The Chinese Journal for the History of Science and technology  NO.2 2002

Studying in USSR in 1950s: The Record of a Talk with Professor Sun Hesheng……YAO Fang

【Abstract】 Sending a large number of students to USSR was an important way for China to learn from USSR in 1950s. This article is the record of a talk with Profersor Sun Hesheng who was a former student studying in USSR. We have talked about the study and research on mathematics in three periods--before going to USSR,during his stay there and after returning China.

Introduction of Huygens' Achievements in Qing Dynasty……HAN Jin-fang

【Abstract】 Christian Huygens was a famous scientist in the 17th century. This paper deals with the transmission of Huygens'work in China. The pendulum clock invented by him was brought into China in the early Qing Dynasty. His accomplishment in mechanics was introduced into China through Zhong Xue(An Elementary Treatise on Mechanics),which was translated by Li Shanlan and Joseph Edkins in 1859. Some Chinese had known Huygens' studies on astronomy, especially Saturn's rings and the sixth moon of Saturn before the Opium Wars. But his studies on light and mathematics were introduced into China towards the end of the Qing Dynasty. Research on the transmission of his achievements will contribute to throwing light on the problem of how European science was introduced into China from the early Qing Dynasty to the end of the Opium Wars.

The Early Days' News Report on the Nobel Prize in China……DENG Shao-gen，WANG Min

【Abstract】 Nobel Prize is the supreme prize for science and technology in the world.In the early days of the 20th century,The Globe Magazine,The Science and The Eastern Miscellany in Shanghai reported early or late how the Nobel Prize was established,who the winners of Nobel Prize for 1903,1905,1914 and 1920 were;meanwhile they classified and counted the Nobel Prize winners over the years,and finally called on Chinese people to do all they could to catch up and win the Nobel Prize.

Additional Historical Material About the Early Record of Formal Schooling of Prof. Chi Ping……GUO Jian-rong

【Abstract】 Through delving into archives,this paper shows that despite his excellent results in the examination,Prof. Chi Ping held a medium position in the name list of graduates from the Imperial University of Peking in 1909.

A Research on Historical Materials About Late Qing of China Collected in a Japanese Journal:Shanghai and Suzhou Travel Diary……LIANG Yong-xuan

【Abstract】 An eminent Japanese scholar physician by the name of Okata Kousyo was travelling all over Shanghai and Suzhou from February to April in 1872. After he went back to Japan, he published a book entitled Shanghai and Suzhou Travel Diary ,which succeeded in catching the notice of Japanese scholars. In the book, Okata Kousyo spoke of his association with some well known Chinese physicians and gave a faithful and objective description of the situation of Chinese medical industry then, thus providing precious historical material for doing research on the history of the development of medicine in China in late Qing Dynasty.

A Preliminary Research on Li Yan's Study of the History of Mathematics in China……ZOU Da-hai

【Abstract】 Based on the former studies of Li Yan's academic work,this paper makes a few further examinations of historical facts about Li Yan's studies on the history of mathematics in China,and then argues how Li Yan began his research.It also discusses Li Yan's work on the collection of books of traditional mathematics in China,and his academic style of stressing on historical literatures.The author suggests that Li Yan had his own historiographical view,which can be outlined as"historiographical idea of fastening on historical literatures".The characteristics of such a historiographical idea may be generalized as follows:fastening on historical literature,taking"true history"as the goal,doing one's best to construct history directly with historical literatures,transmitting the truth of the believable documents and the shadiness of the doubtful documents,and avoiding redundant inference far from historical materials.

Historical Events About the Writing and Publication of The History of Chinese Mathematics with Qian Baocong As Its Chief Compiler……DU Shi-ran

【Abstract】 This article puts down the author's reminiscence of historical events during the last forty years about the writing and publication of The History of Chinese Mathematics with Qian Baocong as its chief compiler. It may serve as reference material for inquiring into the history of mathematics in China.

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