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30 YEARS' REVIEW OF CHINA'S SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (1949 - 1979)



This is the 1st China's Science Yearbook published since 1949. It covers events, activities and progresses in various fields of science and technology from 1949 to 1979. Published in conjunction with Shanghai Scientific Publishing Co., it was compiled and edited by a research team from 'Nature Magazine', Shanghai, People's Republic of China.


Contents:

  • Feature Articles: Development of the Natural Sciences in China over the Past 30 Years
  • Scaling the New Heights of Nuclear Science and Technology
  • Review of Acoustics Research in China
  • Twenty Years of the Institute of Semiconductors — A Survey
  • China's First Laser
  • Advances in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in China
  • Recent Advances of Chinese Palaeoanthropology
  • Brilliant Achievements of Palaeontological Research in China
  • New Features of the Earthquake Science in China
  • A Survey on the Developments of Mathematics in New China
  • A Theory of Polymerization of Silicic Acid in Aqueous Solution
  • Recent Development in the Study of Theoretical Organic Chemistry in China
  • A Survey on Astronomy Research in New China
  • On the Advances and Developments of Weather Prediction in China
  • New Features of the Earthquake Science in China
  • A Summary of Marine Research in China
  • Winding Roads and a Quake Science in China
  • A Summary of Marine Research in China
  • Winding Roads and a Bright Future — 30 Years of Chinese Psychology
  • A Brief Introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine
  • Commemorating the Centenary of the Birth of the Great Scientist, Albert Einstein
  • Reference Section: A Chronicle of Events in Science and Technology
  • Brief Introduction to Periodicals and Newspapers of the Natural Sciences
  • Name List of Members of Academia Scinica Departments
  • List of Past Scientists
  • Prizes and Certificates of Merit in Science



"This is a useful book ... it is a review of China's Science and technology by some of China's most prestigious scientists. The second half consists of a variety of useful reference materials."

Science




322pp Pub. date: Jan 1982
ISBN 9971-950-48-0 US$106 / £74


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Updated on 4 July 2008