台湾综合科普刊物概述

Review of Popular Science Publications since 1945 in Taiwan

本文将台湾光复以来的综合科普刊物分为三期,分别由《大众科学》、《科学月刊》、《牛顿》开端。本文胪列各期刊物,并作简要分析。本文指出,取自国外刊物将不易超越《牛顿》和《科学人》,自制刊物将不易超越《科学月刊》。本文又指出,科普刊物受到网络影响,其影响力日益减弱,但网络等新兴媒体需要内容支撑,是以科普刊物仍有其存在价值。

In this paper, the comprehensive popular science publications since 1945 in Taiwan are divided into three phases, starting with Popular Science, Science Monthly, and Newton respectively. We enumerate every kind of the publications, and make a brief analysis of them. We notice that the achievements of the publication drawing its material from foreign magazines can not surpass Newton and Scientific American, and that the achievements of the self-made publication can not surpass Science Monthly. Furthermore, the influence of the internet on the popular science publications is so great that the influence of the latter is much weakened. But the popular science publications are still of great value, because the new and developing media such as internet need substantial contents.