In the process of establishing the discipline status of the history of science, the contribution of George Sarton, a famous historian of science, is recognized as the most important.
Sutton died on 1955. Throughout his life, he completed 15 monographs and more than 300 papers and notes. In order to widely read scientific historical materials, he has mastered 14 languages-including Chinese and Arabic! His Introduction to the History of Science covers the history of science from Homer to14th century and was published between 1927 and 1947. However, his grand plan in his later years was to write all the history of science before 1900 in nine volumes. Before his death, he only had time to finish the first two volumes: Ancient Science in the Golden Age of Greece (published in 1952) and Science and Culture in the Hellenistic Period (published in 1959).
Sutton was born in a wealthy family in Belgium. At first, I studied philosophy in college, but I soon got tired of this subject, so I changed to chemistry and mathematics. At the age of 27 (19 1 1), I got my doctorate with a paper entitled "Principles of Newton's Mechanics". When he was young, he had a keen interest in the history of science and was determined to devote himself to it ── because "the living history and passionate history of physical science and mathematical science are waiting to be written".
19 12 Sutton founded a magazine about the history of science-"Islamic State", which was officially published the following year. The magazine has been published continuously to this day, four times a year, with an index, becoming the most authoritative magazine on the history of science in the world. 19 15, Sutton came to the United States ("Islamic State" was also brought to the United States for publication), and since then he has mainly taught the history of science at Harvard University. 1924, the American Historical Society established the science history Society in order to support Sutton's efforts in the history of science, and "Islamic State" became the official publication of the Society in 1926. Since 1936, Sutton has presided over the publication of Osiris, a sister publication of the Islamic State, which is an irregular special issue dedicated to publishing long research papers.
After Sutton, the history of science has become a recognized discipline. Sutton is recognized as the founder of the history of science and is often called "the father of the history of science". The highest honor in the history of international science, the Sutton Medal, was named after him-in fact, the first winner of the medal was Sutton himself. These are indeed well-deserved in him.