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The Origin of(almost)Everything
Copyright New Scientist 2016
Illustrations Jennifer Daniel 2016
First published in Great Britain in 2016 by John Murray(Publishers),an Hachette UK company
Simplified Chinese characters Translation copyright 2017 by Hachette-Phoenix Cultural
Development(Beijing)Co.,Ltd.
Published in cooperation between Hachette-Phoenix Cultural Development(Beijing)Co.,Ltd.
and China South Booky Culture Media Co.,Ltd.,2017.
All rights reserved.
[1]已灭绝的海生无脊椎动物,生存于泥盆纪至晚白垩纪,因身体表面常有类似菊花的线纹而得名。
[2]无脊椎古生物,外形类似乌贼,因有一个箭头状的鞘而得名。
[3]Read Between The Lines的缩写,意为:体会言外之意。
[4]“克拉”一词源自希腊语,原指角豆树的种子,其每一粒的重量近乎一致,多在200毫克左右,一克拉即等于一粒角豆树种子的重量。直到20世纪初克拉的重量才被标准化。
[5]刘易斯·卡罗尔(1832—1898),英国数学家、童话作家,《爱丽丝梦游奇境》的作者。
[6]意思是“这不难理解”,字面意思是“这不是火箭科学”。