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撰文：DJ 编辑：DJ&ZSH A. 诺奖得主霍夫曼 1965年，美国有机化学家R．B．伍德沃德与R．霍夫曼合作提出分子轨道对称守恒原理（伍德沃德-霍夫曼规则），并凭借这个杰出的工作和日本科学家福井谦一一同分享了1981年诺贝尔化学奖。其中的R. 霍夫曼不仅仅是一位杰出的化学家，他还在诗歌领域挥洒才华。 B. 诗人霍夫曼 R. 霍夫曼通晓六种语言，同时也爱好文学与诗歌创作。他在本科阶段就表现出对文学尤其是诗的浓厚兴趣，并选修了相关课程。不过直到1977年，霍夫曼在他四十岁的时候才开始发表作品（霍夫曼44岁获得了诺贝尔化学奖）。为了进一步提高写作水平，他还专门去麻省理工学院“补课”。这之后他陆续出版了一些诗集，这些诗歌作品中有很多与自然科学尤其是化学相关。 当问及他为什么要开始写诗的时候，霍夫曼说：“诗是一种不同于科学研究的自我表达方式，它更多的是一种主观情绪。不过它也是一种跟其他人进行交流的工具。我有时会写一些有关科学隐喻作品。其他诗人会对于科学家写的诗歌也很感兴趣。不过，我也会写一些有关于童年记忆的诗歌。” 其创作灵感来源于生活的体验，或者一些比较有深意的短语。不过，他说写诗的时候往往需要修改很多遍，比平时科学论文的写作修改的次数还要多。他觉得诗于他来说就像生活中的一份礼物。不过，一开始往往是灵感一触即发，但是随后我却挣扎于诗的反复打磨和修改。 C. 诗人的诗 怎样用诗来书写化学？且看这一首： THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY I would sit just there, in the quiet shadeof the live oaks. It was a scholar's dream, but I, intent to find the way across the ravine, wasn't there to write poetry. You see, that thick lush growth stopped progress here, but I could spot a road gathering on the other side. That's where we had to go. I brought my field glasses, a topographic map. From above, the gully looked much like a low-growing jungle hugging the land; the cows had gotten across, I saw tracks in and tried to follow them. But it didn't work, bushes closed in, there was poison oak, vines with rows of sharp red thorns. I came back day after day, trying, tracing paths back from the other side. For I knew a pattern, the right way, had to be there. In the end I found one, but what's bothered me since is that I didn't follow the paths that are hidden there, the way I should have, but I hacked a rough piece of a new one through. The other day I met a friend who's run into the same wild terrain. Starting out from a hill nearby, he found a differentway. But I told you there was only one. 参考文献： 1. 化学诗歌总相宜—— 1. 化学诗歌总相宜——记诺贝尔化学奖得主、诗人霍夫曼教授，作者：黎健http://www./n195/n203/n216/n218/n346/u1ai9587.html |
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