History of science: Dante's insight into galilean invariance

In 1632, Galileo described his experience of motion aboard a large ship and exposed in detail the invariance principle, which was then rightly named after him. I suggest that more than three centuries earlier, in The Divine Comedy, his fellow countryman Dante Alighieri intuitively grasped what Galileo was later to establish as one of the pillars of modern science.     

2016年作物科学热点回眸

 作物科学是农业科学的核心科学之一,在保障国家粮食安全和农产品有效供给、提高农业效益、发展现代农业等方面居重要地位。为了解作物领域发展的前沿和热点、展示作物科学研究中取得的杰出成就,本文简述2016年水稻、玉米、小麦、大豆、棉花、油菜等作物在品种改良、基因克隆、基因组编辑技术等领域取得的部分重要进展,并分析作物科学今后的发展重点和趋势。     

在历史的回望中寻找当下的承接——读《选择、互动与整合：海派文化语境中的电影及其与文学的关系》

中国电影虽然已经走过了百年历程,但许多问题似乎还停留在起步阶段.例如,在大众文化背景下如何实现电影的娱乐性与政治性、艺术性的圆融?