Physics in Red China
DOI: 10.1063/1.3056910
Physics, being a subject which underlies all branches of science and technology, has, with its tremendous advance in this century, contributed greatly to the development of modern science in general. Moreover, the progress of physics, through its revolutionary impact on modern technology, is bringing profound changes to man’s mode of life. However, while China was under the corrupt rule of the old regime, the mode of production remained in a most backward state, and modern science found very little development. Scattered researches in physics first appeared in this country around the nineteen thirties. These early researches were severely limited in personnel and equipment and the subjects investigated were confined largely to some work in the field of theoretical physics, x‐ray physics, spectroscopy, and radioactivity. Then, with the beginning of the war against Japan, whatever research work that had existed was in effect discontinued.
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