在苹果落地之前,因为没有听众,牛顿常常对着墙壁讲课。当然,和很多名人轶事一样,牛顿因为被苹果砸中而发现万有引力的故事本身是存疑的,但爱德华·多尼克在《机械宇宙》中告诉我们:牛顿在剑桥大学教书二十年,在那个著名的苹果落地之前,“听他讲课的人很少,理解他的人更少,因为没有听众,他常常对着墙壁讲课”。然而,苹果落地的几百年之后,科学与真理却早已深入人心。智能手机、VR体验、无人机……科技已成为一股坚不可摧的力量,急剧地改变着整个人类社会。就像过去的人们 Before the apple landed, Newton often lectured against the wall because there was no audience. Of course, like many celebrity anecdotes, Newton’s story of being gravitationally discovered by Apple was doubtful in itself, but Edward Donik told us in Mechatronics: Newton taught at Cambridge University for twenty years. Before the famous apple landed, “there were very few people listening to him. There were fewer people who understood him because there were no listeners. He often lectured against the wall.” However, hundreds of years after the apple landed, science and truth have long been in the hearts of people. Smartphones, VR experiences, drones... Technology has become an indestructible force that has dramatically changed the entire human society. Just like people in the past