Chapter 1597 Subject-oriented scientific research
Before the 1950s, the development of the entire world was to a certain extent, relying on geniuses. One of Einstein and the other Newton established the new and old systems of physics. The earlier Renaissance Da Vinci even spanned many fields, like a time traveler, and many weapons such as submarines and helicopters were drawn by him in later generations. Not only was Da Vinci a painter, he also took into account many professions and had relatively profound research in a lot of fields.
It was the 13th century, and science and technology had not been laid. For ordinary people, something that might take a long time to learn. For some geniuses, it was nothing. It was just a simple study that could be completed, and even when you were interested, you could easily transfer to other aspects.
After the 1950s, with the rapid development of science and technology, the depth of science and technology has reached a relatively profound level. Almost every few years, there will be something new that changes the whole world. On the contrary, there is no generalist in studying liberal arts research. Because with the in-depth research on science and technology, the refinement of various disciplines of science and technology has reached the extreme. In the past, there was almost no way to continue research across subjects and interdisciplinary studies. Generalist means mediocre. When having sufficient foundation, top scientists often go deep into the forefront and gradually advance science and technology in the most subtle places. At this moment, even at every last section, a large number of achievements in science and technology can be presumed to be used. In this sense, the development of science and technology is developing more comprehensively.
The mainstream of the world is not recognized yet. Most of the time, relying on a top scientist, and to some extent, for top scientists, they only do whatever they want and allocate funds as they are interested. There is no hard task or requirement. That is, during World War II, in order to compete for the lead in nuclear weapons, Germany and the United States first launched the Manhattan Project, which promoted the system of large-scale projects, using this as a precedent, creating a boom in science and technology after World War II.
Guided by several genius master scientists, we gathered the power of the whole country to jointly study a topic. Even after World War II, the atomic bombs harvested by China were the same. Without those genius scientists, it would be almost impossible to rely solely on the power of all the people.
It was precisely because Yang Yuanzhao understood this point that he formalized China's scientific research system from the very beginning. Scientific research promoted by purpose and large amounts of funds may cause a lot of waste. After all, if someone else starts, studying science from breadth rather than accuracy will inevitably lead to many mistakes. These mistakes must be passed in the concepts of later generations. Just like a maze, geniuses use a keen sense to take the right path from many roads, but for mediocre people, they have finished all the roads and confirmed that the remaining one must be the right path.
Such waste is affordable for China, and the difficulty of research has also been reduced a lot. It is a project that must be led by a top scientific master like Trass. Now, the average doctoral student or professor level is enough, and the reduction is not much, but there are many people who can participate. In terms of efficiency and results, it is much better than the purposeless casual practice.
The most important thing is that this method has no blind spots. Three cobblers combine one Zhuge Liang. This method is also applicable in scientific research, not to mention that there are also genius scientists, which are faster and may not be wasted to a certain extent.
If the only flaw of this method is that it is too expensive. Every time the peak research is consumed, whether it is experimental materials, research waste, or even a lot of manpower, these are all made of real money and silver, especially the top materials in later generations, those ultra-high temperature alloys, and some materials used in aircraft and large engines, even if they are over a decimeter, are different. An engine has hundreds or even thousands of different labels, which has fundamentally eliminated the copycat. What you copied in the past is just the same, and even if it is barely made, it is very different from the original in terms of use time and overall performance.
It is precisely because of the all-in-one machine that China has embarked on this path. If this method is replaced by the early days of reform and opening up, or even Yang Yuanzhao traveled through time, it is necessary to use it carefully. Scientific research funds have always been a very cautious topic. Even schools like Tsinghua and Peking University have limited annual research funds. Perhaps if a basic discipline of high-temperature alloys is promoted, if you are a little uncomfortable, you will only have hundreds of millions or even one billion funds piled up.
Even abroad, a certain type of high-temperature alloy is not a single investment. They have passed a lot of calculations, selected possible ratios, and conducted experiments one by one. It may take a long time to gradually complete certain types of alloys and finally integrate them into technology.
