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大概两个小时完成，速度还是上不去，郁闷

4-"No field of study can advance significantly unless outsiders bring their knowledge and experience to that field of study."


I strongly agree with the assertion that every field of study can only advance significantly with outsiders' knowledge and experience. Breakthroughs in one field usually take place when new questions are introduced or when new paradigms and approaches are brought in by outsiders. In this age of explosively increasing knowledge, new fields are coming forth promptly interacting with old ones. Experts from different fields have more chances to collaborate and make advances.



Science has a long history, in which there are two trends: divisions and interactions. In the age of Aristotle every main subject has now been divided into many branches. Yet, there are still fields that are almost self-driven. However, these areas are getting narrower and narrower and hard to progress. It is unavoidable that ideas and approaches are getting limited in a field itself. Thus new questions and approaches introduced by outsiders into one field are needed to keep that field in flush. When Albert Einstein and other physical scientists were working on the theory of relativity-which is considered to be one of the most important advances in physics in 20th century- they were confused by the complicated equations of variables in physics, which were beyond the knowledge of physics. They turned to mathematicians to seek help and finally with the knowledge from experts in differential geometry they got through the deadlock. Even Einstein himself went to college for one-year study in mathematics. Nowadays, it is even required that students in theoretical physics must study differential geometry and topology. Without the knowledge of mathematics, the theory of relativity may be still in the embryo and forgotten by most scientists in physics.

Besides, as a result of the accumulation of knowledge, it is no longer possible for someone to know as well as Aristotle in almost every field of science. As a consequence, experts from different fields have to collaborate to achieve the research goal. The Human Genome Project, which aims to determine the precise arrangement of nucleotides, was completed in 2000 after 5 years by efforts of scientists in many fields from all over the world. There are biologists, mathematicians, chemists together with experts from statistics and computer science and so on. It is also believed that this example shows the pattern of future research in many fields. Thanks to the computer network and modern communication tools, scientists have more chance to collaborate, which makes this pattern possible and widely used now.

In sum, since all fields of sciences are somewhat related, to advance in one field, we need to understand the interplay with others. Only with the knowledge brought in by outsiders could significant advance be made in any field. Moreover, collaboration among scientists helps utilize the resource of research and make the development of human knowledge more efficiently and productively.

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