Timothy Richart's Scientific And Technological Thoughts And Development Of Science And Technology Of Chinese Modern Times

This paper systematically and completely analyzes Timothy Richart's ideology of science and technology ,by using the history of science and technology as the standard measure. From his speeches and works, the paper choose science outlook and technology policy as the main topic, and by citing much of his original texts, this paper researches and locates his status in the following fields, such as ideology on science, ideology on science education, outlook of technology, outlook of science and techonology books, and also this paper makes enrichments in these above mentioned fields, in doing so, to futher analyze him in the history of science ideology.This paper mainly concentrates on the marshalling and introducing of the materials, tries to reliably analyze him, and intends to reflect Timothy Richart's status and importance in the history of science ideology and the history of science sociology through his speeches and acts.The basic content of the paper: the first part(chaper), introduces Timothy Richart's scientific books and translations, in doing so introduces his works and influence on scientific books and this publications against the background of his working experiences in Society for the Diffusion Of Christian and General ledge Among the Chinese and Academy of translating of Shanxi University. The second part(chapter) presents his opinions and influences on China's late Qing's science and technology policies. The third part(chapter) introduces in detail Timothy Richart's opinions and contributions to science and technology education . And at last this paper appraises Timothy Richart's against the liberal background.Through the research, this paper is aimed to completely and systematically analyze and summarize Timothy Richart's scientific and technological activities as well as his ideology. In this paper, the key problems are mainly the following aspects:1,Acquiring the reliable and comprehensive materials about Timothy Richart's scientific and technological activities in China's modern history. 2,Being able to fairly and objectively analyze and appraise Timothy Richart's scientific activities in specific period of China.3,Being able to improving people's cognition about the effect of western missionaries in the development of China's modern society through the research of Timothy Richart's ideology of science and technology.This paper is for the first time to make an overall and systematic research on Timothy Richart's scientific and technological activities and his ideology in China's modern history, which has a due creative significance. From the gathering and marshalling of Timothy Richart's historical materials to the analysis and inquiry of his ideology, this paper is certain to insert a positive influence on China's modern scientific and technological history, ideology and sociology. Especially, Timothy Richart was closely related to Shanxi and Shanxi Grand School, which make this research have more important realistic significance in Science and technology philosophy research center of Shanxi University...