He worked in the fields to show farmers new ways to grow wheat, rice and other crops.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

But then developments in other fields can change the relative prices and suddenly make an idea that had been hypothetical and unapplied suddenly work well.

而其他领域的发展,改变了相对价格,过去那些看似空想,而且不切实际的主意,就突然间变得可行了

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"People ask me,' How long did it take you to write that book? ' The answer is,'Sixty-eight years.'" The book consists of 600 essays by Milner - some done in consultation with other experts in the many fields shaped by Darwin's thinking ." .

VOA: standard.2009.11.25