一首先提出李约瑟之谜命题的是海外学者“李约瑟之谜”或称“李约瑟难题”、“李约瑟问题”、“李约瑟命题”等等1。20世纪30年代,李约瑟在系统研究中国科学技术和对比中西科学技术发展的过程中,提出了这样两个问题:“为什么在公元前1世纪到公元15世纪期间,在应用人类的自然知识于人类的实际需要方面,中国文明远比西方更有成效得多?”“为什么近代科学只在欧洲, One of the first propositions of Needham’s mystery is that overseas scholars ”Needham’s Puzzle“ or ”Needham Puzzle“, ”Needham Problem“, ”Needham Proposition“, etc. 1. In the 1930s, In systematically studying China’s science and technology and comparing the development of science and technology between China and the West, two questions have been raised: ”Why did we use the natural knowledge of mankind in the actual needs of mankind during the first century BC to the 15th century? Chinese civilization is far more productive than the West? “” Why modern science is only in Europe,