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In the square outside the British Library in London is a sculpture of Sir Isaac Newton - The first man who asked why apples seem always to fall towards the centre of the earth. Maybe they chose it for the spot because it shows a great scientist at work. Actually, it is a critical view of a great scientist, which comes originally from a drawing by William Blake, the romantic poet and artist. Blake wanted to show the limits of science, that it could never understand the beauty and strangeness of nature. The sculpture shows a man crouching1 down to draw a right-angle on the ground or to measure something he can’t see. Maybe he’s trying to find the direction to the centre of the earth. In Blake’s original you can see strange complicated2 rocks around Newton that he does not seem interested in studying.

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v.屈膝,蹲伏( crouch的现在分词 ) | |
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complicated
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adj.错综复杂的,麻烦的,结构复杂的 | |
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electron
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physicists
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物理学家( physicist的名词复数 ) | |
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detected
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vt.[无]对…检波v.发现,发觉,查明( detect的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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galaxies
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星系( galaxy的名词复数 ); 银河系; 一群(杰出或著名的人物) | |
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particle
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n.微粒,颗粒,粒子;小品词,语助词 | |
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particles
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微粒( particle的名词复数 ); 颗粒; 极少量; 小品词 | |
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planets
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行星( planet的名词复数 ); 地球(尤指环境) | |
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vibrates
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v.(使)振动[颤动]( vibrate的第三人称单数 ) | |
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dimensions
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vi.按规格尺寸切割vt.在…上标尺寸n.面积;特点;(长、宽、厚、高等的)尺寸;重要性;尺寸( dimension的名词复数 );方面;(长、宽、高的)量度;规模 | |
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strings
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