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History of Science & Technology
2009–2023
How science and technology became what they are: the Scientific Revolution, a general history of technology, and how such histories are written.
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- 1What, Exactly, Is the Scientific Revolution?2009This semester has finally ended~~ The topic of this essay does not particularly satisfy me. What on earth is the Scientific Revolution? —…
- 2Printing, Natural History, and the Birth of Modern Science2011Introduction This article attempts to point out a certain connection among the three things named in the title—what is the relation between the…
- 3Obsolete Wisdom (Preface to Fifteen Lectures on the General History of Science)2016I am about to edit and publish my lecture notes on the history of science. The original title was to be *Fifteen Lectures…
- 4An Outline of the General History of Technology2014Outline of a General History of Technology Hu Yilin I. A Survey of Western Studies in the History of Technology In the English-speaking…
- 5On the Industrial Revolution (I): Watt’s Kettle: Myth and Reality2017Gradually turning my attention to research in the history of technology, the Industrial Revolution is of course a matter of the first importance.…
- 6History of Science as a Nature Reserve—A Darwinian View of Science2018Last Friday (March 30), I was invited to Shanghai Natural History Museum to take part in a “reading session,” where I introduced my…
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History of Science & ScholarshipHow Is a History of Technological Thought Possible? — Mumford’s Historiographical Method as Seen in Technics and Civilization2023.06.06
History of Science & ScholarshipThe Structure of the Historiographical Revolution — An Introduction to The Structure of Scientific Revolutions2023.03.01
Culture & Public CommentaryFrom the Altar to the Forum: The Practical Significance of the History of Science (A Review of Modern History of Science)2022.01.27
Philosophy of Technology & AIThe Cost of Innovation: Another Kind of Lesson from the History of Technology — A Review of The Technology Trap2022.01.21
History of Science & ScholarshipThe Growth History of the Scientific Spirit and the Unity of Personality2020.12.19
Culture & Public CommentaryWas There Confucianism in the Ancient West?2019.08.25
History of Science & ScholarshipUpgrading One’s Worldview Is Not So Easy—A Review of Worldview2019.03.05
History of Science & ScholarshipViète and the Transformation of Mathematics from Antiquity to Modernity2018.11.09
History of Science & ScholarshipHistory of Science as a Nature Reserve—A Darwinian View of Science2018.04.05
History of Science & ScholarshipGalileo as an Artist2017.09.01
Philosophy of Technology & AIOn the Industrial Revolution (I): Watt’s Kettle: Myth and Reality2017.08.22
History of Science & ScholarshipWhen Reading Joseph Needham, Do Not “Buy the Casket and Return the Pearl” — A Review of *The Titration of Civilization*2017.03.26