Globally, the contemporary era should refer to the period after the third world scientific and technological revolution. The third scientific and technological revolution marked by the wide application of atomic energy, computer and space technology is an information control technology revolution involving information technology, new energy technology, new material technology, biotechnology, space technology and marine technology.
In the fields of information science and technology, life science and technology, new energy science and technology, new material science and technology, space science and technology, marine science and technology, etc. The specific meanings of science and technology are often difficult to distinguish, which shows that science and technology are interrelated and transformed, but at the same time they are different and relatively independent.
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The difference between "contemporary" and "modern";
Modern times are two different generations, from the May 4th period to the founding of the People's Republic of China and from the founding of the People's Republic of China to the present.
1, the time division is different.
Modernity: 19 19 May 4th Movement-1949 New China was founded as a modern society, and the China proletariat entered the historical stage as a new political force in China.
Contemporary: New China was founded1949-Up to now, people are masters of their own affairs.
2. The background is different.
Modernity is the era of imperialism and proletarian revolution; In history, it usually refers to the era when the proletariat won the socialist revolution, which is called "modernity". That is to say, the era of red revolution in exchange for blood should be an era of blood and sweat, and it should be "modernity". The October socialist revolution in Russia opened a new era in human history.
Contemporary is a Chinese word, which refers to the present era. From "The Biography of Geng Yan in the Later Han Dynasty": "Father's illness ... all six brothers are interested in purple, and saving medicine is proud of the present." , Don Liu Zhiji's "History of Liu Tongjia": "Therefore, his book is despised by the contemporary, and it is good."
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