日前有机会与所谓的白领人士聊天,问他们平时是否读书,主要读些什么书。答日主要读实用类的书,偶尔还会读些历史书。不用追问,科学方面的书籍显然不会在他们的阅读视野之内,而他们的学历大多还是理工科背景。是科学高深得令人望而生畏?还是枯燥得令人生厌?不由得想起《达·芬奇密码》一书的畅销,笔者也是一口气读完全书,掩卷沉思,却分明从书中主人公的身上读到了西方科学家的典型气质,那就是对宇宙间的奥秘充满好奇,于是,对谜底的破译随即成为他们人生的乐趣所在。近读费恩曼的传记《迷人的科学风采》(约翰·格里宾、玛丽·格里宾著,江向东译,上 I recently had the opportunity to chat with so-called white-collar workers and ask them whether they usually study or what books they read. Answer the main reading practical books, occasionally read some history books. Without asking, the books of science are clearly not within their reading horizons, and most of their academic qualifications are still in the background of science and engineering. Science is highly daunting or boring too annoying? Can not help but think of the “Leonardo da Vinci Code,” a book selling, I also read one by one exhaustive book, cover up contemplation, but clearly from the book the hero’s body to read To the quintessence of Western scientists, that is full of curiosity about the mysteries of the universe, so the deciphering of the mystery immediately became the pleasure of their lives. Read Feynman biography “charming scientific style” (John · Gribin, Mary · Gribin, Jiang Xiangdong translation, on