China doesn’t have to worry about this. Materials science is the strongest place in China. Others may spend tens of millions of times more expensive. In Yang Yuanzhao, it is better to accumulate 10,000 all-in-one synthesis every day. And with the deepening of materials science, to a certain extent, the depth of materials science research in China, even in the later world. The most special thing is that this time was in the early 20th century, when scientific research had not yet entered the era of refined and high consumption. It was time to promote this system and the funds consumed were greatly reduced. This can widen the generation difference with other countries in the world to a certain extent.
The reason why Britain was able to open China's doors and impose humiliation on China in 1840 was that in terms of GDP, China was higher than Britain. Even the cause of the war was that after Britain traded with China, it not only failed to make money, but instead acquired a large amount of Chinese goods, allowing a large amount of silver to flow into China. Therefore, since the late Ming Dynasty, the amount of silver inhabited significantly because Western colonists brought a large amount of silver from the Americas, and these silver flowed into China through some commercial means.
Because of this, the British came to make money, so they began to import opium and plunder China's wealth with opium, regardless of the fact that opium was a drug. The Opium War in 1840 was caused by opium. The reason why Britain was able to overwhelm China was not because it was much stronger than China in one aspect, but because it was higher than China in all aspects of technology. When China was still holding back cold weapons, Britain already had hundreds of battleships of cannons and had very strong control over artillery and muskets. This is the fundamental reason why Britain won.
Tanks and aircraft are just ahead of other countries in the world in terms of a first-class and direction, but they do not have overwhelming advantages. Especially when fighting with the United States, the other party may learn quickly. However, if they have a generation difference with the United States in the field of science and technology, China's advantage is overwhelming. For example, when the United States is still chasing tanks and armored vehicles, China already has atomic bombs, satellites, helicopters and missiles, with ultra-long-range strike power and asymmetric projection capabilities. There is no distinction between the front and the rear of the entire battlefield, so how can the United States fight?
In order to develop science and technology, China is really not stingy with investment. Isn’t it just money? Whether it was the Northwest in the past or the current China, it is the most profitable. The initial textile industry, clothing industry, and later pharmaceutical and petrochemical industries, China led the world’s consumption boom, and eventually absorbed huge funds, which also started the development of China’s scientific research system.
Especially now, investment in technology has shown results. Some applicable technologies have directly changed China's industrial structure, making production more efficient and producing more wealth per unit time. However, on the other hand, in terms of technological level, the first generation of aircraft and household appliances are not of the same level as the mainstream ones now. The initial solution is only the problem of existence or not. Now the problem is solved is the problem of applicability, which makes its effect more effective and better function and appearance.
This area has a huge total amount, the largest investment, and the largest output. Under the premise of huge total amount, it is a huge drag on the finances. Without confirming that he can produce continuously, the basic research funds of the university have never been transferred. It is the responsibility of the Angel Investment under Yang Yuanzhao. After all, he is also the richest in the world. Yang Yuanzhao, who grew up with China, the most powerful and largest economy in the world, controlled half of the entire Chinese industry at its peak. If Yang Yuanzhao does not gradually retreat from industry, half of the total GDP will be increased by one trillion yuan every year.
This is an extremely amazing number. Even now, the gradual retreat and the sale of shares, Yang Yuanzhao's property control is quite huge every year. Therefore, according to certain rules, according to the ranking of the school every year, ranging from 1 billion to 10 million, with a total investment of up to 50 billion. Among them, the tendency is quite strong, and the first-class universities have taken away most of them.
This was confirmed by Yang Yuanzhao, and it was also a very criticized point at the beginning. After all, in the eyes of many people, China is seeking a certain kind of fairness, and even in the field of college entrance examinations, there is no need to take care of it. There are a set of papers and questions in the country, but why is it focused here? However, Yang Yuanzhao forced it and all the money was taken out by him. Even if there are a little twists and turns, it will eventually be silent. If you are unwilling to obey this rule, you can do not have money. Some schools want to ask for it. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!