The proceedings contain more than 30 contributions made by researchers home and abroad at the 12th International Conference on the History of Science in China(ICHSC).Discussed are the following topics:①Cross-cultural transmission and comparative studies in science and technology;②Studies in ancient Chinese literature concerning science,technology and medicine;③Traditional technology and non-material heritages in the world.A number of fields are covered,e.g.the history of science,technology,medicine,agriculture and traditional technology.The research perspectives include history,culture,philosophy,sociology,anthropology,archeology,and ecology.
廖育群主編的《多元文化視角下的中國科技史研究(第十二屆國際中國科學史會議文集)(英文版)(精)》圍繞"多元文化視角下的中國科技史研究"的主題，就"科技的跨文化傳播與比較研究"、"中國古代科學技術與醫學典籍研究"、"世界傳統工藝與非物質文化遺產"等相關議題進行探討。
Preface
Standing Firm at Thirty:in Celebration to the 30th Anniversary of Chinese Society for the History of Science and Technology Liu Dun
Disciplinary Development of the History of Science and Technology in China Yuan Jiangyang
Conference Address Roshdi Rashed
History of Science at the Beginning of the 21th Century Roshdi Rashed
Configurations Versus Equations:A Notational Difference Chen(Joseph)Cheng-Yih
Zhu Shijie's Method of "Four Unknowns" as Inspiration for Wu Wen-Tsun Jiri Hudecek
The Combination of Mathematics and Music?The Comparative Study of the Origin of the Calculation of Pitch in Ancient China and GreeceLiu Yaya
Pythagoreanism in Edo—From ARAI Hakuseki to SAKUMA Shōzan Chikara SASAKI
Algorithm and Principles of Division of Fractions in Chinese Ancient Literature Sun Xuhua
An Exploration of the Original Sources of Lvlv Zuanyao Wang Bing
On Delisle's Correspondence to and from China Through the Archives of the Paris Observatory Suzanne D?BARBAT
The Transmission of Western Astrolabe in Late Medieval China Fung Kam-Wing
Theories of Solar Motion in Chongzhen Lishu,Yuzhi Lixiang Kaocheng and Lixiang Kao-cheng Houbian Lu Dalong
The Vacancy of Error Ideas about the Calculation of the Chinese Traditional Calendar Wang Yumin
Tentative Discussion on E.Diaz and the Influence of Tianwenlue on the Chinese Astro-nomy Yao Licheng
An New Explorations of the Origin of Chinese Alchemy Han Jishao
The Making of Quanti Xinlun Chan Man Sing Law Yuen Mei
The Jesuit Jo?o de Loureiro(1717-1791)and the Medicinal Plants of China Manuel S.Pinto Wang Bing No?l Golvers et al
The Feuds of the Medical Sects in Republic of China and Colonial Modernity Xia Yuanyuan
Investigation on Traditional Spinning Wheels and Looms in Ze Zhou Region Lu Wei Yang Xiaoming
Titles and Classifications of the Ancient Artisans in Dunhuang Wang Jingyu
Guo Songtao and the Western Telegram Civilization Xia Weiqi
On the Manufacturing Technology of Traditional Curved-Beam Plough in China Feng Lisheng Huang Xing
Study on Indigenous Sugar-making Technology in Naman Tun of Daxin County Liu Anding
British Iron and Steel Technology's Transfer in Early Modern East Asia:The Case of Qingxi Iron Works,China and Kamaishi Iron Works,Japan Fang Yibing
How the Government Deal with the Drought from 989 AD to 992 AD in the Northern Song Dynasty Dong Yuyu
Technologized Science:Representational Theories vs.Epistemological Engines Byron Kaldis
A Shift in Interests to Science and Technology in the 11th China Su Zhan
Traditional Chinese Science Among Vietnamese Minorities:Preliminary Results Alexei VOLKOV
First Steps of Russian-Chinese Scientific Cooperation Contacts:Pyotr Kozlov's Visit to Beijing in 1925 Tatyana Yusupova
Negative Effects of Patent on Technological Development:The Perspective of the The-ory of Modern Technological Process Zhang Gaizhen
The Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on the History of Science in China
