Chinese Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (Hardcover, 1996)

Editorial Note; R.S. Cohen. Preface; Fan Dianian. Science, Democracy and Society. 1. On the Emancipation of the Mind; Yu Guangyuan. 2. Essay on the Role of Science and Democraqcy in Society; Xu Liangying. 3. Histroical Development of the Chinese Communist Party's Scientific Policy (Prior to the Founding of the People's Republic); Gong Yuzhi. 4. Speeches at the Qingdao Genetics Conference of 1956; Yu Guangyuan. 5. The Qingdao Conference of 1956 on Genetics: the Historical Background and Fundamental Experiences; Li Peishan, Meng Qinzhe, Huang Qinghe. Philosophy of Science. 6. Concepts of Space and Time in Ancient China and in Modern Cosmology; Fang Lizhi, Zhou Youyuan. 7. Information and Feedback in Epistemology; Jin Guantao, Hua Guofan. Time: a Philosophical Survey; Luo Jiachang. 9. The Concept of `Primordial Motion': Past and Present; Fang Lizhi. On the Unity of Biology and Physics; Ding Dafu. 11. Homeostasis and Chinese Traditional Medicine: Commenting on Cannon's The Wisdom of the Body; Chen Bu. 12. The Book of Changes and Mathematics; Dong Guangbi. History of Science and Technology. 13. The Structure of Science and Technology in History: On the Factors Delaying the Development of Science and Technology in China in Comparison with the West since the 17th Century (Part One); Jin Guantao, Fan Hongye, Liu Qingfeng. 14. Historical Changes in the Structure of Science and Technology (Part Two, a Commentary); Jin Guantao, Fan Hongye, Liu Qingfeng. The Problem of Demarcation of Periods in the History of Science; Xu Liangying. 16. A Brief Account of Chinese Studies of the History of Science and Technology in China; Lin Wenzhao. The Development of Modern Physics in China: the 50th Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese Physical Society; Dai Nianzu. 18. A Preliminary Study of the Characteristics of Metallurgical Technology in Ancient China; Qiu Liagnhui. 19. Liu Hui's Theory of Mathematics; Mei Rongzhao. 20. A Comparison of the Structure of the Mathematical Systems of China and the West: Several Revelations from Information Theory; Le Xiucheng. 21. The Historical Value of the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art in Society and the Economy; Song Jie. 22. Studies of the South-Pointing Chariot: a Critical Survey of the Past 80 Years; Lu Jingyan. 23. A Comparison of Archimedes' and Liu Hui's Studies of Circles; Liu Dun. 24. The Struggle between Evolutionary Theory and Creationism in China; Zhang Binglun, Wang Zichun. 25. Why did Zheng He's Sea Voyage Fail to Lead the Chines to Make the `Great Geographical Discovery'? Song Zhenghai, Chen Chuankang. 26. The Effect of the Autocratic Monarchy of the Qing Dynasty on Science and Technology; Chen Yalan. 27. A Preliminary Analysis of Scientific Development and its Causes in Anhui Province during the Ming and Qing Dynasty; Zhang Binglun. 28. Li Shanlan: Forerunner of Modern Science in China; Wang Yusheng. 29. Hua Hengfang: Forerunner and Disseminator of Modern Science in China; Wang Yusheng. 30. Cai Yanpei's Contribution of China's Science; Gao Pingshu. 31. The Treatise on Fevers and Miscellaneous Diseases: Vicissitudes