《科学革命的结构》本书在美国的大学中被评为十本必读思想书之一。我搞学术做研究三十多年,如果非要在读过的书中选一本影响最大的,非此莫属。库恩说,科学需要在收敛性思维和发散性思维之间保持张力,常规科学要收敛,科学革命要发散,就我自己的学术经历来说,此言千真万确。其实,非科学生活亦如此。 The Structure of the Scientific Revolution This book was named one of the ten essential readings in American universities. I have been engaged in academic research for more than three decades. If I had to choose one of the most influential books I read, I would not go there. Kuhn said science needs to maintain tension between aspirational and divergent thinking, convergence of conventional science and the departure of the scientific revolution, which is true in my own academic experience. In fact, non-scientific life is also true.