Speaking of physicists, people immediately think of Newton and Einstein. Their theories are profound and not suitable for chatting to show off their profound knowledge, but their rhetoric is very subtle.
Newton is known for being serious and even a little cold. His rare emotional language is: "In front of the mystery of the universe, I am just a child picking up shells by the sea." "If I look farther, it is because I stand On the shoulders of giants.” This shows his extraordinary modesty, but some biographers say that the latter sentence is actually Newton mocking his opponents for not being tall, such as Leibney, who competed with him for the initiative of calculus. Ts.
Similarly, Einstein also used a metaphor to show how empty-hearted. When others praised his great achievements, he felt that his contribution was very small. He said: "A caterpillar crawled around a branch. It didn't notice that the route it climbed was actually curved, and I was lucky enough to notice it. "
Huang Tingjian promoted Su Shi by belittling himself. He used the country as a comparison: "My poem is like Cao Xi, but I cannot become a nation. I am like a great country Chu, swallowing five lakes and three rivers." Einstein bluntly said that he is only one better than a reptile. A little bit, when reading his words, it is as if you see a fluffy, round caterpillar slowly creeping around. His expression seems to be more vivid than that of the poet Huang Tingjian, because the size of Chu, Cao, and Xi are still relatively abstract. of.
Compared with Socrates, who often said "The only thing I know is that I don't know", Newton and Einstein have reached a higher level of modesty.
Einstein was a "space lover". He felt that "time" was a deep-rooted illusion. He liked to use changes in space to explain sports. He had several wonderful analogies.
He used the change of space to explain the cause of the movement: "Put a few balls on the trampoline, and then gently put a shot ball in the middle of the trampoline. The trampoline is sunken, and the ball will slide in the direction of the shot put. ."
In order to let people imagine the influence of space on the trajectory of motion, he gave an example. He said that if a piece of paper is folded many times and then unfolded, a piece of pleated paper with wave crests and troughs appearing in succession will be formed at this time. Put an ant and tease it to crawl over the paper. Then, it is not the kinetic energy and gravity that play a major role in the ant's crawling route, but the shape of the space in which it is located.
He used a balloon to depict the expansion of the universe. He said, draw two points on the balloon. As the balloon gets bigger and bigger, the two points will be farther and farther apart. Similarly, as the universe expands, the celestial bodies The distance between them will also increase.
These examples are easy to understand, build a bridge for people's understanding, and give people enlightenment.
Einstein said in mourning Madame Curie: "The significance of the first-rate figures to the era and the course of history may be greater in terms of their moral qualities than mere intellectual achievement." This first-rate figure, Einstein, In terms of literary expression, he also has its contribution. He taught us how to explain profound thoughts in simple and vivid language.
