科学技术史的研究,能够起到“以史为鉴,继往开来”的作用,具有总结过去,指导现在和预测未来的重要意义,因此,科学技术史的研究在国内外受到普遍的重视;许多著名的科学家,也十分重视研究科学史,因此使他们的研究工作能在继承前人研究成果及经验的基础上,不断有所发现,有所创新。中国科学院很早就建立了科学史的研究 The study of the history of science and technology can play the role of “taking history as a mirror and continuing to the future” and has the important meaning of summarizing the past, guiding the present and predicting the future. Therefore, the study of the history of science and technology has received universal attention both at home and abroad. Many famous scientists, It also attaches great importance to the study of the history of science, so that their research work can continue to find and innovate on the basis of inheriting the research results and experiences of previous generations. Chinese Academy of Sciences established a long history of science