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The Development of Modern Physics in China: The 50th Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese Physical Society

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Chinese Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology

Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science ((BSPS,volume 179))

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As we commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Physical Society, we can learn some valuable lessons by recalling the many vicissitudes in the history of the development of modern physics in China.

Journal of Dialectics of Nature IV(5) (1982) 35-42.

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  1. Gao Shuping, ed., A Chronicle of Cai Yuanpei (Cai Yuanpei Nian Pu). China Press, 1980, p. 118.

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  8. Ibid., p. 54.

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  9. Yan Si, a low-level official, served three emperors yet was never promoted because the first emperor was interested in literary talent, but he was good at military arts; the second emperor had an eye for beauty, but he was not handsome; and the third emperor appreciated youth, but he was already old. Lu Xun, Collections of Ancient Stories: Tales from the Emperor Han Wu (Gu Xiao Shuo Gou Chen, Han Wu Gu Shi Pian) People’s Literature Publishing House, 1954, p. 294.

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  1. Dai Nianzu
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  1. Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China

    Fan Dainian (Research Professor) (Research Professor)

  2. Boston University, USA

    Robert S. Cohen

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Nianzu, D. (1996). The Development of Modern Physics in China: The 50th Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese Physical Society. In: Dainian, F., Cohen, R.S. (eds) Chinese Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 179. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8717-4_17

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