Wang Shunyi

Wang Shunyi is a professor of philosophy of science and technology and history of science in the Department of Philosophy at East China Normal University. His research focuses on the philosophy of science and technology, the history of science and technology, the economics of technological innovation, and the philosophy of mathematics. He also serves as a member of the Committee on Philosophy of Science of the National Society for Dialectics of Nature and as vice chairman of the Shanghai Society for Dialectics of Nature. He is the author of Twelve Lectures on Western Science and Technology, serves as associate editor of the compulsory education textbook Science, and has published more than fifty articles. Beyond his academic work, he has written extensively for general readers, with forty-two titles held in the collection. These popular science works explore puzzles in mathematics, physics and chemistry, unsolved knowledge, the universe and extraterrestrial life, the Earth and nature, and the animal world, combining informative content with an engaging style that draws curious readers toward science.