非线性物理：引言一一孤波 John Scott Russell's Soliton Wave Re-created: On Wednesday 12 July 1995,an international gathering of scientists witnessed a re-creation of the famous 1834 'first' sighting of a soliton or solitary wave on the Union Canal near Edinburgh.They were attending a conference on nonlinear waves in physics and biology at Heriot-Watt University,near the canal.The occasion was part of a ceremony to name a new aqueduct after John Scott Russell,the Scottish scientist who made the original observation.The aqueduct carries the Union Canal over the Edinburgh City Bypass.非线性物理：引言－－孤波 John Scott Russell's Soliton Wave Re-created： • On Wednesday 12 July 1995, an international gathering of scientists witnessed a re-creation of the famous 1834 'first' sighting of a soliton or solitary wave on the Union Canal near Edinburgh. They were attending a conference on nonlinear waves in physics and biology at Heriot-Watt University, near the canal. The occasion was part of a ceremony to name a new aqueduct after John Scott Russell, the Scottish scientist who made the original observation. The aqueduct carries the Union Canal over the Edinburgh City Bypass