《大学英语选修课/ 学科课程系列教材》是“普通高等教育‘十一五’国家级规划教材”，主要供完成《大学英语课程 教学要求》中规定的“一般要求”后，继续学习“较高要求”和“更高要求”英语课程的学生使用，也可供研究生及广大专业技术人员学习专业英语、学术英语，提高英语综合应用能力使用。本系列教材包括语言技能发展、跨文化交际能力发展和通用学术交流能力发展三个子系列。《科技英语阅读》是该系列教材中的一本。本书适合大学本科理工类相关专业学生选修课使用。

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Unit 1 Mathematics
  Part I EST Reading
   What Is Russell’s Paradox?
   Who Discovered the Mandelbrot Set?
  Part II EST Reading Strategy
Uuit 2 Physics
  Part I EST Reading
   What Is Dark Energy?
   Physics: Quantum Computing
  Part II EST Reading Strategy
Unit 3 Network Security
  Part I EST Reading
   When Everyone’s a Friend, Is Anything Private?
   Cybercrime: the Global Epidemic at Your Network Door
  Part II EST Reading Strategy
Unit 4 Electronic Information (Robots)
  Part I EST Reading
   Remote-controlled Robot Surrogate Could Attend Your Next Meeting for You
   A Digital Dark Age? Challenges in the Preservation of Electronic Information
  Part II EST Translation Strategy
Unit 5 Materials
  Part I EST Reading
   Is Straw the Building Material of the Future?
   DNA — a New Material for Photonics?
  Part II EST Reading Strategy
Unit 6 Mechanics and Automotives
  Part I EST Reading
   The Future Vision for Mechanical Engineering
   The Invention of the Modern Automobile
  Part II EST Translation Strategy
Unit 7 Genetic Engineering
  Part I EST Reading
   Genetic Engineering in a Nutshell
   Tools for DNA Manipulation
  Part II EST Translation Strategy
Unit 8 Space Exploration
  Part I EST Reading
   Does God Play Dice?
   Machine Dreams
  Part II EST Writing Strategy
Unit 9 Urban Planning
  Part I EST Reading
   Urbanisation in MEDCs
   Urban Planning and 21st Century Urbanisation
  Part II EST Writing Strategy
Unit 10 Nuclear Energy
  Part I EST Reading
   Nuclear Power Worldwide: Status and Outlook
   The Legacy of E = mc2
  Part II EST Writing Strategy

西南科技大学外国语学院教授

“十一五”国家规划教材

本书选材广泛，并不局限于某一特定专业，旨在提高理工科学生的科技英语阅读能力。