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Today,we theoretical physicists are still doing the same sort of things as Newton.
当今理论物理学家 所做的研究和牛顿并无二致
And thankfully we don't have to worry about the plague.
只是幸好我们不用担心黑死病
Although our work may seem complex,it's really quite simple.
虽然研究看来复杂 其实却相当单纯
We're trying to unravel the hidden mechanism...that underlies everything.
我们纯粹希望能解开 支配万物的隐藏机制
We can only do it just because we stand on the shoulders of giants.
而我们有此能力 是因为站在伟大科学家的肩上
Scientists who piece by piece discovered what makes...the universe take.
这些科学家一点一滴地发现 宇宙运行的奥秘
Amongst those giants was another of my scientific heroes:James Clerk Maxwell.
19世纪中期 我的另一位科学偶像 他就是詹姆斯·克拉克·麦克斯韦
Maxwell was fascinated by light...which in 1861 led to him inventing color photography.
麦克斯韦对光非常痴迷 在1861年 让他发明了彩色照相术
But that was just the beginning of what this remarkable man achieved.
但这只是这名杰出人士的成就开端
It was when he began to investigate a completely different round of physics...that everything changed.
在他开始钻研一种全然不同的物理领域后 物理学才彻底改变了
This was the strange,almost magical connection...between magnetism and electricity.
就是一种奇特得近乎神奇的关联 出现在磁力和电力间的关联
