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Maxwell connected electricity,magnetism,and light.
麦克斯韦将电、磁和光相互关联
in a series of four equations that I consider to be one of the greatest discoveries in the history of science.
创出四组连续方程式 我认为一项厥功甚伟的发现 在科学史上
The equations called Maxwell's laws...
叫麦克斯韦定律的这四组方程式
govern everything from the auroras that dawn over the north and south poles...
支配范围极广 从南北极舞动的极光
to the modern electrical and communications technology that powers the planet.
到现代电机通讯科技 驱动着全球
Virtually every machine in the modern world
现代世界几乎每一台机器
from the computer to a power station to a washing machine
从电脑 发电厂到洗衣机
works to the rules Maxwell reviewed.
都根据麦克斯韦揭露的准则运作
Electromagnetism quite literally lights up our planet.
电磁学可说照亮了全世界
A fitting testament to a great mind.
很适切地证明了这个人的伟大
But light is much more interesting than is Maxwell himself realized.
但光比麦克斯韦所理解的有趣得多
Although he didn't know it,
虽然他不知情
he had actually uncovered one of the fundamental clues of the Grand Design.
但他其实发现了一条大设计的基本线索
That clue is the speed of light itself.
这条线索就是光速本身
