欧阳莹之
欧阳莹之(SunnyY.Auyang),女,美籍华裔物理学家、科学学家,毕业于美国麻省理工学院,现主要从事科技与哲学研究,特别是复杂系统理论研究。著有《复杂系统理论基础》、《工程学——无尽的前沿》等。
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人物生平
欧阳莹之先后在上海、香港、美国等地就读小学、中学、大学,1972年获麻省理工学院物理学博士学位。毕业后曾在美国惠普公司供职,后在麻省理工学院从事研究工作20余年。1992年以来,她的研究兴趣转向对科学技术本质的哲学考察。著有《量子场论如何可能?》(1995)、《复杂系统理论基础》(1998)、《日常生活和认知科学中的心智》(2000)、《工程学——无尽的前沿》(2008年)等。
学术著作
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The ontology of quantum fields: entity and quality Nature and our descriptions of it: predicate, function, symmetry Two notions of "convergence on truth" Synthetic analysis: how scientists combat complexity Nonlinear dynamics: how science comprehends chaos Mass phenomena and complexities of composition Are you nothing but genes and neurons? The hedgehog and the fox: two styles in science Who am I? What is it? The subject-object relation What do you see, and how? The cognitive infrastructure of vision Technology as a scientific capacity to produce Similarity and complementarity of science and engineering Local and global knowledge in science and engineering System concepts in engineering Why chemical engineering emerged in American instead of Germany What’s wrong with "technology as applied science?" The worldly sciences From experience to design u2013 the science behind Aspirin Luck and the prepared mind in drug discovery Reality and politics in the war on infectious diseases Scientific convergence in the birth of molecular biology Levels of complexity u2013 understanding and fighting cancer [1]