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据英国作家保罗·约翰逊及其著作《近代化》所言,二十世纪并不是始于1900年的新年前夜,而是应该从19年后算起,即1919年。在Arthur Eddington爵士用镜头捕捉了全日食的到来之际,世界也随之步入现代。照片上,紧邻太阳的星象和弯曲的光线的位置被用来验证艾伯特·爱因斯坦的广义相对论。而就在这一天,牛顿的“万有引力定律”统治下的简单的旧世界也不得不向复杂的摩登时代低头。然而,布拉格(现今捷克共和国首都)的“现代”似乎在几年前就已经悄悄到来了。1911～1914年,当爱因斯坦正沉浸在著名的布拉格查尔斯大学从事教学时,布拉格的“现代”开始降临。但是,捷克的二十世纪之初与爱因斯坦似乎毫无关系,
According to British author Paul Johnson and his book Modernization, the twentieth century did not begin the eve of New Year’s Eve in 1900, but rather 19 years later, in 1919. With the capture of the eclipse by Sir Arthur Eddington, the world has stepped into the modern age. In the photo, the position of the astronomical and curving rays next to the sun is used to validate Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity. And just this day, Newton’s simple old world under the “law of universal gravitation” had to bow to the complex modern times. However, “modernity” in Prague (now the capital of the Czech Republic) seems to have quietly come a few years ago. From 1911 to 1914, when Einstein was immersed in teaching at the prestigious Charles University in Prague, “modernity” in Prague began to come. However, the beginning of the twentieth century in the Czech Republic seemed to have nothing to do with Einstein,