解析彩虹
Unweaving the Rainbow
Richard Dawkins · 初版 1998 年
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牛顿通过将彩虹分解为光谱色，真的像Keats所说的那样“解构了彩虹的美”吗？换句话说，他削损了美感吗？道金斯认为，远非如此——牛顿的解构不仅是现代天文学许多领域的关键，也是现代宇宙学摄人心魄的诗意所在。谜题并不因被揭开而失去诗意；答案往往比谜题更美，并揭示出更深层的奥秘。道金斯探讨了现代科学中最重要且引人入胜的主题，从天文学、遗传学到语言与虚拟现实，并将它们融汇为一篇里程碑式的科学宣言，
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……不过，想要把每件事的细枝末节都搞清楚，现在一个人一辈子大概都读不完。比尔·布莱森的《万物简史》是个很不错的入门之选，或者理查德·道金斯的《彩虹解密》（Unweaving the Rainbow）也很好，讲的是科学通过解释自然，反而让自然变得更美，而不是削弱了它的美感。
…though, trying to go into the detail of every single thing is probably beyond what can be read in a single human's life time now. Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything is pretty good start, or Unweaving the Rainbow by Richard Dawkins, which is a book about how science makes nature even more beautiful by explaining it, not less.
……自由意志主义，而且不太容易对书里的角色产生共鸣。如果你想看一个把天堂隐喻成反乌托邦独裁政权的有趣寓言，可以去读叶夫根尼·扎米亚京的《我们》。如果你对自然科学特别感兴趣，可以读理查德·道金斯的《彩虹解密》。我记得塞巴斯蒂安·马歇尔推荐过吉川英治的《宫本武藏》——我也推荐这本。挺不错的，我当时特别感兴趣……
…libertarianism and don't really care to relate to the characters. Read We by Yevgheny Zamyatin if you want an interesting allegory that metaphorically compares heaven to a dystopian dictatorship. Read Unweaving the Rainbow by Richard Dawkins if you're very interested in the sciences. I remember Sebastian Marshall recommending Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa -- I'd recommend it too. It's pretty good, and I was especially interested…
歌德就是那种非理性思维的集大成者。你可能会觉得理查德·道金斯的《彩虹解密》里的散文很有意思，因为贯穿这些文章的主线就是：用科学去理解事物并不会让它失去魅力，反而会让一切变得更加有趣。
Goethe was the king of that sort of irrationality. You might find the essays in Richard Dawkins's book, Unweaving the Rainbow interesting since the thread drawing them together is that understanding something scientifically does not make it less fascinating, if anything it makes everything even more interesting.
《心智是个神话》（Mind is a myth）——UG·克里希那穆提；《哥德尔、艾舍尔、巴赫》（Godel, Escher, Bach）——道格拉斯·侯世达；《解析彩虹》（Unweaving the rainbow）——理查德·道金斯
Mind is a myth - UG Krishnamurti Godel, Escher, Bach - Douglas Hofstadter Unweaving the rainbow - Richard Dawkins
这让我想起理查德·道金斯在《彩虹解密》里的一段话：“我们终将死去，而这正是我们的幸运之处。大多数人永远都不会死，因为他们根本就不会出生。那些本有可能代替我站在这里的潜在生命，却……”
This reminds me of a passage from Richard Dawkins' "Unweaving the Rainbow." "We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born. The potential people who could have been here in my place but who…
这真的重要吗？我记得在理查德·道金斯的一本书里读过这方面的讨论（我猜是《彩虹解密》）。现在你可以去吐槽蟹状星云，不管是说它校色有问题，还是说你运气好到能肉眼近距离观察它。你看到的颜色不过是不同频率的模型化呈现罢了……
Does it really matter? I remember reading about this in one of Richard Dawkins' book (I think its Unweaving the rainbow). Now you can complain about the Crab Nebula, whether its color correction, or you are lucky enough to view it up close with a naked eye. The colors you observe are just models of the different frequencies…