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Seen through the eyes of a young friend Einstein was a simple, modest and ordinary man.
在一個年輕朋友的心目中，愛因斯坦是個純樸、謙虛的普通人。
The Professor and the Yo-Yo
教授與溜溜球
Thomas Lee Bucky with Joseph P. Blank
托馬斯·李·巴基和約瑟夫·P·布蘭克
My father was a close friend of Albert Einstein. As a shy young visitor to Einstein's home, I was made to feel at ease when Einstein said, "I have something to show you." He went to his desk and returned with a Yo-Yo. He tried to show me how it worked but he couldn't make it roll back up the string. When my turn came, I displayed my few tricks and pointed out to him that the incorrectly looped string had thrown the toy off balance. Einstein nodded, properly impressed by my skill and knowledge. Later, I bought a new Yo-Yo and mailed it to the Professor as a Christmas present, and received a poem of thanks.
我父親是阿爾伯特·愛因斯坦的密友。小時候有一次我去愛因斯坦家拜訪時很靦腆，他說，“我有樣?xùn)|西拿給你看，”于是我便感到無拘無束了。他走到書桌旁，拿回來一只溜溜球。他試圖做給我看這種玩具怎么個玩法，但他沒法使它順著線再轉(zhuǎn)上去。輪到我時，我露了幾手并向他指出，繞錯的線圈使玩具失去了平衡。愛因斯坦點點頭，對我的技能和知識留下了頗深的印象。后來，我買了一只溜溜球，把它作為圣誕禮物寄給了教授，并收到他一首表示感謝的詩。
As a boy and then as an adult, I never lost my wonder at the personality that was Einstein. He was the only person I knew who had come to terms with himself and the world around him. He knew what he wanted and he wanted only this: to understand within his limits as a human being the nature of the universe and the logic and simplicity in its functioning. He knew there were answers beyond his intellectual reach. But this did not frustrate him. He was content to go as far as he could.
作為一個孩子，以后又作為一個成人，我一直對愛因斯坦的個性驚嘆不已。他是我所認(rèn)識的人中唯一能跟自己及周圍世界達(dá)成妥協(xié)的人。他知道自己想要什么，而他想要的只是：在他作為一個人的能力范圍之內(nèi)理解宇宙的性質(zhì)以及宇宙運行的邏輯和單純。他知道有許多問題的答案超出了他智力所及的范圍。但這并不使他感到灰心喪氣。只要在能力許可的范圍內(nèi)取得最大的成功他就心滿意足了。
