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Einstein, Newton and many other legendary scientists did groundbreaking work in their 20s. But if your hair has gone gray and no Nobel seems likely, don’t fret just yet. Because the age at which Nobel-winning work gets done has been going up. So says a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. [Benjamin F. Jones and Bruce A. Weinberg, "Age dynamics in scientific creativity"]
爱因斯坦、牛顿和很多其他的传奇的科学家们在他们20岁的时候就有了突破性的成果。但是如果你等到头发灰白，并且似乎诺贝尔奖是没有可能的，别烦。因为获得诺贝尔奖工作的年龄在日渐上升。美国国家科学院汇刊上的一项研究这样说道。【Benjamin F. Jones 和 Bruce A. Weinberg，科学创造力上的年龄动态】
Researchers analyzed 525 science Nobel Prize–winners from 1901 to 2008. In the small sample before 1905, about two-thirds of Nobel winners did their major work before age 40. But by 2000 most laureates did their cited work after age 40.
研究人员分析了从1901到2008年的525名科学诺贝尔奖的获得者。在这个小的抽样调查中，1905年之前，三分之二的诺贝尔奖得主在40岁之前从事了主要的工作。但是到2000年大多数诺贝尔奖得主在四十岁之后有了显著成果。
The entire field of quantum mechanics was predominantly a young man’s game—which meant that as late as 1934, more than three-quarters of physics prizes were for work done by people under 40. But the more mature researchers have steadily increased their catch since then.
整个量子力学领域很显然是年轻人的游戏----那就是说，晚到1934年，四分之三以上的物理学奖是为表彰那些四十岁以下人的工作。但从那之后更成熟的研究人员不断地增长了他们获奖的几率。
The study authors note that a shift from theoretical to experimental work can account for some of the age change. It also takes longer to educate and train new contributors to now-mature fields. So keep plugging. Unlike the youthful Archimedes, your “eureka” moment may come in a bathtub with safety bars.
研究人员注意到，从理论工作到实验工作的转变可以归结于年龄上的转变。将新的研究人员引入到已经成熟的领域也需要更长的时间来教育和培训。所以继续钻研吧。和年轻的阿基米德不同的是，你的“我找到了”这样的时刻可能来自带有安全棒的浴缸里。
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