我想根据自己的经历回顾过去 4 0年来美国科学的发展 ,我有幸在这个时期中成长为一名地球物理学家。这个时期被称为科学的黄金时代 ,因为在基础科学和工程科学中有大量发现和进展。在这个时期 ,不仅有伟大的创造和充足的资金支持 ,还获得了很多新知识 ,正是这些知识产生了新的 I would like to recall from my own experience the development of American science in the past 40 years. I was fortunate to have grown into a geophysicist during this period. This period was called the golden age of science, as there was a great deal of discovery and progress in basic and engineering sciences. During this period, not only great creativity and adequate financial support were obtained, but a great deal of new knowledge was acquired, and it was this knowledge that created a new