Wang Zheran
Assistant Professor
Current Position
Associate professor, Department of the History of Science, Tsinghua University
Research Interests
- The history of mathematical sciences, especially in optics, mechanics, and astronomy.
- The history of scientific instruments, the scientific material culture, and the object-based pedagogy.
- The application and methodology of reconstruction and re-enactment for the history of science.
Education
- D., history of science and technology, Peking University, 2012–2018.
- Visiting Student Researcher, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2014–2015
- A., philosophy of science, Peking University, 2009–2012.
- A., mathematics, Lanzhou University, 2005–2009.
Selected Publications
Chinese Book
The Origins of Perspective Theory. The Commercial Press. 2019.
Chinese Papers
(with XU Si-yuan et al.) “Force analysis of two reconstruction schemes of the driving wheel in the astronomical clock tower.” Journal of Tsinghua University(Science and Technology), 2024,(3)：1-7.
(with XU Si-yuan) “Revisiting the Two Approaches for the Reconstruction of the Driving-wheel in Su Song’s Astronomical Clock-tower” The Chinese Journal For The History Of Science And Technology, 2023, (2): 264-273.
(with XU Si-yuan) “A Research on the ‘Iron Crane Knee’ in Hsin I Hsiang Fa Yao.” Journal of Guangxi University for Nationalities(Natural Science Edition), 2023, (3):22-29.
“The First Patented Computer: Pascal’s Arithmetic Machine.” Journal of Natural Science Museum Research, 2020, (2): 75-98.
“On the Medieval Allegorical Interpretation and Its Influence on the Concept of Natural Creation.” Journal Of Dialectics Of Nature, 2019, (8): 9-15.
“Historiographical Research on the Early Modern Scholars-Artisans Problem .” Science and Culture Review, 2016, (1): 5-23
“A Preliminary Studies on Zhao Youqin’s Research Sources of Small Hole Imaging.” Research in the History of Natural Science, 2014, (4): 394-410.
“From Artistic Intuition to Scientific Demonstration: The Fascinating Hockney-Falco” Thesis. Science and Culture Review, 2014, (3): 125-128.
“Research on Alberti’s Perspective and Surveying and Mapping.” Science and Culture Review, 2013 (6): 50-64.
“The Renaissance Genius in Inventions: Brunelleschi”. Science and Culture Review, 2013, (3): 126-128.
Translations (from English to Chinese)
Dry, Sarah. The Newton Papers: The Strange and True Odyssey of Isaac Newton’s Manuscripts. Hunan Science and Technology Press. 2022.
Joseph Agassi, The Continuing Revolution: a history of physics from the Greeks to Einstein, co-translated with Wang Xiaona, Hunan Science and Technology Press. 2015.
Current Projects
To Soar into the Sky: The Flying and Engineering Machines of Leonardo da Vinci, Tsinghua Science Museum, 21 October 2021 to 31 January 2023.
“Nicolaus Copernicus: Life and Work” Tsinghua Science Museum, 21 September 2023 to 7 January 2024.
