民间有一种长期存在的看法,认为教授往往都是心不在焉的。这大半是由下述的概念产生的:教授们必定把全部精力都集中到深奥的科研问题上,因而看不到发生在他们周围的日常琐事。也许,有文字记载的,最古老的“心不在焉的教授”的故事要算是泰勒斯的故事了。泰勒斯是古希腊的一位哲学家(公元前624—546年),他生活在二千五百年以前。继泰勒 There is a long-standing view among civilians that professors are often absent-minded. Mostly this is due to the notion that professors must concentrate their energies on esoteric scientific questions and thus fail to see the daily chores that occur around them. Perhaps the oldest of the “distracted professors” written tales is the Thales story. Thales is a philosopher in ancient Greece (624-546 BC), he lived two thousand five hundred years ago. Following Taylor