%0 Journal Article
%T One Hundred Thousand Whys: A Classic in Chinese Book History
%A Guoyan Wang
%A Junfei Du
%J Science Communication
%@ 1552-8545
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1075547018792570
%X One Hundred Thousand Whys is a widely known popular science book in China, which has been developing people¡¯s systematic understanding of basic sciences for generations. This encyclopedic book covers a wide range of topics, inspiring people¡¯s observations and pondering about the world by asking nonspecialist questions. Different questions are raised and followed by answers that satisfy readers¡¯ scientific curiosity; cultivate the scientific literacy of generations of children, and even of adults; and make up for the shortcomings of scientific education in China¡¯s schools. In the past half-century, it has become a legend and classic in Chinese publishing history
%K One Hundred Thousand Whys
%K popular science book
%K scientific curiosity
%K scientific literacy
%K China
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1075547018792570