Scientific thinking is usually considered as abstract thinking, while artistic thinking is considered as image thinking. Therefore, scientific thinking often shows regular zigzag or geometric shapes to represent its rigor, logic and rationality. Artistic thinking is described as flowing clouds or light and elegant curves, which is imaginative. With the development of modern science, human beings re-recognize the inseparable organic connection between science and art, and realize that scientific thinking and artistic thinking are complementary. In the past century, science and art have a tendency to meet again. Take the influence of music on science as an example. A string of flickering and jumping notes in music stimulates scientists' imagination and arouses their endless associations. A rigorous and perfect creative thinking process is the result of the coordination between the left and right hemispheres of the human brain.
Many outstanding scientists at home and abroad have profound musical accomplishment. In the history of science, there are many interesting examples of scientists benefiting from music in their inventions. For example, Lagrange, a great mathematician in18th century, came up with the variational idea of finding the extreme value of integral when listening to the hymn in St. Paul's Church in Turin, Italy. Inspired by the music theory that the frequency of overtone vibration is an integer multiple of pitch vibration, the German physicist Heisenberg made experiments on the fundamental frequency and sub-frequency of atomic transition. Inspired by scale, British chemist Newlands discovered the law of atomic growth and created the "eight-tone" table. As for the violin and piano duet of Einstein, the pioneer of relativity, and Planck, the pioneer of quantum theory, the two giants of physics in the 20th century, it has become a beautiful talk in the scientific community.
Einstein was the most outstanding scientist in the 20th century. Music and physics accompanied him all his life. Little Einstein didn't show his genius when he was a child. At the age of 4, he could not speak well, and people suspected that he was an imbecile. When I was in primary school, I got poor grades except math. The dean of the school even asserted to Einstein's father, "Your son will accomplish nothing." Einstein entered Zurich University of Technology for the first time, but dropped out of Sun Shan University. After studying in Alau Middle School for one year, I was admitted to the normal department of the university. However, it was such an "imbecile" who eventually became the greatest scientist in the 20th century and founded the "Theory of Relativity" that shocked the world. Behind this great scientific theory, music plays an undeniable role.
Einstein received a good music education from an early age. His mother asked him to learn violin and piano in order to train his musical skills. In fact, she unconsciously arranged the best plan for her son to train his body and brain synchronously. Music inspired his intelligence and opened the door to science for him. 19 12 One morning in August, Einstein went to the piano after drinking coffee and began to play. Sometimes he plays a few times and sometimes he stops to write something. Then he said to his wife, "I have a strange idea", and then he got into the study upstairs and didn't go downstairs for more than a week. When he went downstairs, he spread out some manuscript paper in front of his wife, which was full of strange formula symbols. This is the "theory of relativity" that later shocked the world.
Einstein loved music and made great achievements. In his scientific career, his beloved violin has always accompanied him. He often sits in front of the piano and plays Beethoven's music or violin in his spare time of scientific research to eliminate mental fatigue. He is familiar with the works of Bach, Haydn, Mozart and other masters, and is good at putting imagination into music performance to get inspiration. This greatly promoted his scientific research. Einstein said: "There is always a musical factor in scientific thinking. Real science and real music need the same thinking process. " He added, "Many of my achievements in science are inspired by music."
Many outstanding scientists in our country have also formed an indissoluble bond with music. Mathematician Hua, geologist Li Siguang, Qian Weichang, and Liang Sicheng may have a high musical accomplishment. Qian Xuesen, a famous mechanic, has not only a vast and boundless scientific world, but also a colorful artistic world. In the art world, Professor Qian is familiar with literary theory, music, poetry and drama, among which the piano is deeply loved by him, and playing the piano is what Professor Qian enjoys most. Qian Xuesen's wife is a famous singer and a professor of vocal music at the Central Conservatory of Music. Qian Xuesen and Jiang Ying's outstanding contributions in the field of science and art are admired and revered by the world, and they are called the perfect combination of science and art.
On the 40th anniversary of Professor Jiang Ying's teaching (65438-0999), the Central Conservatory of Music held an art and science seminar to congratulate him. In his written speech, Qian Lao said: "Jiang Ying worked hard in the field of vocal performance and teaching, while I was engaged in the development and launch of rocket satellites-she was in art and I was in science and technology. However, I would like to explain to the comrades present here that Jiang Ying has greatly helped and inspired my work, which is actually the inspiration and development of literature and art to scientific thinking! When I am confused about the difficulties in my work, it is often Jiang Ying's singing that makes me suddenly enlightened. This is the role of art in promoting science and technology. On the other hand, the promotion of science and technology to art is obvious-such as film and television. In short, on the occasion of commemorating the 40th anniversary of Professor Jiang Ying's teaching, I think Qian Xuesen emphasized the interaction between literature and technology. "
The rapid development of modern science has had a great influence on the art of music. In composing music, the electronic computer has become a magical composer. The sound material is far beyond the traditional range of 7 tones or 12 tones. For example, using photoelectric conversion technology, various natural waves can be transplanted into the music field. Seismic waves, electromagnetic waves, cosmic rays, visible spectra and even human heart brain waves can all be the sound source materials for electronic music composers to create music. Computers can also make DNA music, connecting different DNA molecular bonds with the seven sounds of the scale, so that DNA data can be scored. This is the modern music practice of the ancient Pythagorean school that "where there are numbers, there is beauty", which injects emotional factors into boring DNA data and obtains the beauty of sound and rhythm. Up to now, computer composition has opened up rational music such as life music, space music and cosmic music, as well as animal world music and environmental protection music, which traditional music does not have, and expressed the mutual exchange between science and human emotions. In 1980s, robot electronic organ players appeared, who could face music with their hands and feet like real people. At the end of the song, he will politely ask the audience for advice: "Do I play well?" In the 1990s, "nobody plays" pianos came out one after another.
In the past, science explored nature, while art explored human mind. Now art is becoming more and more scientific and artistic. In ancient Greece, Ariander's two arrows shot in opposite directions finally crossed. The integration of science and music is the general trend of development in 2 1 century.