李约瑟先生的《中国科学技术史》已有中译本，但他的书部头太大了，以至从未能仔细地翻阅过。感谢美国人罗伯特·K·G·坦普尔，他将李约瑟的巨著改编为简写本：《中国：发明与发现的国度》(21世纪出版社，1995年)，这使得我们可以比较容易地了解李约瑟的研究。读了这本书，第 Mr. Needham’s Chinese History of Science and Technology has been translated into Chinese, but his book is too big to read carefully. I am grateful to the American Robert K. G. Temple, who adapted Joseph Needham’s book to shorthand: “China: The Kingdom of Invention and Discovery” (21st Century Press, 1995), which makes it easier for us to understand Needham Research. Read this book, the first