《化学发展简史》一书,从1959年开始编写,几经讨论和修改,渡过了漫长而又曲折的21年,终于在1980年正式出版了。这本书的出版,不仅是我国化学界、科学史界的一项基本建设,而且对自然科学、社会科学和哲学工作者也颇有参考价值。作者们花了大量时间和精力,但仍谦虚地把这本 A Brief History of Chemical Development, written in 1959, discussed and revised several times, spent a long and tortuous period of 21 years and was finally published in 1980. The publication of this book is not only a basic construction of our country’s chemistry and history of science, but also a valuable reference for the natural sciences, social sciences and philosophical workers. The authors spent a lot of time and energy, but still humbled this