Wu Jike: Why China did not produce modern mechanics

The history of mechanics is a branch of mechanics and a branch of the history of science, which describes and studies the history of human beings to understand and apply the laws of mechanical motion of objects from natural phenomena and production activities. The development of mechanics is roughly the same in terms of historical chronology and the logical order of disciplines, and this development reflects the process of gradual deepening of human understanding from simple to complex. The establishment of Newton's laws of motion was an important milestone in the development of mechanics.

Classical mechanics laid the foundation and developed according to the logical laws of the discipline itself. In modern and modern times, with the deepening of research content and the expansion of research fields, mechanics has gradually formed various branches, and in recent years, there has been a trend of cross-branch and interdisciplinary comprehensive research.

The establishment of Newton's classical mechanics system has opened up a new world and a new era of scientific development. The wide dissemination and application of classical mechanics have had a significant impact on people's lives and thoughts, and have promoted the development and progress of human society to a certain extent. However, the inherent shortcomings and limitations of classical mechanics have also hindered the progress of human society to a certain extent and produced negative effects.

This paper will take the background of classical mechanics as a starting point, and further use dialectical methods to analyze the role and adverse effects of classical mechanics in human history and reality.

In Europe in the 17th century, through the efforts of many scientists, on the basis of accumulating rich data in astronomy and mechanics, the British scientist Newton realized the synthesis of heavenly mechanics and terrestrial mechanics, forming a unified mechanical system - classical mechanics. The establishment of the classical mechanics system is the first great leap in human understanding of nature and history and the great synthesis of theories, which opens up a new era and has an extremely profound impact on the process of scientific development and the way of human production, life and thinking. The establishment of Newton's classical mechanics is an important change in the form of science, marking the birth of modern natural sciences and becoming a model for other natural sciences.

Dalton is known as the "father of modern chemistry" and the founder of modern chemistry because of his keen theoretical thinking and outstanding experimental talents, especially in the study of atoms. [The great teacher Engels called Dalton "the father of modern chemistry"]; Father of history – Herodotus (Greece).

The father of mechanics - Archimedes (ancient Greece).

The Father of Chemistry – Antoni Lavoisier The Father of History – Herodotus (Ancient Greece) The Father of Mechanics – Archimedes (Ancient Greece).

The father of mechanics - Newton, the father of modern chemistry - Lavoisier, the father of history - Herodotus.

Herodotus (Greece).

Archimedes (Ancient Greece).