‘It was the Best of Time, It was the Worst of Time.’

 

 
1927年，一個紛亂的年代，呈接著一次大戰戰後悲傷與紛擾的氣息，卻同時也嗅了即將來臨的另一場殺戮。飢寒交迫、生離死別，1927年就是一個如此動盪的時代，卻也是一個充滿創造力的時代，10月的布魯塞爾，聚集了一群影響整個世界未來發展的一群人:愛因斯坦(Albert Einstein)、波爾(Niels Bohr)、居里夫人（Marie Curie）….等人，引領了現在科技的發展，17座諾貝爾物理獎也許不能表達出這群人的貢獻，但是，如此艱澀的近代物理，的的確確就是由這群人手中展開。"It was the best of time, it was the worst of time"，大師們的談吐、大師們的想法，豈是能從書本上就能體會的，如果我可以能親眼目睹這個跨時代的開端，是我等研究科學晚輩的榮耀與夢想。 


1927, a tumultuous year, yet people were still suffering from post-First World War sorrow and chaos, there seemed to be another mass murder could not wait to come.  Cold and hunger, separation from life and death…  

However, 1927 is not just a year of disturbance, but also a year of creativity as well.  In October, there was a group of people, who were going to change the future of the whole world, gathered in Brussels: Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Marie Curie... and et al.  17 Nobel Prizes in physics might not be the best way to measure their contribution, but undoubtedly, they indeed laid the foundation of such incomprehensible modern physics, and led the development of modern technology.   

How could it be possible to feel, to perceive and to understand the wisdom and thoughts of those masters by merely reading?  If I would be able to witness the beginning of the new era … That must be the dream and honour of every junior in the field of science.