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Murray Gell-Mann談原始語言

Filmed Mar 2007 • Posted Jun 2008TED2007
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在TED2007大會上講咗物理學嘅優美之後,神人Murray Gell-Mann同我地陳述咗他的另一個興趣所在:尋找現代語言的共同祖先。

Murray Gell-Mann brings visibility to a crucial aspect of our existence that we can't actually see: elemental particles. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics for introducing quarks, one of two fundamental ingredients for all matter in the universe. Full bio »

Translated into Chinese, Yue by Bruce Ding
Reviewed by Ann Lee
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