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