科学是广义文化的一个重要组成部分。2010年10月份,Harper Perennial出版社推出了一本书,题目就是《科学便是文化:在科学与社会交汇处的对话》。既然科学可以视作文化的一个子集合,那么,整体文化氛围便能够在相当程度上影响着科技创新的效率和效果。由于“文化”这个概念的模糊性,“整体文化氛围”自然包含着很多不容易说得清、道得明的内容,本文只试图阐述其中的三个方面。 Science is an important part of a broader culture. In October 2010, Harper Perennial released a book titled Science as Culture: Dialogue between Science and Society. Since science can be regarded as a subset of culture, then the overall culture can affect the efficiency and effectiveness of science and technology innovation to some extent. Due to the ambiguity of the concept of “culture,” “the whole cultural atmosphere” naturally contains a lot of hard-to-understand and concise content. This article only attempts to elaborate on three aspects.