В век прогрессу и прогрессивки (C)
'Is Technological Progress a Thing of the Past?'
Sunday, September 08, 2013
«Tout va très bien, Madame la Marquise»
Click to view“Has technological progress slowed down?
The historical record makes clear that science depends on technology in that it depends on the instruments and tools that are needed for science to advance. …
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Examples:
• The Scientific Revolution of the 17th century depended critically on the development of the telescope, the microscope, the barometer, the vacuum pump, and similar contraptions.
• The achromatic-lens microscope developed by Joseph J Lister (father of the famous surgeon) in the 1820s paved the way for the germ theory, the greatest breakthrough in medicine before 1900.
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• The equipment designed by Heinrich Hertz allowed him to detect electromagnetic radiation in the 1880s and Robert Millikan’s ingenious oil-drop apparatus allowed him to measure the electric charge of an electron (1911).
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• X-ray crystallography, developed in 1912, was crucial forty years later in the discovery of the structure of DNA.
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• DNA sequencing machines and cell analysis through flow cytometry (to mention but two) have revolutionised molecular microbiology.
• High-powered computers are helping research in every domain conceivable, from content analysis in novels to the (very hard) problems of turbulence.
• Astronomy, nanochemistry, and genetic engineering are all areas in which progress has been mind-boggling in the past few decades thanks to better tools.”
А в остальном,
А всё почему? Ужели LAC можно считать новым научным инструментом? Или орбитальные телескопы?
Потреблятство само себя "укусило за задницу" (как сказано в статье).