廖育群主编的《多元文化视角下的中国科技史研究(第十二届国际中国科学史会议文集)(英文版)(精)》围绕“多元文化视角下的中国科技史研究”的主题，就“科技的跨文化传播与比较研究”、“中国古代科学技术与医学典籍研究”、“世界传统工艺与非物质文化遗产”等相关议题进行探讨。

The proceedings contain more than 30 contributions made by researchershome and abroad at the 12th International Conference on the History of Sciencein China (ICHSC). Discussed are the following topics: ①Cross-cultural trans-mission and comparative studies in science and technology;②Studies in ancientChinese literature concerning science, technology and medicine;③Traditionaltechnology and non-material heritages in the world. A number of fields are cov-ered, e.g. the history of science, technology, medicine, agriculture and tradi-tional technology. The research perspectives include history, culture, philoso-phy, sociology, anthropology, archeology, and ecology.

Preface

Standing Firm at Thirty: in Celebration to the 30th Anniversary of Chinese Society for the History of Science and Technology

Disciplinary Development of the History of Science and Technology in China

Conference Address

History of Science at the Beginning of the 21 th Century

Configurations Versus Equations: A Notational Difference

Zhu Shijie's Method of "Four Unknowns" as Inspiration for Wu Wen-Tsun

The Combination of Mathematics and Music——The Comparative Study of the Origin of the Calculation of Pitch in Ancient China and Greece

Pythagoreanism in Edo--From ARAI Hakuseki to SAKUMA Shozan

Algorithm and Principles of Division of Fractions in Chinese Ancient Literature

An Exploration of the Original Sources of Lvlv Zuanyao

On Delisle's Correspondence to and from China Through the Archives of the Pads Observatory

The Transmission of Western Astrolabe in Late Medieval China

Theories of Solar Motion in Chongzhen Lishu, Yuzhi Lixiang Kaocheng and Lixiang Kaocheng Houbian

The Vacancy of Error Ideas about the Calculation of the Chinese Traditional Calendar

Tentative Discussion on E. Diaz and the Influence of Tianwenlue on the Chinese Astronomy

An New Explorations of the Origin of Chinese Alchemy

The Making of Quanti Xinlun

The Jesuit Joao de Loureiro ( 1717-1791 ) and the Medicinal Plants of China

The Feuds of the Medical Sects in Republic of China and Colonial Modernity

Investigation on Traditional Spinning Wheels and Looms in Ze Zhou Region

Titles and Classifications of the Ancient Artisans in Dunhuang

Guo Songtao and the Western Telegram Civilization

On the Manufacturing Technology of Traditional Curved-Beam Plough in China

Study on Indigenous Sugar-making Technology in Naman Tun of Daxin County

British Iron and Steel Technology's Transfer in Early Modem East Asia: The Case of Qingxi Iron Works, China and Kamaishi Iron Works, Japan

How the Government Deal with the Drought from 989 AD to 992 AD in the Northern Song Dynasty

Technologized Science: Representational Theories vs. Epistemological Engines

A Shift in Interests to Science and Technology in the 11th China

Traditional Chinese Science Among Vietnamese Minorities: Preliminary Results

First Steps of Russian-Chinese Scientific Cooperation Contacts : Pyotr Kozlov's Visit to Beijing in 1925

Negative Effects of Patent on Technological Development: The Perspective of the Theory of Modem Technological Process

The Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on the History of Science in China