那些领导科学潮流的主要发明,许多都不是由有着高薪厚职的专业科学家完成的,而是由那些既有天分又没那么多思想束缚的业余或“外行”人士完成的。比如,发现天王星的是一位教堂风琴师,而复印机是由一位律师发明的,发明彩色摄影的人则是一位钢琴师……的确,这样的事例着实不少。 Most of the major inventions that lead the science trend are not done by professional scientists with high-paying and high-caliber jobs, but by amateurs or lay people who have both talent and less thought. For example, it was discovered that Uranus was a church organist, the photocopier was invented by a lawyer, and the person who invented color photography was a pianist ... Indeed, such examples are numerous.