如果列出20世纪伟大的科学家的名单,就对后世的理论影响和技术进步而言,不一定是这集选择的四人——居里夫人,爱因斯坦,图灵,屠呦呦,但他们毫无疑问是那个时代主流身份之外的人。
很喜欢结尾的这段话:
Four people who may have seemed outsiders, a female Polish immigrant, a Jewish refugee, a gay mathematician and a Chinese woman working almost anonymously ended up making some of the biggest contributions to the 20th century. But despite their diferences they all share the intellectual courage to think outside the box and the personal courage to stand firm in the face of adversity.
国籍不同,种族不同,取向不同,性别不同,这都不是他们不为人类贡献的理由。感谢这些伟大的人物对全人类的付出。