Understanding of technology

The phrase in the title real systems is somewhat ambiguous and should be better defined. The theory of chemical processes is an extremely complex topic which is intertwined with other subjects, especially applied mathematics. It can, however, be conveniently divided into two steps - the development of theoretical techniques followed by their application. The former category is especially tied to applied mathematics, and will not be discussed in detail in this chapter. The second category, while relying on the first, is as equally important and often provides the ultimate test of a theoretical method. Such a test includes both the severity of any approximations used in the theory, and its ability to understand and predict phenomena which are of practical importance. It is the latter part of the test which will be emphasized in this chapter, and so real systems are defined here as those which lead to an enhanced understanding of technologically important processes. This is contrasted with systems, for example, which may be sufficiently simple to be used to test the assumptions used in a theoretical method or to test a particular experimental technique, but are of limited practical importance. 

The EAM approach appears to provide a formalism within which realistic potentials which describe atomic dynamics can be developed. It should also provide a method for realistically incorporating adsorbates into dynamics simulations. Both of these applications can be considered significant advances, and will help molecular dynamics simulations to continue to contribute to the understanding of technologically important processes. 

A knowledge of minerals and of their formation processes serves as a basis of study of inanimate nature. That knowledge becomes increasingly necessary to the understanding of technological processes involving mineral raw materials. All inorganic materials turned out by present-day industry are the effect of a mechanical, chemical, thermal or pressure action on minerals or their associations called rocks. 

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Workforce skills must include both technology and business expertise. An understanding of technology - its current capabilities as well as its future potential - is now integral to business decision making. Business leaders need innovation partners who are at the frontiers of research and deeply steeped in the issues and dynamics of specific industries. 

In contrast to a more classical Marxist understanding of technology as a productive force, Deng further emphasized that science and technology constitute the first productive force. Hence science and technology took the leading role in the Four Modernizations since they themselves independently represented one modernization and also played decisive and influential roles in the other three strands of modernization (agriculture, industry, and national defense). 

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