國外成功人士和牛人都在看的10本書(下)

ly You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!--Sergey Brin

5.《別鬧了，費曼先生！》與謝爾蓋·布林

Sergey Brin met his future business partner, Larry Page, at Stanford University. Together, they created a search engine that would sort results by popularity. Of course, that search engine was called Google, and it forever changed the world.

謝爾蓋·布林在斯坦福大學遇到了他未來的商業夥伴——拉里·佩奇。他們共同創建了一個搜索引擎，用其進行詞條搜索時，所呈現的搜索結果會按熱門程度排序。當然，這個搜索引擎就是谷歌，它永遠地改變了世界。

The book that had quite a big impact on Brin was Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, by Nobel-winning theoretical physicist Richard Feynman. Feynman helped to develop the nuclear bomb, and he also wrote some books that popularized theoretical physics. He was also known for writing humorous, semi-autobiographical books, and one of the most popular was 1985's Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! What stuck with Brin after all those years was Feynman's open-mindedness. He was impressed with the fact that Feynman wanted to be the Leonardo da Vinci of his time. He was a musician, a storyteller, a scientist, and a humorist. The book was incredibly influential to Brin because he realized that it was important to be both innovative and creative. Fittingly, another favorite book of Brin's is Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson. It predicted the rise of online communities and programs like Google Earth.

對布林產生巨大影響的書，是諾貝爾獎得主、理論物理學家理查德·費曼所著的《別鬧了，費曼先生！》。費曼不僅參與開發核彈，還寫了一些普及理論物理學的書籍。他也以寫幽默的半自傳體書籍而聞名。其中最流行的是寫於1985年的《別鬧了，費曼先生！》。這些年來，最吸引布林的是費曼的開明之心。而費曼想成爲他那個時代的列奧納多·達·芬奇，他是音樂家、作家、科學家與幽默大師，布林對此印象深刻。這本書對布林有着非比尋常的影響力，因爲這讓他深知具有創新性和創造性至關重要。恰巧，布林最喜歡的另一本書是尼爾·斯蒂芬森所著的《雪崩》，它預示了在線社區和諸如谷歌地圖之類的程序的興起。

ume: The Story Of A Murderer--Kurt Cobain

4.《香水：一個謀殺犯的故事》與科特·柯本

Nirvana's front man Kurt Cobain is often cited as the voice of his generation. For many fans, he was able to articulate the disenchantment and anger that they felt. Nirvana forever changed American culture, and his death on April 20, 1994, was one of the most defining moments of the 1990s. The book that had the biggest influence on Cobain was a 1985 German novel called Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, by Patrick Suskind. The book is hailed for its sensory, transcending nature. It is a book that evokes smell, making it a very immersive read. Perfume takes place in a very dirty 18th-century Paris and is about an orphan named Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, who has a unique relationship with scents. For example, he himself has no scent, and this small difference makes him a pariah that no one can stand. Grenouille also has an incredibly sensitive nose. He can dissect smells to their finest points. It would be like a chef being able to break down a taste to individual ingredients. Grenouille can also track smells for miles and sense scents all around him. He smells the world in the same way that Marvel's Daredevil "sees" his surroundings.

涅槃樂隊主唱科特·柯本通常被認爲是他那一代的代表聲音。對很多粉絲來說，他能夠清楚地表達他們的覺醒和憤慨。涅槃樂隊永遠改變了美國文化，而科班逝世於1994年4月20日，那是20世紀90年代最重要的時刻之一。對柯本影響最大的書，是1985年帕特里克·聚斯金德所著的德國小說《香水：一個謀殺犯的故事》。該書因其描繪的超自然的感官體驗而獲得讚譽。這是一本喚起嗅覺的書，能爲你營造一種身臨其境的閱讀氛圍。《香水》一書所描述的故事發生在18世紀髒亂差的巴黎，講述的是一個名叫讓-巴蒂斯特·格雷諾耶的孤兒的故事，他與氣味有着非比尋常的緣分。例如，他自身沒有體味，而這一小小的差異使他淪爲世所難容的賤民。格雷諾耶的嗅覺還異常靈敏，他能夠辨析香味的最細微處。這就好比一個廚師嘗過一種味道，就能夠分析出調製這種味道用到的各種原料。格雷諾耶能追蹤數英里以外的氣味，更能嗅出他周圍的一切氣味。就像夜魔俠用其他感官"看到"周圍世界一樣，他用嗅覺認識世界。

Because smells can be so overwhelming, he also finds that he can't stand humans because of their repulsive smell. As a result of his ability, Grenouille becomes a creepy loner obsessed with preserving the scents of beautiful women, even if it means killing them in the process. Although he is very much an outsider, he also uses his amazing ability to brew perfumes so wonderful that the public clamors for them. He even becomes famous. In hindsight, the parallels between Perfume and Cobain's life are pretty obvious, especially the ending, which we won't give away here. Cobain said that he read the novel at least 10 times, and he always had the book with him. The story is also the basis for the song "Scentless Apprentice" on Nirvana's album, In Utero.

