Prof. Eberhard Knobloch gave a lecture named “About the Influence of German Science upon Russian Science” at AMSS on May 15, 2012. Prof. XI Nanhua, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) presided over the meeting.

In his talk, Prof. Eberhard Knobloch explained the far-reaching influence of German’s science on the science in Russia from five aspects including talents exchanges and cultivation between two countries, institutes-setting in Russia, joint research projects, etc.

Prof. Eberhard Knobloch was born in Görlitz in Germany. He is the professor of Technical University of Berlin, the academician of Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and the president of International History of Science and Technology Research Institute. He is one of the most distinguished experts in history of science. He has been the chairman of the International Society for the History of Mathematics, the chief editor of the Journal of International History of Mathematics and the president of Society of History of Science and Technology of Europe. His main research field is history of mathematics in 17-19 centuries, especially on Leibniz and Euler. Prof. Knobloch visited the Institute for History of Natural Sciences (IHNS), Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1996. Now he is the visiting professor of comparative research center of IHNS.