20世纪上半叶中国力学学科发展状况研究

With China's mechanics will take seriously and support of NSFC, the Chinese history of mechanics has achieved fruitful results, but for the development of China's 20th century mechanical studies are rare. There is no doubt that this period is a very important period of the history of the development of Chinese mechanics. This is because, the first half of the twentieth Century Chinese students studying mechanics knowledge, as western learning things courses are not paid special attention to the content into the classroom, a gradual transition to the mechanics itself becomes an important foundation courses in the University in teaching settings. This shows that from a social subject how to change the social subject, the reason why we need to think, but thinking of the problem, not only related to the future development of mechanics, and enlightenment to the development of other disciplines has a certain role. The first half of the twentieth Century under the special historic background in China , cultivating many outstanding mechanical talents, such as two bombs and one satellite founding father of Guo Yonghuai, Qian Xuesen, force academic predecessors Qian Weichang, Zhou Peiyuan, a large number of excellent scientists, exploring the growth of Chinese early mechanical background, how to grow as a mechanical expert? Not only is the Chinese mechanical industry concern, but also the concern of the society as a whole, the answer "The question of Qian xuesen " is bound to have some inspiration.

随着中国力学会的重视和国家自然科学基金的支持，中国力学史研究取得了丰硕的成果，但中国20世纪上半叶力学发展情况的研究成果还不多见。毋庸置疑，这一时期是中国力学发展史上十分重要的时期。 这是因为，20世纪上半叶中国学生学习力学知识，是作为西学中格物课程中不被特别重视的内容进入学校课堂，逐渐过渡到力学本身成为大学理工科教学设置中一门重要的基础课程。这说明从一个不被社会重视的学科如何蜕变为社会的显学，其中的原由需要我们去思考，并且对这一问题的思考，不仅关系到力学今后的发展，还会对其它学科的发展具有一定启示作用。 在中国20世纪上半叶特殊历史背景下，培养出许多杰出力学人才，如两弹一星元勋郭永怀、钱学森等，力学界前辈钱伟长、周培源等一大批优秀的科学家，探讨中国早期力学家的成长背景，如何成长为一名力学大家，不仅是中国力学界关心的问题，也是整个社会关心的问题，这对回答"钱学森之问"必将具有一定启示作用。