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18世纪,一位贵夫人在参观美国杰出科学家富兰克林的实验室时,曾经问道:“您做的这些工作有什么用?”富兰克林反问道:“新生的婴儿有什么用?”现在看来,这位贵夫人无意中涉及了当时人们普遍不解的一个重大问题——科学的价值。而富兰克林的回答则正代表了近代科学诞生之初多数科学家们对科学价值的认识——科学的价值将随着时间的推移而逐渐显现出来。近代科学诞生之初,并没有显示出重大的
In the 18th century, a lady who had visited Franklin's laboratory in the United States once asked: “What is the use of your work?” Franklin asked: “What's the use of a newborn baby?” It now appears that the lady in his house was inadvertently involved in one of the major problems that were widely misunderstood at the time - the value of science. Franklin's answer, on the other hand, is just as representative of the scientific value recognized by most scientists at the dawn of modern science - the value of science will gradually emerge over time. The beginning of modern science did not show significant