蚂蚁专家爱德华·O·威尔逊(Edward O.Wilson)《致一位青年科学家的信》一书主要的预期读者是选择追求科学,但仍对能否把科学作为自己的职业生涯感到怀疑的本科生或高中毕业生。威尔逊的散文看起来故意与强调学科独特性、有时是特殊性的科学传记形成鲜明对比;那种类型的传记可能反而会让读者远离科学。相反,通过把他的生活呈现给读者以达到移情效果,威尔逊旨在鼓励年轻人追求科学。他把自己职业生涯中引人入胜的轶事娓娓道来,悄然说服并成功消除了读者很多真实的恐惧。他还非常谦 Ant O. Wilson’s Letter to a Young Scientist The main intended audience for readers is the choice of pursuing science but still undergraduate students who doubt science as their career Or high school graduate. Wilson’s prose seems deliberately in stark contrast to scientific biographies that emphasize the uniqueness of disciplines, sometimes particularities; that type of biographical may, on the contrary, lead readers away from science. Instead, Wilson achieves empathy by presenting his life to the reader, and Wilson aims to encourage young people to pursue science. He spoke fascinating anecdotes about his career, quietly convincing and successfully eliminating many of the reader’s real fears. He is also very modest