| English to Malay: How Eureka Moment in Science Happen- National Geographic | |
Source text - English
By Cathy Newman
PUBLISHED May 23, 2017
A falling apple prompts physicist Isaac Newton to formulate his laws of gravity. Greek polymath Archimedes takes a bath and figures out how to calculate volume and density. These are iconic “light bulb” moments in the history of science. Or, as Archimedes reputedly said when insight struck, Eureka!
Today, the flash of insight is measurable using brain scans, which show a part of the right hemisphere lights up at that moment. While Anna Marie Roos, a historian of science at the University of Lincoln, advises us to take some “eureka moments” with a grain of salt, she thinks they do have much to say about the creative process.
The following conversation with Roos took place at Newton’s birthplace, Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire, England, near the apple tree said to have inspired his theory of gravitation, and in London.
The story of Newton and the falling apple is recorded in an 18th-century manuscript in the Royal Society in London. It was written by William Stukeley, his friend and first biographer, who quotes Newton as saying his thinking on the nature of gravity “was occasion'd by the fall of an apple, as he sat in contemplative mood.” Doesn’t that validate the story?
| Translation - Malay
Oleh Cathy Newman
Diterbitkan pada 23 Mei 2017
Sebiji epal yang jatuh ke bumi mencetuskan ilham untuk ahli fizik Isaac Newton untuk mengeluarkan hukum d an formula berkenaan tarikan graviti. Seorang cendekiawan Greek Archimedes, berendam di dalam kolah mandian dan menemui kaedah mengira isipadu dan ketumpatan. Ini adalah contoh ikonik saat-saat tercetusnya ilham di dalam sejarah sains. Ataupun, sebagaimana yang dikatakan oleh Archimedes ketika idea menjelma, Eureka!
Pada hari ini, saat-saat tercetusnya ilham boleh diukur dengan melakukan imbasan otak, di mana sebahagian hemisfera kanan otak akan kelihatan lebih cerah pada ketika itu. Bagi Anna Marie Roos, seorang ahli sejarah sains di Universiti Lincoln, beliau mensarankan kita agar tidak terlalu terburu-buru apabila berbincang berkenaan 'detik-detik eureka', dan beliau percaya detik-detik ini mengandungi banyak maklumat dan petunjuk berkenaan proses penghasilan idea-idea baru.
Perbualan dengan Roos berikut berlaku di tempat kelahiran Newton, Woolsthorpe Manor di Lincolnshire, England, berhampiran dengan pohon epal yang dikatakan punca tercetusnya teori tarikan graviti dan di London.
Kisah Newton dan epal yang jatuh dirakamkan di dalam manuskrip kurun ke 18 yang berada dalam simpanan Royal Society di London. Ia ditulis oleh William Stukeley, sahabat dan penulis biografi Newton yang pertama. Hal berkenaan Newton yang dinukilkan oleh beliau, antara lain menyebut, "Diilhamkan oleh jatuhnya sebiji epal, sambil Newton duduk merenung kejadian tersebut." Tidakkah itu membenarkan kisah epal tersebut? |
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