Walking into the library, you will find that the books on the shelves are mainly divided into literature and knowledge, which are two very different texts. In the compulsory education stage, language teaching is relatively strong, and most of the books recommended by teachers are literary texts. Me too.
In middle school, I read a lot of literary books, which shaped my emotional world and influenced my outlook on life and values. In "Ordinary World" (Lu Yao), Sun Shaoping's spirit of fighting fate in adversity allows me not to passively avoid the world when facing difficulties, but to strive forward and become more and more courageous. "Muslim Funeral" (Hoda) gave me a new understanding of craftsmanship and Islamic culture. The world-famous book "How is steel made?" (Ostrovsky), War and Peace, Anna Karenina (Lev. Tolstoy) and so on, let me realize the differences, pluralism and richness of Eastern and Western cultures, and saw the common ideological qualities of human beings, such as bravery, perseverance, integrity, and kindness.
Now is the information age, and access to information has become very convenient. You probably already know a lot of animals, a lot of gems, a lot of flowers and trees, know what this is and what it is? But if you ask yourself again, how do plants store energy from the sun in their bodies and promote their own growth? Why can't plants move like animals? How do humans and animals harness the chemical energy stored in plants? Why are Earth and Moon different, Mars and Jupiter different? How do scientists know the age and spatial scale of the universe? The reason behind all the natural phenomena is more important than knowing what it is.
The teenagers are full of curiosity about the world. When I was an ignorant teenager, the book "100,000 Whys" satisfied my curiosity about the world. Later, I had the opportunity to meet Mr. Ye Yonglie, one of the main authors of this book. Mr. Ye and I are fellow villagers, humble and low-key, and have worked tirelessly throughout our lives, writing more than 30 million words of works, many of which are classics. Another of his books, PHS in the World, has influenced generations of young readers with its simple words and rich imagination, inspiring their love of science and technology and the choice of career path.
The teenagers are full of imagination for the future. This imagination is your precious asset. Adults are less imaginative than adolescents because they are constrained by a variety of existing knowledge frameworks. So make the most of your strengths and write down your imagination of the world of tomorrow. What does the city of the future look like? What does the future of transportation look like? How will the schools and classrooms of the future be different from today? What changes will occur in human society in the future? can be written into your science fiction. In the next 50 years of your growth, these changes have the potential to go from imagination to reality. Because I witnessed the ideas of "upstairs and downstairs, electric lights and telephones" that I saw in the book "PHS Roaming the Future", it changed from science fiction to reality.
Young people are the builders of the future China. China is moving from a manufacturing power to an innovation power, and the country's demand for scientific and technological talents will be very strong, and science and technology include natural science and engineering technology and other very large and complex discipline systems. And you, as the backbone of building an innovative society, when you go to university, what major will you choose? What kind of career will you pursue when you enter the society? These questions are related to your future and destiny, and you should think about them often, not until you graduate from college entrance examination or university.
The premise of loving life is to love nature, and the premise of loving China is to know China. Mathematics, physics and chemistry are the six pillars of natural science. Among them, earth sciences include geology, geophysics, geochemistry, marine science, meteorology, surveying and mapping, and life sciences include animals, plants, microorganisms, molecular biology and other branches. By reading popular science books in these fields, you will be surprised to find that doctors are not always as good as you think, and they are powerless or even helpless for many diseases. A healthy body depends largely on your genetics, mood, lifestyle, and ability to regulate your mind. You'll also know that astronomers don't use telescopes to observe the stars every night as you might think, and many astronomers don't even use or recognize the stars. They spend most of their time processing various astronomical observations, revealing the physical mechanisms behind various astronomical phenomena through programming and mathematical modeling, because understanding the origin and evolution of the universe, the origin and evolution of matter, the origin and evolution of life is the main responsibility of astronomers.
Engineering technology includes aerospace, aviation, navigation, artificial intelligence, information technology, automation and other different technical categories. Through popular science reading, you will find the difference between science and engineering. Scientific discoveries have only the first, not the second. Original scientific discoveries are difficult and require long-term knowledge, dark exploration, and teamwork. Therefore, we allow scientists to explore freely, tolerate failure, advocate equality before academia, and allow criticism, questioning and debate based on theory, evidence and facts. In this way, the correctness of scientific findings can be ensured. Unlike science, engineering is a hero in terms of success or failure, and failure is not allowed. Engineers apply scientific theories and knowledge to practice and build engineering projects one after another. Therefore, engineers must ensure the stable operation of each project through detailed engineering design, strict process flow, and comprehensive quality inspection.
Some people say that books are the most luxurious decoration of a home because it enriches your spiritual world. Others say that books are the most cost-effective commodity of this era. Because it is the crystallization of the knowledge and skills acquired by experts and scholars in a certain field throughout their lives. These knowledge and skills are recorded in popular science books, which are not only taught in the classroom, but also applied in economic and social life. Through a wide range of popular science reading, you will find your own interests. And through continuous exploration, we turn our hobbies into professional specialties.
The book has millions of soldiers. Adolescence is the critical period from the stage of children who are dependent on their parents to the stage of youth that moves towards individual independence. Everything you are preparing now is to face the world independently in the future and deal with the difficulties and challenges you will face. In popular science reading, you will learn the ideological methods and technical tools of different disciplines, improve the ability of communication, exchange and cooperation between people, enlighten the mind and expand your horizons. In the future, when you go to the society, you can calmly and confidently face the problem, analyze the problem, solve the problem, and create your own life.
[End] The original article was published in Juvenile Monthly, May 2023, Issue 5
