In less than five years, three different versions appeared almost at the same time in China, where science is underdeveloped, which can be said to be a small miracle. In 1930s, the culture of some big cities in China presented a peculiar scene of prosperity. Since the May 4th Movement, the "science" advocated by the intellectual elite began to enter the public's field of vision.
Wang Chunqiu believes that the wide spread of this booklet in Chinese mainland during the 30 years from 1930s to 1960s was the result of historical trends. "193 1 year, Mr. Tao Xingzhi advocated' marrying science' and demanded that science marry workers and peasants. Organized and planned popular science practice activities in the history of China began like this. " In 1934, Liu Ti thought that "the public needs scientific knowledge and science needs popularization" and put forward the slogan of "popularization of science" for the first time.
194 1 year, Mu Yuguang theoretically discussed various popular science meanings and methods in the sixth issue of the fifth volume of Science Interest. Inspired by the slogan of "Popularizing Science", intellectuals from all walks of life, as well as scientific and technological organizations and academic groups in China are actively involved in the wave of popularizing scientific knowledge to the public. "
The timely publication of "100,000" by Ilya meets the needs of scientific popularization and practice. Considering the socio-economic situation in China at that time, the speed of translation and dissemination was quite outstanding.
There are many publishing units involved in promoting the dissemination of the Chinese version of Ilya's Hundred Thousand. This book was not only popular in 1930s and 1940s, but also reached its climax after the founding of New China, especially in 1950s. Not only has Ming Kai Bookstore been printed again and again, but China Youth Publishing House, which has sprung up everywhere, has also taken over the reprinting work.
From the end of the "Cultural Revolution" to 2 1 century, some new versions came out. Among them, there were the Shanghai Bookstore during the cultural upsurge in 1930s and the "isolated island" period of the Anti-Japanese War, the publishing departments in the Liberated Areas in 1940s, and many publishing houses from the founding of New China to the reform and opening up.