首页
登录
职称英语
Cambridge University closed down in the summer of 1665 when the plague brok
Cambridge University closed down in the summer of 1665 when the plague brok
游客
2024-05-29
3
管理
问题
Cambridge University closed down in the summer of 1665 when the plague broke out. New ton, a student there, went home to Lincolnshire. He stayed home for two years while the disease ran its course in the area around London. The 23-year-old Newton spent that time studying and laying the foundations for his greatest work, the Principia. One day he sat thinking in his garden, when an apple fell. Then he realized that the direction the apple fell, along with every other object on this round earth, was always toward Earth’s center. It wasn’t just that the apple fell, but that it tried to go to Earth’s center. That was Newton’s eureka moment. He realized that Earth had drawn the apple to it. He realized that every object in the universe draws every other object— probably in proportion to its mass. Newton didn’t publish his Principia until 20 years later. But he formulated the Law of Universal Gravitation (LUG) there in his Lincolnshire garden. He showed us that was true of planets and moons as well.
Now enters a surprising character. The person who popularized the apple story, was none other than the well-known French writer and philosopher Voltaire. Due to his outspoken views, in 1726 he was forcibly exiled to England where he spent the next three years. Newton died in 1727 so Voltaire would have been familiar with the many discoveries made by him. Voltaire was also acquainted with Newton’s niece, Catherine Barton. Newton was a bachelor and she had a greed to manage his London home; therefore she would have been familiar with the apple story, which she related to Voltaire.
Voltaire sided with Newton in Newton’s bitter fights with Leibnitz. In Candide, Voltaire ridiculed Leibnitz. The character Dr.Pangloss, who went about insisting that we live in the "best of all possible worlds", was Voltaire’s version of Leibnitz.
We might chalk Vohaire’s apple story up to "partisan license". But it’ you’ve ever done anything creative, you’ll recognize the plausibility of the apple story. You’ll remember your own moment when some small and commonplace event revealed a great troth to you. That’s the way creativity works. [br] The author holds the view that the apple story is ______.
选项
A、fabricated
B、ridiculous
C、authentic
D、reasonable
答案
D
解析
末段第2句开头的But表明这一句才是作者对苹果落地的故事的看法,句中的plausibility表明作者认为这个故事合理,因此选项D为本题答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3611206.html
相关试题推荐
RecentlyasociologistfromtheUniversityofNewHampshire,MurrayStraus,
TheMid-summerDay,ahundred-year-oldtraditioninScandinavia,fallsonJ
TheMid-summerDay,ahundred-year-oldtraditioninScandinavia,fallsonJ
TheMid-summerDay,ahundred-year-oldtraditioninScandinavia,fallsonJ
TheMid-summerDay,ahundred-year-oldtraditioninScandinavia,fallsonJ
TheMid-summerDay,ahundred-year-oldtraditioninScandinavia,fallsonJ
TheMid-summerDay,ahundred-year-oldtraditioninScandinavia,fallsonJ
TheMid-summerDay,ahundred-year-oldtraditioninScandinavia,fallsonJ
CambridgeUniversitycloseddowninthesummerof1665whentheplaguebrok
CambridgeUniversitycloseddowninthesummerof1665whentheplaguebrok
随机试题
[originaltext]W:ThisschoolisluckytohaveateacherasgoodasProf.Helen
企业发行方发行除股票以外的其他金融工具为权益工具的,应按实际收到的金额,借记“银
患者,男,48岁。近日突发皮疹,瘙痒,遇风加重,苔薄白脉浮,用药首选A.龙胆草、
甲公司2017年度财务报告批准报出日为2018年4月25日,甲公司发生的下列交易
共用题干 TheRaceIntoSpaceAmericanmillio
下列各类房地产中,特别适用于成本法估价的是()。A、某标准厂房 B、某酒
对活动的挡烟垂壁及其电动驱动装置和控制装置进行进场检查,按照规范要求,下列关于检
具有性激素样作用的补虚药是A.黄精 B.白术 C.鹿茸 D.龟板 E.北
( )应当自建筑工程竣工验收后合格起( )日内,向工程所在地县级以上人民政府
下列选项中不能提起行政复议的行为是()。 A.某市建设行政主管部门将
最新回复
(
0
)