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科学史是一门既古老又年轻的历史学科。可以认为亚里士多德是这门学科的创始人,他把科学史当作他的科学方法的一个基本组成部分来使用。从中华人民共和国对科学史越来越重视这一点上,可以看出科学史的这一作用仍然是成立的。西方科学的历史为西方科学发展的本质提供了宝贵的线索,而这种本质应当是把西方科学移向其他文化的指南。但是,科学史也是一门很新的科学。虽然自从文艺复兴时期以来,就已经有了各种科学的历史,但是在20世纪以前没有综合的科学史学,而以科学史作为一
History of Science is an ancient and young historical discipline. Aristotle can be considered the founder of this discipline, and he used the history of science as an essential part of his scientific method. From the fact that the People's Republic of China attaches more and more importance to the history of science, we can see that this role of history of science is still established. The history of western science has provided valuable clues to the nature of Western science and this essence should be a guide to moving Western science to other cultures. However, the history of science is also a very new science. Although various scientific histories have existed since the Renaissance, there was no comprehensive science historiography before the twentieth century, and the history of science