https://books.google.com.au/books?id=7rZvBQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=to+explain+the+world&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAGoVChMIyuiGw7DxyAIVkqWICh3E9gIm#v=onepage&q=to%20explain%20the%20world&f=false

上面这句说实话想了很长时间也没找到比较合适的译法。我再想想。其原文是： Of course there are limits to the extent to which sciences like biology, whose principles depend so much on historical accidents, can or should be modeled on physics.

另外我计划把书译完。现在已经翻译完了前四章。我一章一章往这里放。