我们即将走过的这个世纪，可以说是人类文明迄今所经历的最为辉煌的时期。在新的世纪快要到来，又一个千年就要开始之际，我们蓦然回首，会发现已经过去的岁月和已经创造的文明，竟是这般动人心魄，又是那么令人目不暇接，这便是由中国科学院自然科学史研究所近代科技史研究室 The century we are about to walk through can be described as the most glorious period human civilization has experienced to date. As the new century is approaching and yet another millennium is about to begin, we can look back upon ourselves and find that the time that has elapsed and the civilization that has been created have actually been so impressive and dizzying. This is caused by Institute of History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences