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Throughout history, books have disseminated the ideas and discoveries of
the world’s most influential thinkers.
纵观历史，书籍一直都发挥着为世界上最有影响力的思想家们传播伟大观点和重大发现的作用。
Now a new survey has shown that half of the top 10 ‘most valuable’ books –
as voted by the British public – were written by eminent scientists.
最近一项调查显示，在由英国民众投票选出的世界上最有价值的10本书中，有一半出自世界著名的科学家之手。
The poll by The Folio Society set out to select the most valuable works to
the human race and authors of those picked include Charles Darwin, Albert
Einstein and Stephen Hawking, as well as George Orwell and Harper Lee.
这项调查由弗里欧书社发起的，目的是选出世界上对人类价值最大的书籍。进入前10名的书籍作者包括查尔斯·达尔文、阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦、斯蒂芬·霍金，以及乔治·奥威尔和哈珀·李。
Two of the top three titles were written by scientists. Darwin’s The Origin
of Species gained 35 per cent, while Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time
gained 17 per cent.
前3位中的2名都是科学家的著作。达尔文的《物种起源》获得35%的投票排在第2位，霍金的《时间简史》获得17%的投票排在第3位。
But the Bible was voted the most valuable text overall with 37 per cent of
the votes.
而排在第1名的是获得37%的投票的《圣经》。
Interestingly, 37 per cent of people living in the south of the UK voted
for Charles Darwin’s seminal scientific tome, but 41 per cent of northerners
opted for the Bible.
有趣的是，在英国南部有37%的人投票给了达尔文的具有开创性的巨著《物种起源》，而英国北部则有41%的人选择了《圣经》。
The study, conducted by YouGov for the publisher, asked over 2,000 members
of the British public which three books from a list of 30 they considered to be
the most valuable.
调查由民治调查公司组织，包括了2000多名的英国民众，涉及到30本被认为最有价值的书籍。
The measure for selection was not by popularity or by the enjoyment
experienced in reading the book.
调查要求民众选择书籍的标准并不是根据流行程度或是阅读时体验到的愉快程度。
Participants were asked to rate the influence and significance their
selected books have had on the modern world.
而是要求民主根据书籍对现代社会的影响力和意义来投票。
Other scientific works included: Relativity by Einstein with 15 per cent of
the vote and Principia Mathematica - a three-volume work on the foundations of
mathematics by Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell – with 12 per cent of
votes.
排名中的其他科学著作还包括：爱因斯坦的《相对论》，获得了15%的投票;以阿尔弗雷德·诺尔司·怀特海和伯特兰·罗素提出的数学理论为基础所著的三卷本著作《自然哲学的数学原理》，获得了12%的投票。
The Double Helix, which is an autobiographical account of the discovery of
the structure of DNA written by James D. Watson, also made the cut in tenth
place.
另外詹姆斯·杜威·沃森的讲述发现DNA结构过程的自传著作《双螺旋》也入选，排在第10名。
Classic works of fiction also made up the top 10, including George Orwell’s
dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, which came in fifth place and Harper Lee’s
classic To Kill A Mockingbird at number seven.
这十本书中还包括了一些经典的小说，乔治·奥威尔的反乌托邦小说《一九八四》排在第5位，哈波·李的《杀死一只知更鸟》排在第7位。
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发表于 2016-7-10 18:36:54
