人们常说:水桶能盛多少水,取决于最短的那块木板,意思是一个人的短处会制约他的成功。然而,世界上没有天生的水桶木板,它们的长与短都是人力作用的结果,水桶的木板永远是可以改变的。著名科学家钱伟长的事例就是很好的说明。钱伟长1935年毕业于清华大学物理系。当初,他选择物理 People often say: how much water a bucket can hold depends on the shortest piece of wood, which means that a person’s shortcomings will restrict his success. However, there are no natural buckets of wood in the world. Their length and shortness are the result of human effort. The buckets of wood are forever changeable. The famous scientist Qian Wei Chang’s case is a good illustration. Qian Wei Chang graduated from Tsinghua University in 1935, Department of Physics. At first, he chose physics