Recently a coterie of distinguished scientists, including murray gell-mann, Brian Greene, and Sir Martin Rees, were featured speakers at "Einstein: A Celebration," a conference hosted by the Aspen Institute and sponsored in part by Discover. After three days of discussion about Albert Einstein's impact on science, society, and culture, the task of defining the nature of his creative genius fell to a great American novelist: E. L. Doc-torow. "Perhaps the organizers of this conference understood all too well that any report on the genius of a mind like Einstein's would have to be a matter of fiction," he joked. Yet it was fitting that Doctorvw be given the last word on the subject. His novel City of God begins with a meditation on the Big Bang and includes several memorable passages in which a fictional writer peers inside Einstein's mind and channels his thoughts. This is an adapted version of Doctorow's remarks at the Aspen Institute on August 11.
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机译：最近，由穆雷·盖尔曼（Murray Gell-mann），布莱恩·格林（Brian Greene）和马丁·里斯爵士（Sir Martin Rees）等一批杰出的科学家在“爱因斯坦：一次庆祝活动”中担任演讲嘉宾，该会议由阿斯彭研究所主办，部分由Discover赞助。经过三天关于爱因斯坦对科学，社会和文化的影响的讨论，定义他的创造天才的本质的任务落到了一位伟大的美国小说家：E. L. Doc-torow身上。他开玩笑说：“也许这次会议的组织者非常了解，关于爱因斯坦思想的天才的任何报道都必须是虚构的。”然而，给Doctorvw关于这个问题的最后决定是恰当的。他的小说《上帝之城》以对大爆炸的冥想开始，其中包括几段令人难忘的段落，其中一位虚构的作家凝视着爱因斯坦的思想并传达了他的思想。这是8月11日在阿斯蓬研究所发表的Doctorow言论的改编版本。
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