What Great Scientists Did When They Weren

Perimeter Institute

爱好通常被认为是那些过着安静、轻松生活的人们的活动。然而，生活充实、忙碌，甚至压力大的人更需要爱好。一起来看看加拿大圆周理论物理研究所发布的文章吧，我们会明白即使是最聪明的头脑也需要放松。

Einstein， Curie， Feynman， Bohr—their names are 1）synonymous with scientific breakthroughs that forever changed our understanding of the universe and ourselves. But even the most brilliant minds need to 2）unwind. Here's how 10 of history's greatest physicists recharged their intellectual batteries.

Nikola Tesla fed pigeons every day in a park near his lab. Noticing one pigeon with a broken leg and wing， he spent $2，000 building a device that supported the bird's body while its bones healed.

Marie Curie， two-time Nobel Prize-winner， was an 3）avid long-distance cyclist. She and husband Pierre spent their 1895 honeymoon pedaling around the north of France.

Max Born， quantum pioneer， was a lover of music， but he died just before the pop music stardom of his granddaughter： Olivia Newton-John.

Albert Einstein taught himself to play the violin. He sometimes played 4）duets with Max Planck， the “Father of Quantum Theory” and an accomplished pianist.

Theoretical physicist Richard Feynman was， among other quirky things， a semi-secret artist under the 5）pseudonym “Ofey.” His works drew critical acclaim and were shown at exhibition.

Werner Heisenberg， whose “uncertainty principle” became a hallmark of quantum mechanics， was an avid skier and mountaineer.

Erwin Schrodinger， who famously devised a thought experiment involving an alive/dead cat， made tiny dollhouse furniture with textiles woven on a miniature loom.

Enrico Fermi， whose work on 6）radioactivity earned a Nobel Prize， played tennis with what one friend called “considerable ferocity”.

James Clerk Maxwell， who unified electricity and 7）magnetism， was an accomplished poet. His poems， such as A Problem in Dynamics， were often playfully mind-boggling.

Before his Novel-winning work in quantum theory， Niels Bohr was a goalkeeper for the Danish football team AkademiskBoldklub. His mathematician brother Harald was the real sporty one， though—he played for the Danish national football team at the 1908 Olympics.

爱因斯坦、居里夫人、费曼、玻尔——他们的名字是科学突破的代名词，他们的科学成果永远地改变了我们对宇宙和我们自己的理解。但即使是最聪明的头脑也需要放松。一起来看看 10 位历史上最伟大的物理学家如何为他们的智力“充电”。

尼古拉·特斯拉每天在他实验室附近的公园里喂鸽子。他注意到其中一只鸽子的腿和翅膀都断了，于是花了 2000 美元制作了一个装置，该装置能让鸽子的骨头愈合时支撑它的身体。

两次获得诺贝尔奖的居里夫人是一位狂热的长途自行车手。她和她的丈夫皮埃尔在 1895 年度蜜月时曾在法国北部骑行。

马克斯·玻恩是量子力学的奠基人，同时也是一位音乐爱好者。但当他去世不久后，他的孙女奥莉维亚·纽顿 - 约翰成了一名流行音乐歌手。

爱因斯坦自学拉小提琴。他有时与“量子理论之父”且颇有成就的钢琴家马克斯·普朗克共同演奏二重奏。

理论物理学家理查德·费曼是一位笔名为“阿飞”的半秘密艺术家。他的作品广受好评，并在展览中展出。

维尔纳·海森堡的“不确定性原理”成为量子力学的标志，他是一位狂热的滑雪和登山爱好者。

设计了一个著名的涉及活 / 死猫的思想实验的欧文·薛定谔，他用微型织机上编织的纺织品制作了微型玩具屋家具。

恩里科·費米因为在放射性方面的工作而获得了诺贝尔奖，他打网球的方式被他的一位朋友认为“很凶猛”。

将电和磁结合起来的詹姆斯·克拉克·麦克斯韦，也是一位多才多艺的诗人。他的诗歌 A Problem in Dynamics 令人赞叹！

在他的量子理论获奖之前，尼尔斯·玻尔是丹麦足球队 AB 哥本哈根足球俱乐部的守门员。不过，他的数学家兄弟哈拉尔德是真正的运动健将——他在 1908 年以丹麦国家足球队成员参加了奥运会。