- FANG Zaiqing
Name: FANG Zaiqing Ph.D. of Philosophy, Professor Residence: From April 2002 to now Departments and research group: Science Culture Group, Department of Western History of Science
Education
Wuhan University, Ph.D. in Philosophy Sept. 1988-- July 1991 Study Contemporary Philosophy in Wuhan University, Wuhan, P.R. China Doctor of Philosophy, 1991 Dissertation Title: On Normative Naturalism ? Sept. 1983-- July 1986 Study History and Philosophy of Science in Jilin University, Changchun, China Master of Philosophy, 1986 ? Sept. 1979-- July 1983 Study Physics in Jilin University, Changchun, P.R. China Bachelor of Science, 1983
Employment History
Institute for the history of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, from April 2002 to now School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, from 1995 to 2002 Institut für Soziologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit?t München, Germany, from 1999 to 2011
Research Interest/Areas
History and Philosophy of Science ? Science and Technology Studies ? Comparative Studies of “Science as Culture”
Selected Publications Books
? Authentic Einstein: An Illustrated Biography about Albert Einstein, Beijing University Press, Beijing, 2006 ? Einstein, Science and Culture in Germany, Beijing University Press, Beijing, 2006 ? Scientific Revolution and the Chinese Way (co-edited with YUAN Jiangyang), Hubei Education Press, Wuhan, 2006. ? A Brief History of German Science and Education (co-edited with DAI Jiqiang), People’s Education Press, Beijing, 2003. ? Scientific Development and Cultural Background, Hubei Education Press, Wuhan, 1998
Over 30 Articles about History and Philosophy of Sciences
Translations
? Einstein’s German World by Fritz Stern, published by Shanghai Scientific and Technological Education Press, 2005. ? Einstein, Picasso: Space, Time, and the Beauty That Causes Havoc by Arthur I. Miller, published by Shanghai Scientific and Technological Education Press, 2003, 2006, 2008. ? Out of my later Years by Albert Einstein, published by Hainan Publishing House, 1999. Beijing University Press, Beijing, 2008. ? `Subtle is the Lord...′ The Science and Life of Albert Einstein, by Abraham Pais, published by Guangdong Education Press, Guangzhou, 1998, Commercial Press, Beijing, 2004. ? Progress and Its Problem, by Larry Laudan, published by Shanghai Translation Press, Shanghai, 1991. ? Robert Millikan, by Robert Kargon, Published by Oriental Publishing Center, Shanghai, 1998. ? Eighteenth-century Science, vol. 4. of The Cambridge History of Science, edited by Roy Porter, Published (forthcoming) by Daxiang Publishing House, Zhenzhou.
Contact
Address: Institute for the History of Natural Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences 55 ZHONGGUANCUN East Road Beijing, 100190 Email: fang@ihns.ac.cn Phone number: +86 10 5755 2563 |