在科学史学科创建和发展初期，一批由物理学家转向的科学史家作出了巨大贡献.上世纪中叶，青年物理学家普赖 将学术兴趣转向科学史，但物理学的经历和思想并未远离他的学术研究，反而助推他形成了科学史定量研究、大科学观念 和“互育”思想等重要理论.这段历史既反映了科学史家普赖斯的物理情结，也展示了学科交融的另一种实现方式.

At the beginning of the creation and development of history of science，those who changed from physics to history of science have made great contributions. The young physicist Price shifted his interests to history of science in the middle of the last century，but the experience and thoughts in physics have never been away from his study，but to help him to develop many perspectives，such as the quantitative study of history of science， the concept of“big science”and the thought of “cross-fertilization”. This story not only reflects the obsession for physics of the historian of science Derek Price，but also provides another way to realize the integration of subjects.