Studies in the History of Natural Sciences

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2019 Vol. 38,No. 4Published:25 December 2019

FOCUS： HISTORY OF SCIENCES IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Soviet Experts and the Construction of the Xin'anjiang Hydropower Station
ZHANG Zhihui
Xin'anjiang Hydropower Station was an important construction project that was added into the First Five-Year Plan in China. In off...
2019, 38 (4): 383-393

The Development of Quantum Information Science and Technology in China: Take University of Science and Technology of China as an Example
DING Zhaojun
Quantum information science and technology is one of the most advanced academic fields today. Although China started late, Chinese...
2019, 38 (4): 394-404

ARTICLES

Astronomical Instruments, Diplomacy and the Scientific Community: The Looting and Return of the Peking Ancient Observatory's Instruments
CHOU Wei-chiang
Among the acts of plunder of Chinese cultural relics by foreigners in modern history, the looting of the astronomical instruments ...
2019, 38 (4): 405-439

Planets and Calendars: A Study on Ephemerides
ZHAO Jianghong
Ephemeres record the position of planets, an activity that arose in response to the needs of birth day astrology. The early works<...
2019, 38 (4): 440-453

On Precession and the Superior Epoch in the Mingtian Li
WANG Jinrui, QU Anjing
Precession (Suicha岁差)is one of the most important constants in the ancient Chinese calendar. It was normally determined by the met...
2019, 38 (4): 454-460

An Examination of the Structural Forms and Evolution Process of the Kam Drum Towers in the Pingtan River Region
ZHANG Xingzhao, LIU Su, ZHAO Mingshan
The drum tower is not only the clan symbol of the Kam (Dong minority), but also the embodiment of its highest construction technol...
2019, 38 (4): 461-478

A Historical Analysis of Emil Artin's Galois Theory
ZHANG Yong, DENG Mingli
Emil Artin(1898—1962) reformulated Galois theory via abstract algebra. He linearized the theory, and succeeded in bypassing the pr...
2019, 38 (4): 479-495