PBS. 新星.平行世界-平行生命（2007）

not to build so many twenty-megaton weapons
他们不再像从前那样生产
as they were doing,
大批量的2000万吨♥当量核武器
and for God's sake,not to go to
上帝保佑 他们也没有再去生产
a-hundred-megaton weapons,which they never did.
从未研制过的一亿吨♥当量核武器
So,you guys really made
那么你们真的为世界和平
a positive difference in the world?
起到了积极作用
I think we really did,yeah.
我认为是这样的
It was a darn good thing somebody did what we did.
有人遵从了我们的意见 这感觉真爽
Yeah,I'll say.
是啊 的确如此
After Hugh left the weapons group,in 196♥4♥,
196♥4♥年 休离开武器组后
he went into business developing
他开始为军队开♥发♥
computerized nuclear war games
核武器计算机模拟程序
for the military and was pretty successful.
取得了相当的成功
But in May,1977,
1977年五月
Hugh got a pleasant surprise.
休收到了意外的惊喜
*Today is a lovely day to run.
*今天是出发的好日子
*Start up the car with the sun.
*发动汽车 向着太阳前进
The University of Texas invited him to
德克萨斯大学邀请他
speak at a physics conference,
在物理学会上讲话
so he packed up the family and drove to Austin.
于是他拖家带口 驱车前往奥斯丁
Hugh's theory had started
休的理论开始被
to be referenced in articles and books.
论文和书籍引用
There was a real buzz about parallel universes
平行世界理论在年轻的物理学家
among a number of young physicists.
中间引起了轰动
He was a kind of star at the conference.
他就是学会上的明星
For shy young physicist David Deutsch,
对于日后成为英国量子物理学方面
later to become one of Britain's leading experts
领军人物的年轻物理学家
in quantum mechanics,
大卫·杜其来说
it was a terrific opportunity to learn about
这是学习这个理论的绝佳时机
the theory from the original source.
可以向创立者讨教
He was deferred to almost like a star.
他得到了明星般的待遇
For instance,I seem to remember that he was smoking,
举个例子 我记得有一次他在抽烟
and no one else was allowed to smoke.
而其他人都不可以抽
Hugh Everett was finally receiving
休·埃弗特终于得到了
the recognition he'd always craved.
他一直渴望着的认可
He certainly seemed to be enjoying the conference.
他看起来的确很享受这次会议
He seemed to be firing on all 6 or 8, or however
他似乎使出了浑身解数
many it was,cylinders,and was impressing
并且凭借他犀利的言辞
everybody with the sharpness of his arguments.
给每个人留下了难以磨灭的印象
After the Texas conference,
德克萨斯州的学会之后
more young physicists embraced Hugh's theory,
更多的年轻物理学者开始追逐休的理论
and parallel worlds worked their way into popular culture.
平行世界成了他们进入流行文化的敲门砖
Today the fundamental paradoxes of quantum mechanics
如今 量子力学方面最基础的悖论
remain unresolved,
依然没有得到解释
but Hugh's idea is seen by many physicists
然而休的理论被许多物理学家
as one of several possible explanations.
看作是可能的解释之一
Unfortunately,Hugh Everett would see little of this.
不幸的是 休·埃弗特并没有看到这一切
In 1982,just five years after the Texas conference,
1982年 仅在德州会议五年以后
Hugh Everett died of a heart attack,
休·埃弗特死于心脏病
likely helped along by chain-smoking and hard drinking.
这似乎与他长♥期♥嗜烟酗酒有着很大的关系
He was only 51 years old.
年仅51岁
He had worked on his theory for just three years.
他仅仅用了三年就研究出了他的理论
The rest of his life had been
剩余的光阴则花在了
spent in defense work or in business.
安全防卫或者商业工作
Those little tapes that we found in my basement,
那些在我地下室找到的磁带
that were on a strange antique format
由于格式问题
that we couldn't play,
而无法播放
I have now had my team of experts transfer them.
我让我的专家团转换了格式
Little bit nervous,yeah,I don't,
我有一点紧张
just don't know what to expect here.
不知道会听到些什么
Well,let's see what we got.
好吧 我们听听看
Don't really want to play it... flipping out.
不大想放这些磁带 好激动
Don't know what to expect here.
不知道会听到什么
Well,alright here goes.
