雄才大略的拿破仑曾被选为法兰西科学院至高无上的院士,并运用手中的权力鼓励罐头的研制,推广接种牛痘等科学成果。特别是在反法联盟兵临城下法国兵员不济时,他坚决反对抽调理工学校学员参战,说:“我不愿取金蛋杀掉我的老母鸡。”这句话被广泛地认为是尊重知识、尊重人才的名言。拿破仑当然也成了尊重知识、尊重人才的人。然而拿破仑在怎样正确对待科技发明方面也有其严重的、或许是致命的失误。当时,有丰富创造精神的美国青年工程师,后来的蒸汽动力轮船的发明 The eminent Napoleon has been chosen as the paramount academician of the French Academy of Sciences and has used his authority to encourage the development of canned food and popularize the science of vaccination. In particular, when the French troops under the city’s anti-French coalition were in poor health, he firmly opposed the deployment of Polytechnic school students to war, saying: “I do not want to take golden eggs to kill my old hen.” This phrase is widely regarded as respecting knowledge Respect for famous people. Of course, Napoleon also became a person who respected knowledge and respected talents. However, Napoleon also had serious, perhaps fatal mistakes in how to treat the invention of science and technology correctly. At that time, there was a wealth of creative young American engineers, and later the invention of steam-powered steamship