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This is an amazing result.
這是個驚異的結果
We've relied on Newton for 300 years, his equations certainly appear to work really well.
我們信賴牛頓已經有300年了，他的方程式確實看起來效果非常好。
Yet it seems that there's more to gravity than Newton realised.
然而，關于引力，似乎還有比牛頓已經認識的更多的東西。
Newton's understanding of gravity was good enough to allow us to fly from the Earth
牛頓對引力的認識很正確，足以讓我們飛出地球，
to the Moon, to cross a quarter of a million miles of space, to land on the Moon and then fly all the way back again.
飛向月球，穿過25萬英里的太空，登陸月球，然后再一路返回。
But it's kind of got to make you laugh to think that you can go all the way to the Moon and back
但是讓人有點可笑的是認為你可以一直來回月球，
using something that's ultimately just an approximation.
所利用的最終只是個近似值。
To find out what on Earth is wrong with gravity, we need to go beyond Newton.
為了找出地球上的引力究竟錯在哪里，我們需要超越牛頓。
The problem lies not so much in what he understood but in what he failed to address altogether.
問題不在于他認識到了有多少，而是他在整個解決還有什么不足。
There's a problem with Newton's theory of gravity,
牛頓的萬有引力理論里存在一個問題，
and that's that it just allows us to predict how things move under its influence.
它只是讓我們去預測物體在它的影響下的運動狀態。
It doesn't say anything about why gravity exists or even how it works.
它一點都沒解釋為什么會存在引力以及它的機理。
It just allows you to calculate things. And Newton knew this, of course.
它只是讓你去計算物體。當然牛頓也知道這一點。
He essentially just said that it's down to God.
他實際上就說過，下來的事情交給上帝了。
In fact, he said that the most beautiful system of the sun, the planets and the comets
事實上，他說過太陽、行星、彗星最漂亮的系統，
could only proceed under the dominion and counsel of an intelligent being.
只可能處在智能人物的統治和規定下。
In other words, I'll give you the tools to calculate how the objects move around
換句話說，我給了你計算物體如何運動的工具，
but don't ask me how or why that is, that's down to God.
但別問我它怎樣運作和為什么這樣，那是上帝的事情。
