IGNORANCE 講述了這樣一個故事：一個男人和一個女人相遇而返回他們的家園，他們已經放棄了二十年前，當他們選擇成為流亡者。他們會設法收拾他們奇怪的愛情故事執行緒，中斷幾乎是一開始就失去了在歷史潮流？事實上，這種久違的記憶不再匹配後的。我們始終相信，我們的記憶和那些我們愛的人是一致的，我們經歷過同樣的事情。但這只是一種錯覺。然後，期待我們的微弱的記憶我們能做什麼？它只記錄一個微不足道的小顆粒”，“過去，“沒有人知道為什麼它的這一點，沒有任何其他的點。我們的生活陷入巨大的遺忘，我們拒絕承認一個事實。只有那些回歸二十年後，奧德修斯回到家鄉伊薩卡，可以讓人眼花繚亂，驚訝於無知的第一手觀察女神。
基本介紹
- 中文名：ignorance
- 頁數:：154
- 出版年： 2002-11-04
- 出版社： Faber and Faber
出版信息,內容簡介,
出版信息
作者: Milan Kundera（米蘭昆德拉）
出版社: Faber and Faber
出版年: 2002-11-04
頁數: 154
定價: GBP 10.99
裝幀: Paperback
內容簡介
- The book argues that ignorance, not knowledge, is what drives science
- The book provides a fascinating inside-view of the way every-day science is actually done
- The book features intriguing case histories of how individual scientists use ignorance to direct their research
Knowledge is a big subject, says Stuart Firestein, but ignorance is a bigger one. And it is ignorance—not knowledge—that is the true engine of science.
Most of us have a false impression of science as a surefire, deliberate, step-by-step method for finding things out and getting things done. In fact, says Firestein, more often than not, science is like looking for a black cat in a dark room, and there may not be a cat in the room. The process is more hit-or-miss than you might imagine, with much stumbling and groping after phantoms. But it is exactly this "not knowing," this puzzling over thorny questions or inexplicable data, that gets researchers into the lab early and keeps them there late, the thing that propels them, the very driving force of science. Firestein shows how scientists use ignorance to program their work, to identify what should be done, what the next steps are, and where they should concentrate their energies. And he includes a catalog of how scientists use ignorance, consciously or unconsciously—a remarkable range of approaches that includes looking for connections to other research, revisiting apparently settled questions, using small questions to get at big ones, and tackling a problem simply out of curiosity. The book concludes with four case histories—in cognitive psychology, theoretical physics, astronomy, and neuroscience—that provide a feel for the nuts and bolts of ignorance, the day-to-day battle that goes on in scientific laboratories and in scientific minds with questions that range from the quotidian to the profound.
Turning the conventional idea about science on its head, Ignorance opens a new window on the true nature of research. It is a must-read for anyone curious about science.
