首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Many objects in daily use have clearly been influenced by science, but their form and function, their dimensions and appearance,
Many objects in daily use have clearly been influenced by science, but their form and function, their dimensions and appearance,
admin
2015-01-31
16
问题
Many objects in daily use have clearly been influenced by science, but their form and function, their dimensions and appearance, were determined by technologists, artisans, designers, inventors, and engineers—use nonscientific modes of thought. This kind of thinking way is different from science. Many features and qualities of the objects that a technologist thinks about cannot be reduced to unambiguous verbal descriptions; they are dealt with the mind by a visual, nonverbal process. In the development of Western technology, it has been non-verbal thinking, by and large, that has fixed the outlines and filled in the details of our material surroundings. Pyramids, cathedrals, and rockets exist not because of geometry or thermodynamics, but because they were first a picture in the minds of those who built them.
The creative shaping process of a technologist’ s mind can be seen in nearly every artifact that exists. For example, in designing a diesel engine, a technologist might impress individual ways of nonverbal thinking on the machine by continually using an intuitive sense of lightness and fitness. What would be the shape of the combustion chamber? Where should valves be placed? Should it have a long or short piston? Such questions have a range of answers that are supplied by experience, by physical requirements, by limitations of available space, and not least by a sense of form. Some decisions such as wall thickness and pin diameter, may depend on scientific calculations, but the nonscientific component of design remains primary.
Design courses, then, should be an essential element in engineering curriculum. Nonverbal thinking of a central mechanism in engineering design, involves perceptions, the stock-in-trade of the artist, not the scientist. Because perceptive processes are not assumed to entail "hard thinking", nonverbal thought is sometimes seen as a primitive stage in the development of cognitive Process and inferior to verbal or mathematical thought. But it is paradoxical that when the staff began the Historic American. Engineering Record wished to have drawing made of machines and isometric views of industrial processes for its historical record of America engineering, the only college students with the requisite abilities were not engineering students, but rather students attending architectural schools.
If courses in design, which in a strongly analytical engineering curriculum provide the background required for practical problem-solving, are not provided, we can expect to encounter silly but costly errors occurring in advanced engineering systems. For example, early models of high-speed railroad cars loaded with sophisticated controls were unable to operate in a snowstorm because a fan sucked snow into the electrical system. Absurd random failures that plague automatic control systems are not merely trivial aberrations: they are a reflection of the chaos that results when design is assumed to be primarily a problem in mathematics.
What is the main idea of the first paragraph?
选项
A、Many objects in daily use have clearly been influenced by science.
B、Nonscientific modes of thought are very important for material surroundings.
C、Science is not significant for our daily supplies.
D、Build a picture in your mind, then design.
答案
B
解析
主旨题。文章开头讲到,许多日常用品明显地受到科学影响,但其形状和功能、体积和外观都被那些运用非科学思维方式的技术人员、工匠、设计者、发明家以及工程师所设计。接着讲到,非语言的形象思维非常重要,刻画了物质环境轮廓并充实了其中细节。.如金字塔、大教堂和火箭的产生就是非语言的形象思维的结果。由此可知,第一段强调了非科学思维的重要性,B项符合。
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/tJOFFFFM
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
A、Paintingapicture.B、Hostingaprogram.C、Designingastudio.D、Takingaphotograph.B根据女士所说的“今天我们请布朗教授带着他的新书《时尚映像》来到我们演播厅”,可
A、Registeringforcourses.B、Buyinganewcomputer.C、Gettingdirections.D、Studyingsociology.A根据“whichcoursestotake选什么课程”,
A、Aresearchonspace.B、Aneventofimagination.C、Ahistoricdiscovery.D、Ascientificadventure.B各选项均为名词短语,且概括性较强,故本题可能考查短文主
A、Financialaid.B、Freejobtraining.C、Advancedtechnology.D、Commontaxsystems.A细节题。文中提到,一些国家想知道如果他们减少或停止种植烟草能否获得经济援助(financ
NewtechnologylinkstheworldasneverbeforeOurplanethas【B1】______.It’snowa"globalvillage"wherecountriesareonlyse
ImprovingthebalancebetweentheworkingpartofthedayandtherestofitisagoalofagrowingnumberofworkersinrichWe
High-performingandvalue-creatingcompanieshavelearnedhowtotietogethertheprinciplesofcustomerpreference,producerec
Althoughadultsoftenjumpatthechancetocatchupontheirreadingduringvacations,manychildrenandteenagers,particularl
A、Todesignvesselsthatcouldmakelongdeep-seavoyages.B、Todesignvesselsthatcouldtravelfasterthanthoseinuseattha
Itisimportantthatwebemindfuloftheearth,theplanetoutofwhichwearebornandbywhichwearenourished,guided,heal
随机试题
阿米巴性肝脓肿首先应考虑的治疗是
酶促反应动力学研究的是
判断心脏骤停迅速简便的方法是
A.《基本医疗保险药品目录》中的药品B.《基本医疗保险药品目录》中的“甲类目录”C.《基本医疗保险药品目录》中的“乙类目录”D.《基本医疗保险药品目录》中的中药饮片由国家统一制定,各地不得调整的是
在计算城市的现状和规划用地时,应统一以()为界进行汇总计算。
甲公司委托乙公司销售C商品1000件,售价为120元/件(不含税)。甲公司按售价的10%支付手续费。乙公司将商品售出时,即向买方开具增值税专用发票。甲公司收到乙公司代销清单时,向乙公司开具了一张同样金额的增值税专用发票不考虑其他税费。甲公司、乙公司均为增值
下列法律形式属于民事责任的是()。
调整平等主体的公民之间、法人之间、公民和法人之间的人身关系和财产关系的法律规范的总称为()。
ReadthearticlebelowaboutatalkonCustomerRelationshipMarketing.Aresentences16-22’Right’or’Wrong’?Ifthereisno
Theprivatelifeofhavingeachindividualmakehisorherownchoiceofbeliefsandinterest______withouttheoverarchingpub
最新回复
(
0
)