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Issue4
Topic: No field of study can advance significantly unless outsider bring their knowledge and experience to that field of study.
提纲:agree
1:all different parts of science are originally unified
2:benefit in science
3:benefit in society
In the history of the development of science and technology, numerous discoveries and creations are based on the fusion of thoughts from different fields of study. Therefore, from my personal point of view, I agree with the author's statement that the significant advancement comes from the fusion of different field of study. Because fusion of knowledge is an essential part of the human's inquiry to the world, and also because it is for the need of scientific and social development.
Originally, all the science fields that depict the world come from the ancient philosophers who tried to think of "What is the world?" by inquiring the basic origin of the world and by measuring the earth with the knowledge of astronomy and geometry. No scholar in that ancient time will separate the thinking of the world into several "different" fields of study. Therefore, it is in the progression of science that the different ways of research the world were developed. Though philosophy is partitioned into different parts, when we inspect the modern science, we still find the trace of the primary unification: There is mathematics method in physics, physics theory in architecture, chemistry analysis in biology and the combined explanation of physics and chemistry to the basic consistence of material. Even the science subjects themselves are interrelated, how can we simply restrict some researches in a particular field of study?
While the division of philosophy meant to solve a single big problem by dealing with several easier ones, in the practice of scientific research, the close interrelationship between different subjects has led to great contributions. For example, the physicist Harold Kroto, who discovered Carbon-60, when he was thinking about the structure of carbon-60, was inspired by a building structure designed by an architect in an exhibition. Because of this, the ball-shaped molecule was name after the architect's name as "Buckyball". Other than being inspired, scientists find their tools in other areas of study. Take another example of famous Einstein and his theory, the general concept of the theory of relativity was formed in his mind much earlier than the publication of the theory itself, but it took him a long time to search in mathematics for the tools to express his ideas. If he had failed to find in mathematics for the expression of his physics theory, the science world would have been dramatically different from the science today.
In addition to the need for fusion in science innovation, the society also hopes for more communication between the scientists in order to make faster and greater progress. It is a matter of fact that most of the scientists have been narrowed to specialists in specific areas, so the value of their contributions cannot be appreciated by the public, or be turned into direct impetus to the society by the entrepreneurs. Therefore, the society is calling for leaders in scientific field who have wide but not necessarily deep knowledge in several subjects to serve as coordinator between different parts of science and between science world and the social world. While it is very difficult to make a tiny contribution in a particular area, it is easy to make some achievements in the overlapped area. For example, in the field of GIS, standing for Geographic Information System, a combination of computer science and geography, many applications have been made, such as electric map, and 3-D emulation of flood, which are useful in people's daily life and in disaster evaluation by the government.
In conclusion, to communicate between the different field of study is the nature of science, and accelerator to both social and scientific development. After intensive examining in details of the world, it comes the time for different departments of science to fuse, to discuss, to share, and eventually to respond the ancient quest by a combined effort. |
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