Preface

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

Disciplinary Development of the History of Science and Technology in China Yuan Jiangyang

Conference Address Roshdi Rashed

History of Science at the Beginning of the 21th Century Roshdi Rashed

Configurations Versus Equations:A Notational Difference Chen(Joseph)Cheng-Yih

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

The Combination of Mathematics and Music?The Comparative Study of the Origin of the Calculation of Pitch in Ancient China and GreeceLiu Yaya

Pythagoreanism in Edo—From ARAI Hakuseki to SAKUMA Shōzan Chikara SASAKI

Algorithm and Principles of Division of Fractions in Chinese Ancient Literature Sun Xuhua

An Exploration of the Original Sources of Lvlv Zuanyao Wang Bing

On Delisle's Correspondence to and from China Through the Archives of the Paris Observatory Suzanne D?BARBAT

The Transmission of Western Astrolabe in Late Medieval China Fung Kam-Wing

Theories of Solar Motion in Chongzhen Lishu,Yuzhi Lixiang Kaocheng and Lixiang Kao-cheng Houbian Lu Dalong

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

Tentative Discussion on E.Diaz and the Influence of Tianwenlue on the Chinese Astro-nomy Yao Licheng

An New Explorations of the Origin of Chinese Alchemy Han Jishao

The Making of Quanti Xinlun Chan Man Sing Law Yuen Mei

The Jesuit Jo?o de Loureiro(1717-1791)and the Medicinal Plants of China Manuel S.Pinto Wang Bing No?l Golvers et al

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

Investigation on Traditional Spinning Wheels and Looms in Ze Zhou Region Lu Wei Yang Xiaoming

Titles and Classifications of the Ancient Artisans in Dunhuang Wang Jingyu

Guo Songtao and the Western Telegram Civilization Xia Weiqi

On the Manufacturing Technology of Traditional Curved-Beam Plough in China Feng Lisheng Huang Xing

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

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

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

Technologized Science:Representational Theories vs.Epistemological Engines Byron Kaldis

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

Traditional Chinese Science Among Vietnamese Minorities:Preliminary Results Alexei VOLKOV

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

Negative Effects of Patent on Technological Development:The Perspective of the The-ory of Modern Technological Process Zhang Gaizhen

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