Why not?After all,it would pass with flying colours the tests of correctness and significance.And while popular belief holds that the paper was incomprehensible to its first readers,in fact many papers in theoretical physics are much more difficult. As the physicist Richard Feynman wrote, "There was a time when the newspapers said that only 12 men understood the theory of relativity.I do believe there might have been a time when only one man did,because he was the only guy who caught on,before he wrote his paper.But after people read the paper a lot understood the theory of relativity in some way or other,certainly more than 12." No,the problem is its style.It starts with a leisurely philosophical discussion of space and time and then continues with an exposition of known mathematics.Those two sections,which would be considered extraneous today,take up half the paper.Worse,there are zero citations of previous scientists' work,nor are there any graphics.Those features might make a paper not even get past the first editors. A similar process of professionalization has transformed other parts of the scientific landscape.Requests for research time at major observatories or national laboratories are more rigidly structured.And anything involving work with human subjects,or putting instruments in space,involves piles of paperwork. We see it also in the Regeneron Science Talent Search,the Nobel Prize of high school science competitions.In the early decades of its 78-year history,the winning projects were usually the sort of clever but naive,amateurish efforts one might expect of talented beginners working on their own.Today,polished work coming out of internships (实习) at established laboratories is the norm. These professionalizing tendencies are a natural consequence of the explosive growth of modern science.Standardization and system make it easier to manage the rapid flow of papers,applications and people.But there are serious downsides.A lot of unproductive effort goes into jumping through bureaucratic hoops (繁文缛节),and outsiders face entry barriers at every turn. Of course,Einstein would have found his way to meeting modern standards and publishing his results.Its scientific core wouldn't have changed,but the paper might not be the same taste to read.(1)According to Richard Feynman,Einstein's 1915 paper ____ .A.was a classic in theoretical physicsB.attracted few professionalsC.needed further improvementD.turned out to be comprehensible(2)What does the underlined word "extraneous" in Paragraph 4 mean? ____ A.Unrealistic.B.Unattractive.C.Irrelevant.D.Imprecise.(3)According to the author,what is affected as modern science develops? ____ A.The application of research findings.B.The selection of young talents.C.The principle of scientific research.D.The evaluation of laboratories.(4)Which would be the best title for this passage? ____ A.Could Einstein get published today?B.Will science be professionalized?C.What makes Einstein great?D.How will modern science make advances?

Albert Einstein's 1915 masterpiece "The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity" is the first and still the best introduction to the subject,and I recommend it as such to students.But it probably wouldn't be publishable in a scientific journal today.
    Why not?After all,it would pass with flying colours the tests of correctness and significance.And while popular belief holds that the paper was incomprehensible to its first readers,in fact many papers in theoretical physics are much more difficult.
    As the physicist Richard Feynman wrote, "There was a time when the newspapers said that only 12 men understood the theory of relativity.I do believe there might have been a time when only one man did,because he was the only guy who caught on,before he wrote his paper.But after people read the paper a lot understood the theory of relativity in some way or other,certainly more than 12."
    No,the problem is its style.It starts with a leisurely philosophical discussion of space and time and then continues with an exposition of known mathematics.Those two sections,which would be considered extraneous today,take up half the paper.Worse,there are zero citations of previous scientists' work,nor are there any graphics.Those features might make a paper not even get past the first editors.
    A similar process of professionalization has transformed other parts of the scientific landscape.Requests for research time at major observatories or national laboratories are more rigidly structured.And anything involving work with human subjects,or putting instruments in space,involves piles of paperwork.
    We see it also in the Regeneron Science Talent Search,the Nobel Prize of high school science competitions.In the early decades of its 78-year history,the winning projects were usually the sort of clever but naive,amateurish efforts one might expect of talented beginners working on their own.Today,polished work coming out of internships (实习) at established laboratories is the norm.
    These professionalizing tendencies are a natural consequence of the explosive growth of modern science.Standardization and system make it easier to manage the rapid flow of papers,applications and people.But there are serious downsides.A lot of unproductive effort goes into jumping through bureaucratic hoops (繁文缛节),and outsiders face entry barriers at every turn.
    Of course,Einstein would have found his way to meeting modern standards and publishing his results.Its scientific core wouldn't have changed,but the paper might not be the same taste to read.

(1)According to Richard Feynman,Einstein's 1915 paper  ____ .
A.was a classic in theoretical physics
B.attracted few professionals
C.needed further improvement
D.turned out to be comprehensible
(2)What does the underlined word "extraneous" in Paragraph 4 mean? ____
A.Unrealistic.
B.Unattractive.
C.Irrelevant.
D.Imprecise.
(3)According to the author,what is affected as modern science develops? ____
A.The application of research findings.
B.The selection of young talents.
C.The principle of scientific research.
D.The evaluation of laboratories.
(4)Which would be the best title for this passage? ____
A.Could Einstein get published today?
B.Will science be professionalized?
C.What makes Einstein great?
D.How will modern science make advances?

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