Review
In the thousands of years of human civilization history, there will always be a few special geniuses who have made outstanding contributions to the progress of social development. Britain has Newton, Germany has Einstein, so what genius does China have as one of the four major ancient civilizations in the world?
Looking back at history, it is not difficult for us to find that most of the people who have left their names in the ancient Qing history of the mainland are some literati and inkers who have made outstanding achievements in the field of literature and thought, but indeed no one has made indelible contributions to the development of modern science like Newton or Einstein. What is the reason behind this? And do we in China have a genius in physics?
Newton and Einstein
Newton and Einstein have always been considered to be the two important founders of modern physics, but it is also true that Newton's three laws allow human beings to understand the meaning and nature of force from a new perspective, and many subsequent scientific research is also based on these three laws, it can be said that if there is no Newton's summary, then human exploration in the physics community will be unimaginably hindered.
The special theory of relativity proposed by Einstein summarizes Maxwell's electromagnetic theory, and applies the electrodynamics developed by Hertz and Lorentz, allowing human beings to understand the motion of everything in the universe from a new perspective, giving a definite value to the maximum speed of motion of matter, and skillfully combining time and the mass of matter, explaining many physical phenomena that have puzzled generations.
Many people think that Newton and Einstein were able to make great achievements in physics only because their minds were quite clever, after all, Einstein's IQ reached a staggering 160, so it is not surprising that these two people are complete geniuses and can come up with some theories that change the world.
But such a statement is absolutely incomplete, and it is a fact that Newton and Einstein had superior IQs. But the environment in which they live also determines that they have the opportunity to explore the knowledge of physics.
Newton and Einstein's living environment
Newton was born in the 17th century, before Newton, although the development of physics was relatively slow, but the West at that time has gradually realized that the earth is a sphere, and astronomers led by Galileo Galileo have gradually begun to be curious about the mystery of the movement between the stars.
Therefore, since the birth of Newton, there have been many physical problems in the society he grew up, and the social environment at that time encouraged these scientific studies, so Newton could apply his wisdom to the exploration of physics and deduce gravity from the falling apple.
17th-century England was the starting point of the Ideological Enlightenment, and with such a social force of anti-feudal consciousness, Newton could normally conduct physical research. If Newton had grown up in an environment dominated by theocracy and had extreme exclusionary ideas, then he would not have been able to propose the three laws.
Einstein was born in the 19th century, in that period, people have basically completed the first industrial revolution, recognized how mechanical and physical can have a great impact on human life, so Einstein's research will naturally be supported by all walks of life.
And before Einstein, many scientists have done research on this aspect. Einstein's most famous theory of special relativity is related to the aether theory and the dynamic theory of electromagnetic phenomena.
Therefore, we can say that Einstein lived in a period that advocated the spirit of science and encouraged the development of science, and only in such an environment could scientists better carry out scientific research.
Contemporaneous Chinese science
In the 17th century to the 19th century, in the more than 200 years, Chinese scientists are doing something, the answer is very regrettable, at that time China was still dominated by feudal monarchy, the scientific consciousness of all levels of society was quite weak, due to the closed country policy, the mainland did not connect with the world in time, let alone enjoy the productivity changes brought about by the industrial revolution.
At that time, the social environment did not encourage the development of science, since the Ming Dynasty, the Eight Strands of Scholars have put a layer of shackles on the young people in China, and if they want to get ahead, they must learn the Eight Strands of Literature, and people do not even understand the concept of physics, let alone conduct research on physics. Therefore, in these hundreds of years, China has never produced a physics genius who has influenced the world.
China's physics genius
But all this changed because of the end of the feudal rule of the Qing Dynasty, and since modern times, China has actively integrated itself with the world and strengthened its own theoretical literacy. Many world-famous scientists were born, among whom Comrade Qian Xuesen was called a genius.
Comrade Qian Xuesen once went to the United States to study, and when the motherland needed him the most, he resolutely and resolutely gave up the superior conditions provided by the United States and went to the barren motherland for construction.
The whole process takes relatively short, and if Qian Xuesen had not had a very deep knowledge of physics, the mainland would not have been able to successfully complete the transformation of the missile industry from scratch. Qian Xuesen can be described as a genius in the Chinese physics community, and his contribution to China is no worse than that of Einstein and Newton.
epilogue
In addition to Qian Xuesen, there are many great figures on the mainland who have made great achievements in physics: Yu Min, Yang Zhenning, and so on, and the scientific research they have done has made outstanding contributions to world physics.
Therefore, China is not a genius without the physics community, but under the influence of the early feudal environment, China did not give birth to physicists of the same period as Newton, so as a Chinese, we should have a cultural self-confidence, after all, as the only country in the world's four ancient civilizations that continues to this day, with our strong cultural heritage and huge population base, it is bound to leave a strong mark in any field of the world.