About the author

Zhang Butian is a translator and author long engaged in academic translation and writing on science and the humanities. Public information about him is limited, and details such as his nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background remain unclear. Judging from the thirteen works included in the database, his work centers on bridging the sciences and the humanities: he has translated classics in the history and philosophy of science, such as The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, The Evolution of Physics, and Euclid's Elements, as well as popular science books such as One Two Three... Infinity, and intellectual and cultural texts such as Ideas and Opinions: An Einstein Reader and The Secret of the Golden Flower. His translations and choices of material combine scholarly rigor with readability, giving him considerable influence in science communication and philosophical reading.

Written (13)

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions cover
Rating 4.9
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions 托马斯·库恩 / 伊恩·哈金 / 张卜天 · 2025 This is one of the most influential works in twentieth-century intellectual history and essential reading for students of the history and philosophy o…
The Secret of the Golden Flower cover
Rating 4.5
The Secret of the Golden Flower 卡尔·荣格 / 卫礼贤 / 张卜天 Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2025 The Secret of the Golden Flower is traditionally attributed to Lü Dongbin, a patriarch of Daoism, as a cultivation classic. In the 1920s, the renowned…
The Harmony of the World cover
Rating 4.4
The Harmony of the World 开普勒 / 张卜天 Peking University Press · 2025 This book is Kepler's most important and most brilliant masterpiece. It elaborates in detail the 'Three Laws of Kepler,' which laid the foundation for…
Synchronicity: Meaningful Coincidences Between the Psyche and the External World cover
Rating 4.2
Synchronicity: Meaningful Coincidences Between the Psyche and the External World 卡尔·荣格 / 张卜天 Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2025 【A groundbreaking work by psychology master Carl Jung—decode the underlying logic of the mystical in one read!】 Synchronicity: The Meaningful Coincide…
The Harmony of the World cover
Rating 4.6
The Harmony of the World Johannes Kepler / 张卜天 Yunnan People's Publishing House · 2023 The Harmony of the World is the magnum opus of the German astronomer and mathematician Kepler, in which he fully sets out the demonstration of the "th…
Parting of the Ways: Carnap, Cassirer, and Heidegger cover
Rating 4.5
Parting of the Ways: Carnap, Cassirer, and Heidegger 迈克尔·弗里德曼 / 张卜天 / 南星 The Commercial Press · 2023 Since the 1930s, philosophy has split into two camps: the analytic tradition dominant in the English-speaking world and the continental tradition prev…
Collected Writings from Einstein's Later Years cover
Rating 4.3
Collected Writings from Einstein's Later Years Albert Einstein / 张卜天 The Commercial Press · 2022 This is a collection of essays that inspires. It is divided into sections such as "Science," "Belief and Faith," and "Public Affairs," and presents th…
From One to Infinity: Facts and Speculations in Science cover
Rating 4.7
From One to Infinity: Facts and Speculations in Science George Gamow / 张卜天 The Commercial Press · 2021 Translated from the 1988 revised edition published by Dover, One Two Three... Infinity is one of the most influential popular science classics in the …
My Thoughts and Ideas: Selected Works of Albert Einstein cover
Rating 4.6
My Thoughts and Ideas: Selected Works of Albert Einstein Albert Einstein / 张卜天 Tianjin People's Publishing House · 2021 Ideas and Opinions, a widely read collection of Einstein's popular writings in the English-speaking world, has remained in print since its publication…
The Elements of Geometry cover
Rating 4.5
The Elements of Geometry 欧几里得 / 张卜天 Jiangxi People's Publishing House · 2021 Euclid's Elements is an immortal work by the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid, embodying the achievements and spirit of all ancient Greek mathematic…
The Evolution of Physics cover
Rating 4.5
The Evolution of Physics Albert Einstein / 利奥波德·英费尔德 / 张卜天 The Commercial Press · 2021 A landmark work of popular science co-authored by Albert Einstein, the founder of relativity and a founding figure of modern physics, and Leopold Infe…
Problems of Philosophy cover
Rating 4.5
Problems of Philosophy Bertrand Arthur William Russell / 张卜天 Tianjin People's Publishing House · 2021 This slim 100,000-word volume is Russell's introductory guide to philosophy. Russell called it "a cheap edition of a thriller," because its content is…
Reconstructing the World cover
Rating 4.3
Reconstructing the World 玛格丽特·J.奥斯勒 / 张卜天 The Commercial Press · 2021 This book surveys the momentous transformation in early modern Europeans' understanding of nature. Osler argues that the worldview embedded in modern …

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Yunnan People's Publishing HousePeking University PressThe Commercial PressTianjin People's Publishing HouseJiangxi People's Publishing HouseZhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House