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第65章 University of Paris VI

巴黎第六大学:巴黎中心的科学思想结晶

英文导读

University of Paris VI (French: Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie or UPMC, also known as "Paris VI"), is a university located on the Jussieu Campus in the Latin Quarter of the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France.It was established in 1971 following the division of the University of Paris, and is a principal heir to its Faculty of Sciences. This school, founded by Guillaume de Champeaux in 1109, played a major role in the intellectual effervescence of the Latin Quarter for several centuries. Grammar, rhetoric, dialectics, music, arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and even technology were all taught there. After the Revolution, the site was occupied by various warehouses before being reintegrated into the world of research as a part of the Faculty of Science of the University of Paris in 1959. UPMC is the largest scientific and medical complex in France, active in many fields of research with scope and achievements at the highest level, as demonstrated by the many awards regularly won by UPMC researchers, and the many international partnerships it maintains across all five continents. UPMC, which is the main heir of the Faculty of Sciences of the Sorbonne, possesses a university heritage which brings together historical sites, works of contemporary art and scientific collections, not to mention the intangible heritage constituted by research dissertations and scientific teaching.

System: UPMC is composed of seven departments and faculties: chemistry, engineering, mathematics, medicine, physics, life sciences, earth sciences, environment and biodiversity. Within the faculty of mathematics is ISUP, the premier school of statistics in France. With 120 research units on 33 sites, it has a 30,000-strong student body, including 3,500 doctoral students, which is served by around 3,250 academics. It has over 180 laboratories, most of them associated with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). UPMC also has branches in regions outside Paris: 3 ocean logical observatories, at Roscoff (Atlantic Ocean), Banyuls and Villefranche-sur-Mer (Mediterranean Sea).

生词助读

arrondissement [ɑ:r.nd."s.m.nt] n. 郡(法国的政区);(尤指巴黎等大城市的)区

effervescence n. 冒泡;[化工] 泡腾;欢腾;活泼

rhetoric [.ret.r.k] n. 修辞,修辞学

dialectics [.da.."lekt.ks] n. 辩证法;辩证逻辑

arithmetic [..r.θm.t.k] n. 算术,算法

geometry [d..".m.tr.] n. 几何学

astronomy [..str.n.mi] n. 天文学

reintegrate [r.".nt..gre.t] vt. 重建;恢复

contemporary [k.n"tempr.r.] a. 当代的;同时代的

intangible [.n.t.nd..b.l] a. 无形的,触摸不到的

intangible heritage 非物质文化遗产

dissertation [.d.s..te..n] n. 论文;专题

biodiversity [.ba...da..v.:s.ti] n. 生物多样性

中文概述

巴黎第六大学坐落于巴黎市区中心的拉丁区,是巴黎科学学院和巴黎大学中科学师资的主要继承者。该校是目前法国唯一一所只有理工学科的公立大学。

巴黎第六大学,又称皮埃尔与玛丽·居里大学,其历史可以追溯到1109年。但是以巴黎第六大学的名称成立是在1971年,学校又在1974年将其官方名称改为皮埃尔与玛丽·居里大学,以反映其一直在努力传承并发扬像居里夫妇这些著名科学家的精神。

巴黎第六大学是一所法国顶级名校,体现了法国卓越的医学和科学水平。巴黎第六大学共设有七个院系,分别是在化学、工程、数学、医学、物理、生命科学、地球与环境科学、生物多样性等领域。其中,数学专业世界第一,化学专业排名在世界前五,物理专业在世界排名前十。此外,电子学、计算机科学、机械、地球与环境科学、生命科学和医学等专业也在世界排名中名列前茅。

梦想成功录

He who will not when he may, when he will he shall have nay.

可以为时不想为,想要为时已经不可为。

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must under-go the fatigue of supporting it.

想要收获自由之果的人,必须承受维护自由的劳苦。