英国是世界上实现工业化最早和科学技术发展历史悠久的国家。著名的牛津、剑桥大学和伦敦帝国学院均是世界上第一流的高等学府;成就卓著的卡尔文迪什、卢瑟福—阿普尔顿实验室是基础研究的坚实基地;历来人才济济的皇家研究所又是积极从事基础研究的中心;历史悠久的皇家学会一直致力于自然科学的发展并在全世界享有崇高的声誉。至今,英国仍保持着从牛顿以来十分注重科学的传统。 Britain is the earliest country in the world to achieve industrialization and has a long history of science and technology. The famous Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial College London are the world's top institutions of higher learning; the outstanding Calvin de Diets, Rutherford-Appleton laboratory is a solid foundation for basic research; has always been the royal study of talent It is also at the center of active research in basic sciences; the historic Royal Society has been dedicated to the development of the natural sciences and enjoys a high reputation throughout the world. So far, Britain has maintained a tradition of great emphasis on science from Newton.