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美国的全国性科学院与欧洲的几个主要国家的国家科学院或学会相比,历史较短,而且美国人民绝大多数来自英国等欧洲国家的移民,他们了解欧洲国家科学院的优点和不足,因此能够根据美国的特点和欧洲的经验建立适合于19世纪中叶以后科学和技术发展需要的全国性科学院。美国是一个科学和文化扎根于欧洲的国家,它自然继承和发展了欧洲国家科研的许多传统和风格,但是由于它还是在美洲北部这块地大物博的土地上建立的,并是在这块土地上繁衍生息的现代科技和文化发达的国家,因此反应在科学研究及其全国性科学组织的建设上具有自己的特点。
The National Academy of Sciences in the United States has a relatively short history compared to the National Academies or Societies in several major European countries and the vast majority of Americans are immigrants from the European countries such as Britain who understand the strengths and weaknesses of the European Academy of Sciences and can therefore According to the characteristics of the United States and the European experience, a national academy of sciences suitable for the development of science and technology after the middle of the 19th century should be established. The United States, a country where science and culture are rooted in Europe, naturally inherits and develops many of the traditions and styles of scientific research in European countries. However, since it is still established on the vast land of this part of the North America and is on this land Proliferation of modern science and technology and culture of developed countries, so the reaction in the scientific research and construction of its national science organization has its own characteristics.