摘要
这是美国著名科学史家、中国科学院外籍院士李约瑟(Joseph Need-ham,1900—1995)博士于1964年致我国著名学者、科技考古学家王振铎(1912—1992年)先生的一封信的译文及相关背景的注释。其中谈到英国学者研究苏颂水运仪象台时钟机构的基本论点和复原模型。译文注释则简要介绍了王振铎先生与李约瑟博士的交往,以及王先生于1958年研创现陈列于中国历史博物馆的水运仪象台复原模型的起因。
This is a letter writter by the famious British historian of science Dr. J. Needham to
the famious Chinese archaeologist Prof. Wang Zhenduo in 1964 with concise explanatory notes written
by the translator. The letter is about British scholars'basic arguments on Su Sung's clockwork and
their reconstruction. In the explanation notes, the author talks about association between the two fa-
mious scholars and the reason why Prof.Wang began to reconstruct the astronomical clockwork in
1958 which is now on display in the National Museum of Chinese History.
出处
《中国科技史料》
CSCD
2004年第2期165-166,共2页
China Historical Materials of Science and Technology
