为何日本的理论物理学在最糟糕的年代里做出了最有创造性的成就?或许那些迷茫的头脑想从战争的恐惧中解脱出来,遁入理论的冥想;或许战争造成的孤立状态强化了独创精神。1935~1955年间,一批日本人的研究兴趣转向理论物理学悬而未决的难题。这些人自学量子力学,建构自己的电磁学量子理论,甚至猜测新微子的存在。这批矢志探索物理世界的日本人置身于一个动荡年代,他们的住所被夷平,食不果腹。可就是这样一个 Why did Japanese theoretical physics make the most creative accomplishments in the worst years? Perhaps those confused minds want to be freed from the fear of war and escaped into theoretical meditation; perhaps the isolated state created by the war reinforces the original spirit. From 1935 to 1955, a group of Japanese’s research interests turned to the outstanding problems of theoretical physics. These people learn quantum mechanics, build their own electromagnetism quantum theory, and even speculate on the existence of new neutrinos. The Japanese who set out to explore the physical world were exposed to a period of turmoil, where their shelters were flattened and did not come to an end. This is just one