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A Mysterious Design That Appears Across Millennia

This is Roger Penrose. Certainly one of the great scientists of our time,

winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work reconciling black holes with Einstein's general theory of relativity.

But back in the 1970s, Roger Penrose made a contribution to the world of mathematics and that part of mathematics known as tiling.

You know, tiling, the process of putting tiles together so that they form a particular pattern.

The thing that was remarkable about the pattern that Roger Penrose developed is that by using only two shapes, he constructed a pattern that could be expanded infinitely in any direction without ever repeating.

Much like the number pi has a decimal that isn’t random,

but it will go on forever without repeating.

translation

sentence:
这位是罗杰·彭罗斯(Roger Penrose),当代最杰出的科学家之一,
2020 年诺贝尔物理学奖得主,因证明黑洞遵循爱因斯坦广义相对论获奖。
但回到 20 世纪 70 年代,罗杰·彭罗斯也为数学界做出了一个贡献,所在数学领域被称为“铺砌”。
所谓“铺砌”,就是铺上瓷砖,形成某种图案。
罗杰·彭罗斯想出的图案之所以非比寻常,是因为仅仅使用两种图形,就能组成一个向任意方向无限延展,却不会重复的图案。
很像 π 有个不是随机的小数一样,
可以在不重复的情况下无限延续。

phrase:
black holes -> 黑洞

word:
reconciling ( reconciling, reconciled, reconciles )
英 [ˈrekənsaɪlɪŋ]美 [ˈrekənsaɪlɪŋ]

调解

general
英 [ˈdʒen(ə)rəl]美 [ˈdʒen(ə)rəl]

adj. 总体的,普遍的;一般的,常规的;大致的,大概的;综合的,广泛的;首席的,总管的
n. 上将,将军;半军事化管理的宗教组织(如耶稣会修士、多明我会修士或救世军)的领袖;<古>大众,公众

tiling
英 [ˈtaɪlɪŋ]美 [ˈtaɪlɪŋ]

n. 瓷砖;盖瓦;铺瓷砖;瓦类
v. 铺瓦于;铺以瓷砖(tile 的 ing 形式)

infinitely
英 [ˈɪnfɪnətli]美 [ˈɪnfɪnətli]

adv. 无限地;极其

decimal [ 复数 decimals ]
英 [ˈdesɪm(ə)l]美 [ˈdesɪm(ə)l]

adj. 十进位的,小数的
n. 小数;十进制

In mathematics, this is a property known as aperiodicity

and the notion of an aperiodic tile set using only two tiles was such a sensation,

it was given the name Penrose tiling.

Here's Roger Penrose, now Sir Roger Penrose, standing on a field of Penrose tiles.

Then in 2007, this man, Peter Lu, who was then a graduate student in physics at Princeton,

while on vacation with his cousin in Uzbekistan, discovered this pattern on a 14th century madrassa.

And after some analysis, concluded that this was, in fact, Penrose tiling 500 years before Penrose.

That information took the scientific world by storm and prompted headlines everywhere, including “Discover” magazine,

which proclaimed this the 59th most important scientific discovery of the year 2007.

translation

sentence:
在数学中,该属性被称为“非周期性”,
仅由两种瓷砖组成的非周期性瓷砖组合轰动一时,
以至于被命名为“彭罗斯铺砌”。
如图是罗杰·彭罗斯,现在该称他为罗杰·彭罗斯爵士,站在由彭罗斯瓷砖铺成的地面上。
2007 年,彼得·陆(Peter Lu),当时是普林斯顿大学物理学研究生,
与亲戚在乌兹别克斯坦度假时,在一所 14 世纪的伊斯兰学校中发现了这个图案。
经过一些分析后,发现这其实是早于彭罗斯500 年的彭罗斯铺砌。
这条信息震惊了科学界,相关头条层出不穷,包括《发现》(Discover)杂志,
称其为 2007 年度第 59 项最重要科学发现。

word:
aperiodicity
英 [ˌeɪpɪərɪəˈdɪsɪti]美 [ˌeɪpɪrɪɑːˈdɪsəti]

n. 非周期性

notion [ 复数 notions ]
英 [ˈnəʊʃ(ə)n]美 [ˈnoʊʃ(ə)n]

n. 概念,想法;缝纫用品;一时的念头,突发的奇想

sensation [ 复数 sensations ]
英 [senˈseɪʃ(ə)n]美 [senˈseɪʃ(ə)n]

n. 感觉,知觉;感觉能力,知觉能力;(某种经历所产生的)整体感觉,总体印象;轰动,引起轰动的人(或事)

vacation ( vacationing, vacationed, vacations )
英 [veɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n]美 [veɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n]

n. (学校的)假期,(法院的)休庭期;<美>休假,假期;腾出,辞去
v. <美>度假

cousin [ 复数 cousins ]
英 [ˈkʌz(ə)n]美 [ˈkʌz(ə)n]

n. 堂(表)兄弟,堂(表)姐妹;远房亲戚;兄弟民族(或国家)的人(来自不同国家但文化近似);相似的人(物)

storm
美: [stɔrm] 英: [stɔː(r)m]

n. 暴风雨;和风暴有关的恶劣天气;(群情迸发的)浪潮
v. 闯;大发雷霆;突袭;攻占

prompt
美: [prɑmpt] 英: [prɒmpt]

n. 提示;提示符
v. 提示;促使;激起;导致
adj. 迅速;敏捷;准时;立即的
adv. 准时地

proclaim ( proclaiming, proclaimed, proclaims )
英 [prəˈkleɪm]美 [prəˈkleɪm]

v. (正式)宣告,(公开)声明;强调,声称;(标志或通知)宣传,告知;清楚表明,显示

最近更新: 2023/10/27 00:22
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