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① Natalie Angier, The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science（New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2007），86.
② Cesare Emiliani, The Scientific Companion: Exploring the Physical World with Facts, Figures, and Formulas, 2nd ed. （New York:Wiley, 1995）, 61.