(一)十九世纪的科学女王王波家里供应的蜡烛明明已经够多,女仆却一再抱怨不够用。威廉·乔治·萨默维尔决定调查个究竟。答案很快就找到了。问题出在女儿玛丽·费尔法克斯·萨默维尔身上。这个13岁的孩子,每晚点着蜡烛在卧室里看书。这让她的父母非常愤怒,因为她手里捧的是欧几里得的《几何原本》。这在那个年代不可接受。 (A) the nineteenth century Queen of Science Wave Queen supplies candles obviously enough, the maid has repeatedly complained not enough. William George Somerville decided to investigate what happened. The answer quickly found. The problem is with her daughter Mary Fairfax Somerville. The 13-year-old boy is reading a book in the bedroom every night with a candle. This makes her parents very angry, because she is holding the “geometric origin” of Euclid. This was unacceptable at that time.