物理学的教皇
The Pope of physics
Gino Segrè · 初版 2016 年
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首部关于诺贝尔奖得主物理学家、原子时代奠基人之一Enrico Fermi的完整传记。Enrico Fermi无疑是自伽利略以来意大利最著名的科学家，受人敬仰以至于被称为“物理学教皇”。Fermi谦逊而低调，却依然是二十世纪最多产、最具创造力的科学家之一，他是原子弹之父之一，也是诺贝尔奖得主，他对物理学和核技术的贡献至今仍影响深远，美国最大的粒子加速器以及该国的
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这个轶事在 Gino Segrè 和 Bettina Hoerlin 写的《The Pope of Physics》（由这位著名物理学家密友兼合作者的侄子执笔的恩里科·费米传记）中有更详细的描述。如果我没记错的话，这个精彩的情节就写在第一章……
This anecdote is described in greater detail in "The Pope of Physics", by Gino Segrè & Bettina Hoerlin (Enrico Fermi's biography told by a nephew of a close collaborator of the famous physicist). This fascinating episode is told in the first chapter, if I rember correctly.…
……记得我老朋友约翰尼·冯·诺伊曼常说，用四个参数我可以拟合出一头大象，用五个参数我能让它摇鼻子。’没什么好补充的了。” ''' [1] Segre G., Hoerlin B. The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age. Henry Holt and Co, 2016 ISBN 9781627790055 这句话引自 Oliver Consa 2020 年的论文：《Something is rotten in the state of QED》。
…remember my old friend Johnny von Neumann used to say, with four parameters I can fit an elephant, and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk.” There was little to add.” ''' [1] Segre G., Hoerlin B. The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age. Henry Holt and Co, 2016 ISBN 9781627790055 This quote is from Oliver Consa's 2020 paper: "Something is rotten in the state of QED".