20世纪物理学对人类社会的深刻影响

The Profound Influence of Physics on the Human Society in the 20th Century

相对论和量子力学奠定了20世纪近代物理学的发展基础,相继取得了人们在原子能、航天、激光、超导、信息、纳米等一系列现代高新技术的广泛应用,对人类社会产生了深刻的影响;近代物理学发展的特点是向“微观世界”和“宇观空间”进军,向“新事物”和“复杂性”进军,形成了从基础性研究到促进高新技术应用的新发展模式;物理学发展的基本观点是“彻底唯物”和“批判性”的,物理学理论体现了“简单、对称、和谐”的美。

Relativity and quantum mechanics were two cornerstones of modem physics and played an important role in the history of the 20th century, giving birth to atomic energy, space technology, laser, superconductor, information technology, nanoscience, and other high -tech applications. The most important directions of the research and development of modem physics are to understand the microscopic and macroscopic world, and to explore new things and complex phenomena, which leads to the formation of a new development pattern, from fundamental research to real - world applications. The philosophy of physics is critical and objective, and in the meantime exhibits the beauty of the nature ： simplicity, symme- try, and harmony.