前不久,江泽民同志提出了“三个代表”的科学论断。其中关于我们党始终代表中国先进文化的前进方向的精辟论述,是对建设有中国特色社会主义文化方针的进一步深化。认真学习和深刻领会这一重要思想,对于把握我国文化前进的方向,推动科学与文艺的结合,繁荣科普创作,都具有重大的现实意义和深远的历史意义。代表先进文化前进方向是历史使命50年代,英国科学家斯诺提出科学文化的概念,明确把科学作为文化形态来看待。科学文化大体上包括科学精神、科学思想和科学方法,这对推动文化发展有重大影响。实际上,主张认识来源于实践的科学精神,强调规律意识的科学思想,规范获得认识所采用的规则和手段的科学方法,不仅是科学家获得某门学科系统化的科学 Not long ago, Comrade Jiang Zemin put forward the scientific thesis of “three represents ”. The incisive discussion on the direction that our party always represents the advanced culture of China is a further deepening of the principle of building a socialist culture with Chinese characteristics. Studying and deeply understanding this important thought has great practical significance and far-reaching historic significance in grasping the direction of our country's cultural progress, promoting the combination of science and literature and the prosperity of science popularization. Representing the Direction of Advanced Culture is the Historical Mission In the 1950s, the British scientist Snow proposed the concept of science and culture and explicitly treated science as a cultural form. Science and culture generally include the spirit of science, scientific thought and scientific methods, which have a significant impact on the promotion of cultural development. In fact, the scientific method of advocating understanding of the scientific spirit derived from practice, emphasizing the regular consciousness, and regulating the rules and means used to acquire knowledge is not only a matter for scientists to acquire the systematic science of a subject