Vocabulary

empirical adj. 经验主义的，以经验为依据的；

e.g. There is no empirical evidence to support his thesis.

他的论文缺乏实验证据的支持。

falsify v. 篡改，伪造

e.g. The charges against him include fraud, bribery, and falsifying business records.

对他的指控包括诈骗、行贿和伪造商业记录。

deflect v. 转移，引开(批评、注意力等)

e.g. It's a maneuver to deflect the attention of the people from what is really happening.

这是为将公众的注意力从真正发生的事情上转移开而耍的花招。

foil n. 箔纸

v. 阻止，挫败

e.g. The idea of building a roof terrace was also foiled by the planning authorities.

建造一个带棚阳台的想法也被规划局否决了。

artillery n. 火枪，大炮

apparatus n. 仪器，机械；机构，组织

e.g. One of the boys had to be rescued by firemen wearing breathing apparatus.

其中一个男孩须由带着呼吸装置的消防员才能救出。

e.g. For many years, the country had been buried under the apparatus of the regime.

多年来，这个国家一直处于该政权机构的高压统治下。

ingenious adj. 巧妙的，制作精巧的，新颖独特的

e.g. Gautier's solution to the puzzle is ingenious.

戈蒂埃破解这道难题的方法很巧妙。

Expression

Science is an ongoing search for truth - a perpetual struggle to discover how the Universe works that goes back to the earliest civilizations. 

（段首，文首）下定义

go back to 追溯到，返回

date back to（定日期）/start off（以...开始）

The best known of the ancient Greek philosophers, Aristotle, wrote widely on scientific subjects and laid foundations for much of the work that has followed. 

widely 广泛的

lay foundation for 为...奠定基础

... in which people working in the same or similar field are invited to pick holes in his argument...

pick holes in sth 吹毛求疵

Science rarely proceeds in simple, logical steps.

proceed in ... steps 以...方式发展

Meanwhile, in India, China, and the Mediterranean, people tried to make sense of the movement of the heavenly bodies.

make sense of : understand

Just 40 years later this led to the human genome project, which seemed a daunting task in prospect, and yet, aided by computing, got faster and faster as it progressed. 

整个长句只用了一个定语从句，一个连词and和一个后置定语就说清楚了整个流程，一气呵成。

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