个星系中的一个郊区。）

31. "Not only does God play dice, but he also sometimes throws them

where they can't be seen."（上帝不仅摇骰子，而且有时会将它们扔到看不见的地方。）

32. "We are at a crucial point in the history of our planet. We need to

make decisions that will contribute to the long-term survival of our

species and the health of our planet."（我们处在地球历史上的一个关键点上。我们需要做出决策，以促进我们物种的长期生存和地球的健康。）

33. "Time is not a straight line; it is a curve that bends around us."（时间不是一条直线，而是一条围绕着我们弯曲的曲线。）

34. "We are all time travelers, moving inexorably into the future, but

trapped in our own perspective of the present moment."（我们都是时空旅行者，锁定于自己对当前时刻的看法，不可避免地前进向未来。）

35. "We are the universe trying to understand itself."（我们是宇宙试图理解自己的存在。）

36. "The laws of nature may have been established by a higher being, but

the nature of that being itself remains an open question."（自然规律可能是由一个更高的存在建立的，但那个存在本身的本质仍然是一个悬而未决的问题。）

37. "Our theories are just models that attempt to describe the universe,

and they can be refined or replaced as new evidence emerges."（我们的理论只是试图描述宇宙的模型，他们可以通过新的证据得到完善或替代。）

38. "The universe is a vast and mysterious place, and our exploration of it

has only just begun."（宇宙是广阔而神秘的地方，我们对它的探索只是刚刚开始。）

39. "Time is relative, and our perception of it is shaped by our own

experiences and observations."（时间是相对的，我们对时间的感知受到我们自己的经历和观察的影响。）

40. "It is not enough to simply understand the universe; we must also

strive to preserve and protect it for future generations."（仅仅理解宇宙是不够的；我们还必须努力保护和保存它，为后代留下。）

41. "The path to scientific discovery is often paved with uncertainty and

unexpected findings."（科学发现的道路通常铺满了不确定性和意想不到的发现。）

42. "The universe is not a puzzle to be solved, but a mystery to be

experienced."（宇宙不是一个需要解决的谜题，而是一个需要体验的奥秘。）

43. "The more we learn, the more we realize how much we still don't

know."（我们学到的越多，我们就越意识到我们仍然不知道多少。）

44. "The universe may be infinite, but our understanding of it is not."（宇宙可能是无限的，但我们对它的理解是有限的。）

45. "The arrow of time moves in one direction, from the past to the future,

and we are carried along with it."（时间之箭以一个方向前进，从过去到未来，

我们随之而去。）

46. "Physics can explain the mechanics of the universe, but it cannot

answer the question of why there is something rather than nothing."（物理学可以解释宇宙的机制，但它无法回答存在有物质而不是空无的问题。）

47. "The universe is full of surprises, and our exploration of it is a

never-ending journey."（宇宙充满了惊喜，我们对它的探索是一个永无止境的旅程。）

48. "We are all stardust, the remnants of ancient stars that exploded

billions of years ago."（我们都是星尘，古老的星星在数十亿年前爆炸后留下的遗骸。）

49. "The laws of physics are the same throughout the universe,

regardless of location or time."（无论地点或时间如何，物理定律在宇宙中都是一样的。）

50. "Time is a construct of our consciousness, a way for our brains to

make sense of the world."（时间是我们意识的构建，是我们大脑理解世界的一种方式。）

51. "The universe exists because there is something rather than nothing.

Why this is so, we may never know."（宇宙存在是因为有物质而不是空无。为什么会这样，我们可能