A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.
一种新的科学真理并不是通过说服其对手并让他们看到光明而取得胜利，而是因为其对手最终死去，一个熟悉它的新一代人成长起来。
The truth is not always probable, or likely.
有机化学现在足以让人发疯。它给我一种原始热带森林的印象，充满了最非凡的事物，一个巨大而无边的灌木丛，没有逃脱的方法，人们可能会害怕进入。