玻恩的经典科普著作:《永不停息的宇宙》

The Restless Universe:A Classical Popular Science Book by Max Born

《永不停息的宇宙》是马克斯·玻恩撰写的一本经典物理类科普著作,于1935年在英国出版。这本书在科普内容选择、叙述特色与技巧、文学手段应用、图文并茂等方面,都着力甚深而令人印象深刻。该书堪称科普作品翘楚与典范。它很好地体现了玻恩的学术思想,如在研究中重视实验的作用,在教学中重视学科史的作用。该书还表达了玻恩在细致入微地关注物理学发展史时,得到的关于科学与科学研究、物理学的发展规律的一些独到领悟。阅读该书,对于科普创作会有诸多助益。

The Restless Universe,a classical popular science book about physics written by Max Born,was published in England in 1935. Max Born puts a great deal of efforts in writing the book,including the following aspects such as content selection,narrative method and skills,using literary means,drawing more delicate pictures in the book,and so on,those efforts have left fond and deep impressions on the readers. Thus,it is exemplified as a classical popular science book. Born's academic thinking,such as attaching great importance to the role of valuing experiment in research work,and placing emphasis on the role of disciplinary history in teaching,were well embodied in that book. The book also illustrates Born's unique insights into science and science research,and the law of the development of physics due to his meticulously studying and observing history of physics. A popular science writer could get more help,guidance and reference when he holds and reads the book.