After the experience of the war and the destructive potential of modern weaponry, a few perceptive scientists not surprisingly began to question the centuries-old optimism held by the West towards science, hoping to overcome the crisis by researching into the history of their discipline.
一些有先見的科學家難免懷疑起幾世紀以來西方人對科技的樂觀看法。他們於是企圖由科學史的研究鑑往知來，找到克服科學危機的良方。