由於氣味是如此鋪天蓋地，他發現他受不了人們，因爲他們身上散發出陣陣惡臭。更由於他天賦異稟，格雷諾耶成爲了一個恐怖的獨行俠，他沉迷於收集美麗少女們身上馨香的體味，即便這意味着在取香的過程中殺死她們。雖他全然是個門外漢，卻能用自己驚人的能力調製出異常美妙的香水，以至於人們競相爭購。他也因此成名。事後看來，《香水》所寫的故事與柯本的生活十分相似，尤其是結局，我們就不在這裏透露了。柯本說這本小說他至少看了10次，並且隨身攜帶。這個故事也是涅槃樂隊的專輯《In Utero》中，《Scentless Apprentice》一歌的創作基礎。

Aeneid--Mark Zuckerberg

3.《埃涅阿斯紀》與馬克·扎克伯格

When Mark Zuckerberg first added his likes to his Facebook profile, he put the book Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card, as a favorite book. Later, in an interview with The New Yorker, Zuckerberg clarified that the sci-fi classic was one he enjoyed, but it wasn't his favorite. He said that his favorite book is The Aeneid , by Virgil.

馬克·扎克伯格首次在他臉書的個人資料中添加愛好時，把奧森·斯科特·卡德所著的《安德的遊戲》列爲他最喜歡的書。後來，在接受《紐約客》採訪時，扎克伯格卻澄清說，這部經典科幻小說他非常喜歡，但卻不是他的最愛。他最喜歡的書是維吉爾所著的《埃涅阿斯紀》。

The Aeneid is a Latin epic poem that was written somewhere between 29–19 BC. It is about a group of Trojan survivors, led by Aeneas, who leave the city of Troy after it is destroyed by the Greeks. As he is leaving the city, he finds that it is his fate to lay the foundations for Rome. Aeneas and his fellow survivors go on a long and difficult journey that even involves going to the underworld. In spite of their hardships, Aeneas and the other Trojans carry on because it is their fate to build the most magnificent kingdom that the world has ever seen. Zuckerberg said that he first read the book when he was in high school while he was studying Latin. There are certainly parallels between Zuckerberg and Aeneas. Zuckerberg had his own journey to create the greatest social network of all time. Zuckerberg said that one thing that stuck with him was Aeneas's drive to follow his fate to build a city that "knows no boundaries in time and greatness."

《埃涅阿斯紀》是一部拉丁語史詩，公元前29年至公元前19年，作者苦心孤詣，歷經十年才完成這部鉅著。它講述的是一羣由埃涅阿斯率領的特洛伊戰爭倖存者，離開被希臘人摧毀的特洛伊城之後發生的故事。埃涅阿斯離開時才發現他的使命或許就是爲羅馬帝國打下基業，成爲開國之君。他和追隨自己的倖存者們開始了漫長而艱辛的旅程，甚至幾經生死考驗。縱有幾多艱難險阻，他們也要繼續前進，因爲去建立一個前所未有的極盡宏偉的帝國，就是他們的宿命。扎克伯格說，他第一次讀這本書，是在高中學習拉丁文之時。當然，扎克伯格和 埃涅阿斯之間也有相似之處。他也一直在建立有史以來最大社交網絡的征程上努力不懈。扎克伯格說，他深爲觸動的一點是埃涅阿斯干勁十足去完成他的使命——建造一座"宏偉壯觀人驚歎，榮光不朽耀古今"的城市。

2.A Treatise Of Human Nature--Albert Einstein

2.《人性論》與阿爾伯特·愛因斯坦

Albert Einstein was one of the greatest minds of all time. His name is synonymous with brilliance. So, what book had the biggest effect on such an important mind? It was A Treatise of Human Nature, by David Hume, which was published in 1738. Hume was a Scottish philosopher known for his contributions to philosophical skepticism.

