So, you can understand they really felt quite confident at this time that we could explain everything that was going on and in fact, a really telling quote from the time was said by a professor at the University of Chicago, and what he said is, "Our future discoveries must be looked for in the sixth decimal place."

所以你可以理解,为什么当时的人那么,自信的说我们可以解释,这世界上发生的一起事情,事实上，当时有个著名的名言,是芝加哥大学的一个教授说的,他说“我们今后的科学发现,就在于弄清楚小数点第六位后的数，“

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