徐僖:中国塑料之父

Xu Xi:The Father of Chinese Plastics

徐僖,被誉为“中国塑料之父”,是我国著名的高分子材料学家。作为科研工作者,他为我国建设了第一家塑料工厂,创办了中国高校第一个塑料专业,开创了高分子力化学新方向,助推了国防工业和石油开采;作为教育工作者,他出版了中国高等工科院校第一本高分子教科书《高分子物化学原理》,用自己严谨治学的科学态度培养了大批优秀人才。本文通过回顾徐僖先生的求学经历和科研历程,重点介绍了他为我国塑料工业、国防工业、教育教学事业做出的卓越贡献。

Xu Xi,known as the“Father of Chinese Plastics”,is a famous polymer materials scientist in China.As a researcher,he built China’s first plastics factory,founded the first plastics major in Chinese universities,created a new direction of polymer power chemistry,and boosted the national defense industry and oil exploration.As an educator,he published the first polymer textbook“Principles of Polymer Chemistry”in Chinese higher engineering colleges,and cultivated a large number of excellent talents with his rigorous scientific attitude.This paper reviews the life and work of Mr Xu Xi.By reviewing Mr Xu Xi’s study experience and scientific research history,this paper focuses on Mr Xu Xi’s outstanding contributions to China’s plastics industry,national defence industry,and education and teaching.