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Lesson One 1

Text A The Computer and the Poet Norman Cousins 1

Text B Automation L.G.Alexander 6

Lesson Two 8

Text A The World As I See It Albert Einstein 8

Text B Albert Einstein 14

Lesson Three 16

Text A From History of Western Philosophy Bertrand Russell 16

Text B How to Grow Old Bertrand Russell 21

Lesson Four 23

Text A The Origin and Development of the Quantum Theory M.Planck 23

Text B Quantum Mechanics 30

Lesson Five 31

Text A On the Feeling of Immortality in Youth William Hazlitt 31

Text B A Madrigal Shakespeare 37

Text A Origin of Life Fantasies Thomas R.Cech 39

Lesson Six 39

Text B DNA 44

Lesson Seven 45

Text A Space Exploration James A.Michener 45

Text B From the Earth:Greetings L.G.Alexander 52

Lesson Eight 54

Text A Exploring the Secrets of Age Geoffrey Cowley，Anne Underwood 54

Text B The Time Traveler Matt Bai 60

Text A Sphinx or Science Francis Bacon 65

Lesson Nine 65

Text B Of Studies Francis Bacon 71

Lesson Ten 75

Text A The Nature of Scientific Reasoning Jacob Bronowski 75

Text B Our Visual Perception 80

Lesson Eleven 82

Text A Style in Science John Rader Platt 82

Text B MIT’s LeaderShape Program 90

Text A Vulture Country J.D.Stewart 93

Lesson Twelve 93

Text B A Cricket Robot Barbara Webb 103

Lesson Thirteen 109

Text A American Antitrust Law and the Case Against Microsoft William Hallagan 109

Text B U.S.Economy in 1970’s 114

Lesson Fourteen 117

Text A The Two Cultures C.P.Snow 117

Text B The Mona Lisa Walter Pater 125

Lesson Fifteen 127

Text A Richard’s Almanack Benjamin Franklin 127

Text B The Way to Wealth Benjamin Franklin 130

Lesson Sixteen 135

Text A The Cloud Shelley 135

Text B Observation Henry David Thoreau 140

ADDITIONAL EXERCISES 143

Passage 1 “Spatial”Thinking 143

Passage 2 The Nobel Academy 145

Passage 3 The Origins of Sports 148

Passage 4 Scientific Theories 150

Passage 5 Icebergs 153

Passage 6 Web Business 155

Passage 7 Plate Tectonics 157

Passage 8 Preparations to the Moon 160

Passage 9 Radio Waves from Space 163

Passage 10 Laser 165

Passage 11 Crows 167

Passage 12 Cats 170

Passage 13 Credit Card 172

Passage 14 Opinions 174

Passage 15 The Sun 176

KEYS TO ADDITIONAL EXERCISES 178

CHIEF REFERENCES 180

后记——论科学论文的文采 181