生物化学家玛丽·克林斯基写信告诉我一个关于青霉素的故事。在信中她提出一个我一直关心的主题:科学发明优先权是一个有缺陷的命题。科学探讨的宇宙万物,很多是在人类从洞穴中走出之前就已经存在的。青霉素就是其中一例,因为它毕竟是从自然生物之中提炼出来的。我们可以用提出一系列问题的方式,来讨 Biochemist Mary Klinski wrote a letter telling me a story about penicillin. In the letter she put forward a topic that I have always been concerned about: the priority of scientific invention is a flawed proposition. Many of the cosmic things scientifically explored already existed before humans came out of the cave. Penicillin is one of them, because it is extracted from the natural life after all. We can discuss it by asking a series of questions