Science in the Early Medieval Period in the East and West

Author: Liu Shuyong
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Publish Date: 1999-10-01
Features: The cradle for cultivating talents of the 21st century, the key to opening the door to modern science and technology. The current era is one of rapid development in science and technology and the vigorous rise of a new technological revolution. As the builders and masters of future society, we should strive to cultivate ourselves into creative talents with rich scientific and cultural knowledge, for the progress of society and the happiness of humanity. "Talent is rooted in learning," "He who learns becomes wise, and he who does not learn becomes foolish." We must arm ourselves with the outstanding scientific and cultural achievements created by humanity. Knowledge of the history of science is an indispensable component of the optimized knowledge structure for creative talents. Any scientific discovery or technological invention goes through a process of incubation, emergence, and development, which not only embodies the scientific spirit of scientists pursuing truth, dedicating themselves to science, striving tenaciously, being unyielding, respecting facts, and conducting rigorous research, but also includes their courageous exploration, daring innovation, and skillful use of analogy, models, conjecture, reasoning, and imagination to find breakthroughs. The history of science, through these vivid and concrete historical facts of scientific exploration, tells people how science is generated and developed, how those legendary scientific masters grew and succeeded; it inspires readers with the profound and motivating scientific spirit, and enables them to learn scientific methods from the successes and failures, experiences and lessons of scientists, cultivate scientific thinking, grasp some of the "secrets" of scientific creation, and gain beneficial insights beyond classroom learning. The British philosopher Francis Bacon said, "Studying history makes one wise." The modern Chinese thinker Liang Qichao also said that studying history can "enlighten the mind and intellect." In the five thousand years of human technological development, scientific progress and technological inventions are countless, and the garden of the history of science is truly colorful and dynamic. We cannot provide a panoramic description of this historical process. This series of books is like a "guide map" for the history of science, selecting representative typical events from the technological development of different historical periods as individual "attractions," guiding readers to follow the footsteps of history and appreciate the magnificent and magnificent landscape of the scientific edifice built by human wisdom.