好吧 开始了
Male voices,this should be interesting.
男声 应该很有意思
Testing,one,two,three,four,five.
测试 一二三四五
Testing,testing,testing.
测试 测试 测试
Well it's been a great evening.
这是个美妙的夜晚
Why don't you lead on,after your drink,by telling us
喝完酒之后 不如再和我们说说
how you got started with weird quantum mechanics?
你是如何开始研究这古怪的量子力学的
Well it was because of you and Aage Petersen,
这都是因为你和奥格·彼得森
one night up at the graduate college,
有一个晚上 在研究生院
after a slosh or two of sherry,
喝了一两杯雪利酒之后
as you might recall.
就像你们记得的那样
Wow,okay,that does...that is my father's voice.
这是我父亲的声音
I recognize it there. Wow,he's talking about,
我能听出来 他是在说
like,that picture we saw.
我们看到的那张照片上的事情
Oh,you were starting to say some ridiculous things
你们开始讨论关于量子力学的
about the implications of quantum mechanics,
一些荒谬的问题
and I was having a little fun joshing you
我觉得拿你们开开玩笑
and telling you some of the outrageous implications of
对你们所谈论的做一些大胆假设
what you said.
很有趣
As we had a little more sherry
我们又喝了一点雪利酒
and got a little further into the conversation.
也更深入地聊了聊
That got my dad excited.
我父亲变得兴奋
It's weird hearing him be so talkative,too,
听到他如此健谈 对我来说很怪
because I rarely heard him talk that much.
因为我几乎没听他说过那么多话
And it still feels that way a little bit,
现在仍能想起那时的情景
even as recently as last month in Austin.
近得就像是上个月在奥斯丁发生的事情
Was that last month in Austin?
是说上个月在奥斯丁吗
Wait,then I know when this is.
那我知道这是什么时候了
...even as recently as last month in Austin,
近得就像是上个月在奥斯丁发生的事情
It's interesting
太有意思了
'cause my dad doesn't sound bitter at all here.
我爸爸听起来一点都不苦闷
And I think he's sort of on a high,
我想他这时正值事业顶峰
because he'd just,finally,got some recognition.
因为他刚刚终于得到了认可
This is,you know,
这是
a month after he went on the trip to Austin,
他去奥斯丁之后一个月
and he said,like,"Oh,you should've been in Austin."
他仿佛在说 你们要是去了奥斯丁多好
Well,there's obviously something wrong here.
很明显 这里面有些问题
I showed the paradoxes and like that
我指出了矛盾所在
and thought they should begin to change it.
认为他们应当做出修正
And you did keep saying why?
你一直在问为什么
Oh. I'm playing drums.
那是我在打鼓
His ultimate conservatism,as he put it,
正如他所说 他的极端保守主义
kept coming through,you know?
一直在那里作祟
Not fazing my dad whatsoever,you'll notice.
别为难我父亲 你会发现这一点的
You felt you had to put Johnny
你觉得你要让约翰尼
on the straight and narrow track?
走上一条规规矩矩的道路
End of this tape.
本卷磁带结束
It's so weird.
不可思议
It's weird because it's like the sounds of my house,
那好像就是我家里的声音
you know,there. And,man,it's hard
就在那 这很难
because I...as much as I
就像我不愿去
hate to look back on it all and everything,
回顾那些事情那段时光
I'd also,like,love to be able
可是同时 我又希望
to be back there just for one night,maybe,you know?
回到那个时候 哪怕一晚也好
Various voices. Duration 21 minutes,7 seconds.
多种声音 时长21分7秒
Sounds like a hit to me.
我觉得我会喜欢
Huh,I think that's our cat purring.
这应该是我们的猫打呼噜
I'm pretty sure.
我能肯定
It's funny if that's my dad recording that,
如果是我爸爸录下来的那还真有意思
if he's recording the cat purring,
他把猫打呼噜录了下来
I wouldn't be surprised.
不过我并不惊讶
You know he did have a thing with animals
他比较喜欢动物
that was contrary to the way he was with humans,
这和他对人的态度恰恰相反
which I also have,too,it turns out,
我也偏爱动物
as you may have noticed.
也许你们已经注意到了
I thought I heard a duck.
我想我听到了鸭子的声音
We didn't have a duck.
我们并没养鸭子