愛因斯坦是人類史上最偉大的智者之一，他的名字也成爲了才智的代名詞。那麼，到底是什麼樣的著作才能對這樣一位舉足輕重的智者產生巨大的影響呢？答案是於1738年出版，大衛·休謨所著的《人性論》。這位蘇格蘭哲學家爲哲學懷疑論做出了突出貢獻，並因此而聞名於世。

A Treatise of Human Nature, which is actually three books, was Hume's attempt to look at philosophy in a different way. It is a rather complicated book, which should be expected if Einstein loved it. Hume argued that not everything from life can be figured out from experiences. Book I, "Of The Understanding," is about the origins of ideas. Then, he discusses his skepticism about space, time, knowledge, and probability, including the nature of cause and effect. Book II, "Of the Passions," talks about first and second impressions and how our actions are affected by reason and passion. The third book is "Of Morals," where he argues that morality isn't based on logic but is more of a passion. Einstein mentioned a few times that A Treatise of Human Nature had a large influence on him. He read the book just before coming up with his famous special relativity theory. In a letter, Einstein said that Treatise helped him formulate the ideas. It was like he already had the ideas incubated in his brain, and Hume helped him to articulate them.

《人性論》全書分爲三卷，在書中休謨試圖用另一種視角審視哲學。這更是一本極其複雜的書，也難怪愛因斯坦會鍾情於它。休謨指出，並非生活中的任何問題都能用經驗主義的方法解決。在第一卷《論知性》中，休謨闡述了其認識論，探討了其對時間、空間、知識、或然性以及因果法則本質的懷疑。在第二卷《論情感》中，休謨討論了有關第一、第二印象的理論，以及理性與感性是如何影響我們行爲舉止的。在第三卷《論道德》中，他提出道德的基礎應是情感而非理性。愛因斯坦三番五次提及《人性論》對他產生的巨大影響。在舉世聞名的相對論提出前，愛因斯坦恰好讀到了這本書。他在一封信中說到，是《人性論》幫他把相對論清晰地表達了出來。就好比相對論的理念本就存在於愛因斯坦的腦中，而休謨的觀點又使這一想法更加明朗化。

Printer Of Udell's--Ronald Reagan

1.《德爾的印刷工》與羅納德·里根

One book that had a big effect on former President Ronald Reagan as a child was the Christian book That Printer of Udell's, by Harold Bell Wright. The main character of the book, Dick Falkner, was born into a broken home with an alcoholic father. In the opening pages of the book, his mother starves to death while his father has passed out. After losing both of his parents, Falkner moves to a bigger city, called Boyd City, and believes that "real Christians" would not let him starve. However, everyone turns Dick down for a job, except for a printer. He hires Dick, and the two become Christians. Dick later becomes a minister and helps to rescue Boyd City. At the end of the book, Dick heads to Washington, DC, to become a politician.

由哈羅德·貝爾·萊特創作的福音書籍《德爾的印刷工》曾深深地影響過孩提時期的美國前總統羅納德·里根。書中的主人公迪克·福克納出生於一個支離破碎的家庭，其父是一個酒鬼。故事開頭，福克納的母親就在他父親醉死後的不久也活活餓死了。福克納失去雙親後，搬到了一個叫博伊德的大城市，他堅信在那裏，"真正的基督徒"是不會讓他捱餓的。然而，迪克的求職之路並不順利，他屢遭拒絕，只有一位印刷商願意對他施以援手。印刷商僱傭了迪克後，兩人紛紛成爲了虔誠的基督教徒。之後，迪克又做了牧師，以救贖博伊德城爲己任。在故事的最後，迪克去了華盛頓，成爲一名政治家。

The impact that the book had on Reagan was twofold, and it would forever change the course of his life. The first was that it inspired him to get baptized, and he became a Presbyterian, which he would remain until the day he died. The second was that it showed him that good could triumph over evil and that the good guys followed a code of morality. This, of course, can be seen as a driving factor in his presidency, especially his stance on communism and his War on Drugs. Another book that had a big impact on Reagan was Witness, by Whittaker Chambers. The book is about Chambers's time in the US Communist Party, which he joined in 1925 and became a spy for the Soviets. Chambers later renounced communism and testified against Alger Hiss at his perjury and espionage trial. The book reconfirmed Reagan's belief and stance against communism.

這本書對里根有雙重影響，並永遠地改變了他的人生軌跡。一方面，該書激勵里根接受洗禮，他成了一名長老教會成員，直到去世。另一方面，該書教會了里根邪不壓正的真諦，教導他善者要遵循基本道德規範。這一點自然也成爲了里根總統任職期間一系列作爲的驅動因素，他對待共產主義強硬的態度和堅持抵制毒品就是例證。另一本對里根影響巨大的著作是惠特克·錢伯斯創作的《見證》。該書講述了錢伯斯作爲美國共產黨黨員期間的故事。他於1925年加入美國共產黨，併成爲一名前蘇聯間諜。後來他又背棄了共產主義，並在阿爾傑·希斯僞證案中指證希斯是其黨內同志，成希斯與其他同志企圖在政府機關內安插共產黨員及其同情者。這本書更加堅定了里根的政治信仰，令他始終堅定不移地站在反共陣營。

審校：落月 來源：前十網