第80期:科学论文的作者是一只猫
日期:2023-03-08 15:57

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In 1975, a physics professor named Jack H. Hetherington wrote a research paper about atomic behaviour.

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1975年,一位名叫杰克·H. 赫瑟林顿的物理学教授写了一篇关于原子行为的研究论文v@U)D9wB15aet)R

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He was planning to submit this paper to a well-known scientific journal called the Physical Review Letters.

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他计划将这篇论文提交给一本名为《物理评论快报》的著名科学期刊0xM+a4cj)s4!z_i

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However, when he was proofreading his work, he realized that he had unintentionally used the word “we” when writing about himself.

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然而,当他在校对自己的论文时,他意识到他在指代自己时无意中使用了“我们”这个词U_Ud27P3b~gEP(3YmOS

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Although this was a small mistake, it was very problematic.

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虽然这是一个小错误,但它是非常有问题的R^QHdUoNMHynA9

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The Physical Review Letters had a rule against the use of the word “we” unless the paper had multiple authors.

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《物理评论快报》有一条规定,除非论文有多个作者,否则不能使用“我们”这个词Be7Eq&V%BJ*g&B

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Hetherington had written his entire paper on a typewriter, and he didn’t want to retype it all just to fix his error.

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赫瑟林顿的整篇论文都是在一台打字机上写的,他不想为了改正错误而把论文重新打一遍i0U)R(K=BcC[z_.[ue;

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Instead, he simply decided to credit another author.

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相反,他只是决定署名另一位作者E#Jol0bB=NqeX15u)Op

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The author he chose was his cat, Chester.

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他选择的作者是他的猫——切斯特!@hgVg87u5=((

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He changed Chester’s name to Felis Domesticus Chester Willard, shortened to F. D. C. Willard, to make it more believable.

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他把切斯特的名字改为费里斯·德麦斯蒂克斯·切斯特·威拉德,缩写为F. D. C. 威拉德,以让名字更可信d0OpKJ+[YQ]@2~w

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Hetherington’s plan worked, and his paper was published.

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赫瑟林顿的计划奏效,他的论文发表了8e0pu^FC][H&Y

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Eventually, he admitted that the co-author was a cat, and even had Chester sign copies of the paper by making ink paw prints.

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最终,他承认合著者是一只猫,甚至让切斯特在论文的副本上印下墨水爪印作为签名r_E=i5Fb=j@&3#

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