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John Pierce

机译：约翰·皮尔斯

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Only the technically minded are likely to have read John Pierce's "Theory and Design of Electron Beams", but many thousands, perhaps millions, will have devoured his stories in magazines such as Astounding Science Fiction, written under the pseudonym J.J. Coupling. Mr Pierce did not try to keep his fiction writing a secret, but nor did he publicise it. In reference books he lists his leisure interests as "writing, science fiction", with the comma separating the two pursuits. Scientists have enough trouble getting backing for their projects without giving ammunition to their opponents. "Another fantasy idea of yours, eh Mr Pierce?" He could do without that. John Pierce appreciated that most of the great leaps forward in technology were anticipated by writers and others before the means became available to turn them into reality. Leonardo designed a flying machine; Hero of Alexandria, a Greek, experimented with steam power 2,000 years ago. In 1962 Mr Pierce designed and launched Telstar 1, the first communications satellite to be used commercially. But years earlier Arthur C. Clarke, a British science-fiction writer who had trained as an engineer, had proposed such a system of communications. Mr Pierce, he said, had made real what "I and others thought only to write and dream about."
机译：只有精通技术的人才可能读过约翰·皮尔斯（John Pierce）的“电子束的理论与设计”，但是成千上万甚至数百万的读者可能会在以“ J.J. J.耦合。皮尔斯先生没有试图使他的小说写成秘密，但是他也没有公开。在参考书中，他将休闲兴趣列为“写作，科幻小说”，用逗号分隔了这两种追求。科学家很难在不给对手弹药的情况下为其项目提供支持。 “你的另一个幻想，皮尔斯先生吗？”他可以做到这一点。约翰·皮尔斯（John Pierce）赞赏技术的大多数飞跃是作家和其他人预见到的，然后才可以将它们变为现实。莱昂纳多设计了一个飞行器；希腊亚历山大英雄（Alexandria）于2000年前进行了蒸汽动力实验。 1962年，皮尔斯先生设计并发射了第一颗用于商业用途的通信卫星Telstar 1。但是几年前，受过工程师培训的英国科幻小说家亚瑟·克拉克（Arthur C. Clarke）提出了这种通信系统。他说，皮尔斯先生实现了“我和其他人只是想写和梦想的东西”的现实。

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