The Significance of Four Paradigms in Historical Science Research

1, thousands of years ago, science mainly recorded and described natural phenomena, which was called experimental science, that is, first normal form, and its typical case was like drilling for fire.

Hundreds of years ago, scientists began to use models to summarize the phenomena recorded in the past, and developed theoretical science, that is, the second paradigm, with typical cases such as Newton's three laws, Maxwell's equations and relativity.

3. In the past decades, the emergence of scientific computers gave birth to computational science, which simulates and executes more and more complex phenomena, typical cases are simulated nuclear tests, weather forecasts and so on.

The development trend of science today and in the future is that with the rapid growth of data, computers can not only simulate, but also analyze and summarize and draw theories. What scientists like Newton and Einstein used to do can be done by computers in the future. JimGray turned this scientific research method into the fourth paradigm, namely data-intensive science.