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PhilosophicalBreakfastClubCharlesBabbageinventedfirstmechanicalcalculator.JohnHerschelmappedstarsinsouthhemisphere.RichardJonesanimportanteconomistWilliamWhewellcreatedthewordsanode,cathodeandionThesefourbrilliant,drivenmenmetatCambridgeUniversityin1812madeanewname“scientist”towhoprofessionalwithaparticularscientificmethod,goals,societyandfunding.IntheCambridgewinterof1812and1813,thefourmetforwhattheycalledphilosophicalbreakfasts.Theytalkedaboutscienceandtheneedforanewscientificrevolution.Itwastimetoarevolutionwhichtheypledgedtobringabout,andwhatssoamazingabouttheseguysis,notonlydidtheyhavethesegrandioseundergraduatedreams,buttheyactuallycarriedthemout,evenbeyondtheirwildestdreams.MAJORCHANGESTOSCIENCE1.anInductiveEvidence-BasedMethod2.ScienceforPublicGood3.NewScientificInstitutions4.ExternalFundingvocalbularyInductivescientificmethod归纳法Differenceengine差分机Iteration,conditionalbranching,parallelprocessing迭代、条件跳转、并行处理Antiquarian,literarymanandthenobility古文物学家、文学家和贵族Flipside另一方面,对立的人Q&@#@AQ1:
@#@Whytheycalledthemselvesphilosophicalbreakfastclub?
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@#@Becausethefourbrilliantmanalwaystalkedabouttheirdreamsandscientificworkswhenbreakfast.Q&@#@AQ2:
@#@Whopaidtheequipmentandsupplies?
@#@Wasthereprizesorfundsexistingforscientistsupto19century?
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@#@Naturalphilosophersthemselvespaidsuppliesandequipment.Thereexistedprizeoccasionally,butwereonlygivenaftertheworksolvedapracticalproblem.LatertheBritishAssociationbegantousetheextramoneygeneratedbytheclubtogivegrantsforresearchinastronomy,thetides,fossilfishandmanyotherareas.Thesegrantsnotonlyallowedlesswealthymentoconductresearch,buttheyalsoencouragedthinkingoutsidethebox,ratherthanjusttryingtosolveonepre-setquestion.Q&@#@AQ3:
@#@Whatstheflipsideoftheirrevolutionthattheclubdidnotforesee?
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@#@Todaythereisahugedisjunctionbetweenscienceandtherestofculture.Fromthefigure,thepercentofadultsthathaveevenaverybasiclevelofscienceliteracyissolow.Scientistsasaprofessionalgroupwereslowlywalledofffromtherestofus.HoweverjustasDarwinsaid,“Isometimesthinkthatgeneralandpopulartreatisesarealmostasimportantfortheprogressofscienceasoriginalwork.”