The first President of the Royal Society

Few people know the name of the Royal Society's first President, even though he features prominently in Thomas Sprat's famous allegorical frontispiece. In promotional images, his individual identity is irrelevant for proclaiming the Society's allegiance to Francis Bacon and commitment to experimental investigation. By contrast, William Brouncker's name does appear on Peter Lely's large portrait, which hung at the Royal Society. Brouncker was a gifted mathematician as well as a conscientious administrator, and Lely's portrait reproduces the diagram of one of his innovative algebraic proofs.     

Historical mathematics in the French eighteenth century

At least since the seventeenth century, the strange combination of epistemological certainty and ontological power that characterizes mathematics has made it a major focus of philosophical, social, and cultural negotiation. In the eighteenth century, all of these factors were at play as mathematical thinkers struggled to assimilate and extend the analysis they had inherited from the seventeenth century. A combination of educational convictions and historical assumptions supported a humanistic mathematics essentially defined by its flexibility and breadth. This mathematics was an expression of l'esprit humain, which was unfolding in a progressive historical narrative. The French Revolution dramatically altered the historical and educational landscapes that had supported this eighteenth-century approach, and within thirty years Augustin Louis Cauchy had radically reconceptualized and restructured mathematics to be rigorous rather than narrative.     

中国林学会二十世纪上半叶的历史沿革和发展

中国林学会前身是1917年春成立的中华森林会,迄今已有82年的历史了,现拥有81000名会员,分布在全国各地,是我国创建时间最早、拥有学科较全、在国内外影响较大的自然学术团体之一.     

20世纪上半叶走向世界的中国科学研究实况

本文运用文献计量方法,通过美国ISI公司的核心期刊论文数据库,检索了中国大陆在世界一流刊物上自1900年至1949年间发表的几乎全部的论文。并从文献量、著者、机构、学科主题、核心期刊、引文等角度进行了归类统计和分析,用定量数据从一个侧面反映了20世纪上半叶中国科学研究的历史实况、研究水平、科研布局等实证信息。     

Sparks in the dark: the attraction of electricity in the eighteenth century

Electricity was the craze of the eighteenth century. Thrilling experiments became forms of polite entertainment for ladies and gentlemen who enjoyed feeling sparks, shocks and attractions on their bodies. Popular lecturers designed demonstrations that were performed in darkened salons to increase the spectacle of the so-called electric fire. Not only did the action, the machinery and the ambience of such displays match the culture of the libertine century, it also provided new material for erotic literature.     

英国皇家学会对待科普的态度

科学家们必须学会与公众的所有组成部分尤其是与媒体进行更好的交流。我们在关于媒体的阐述中反复强调了两个主题，一方面科学家对媒体不信任、缺乏理解，并且经常不情愿也没有能力与记进行恰当的交流，另一方面科学家与记之间保持友好合作关系十分重要，如果要在各种媒体上恰如其分地表现科学的话。与议会、公共服务部门和工业界也要保持这种和谐关系。我们这个皇家学会特别小组，     

20世纪上半叶走向世界的中国社会科学研究

 运用文献计量方法,通过美国汤森路透公司的核心期刊论文数据库WoS中的社会科学专题数据子库,检索了中国大陆在世界核心刊物上自1900年至1949年间发表的几乎全部的论文。并从文献量、著者、机构、学科主题、核心期刊、引文等角度进行了归类统计和分析,用定量数据从一个侧面反映了20世纪上半叶中国社会科学研究的历史实况、研究水平、科研布局等具体信息。     

21世纪上半叶技术科学发展预测——基于两种数学模型的比较分析

根据对“技术科学”范畴的统一界定,较完整地统计出文艺复兴以后所出现的各种技术科学学科。在绘制技术科学发展的时间序列特征曲线基础上,分别建立起技术科学学科数在时间过程中的增量模型和累积量模型;在全面分析技术科学发展特征与规律的基础上,对21世纪上半叶技术科学的发展趋势作系统预测,并对两种模型的比较结果进行初步探讨。     

Geneticist Elected Foreign Member of Royal Society

<正>LI Jiayang,a distinguished geneticist and CAS academician with the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology(IGDB),was elected into the Royal Society of U.K.as a foreign fellow on May 1,2015."Professor Jiayang Li has made seminal contributions to establishing forward genetics approaches in rice and in     

国家自然科学基金委员会和英国皇家学会合作项目回顾与评估

通过对“国家自然科学基金委员会与英国皇家学会合作项目”执行情况进行问卷调查,总结和分析了该合作项目过去几年来在学术出版物、国际会议论文和报告、专利申请等方面所取得的成果,阐述了其在帮助科学家走向学科前沿、推动实质性合作研究、促进人才培养等方面的重要作用,提出了开展国际合作研究项目的若干启示。     

英国皇家学会的早期发展对科学社团的启示

著名的英国皇家学会（TheRoyalSociety）是迄今为止全世界最古老而又从未间断过的科学组织,现已具有英国科学院的职能。而皇家学会在它的发展早期与当今的科学社团在许多方面都有相同之处,如成员结构、活动内容与形式,甚至面ll当的困难和问题以及所采取的应对措施都与今天的科学社团很相似,然而英国皇家学会却走了那么久远,发展得那么壮大。由此可见,英国皇家学会所表现的内在精神、产生的各种机制体制、应对问题的重大举措等对于当今的科学社团来说都具有深刻的启示和借鉴参考作用。     

Two more DICP researchers elected Fellows of Royal Society of Chemistry

Profs. LIN Liwu and SHA Guohe, two physical chemists with the CAS Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics （DICP）, were recently elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry （RSC） in UK.     

Prof.BAI Chunli receives Honorary Fellowship from Royal Society of Chemistry

Prof.BAI Chunli,an expert in nanoscience and technology, has been conferred the Honorary Fellowship of the London-based Royal Society of Chemistry (HonFRSC).The presentation ceremony was held on 12 December,2007 in Beijing. The Royal Society of Chemistry(RSC)was established in 1980 on the basis of the