There are several categories ofscientists in the world; those of second or third rank do their best but neverget very far. Then there is the first rank, those who make importantdiscoveries, fundamental to scientific progress. But then there are the geniuses,like Galilei and Newton. Majorana was one of these.— (Enrico Fermi aboutMajorana, Rome 1938)科学家分好几种,二流或三流的科学家尽他们最大努力仍行而不远,一流科学家则做出推动科学进步的重要发现,他们都是天才,比如伽利略和牛顿,当然还有马约拉纳。——费米1938年3月26日,周六。那不勒斯大学(University of Naples Federico II)物理学院院长安东尼奥·卡瑞利(Antonio Carrelli )却丝毫没有休息日的闲适,上午十一点他就收到一封署名马约拉纳(Majorana)的电报:“别紧张,信随后就到”。他对
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