Specialization can be seen as a response to the problem of an increasing accumulation of scientific knowledge. By splitting up the subject matter into smaller units, one man could continue to handle the information and use it as the basis for further research. But specialization was only one of a series of related developments in science affecting the process of communication. Another was the growing professionalization of scientific activity.

No clear-cut distinction can be drawn between professionals and amateurs in science: exception can be found to any rule. Nevertheless, the word “amateur” does carry a connotation that the person concerned is not fully integrated into the scientific community and, in particular, may not fully share its values. The growth of specialization in the nineteenth century, with itsconsequent requirement of a longer, more complex training, implied greater problems for amateur participation in science. The trend was naturally most obvious in those areas of science based especially on a mathematical or laboratory training, and can be illustrated in terms of the development of geology in the United Kingdom.

A comparison of British geological publications over the last century and a half reveals not simply an increasing emphasis on the primacy of research, but also a changing definition of what constitutes an acceptable research paper. Thus, in the nineteenth century, local geological studies represented worthwhile research in their own right; but, in the twentieth century, local studies have increasingly become acceptable to professionals only if they incorporate, and reflect on, the wider geological picture. Amateurs, on the other hand, have continued to pursue local studies in the old way. The overall result has been to make entrance to professional geological journals harder for amateurs, a result that has been reinforced by the widespread introduction of refereeing, first by national journals in the nineteenth century and then by several local geological journals in the twentieth century. As a logical consequence of this development, separate journals have now appeared aimed mainly towards either professional or amateur readership. A rather similar process of differentiation has led to professional geologists coming together nationally within one or two specific societies, whereas the amateurs have tended either to remain in local societies or to come together nationally in a different way.

Although the process of professionalization and specialization was already well under way in British geology during the nineteenth century, its full consequences were thus delayed until the twentieth century. In science generally, however, the nineteenth century must be reckoned as the crucial period for this change in the structure of science.

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專業化是隨著科學知識不斷增長和積累形成的。把學科內容細分成更小的單位，科學家就能不斷地掌握信息，并以此為基礎進行進一步研究。但是，專業化只是一系列與影響交流過程相關的科學發展結果之一。另一個結果便是科研活動的職業化。

在科學上專業人員與業余科研人員之間并沒有明確的分界線：任何規則總存在例外。然而，“業余”這個詞的確有這樣一個含義，即相關人員接受長期而復雜的專業訓練，這給從事科研的業余人員帶來了更大的問題。這種趨勢在那些特別依賴數學或實驗室的學科領域中，自然十分明顯。我們可以用英國的地質學發展過程的例子來認識這種趨勢。

比較過去一個半世紀英國地質學刊物可以看出，地質學界不僅越來越強調科研的至高無上，而且對什么是可接受的科研論文的界定也不斷地變化。因此，19世紀，局部地質學研究本身就是有價值的科學研究；但到了20世紀，只有當這種局部研究涉及并思考了更大范圍的地質學問題時，這種局部性的地質學研究才能為專業人員所接受。另一方面，業余科研人員繼續以舊有方式從事局部性研究，其總體結果是，業余人員的論文更難進入專業地質學學刊，而學刊審計制度的廣泛引入使論文發表難度進一步加大。這一審計制度是在19世紀由全國學刊首先采用的，到了20世紀又被幾家地方地質學刊采用。這導致一個自然的結果是，不同的學刊面向不同的主體讀者群，要么是專業人員，要么是業余人員。地質科研人員中也發生了相似的分化現象，這使得全國專業地質人員逐漸形成了一兩個特定的科研協會，而業余科研人員往往要么呆在地方協會中，要么組成一個不同的全國性協會。

雖然職業化、專業化在19世紀的英國地質界進行得相當深入，然而其全部效應直至20世紀才體現出來。但是，就總體的科學研究而言，19世紀應被視為科研結構發生變化的關鍵時期。

詞匯

派生：accumulate v. 積累，積聚 accumulator n. 累加器 accumulative a. 積累的

例句：He is tired of the accumulation of work for a long time. 他很厭倦長時間積壓的工作。

amateurs n. 業余愛好者 a. 業余的，非職業的

例句：He is an amateur actor. 他是一名業余演員。

派生：connote v. 含有某種附加意義

例句：A good dictionary will give us the connotation of a word as well as its denotation. 一本好字典不僅要告訴我們一個字的字面意義同時還要告訴我們該字的言外之意。

派生：consequent a. 作為結果的consequently ad. 因此，所以

例句：I hope you can consider the consequences of your actions seriously. 我希望你能慎重考慮你的行為會造成的后果。

詞組：in consequence 因此，結果；inconsequence of 由于……的緣故

派生：constituent a. 形成的，組成的 n. 成分，要素 constitution n. 構成，構造，組成（方式），成分；體格，體質；憲法

例句：Automobile injuries constitute the most common cause for blunt chest injury. 汽車撞傷是構成鈍性胸部傷的最常見原因。

例句：It is crucial to get this contract for the future of the company. 簽立這項合同對公司的前途很重要。

辨析：critical, crucial

      critical 指有轉折點性質的，關鍵性的或決定性的，危急的；crucial 對某一問題的解決極其重要的，決定性的。

派生：distinct v. 截然不同的，完全分開的；清晰的 distinctive a. 有特色的，與眾不同的

例句：I can not see any distinction between the two cases. 我看不出來這兩個案例有什么差別。

詞組：draw a distinction 區別開來；make a distinction between 對……加以區別

派生：illustration n. 說明，例證；圖解

例句：I can cite quite a few instances to illustrate. 我可以舉出好幾件事來說明。

派生：integrated a. 各部分配合好的；綜合的，完整的 integration n. 結合，綜合

例句：American government has tried its best to integrate in every aspects. 美國政府已盡力在各個方面消除種族之間的隔離。

詞組：integrate…with…/integrate…and… 將……和……構成整體；integrate into 融入

反義詞：disintegrate

例句：There was no hope, nevertheless, he never gave up. 盡管沒有希望，但是他從未放棄。

例句：An overall investigation should be made before you come to conclusion. 在你做出結論之前應該對事情進行全面調查。

詞組：an overall survey 全面的觀察；overall situation 全面局勢；overall utilization 綜合利用；the overall length 全長；the overall costs 總花銷

派生：participant n. 參加者，參與者 participate v. (in) 參與，參加；分享，分擔

例句：The school asked for the active participation of all the students in the English Contest. 學校號召所有學生都要積極參加英語競賽。

派生：pursuit n. 追趕，追求；職業，工作

例句：We have to pursue what we consider to be the right course. 我們必須沿著我們認為正確的道路前進。

例句：We reckon that he is not fit for the job. 我們認為他不適合做這項工作。

詞組：reckon on 指望，盼望；reckon with 估計到，考慮到；處理，解決；reckon sb./sth. as/to be 以為，認定

派生：require v. 需要；要求，命令

例句：What we did should meet your requirement. 我們做的應該滿足你的要求。

派生：respond v. 作答；響應

例句：My letter brought no response. 我的信還沒有答復。

詞組：in response to 響應，反應；make no response 不回答

辨析：answer, reply, response

      answer 指針對另一行為的回應，因而介詞用to；reply 指對他人的陳述或問題給予回答，通常用reply to；response 指對刺激的回應，也指對緊迫或指定問題的回答。

例句：He was there when the split occurred in the Kuomintang-Communist alliance. 國共分裂時他正好在那里。

詞組：split into 分裂、分開；split with 與……分手；split the difference 讓步，妥協

例句：She thought I was telling lies, whereas I was telling the truth. 她想我在說謊話，其實我說的是實話。