It's a powerful force that goes behind the scene and I hope we can draw that out in this course.

它是一种潜藏在暗处的强大力量,希望通过此课可以窥得其冰山一角

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This is the tip of the iceberg for any given sign.

但这只是冰山一角。

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It turns out, it's part of a big picture and all of general relativity is based on this one great equivalence of two quantities which are very different attributes.

已经证明的是,这确实只是冰山一角,广义相对论的所有理论,都是建立在这两个质量相等的基础之上,而这两个质量的属性有很大差异

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There's no reason why these two attributes had to be proportional, but they are proportional and they are equal by choice of units and you can ask, "Is this just an accident or is it part of a big picture?"

我们不知道这两个质量为何成比例,但它们确实成比例,而且如果选择合适的单位还会相等,你会问,"这种情况纯属偶然,还是这只是物理学大体系的冰山一角"

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