19世纪初,生活在英国萨里郡的一个小男孩因为家境贫困不得不辍学,当起了小报童。尽管如此,他仍然没有放弃学习,每天一卖完报纸就扎进图书馆汲取知识。13岁时,他在书上看到了一道非常深奥的数学公式,思考了很久也无法理解,就向图书馆的工作人员请教,可他们也看不懂。工作人员建议他去学校问老师。于 At the beginning of the nineteenth century, a young boy living in Surrey, England, had to drop out of school because of poverty in his family. Nevertheless, he still did not give up learning, every day sold out newspapers and jumped into the library to gain knowledge. When he was 13, he saw a very esoteric mathematical formula in his book. After thinking for a long time and unable to understand it, he consulted the library staff but they could not understand either. The staff advised him to go to school to ask the teacher. in