英语PPT_Technology_and_China

TOPICTechnologyandChinaTheFourGreatInventionsofAncientChina•papermakingtechnology•Typography(printingtechnique)•Gunpowder•CompassPapermakingCaiLunTypographyBiShengwoodcutandengravingGunpowderfowlingpieceCompassTheIndustrialRevolution•TheFirstIndustrialRevolution:TheAgeofsteam•TheSecondIndustrialRevolution:TheAgeofelectricityInfluence•MakeBritainbeaworldfactory.•ModifythewholestructureofEnglishsociety.•Changethecourseofworldhistory.•Createenormousproductiveforces.•Acceleratetheprocessofglobalization.•Acceleratetheprocessofurbanization.Comparison•Inancienttimes,Chinesepeoplecreatedthefourgreatinventionsandsoon,madealotofcontributiontohumancivilization,alterthecourseofworldhistory.•AccordingtotheSciencestatistics:before1500AD,Chinahasaleadingpositionovertherestoftheworldintechnology.•ButfromMingDynasty,ChinawasbeginningtofallbehindEurope.•EuropeleaptintothefrontoftheworldthroughtheIndustrialRevolution.•Europehasestablishedasystemofmodernscience.WhyScienceandCivilizationinchinaJosephNeedhamNeedhamProblem•WhywasChinesecivilization,betweenthefirstcenturyB.C.andthefifteenthcenturyA.D.,somuchmoreefficientthantheWestinapplyinghumannaturalknowledgetopracticalhumanneeds?Inotherwords,whathadhappenedtoexplainwhythisleadneverledto“modern”scienceinChina?•Whydidmodernscience,especiallythemathematicizationofhypothesesaboutNature,withallitsimplicationsforadvancedtechnology,developonlyintheWestatthetimeofGalileo?China'sattitudetowardsscienceandtechnologyYesterdayChina•ContemptTechnology•TechnologyhasbecomeavassalofthepoliticsToday•Scienceandtechnologyarethefirstproductiveforces.•Strategy:invigoratethecountrythroughscienceandtechnology;strengthenthecountrythroughhumanresourcedevelopment.LookForwardtotheFutureThankyou!