Deep Space Fleet

The Glitzers did already know the existence of electricity, and with some small revelations given by the "Initiator Civilization", they have the possibility to jump directly from the Stone Age to the age of electricity.

Unfortunately, this step is very, very difficult.

For a total of 100,000 years, countless talented men and women have launched offensives again and again, but none of them took this crucial step.

Just because there is no oxygen ...

When I saw it, the voice of the discussion in the conference room increased loudly. There were doubts and curiosities. Some people were still questioning the accuracy and reliability of this report.

"No technology has been born? Did it take so long or haven't real technology been born?"

"Is the real technology given to them by the second batch of aliens!"

The professor on the stage smiled meaningfully, as if expecting everyone present would respond like this: "Everyone, I have a problem. If human beings face this dilemma, without oxygen, they have a certain amount of scientific thinking Whether it is possible to jump directly from the Stone Age to the age of electricity. "

The people gradually became silent and began to think seriously.

"... It's very difficult, incredible." Captain Zhao sitting in front of him shook his head slightly.

The absence of oxygen means that there is no natural combustion phenomenon, which makes the development of science extremely difficult. In this case, it is almost impossible to smelt copper or iron on a large scale.

For humans, the simplest method of copper and iron smelting is carbon reduction. At higher temperatures, carbon is used as a reducing agent to carry out a redox reaction on metal minerals to smelt metal simplex.

However, this method requires very high temperatures. For Glize people without combustion, it is undoubtedly difficult to reach high temperatures of thousands of degrees ...

Unless you can find a natural active volcano, you can use the temperature of the volcano to have a little chance.

But when the Glitzers encountered the volcano and had no time to escape, how could they risk their lives to make iron? They don't even know the so-called chemical equations!

So, is there any other way besides carbon reduction? Of course: electrolytic method! Most metals can be smelted by electrolysis, but electrolysis must have electricity first!

In other words, there is no burning phenomenon, and it is impossible to enter the Bronze or Black Iron Age. Their technological progress can only stay in the Stone Age, and it is difficult to raise productivity.

And the development of science is gradual and gradual. Even if they already have relatively good scientific thinking, they need experiments to support the points raised.

Science is a methodology. After a point is put forward, if it is consistent with the experimental results, then this point can be considered correct.

If not, this view will no doubt be abandoned.

But the question is, how do you experiment?

For a simple example, if you want to study biological cells, you must first have a microscope? Want to have a microscope, you have to learn to burn glass and make lenses? But there is no fire, how to burn glass?

Inventing new experimental tools is as important for scientific research as proposing new theories.

There are too many similar difficulties. Even under the guidance of the enlightened civilization, the Glizzards already knew that the magical natural phenomenon of electricity could be transformed into a huge force. But there is no iron, no copper, and no conductors. How to study electricity?

The scholar sitting in front of Zhang Yuan turned his head and discussed, "In this case, there are two ways I can think of. The first is to know exactly what electricity is. Just like our group of people , Have mastered this knowledge, if you suddenly go to the Stone Age, you can jump directly to technology, skip bronze and black iron. "

Zhang Yuan shook his head: "No, for no reason, the Enlightened civilization only told them about the existence of electricity, but did not tell them about the nature of electricity, nor did they tell about phenomena such as electromagnetic induction, so they can only be in the fog Fumble blindly. "

"Then the second solution, with the power of the country, puts the priority of electricity research first, and relies on a large number of talents to impact these bottlenecks. Their planet has low oxygen content, iron, copper, and magnets. There are also simple substances ... It's still possible to rely on these natural materials. "

"Professor, your statement is too difficult, idealistic ..." Another expert questioned: "It can only be a dictatorship ... Only when the dictator is crazy, will such an order be issued. A democratic government does not have such an order. It's possible that people have been kicked out of office. "

Listening to these arguments, Zhang Yuan sighed: "That is to say, human beings are likely to be jammed in that case, and there is nothing to explain. In the knowledge of the term electricity, how can they try to study what wires, Magnets, electromagnetic induction? "

"Further down, in the universe, is it difficult for a planet without oxygen to develop real technology? This is really ... weird."

"I thought of another way, biological smelting! The changes in life are infinite. On the earth, some bacteria have a good accumulation of soluble metals under high temperature conditions. Maybe some of the planet's creatures can How about relying on your own metal? "

"This probability is not absent, but it is very low. You cannot ask the creatures of the anaerobic planet, each of which has evolved the ability of biological smelting ..."

When this conclusion was reached, Zhang Yuan had to lament the good luck of human beings.

This condition is indeed a bit harsh. Planets with a large amount of oxygen must be a minority. Oxygen is produced by photosynthesis of plants and cannot be born out of thin air. The lively chemical nature of oxygen means that if it cannot be produced continuously, it will quickly react with other substances and be depleted.

An anaerobic planet is the majority.

Because of this, the productivity of the Glizer civilization has been in the Stone Age. There is no way to separate natural elements chemically, nor to study electricity physically.

Lightning can occur when the wind is raining, which is the only natural phenomenon they can observe related to electricity. Various physical models have been proposed one after another, and even someone has given his life in order to touch the lightning!

But what does all this mean when the tools of production are still stone or wood?

This tragedy and the degree of difficulty are really difficult for outsiders ...

"I don't know, I don't know anything ... We know nothing about this world, as if a layer of darkness has covered our eyes and blocked our way forward. We know the existence of electricity and know that it can exert magical powers. "

"But all attempts failed ..."

This wise man, from his youth, to his middle age, and then to his old age, exhausted all his efforts, but did nothing, and wrote sadly in his diary: "Damn electricity, what exactly is it?!"

At this time, it has been… 30,000 years since the enlightened civilization left.

The moment I saw this passage, it seemed that something hit Zhang Yuan's heartstrings. As a scientific researcher, why didn't he often express such emotions?

The universe is so ruthless, it only needs a little catalyst to get rid of a civilization.

Just because there is no oxygen.

It does not mean any mockery. Compared with Glize civilization, human beings just have a little more luck. At least they have developed their own technology and penetrated the sporadic truth of the universe.

"Well ... the technology of earth civilization ~ www.readwn.com ~ has also been stuck for a long time. Is there something missing that we don't know?"

"Missing thoughts, or reasons we don't know ... or something else ..."

The evolution of history continues, not transferred for the will of any life ...

In the case of no fruitful exploration for a long time, science has gradually lost its kinetic energy, and physics, chemistry, biology, and medicine are in a state of great stagnation. No one is willing to study these things.

Mathematics is booming. Because mathematics does not require experimental verification, it is not limited to productivity, as long as it is logical.

Year after year, ten thousand years ten thousand years ...

The science and technology tree of Glizer civilization began to produce serious deviations. Mathematics took the lead, and other disciplines were a mess!

A cynical thing happened, and its mathematical level has even surpassed that of humans! However, the tools used are still the most primitive tools like stone and wood!