Only in terms of source of power, the Chinese nation is not in a leading position in the world. Moreover, it can be said to be quite backward... Especially in the first industrial revolution, the emergence of the steam engine directly transformed the country that was once a dynasty.
, in terms of technology, it has fallen behind a lot.
Simply put.
Mechanism is the science of physics.
The source of motivation is chemistry.
But in ancient times, they were collectively called "Gewu"!
The art of mechanism was revered by the Mohists, and later even the crossbow, the wooden ox and the flowing horse all used the art of mechanism to the extreme.
The Mohist organ technique has influenced Chinese history for many years and is undoubtedly the crystallization of human wisdom.
However......
In Liu Zheng's view, it is precisely because this mechanism technique has been passed down for so long that people are too obsessed with the requirement of wisdom. On the other hand, it affects the "simple and crude" pursuit of source power.
This is why the Chinese nation was finally beaten passively.
The reason why Western society can rise rapidly is that it has mastered relatively direct power sources, such as steam engines and oil. When various simple and crude power sources appeared, the world structure began to tilt.
And what about Liu Zheng?
This time I came to Liangshan to do two things.
Chemistry and physics, you need to grasp it with both hands, both hands need to be strong!
On the one hand, Rhodes was asked to help him recruit Western talents.
On the other hand, he wants to win over the academy's geniuses.
When physics and chemistry were combined, he could imagine that his scientific field was about to take off!
"Source power?"
Situ Kong listened thoughtfully.
Liu Zheng smiled slightly and stopped talking.
"Hmph, you're trying to be mysterious!"
Zhang Yang naturally refused to give in and shouted coldly: "My third senior brother, who is known as half of the "Mo Jing", is not as good as you?"
Liu Zheng's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Really? Today, I have to meet you, the third senior brother, first!"
"Mo Jing"!
This is a palace-level ancient book on Chinese physics. Among them, there are six chapters: "Jingshang", "Jingshuo", "Jingshuo", "Jingshuo", "Daqi" and "Xiaoqi".
And content such as time, space, material structure, mechanics, optics, acoustics, algebra, geometry, etc.
"Mo Jing" represents the highest peak of Chinese scientific development.
In terms of mechanics, the "Mo Jing" puts forward the definition of mechanical motion as: "Motion, domain migration."
This means that the essence of mechanical motion is the movement of the position of an object, which is completely consistent with the definition of modern mechanical motion.
At the same time, the Mohist school mastered the law of leverage two centuries earlier than Archimedes.
In terms of optics, among the vast number of classical and historical works in my country, "Mo Jing" is the only classic that systematically discusses the development of geometric optics in ancient my country.
The "Mo Jing" records the world's earliest "small hole imaging" experiment done by Mozi and his students, and made incisive insights into the experimental results. This is the first scientific explanation of the propagation of light along a straight line. In
In terms of mathematics, the "Mo Jing" puts forward some definitions of geometry, such as the definition of a circle in the "Mo Jing" cited in middle school mathematics textbooks: "A circle has one center and the same length." This is consistent with the definition of a circle in modern mathematics.
The definition of "the locus of points equidistant from the center point" is completely consistent.
Half of the Mo Jing?
Good guy!
Liu Zheng is becoming more and more interested in this academy!