According to the classification of genetics, science can be divided into 3 historical paradigms, namely, classical natural history one, modern math one, and contemporary STS one (science, technology and society), since entering into the stage of contemporary science, STS has gone through a complex evolution process, specifically, from field to discipline, from discipline to cross-discipline, trans-disciplinary and science paradigm. In terms of people's understanding of STS, the most significant aspect is that they have established a series of new concepts and perspectives which are used for promoting the coordinated development of science, technology and society, and especially that the newly established and proposed concept on science has brought about new concept on popularization.

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