定位于“综合”《科学》杂志于80年前在上海悄然问世,当时在社会上并无大轰动。一个历史事件的意义并不主要在于它出现时的轰动,而在于它对推动社会进步的实质性贡献。这些贡献,又需要后人以历史的眼光给予审视和认定。中国的近代科学,不是对中国传统科学的继承,而是西方科学传播的结果。如果自1605年刊印利玛窦与徐光启合译的《几何原本》为起点,在晚明、盛清和鸦片战争之后,出现过几次西学东渐高潮。传播主体是西方 Positioning in the “Comprehensive” “Science” magazine 80 years ago in Shanghai quietly came out, there was no big sensation in society. The significance of a historical event does not lie mainly in the sensation of its emergence, but in its substantive contribution to the promotion of social progress. These contributions, but also need future generations to give a historical look and recognition. China’s modern science does not inherit the traditional Chinese science but is the result of the spread of Western science. If we start with the publication of the original “geometry” published by Matteo Ricci and Xu Guangqi in 1605, a few Western culverts culminated in the late Ming, Sheng and Opium War years. The main body of communication is the West