Ourbookissuchatool,presentingthemajorpointsofChinesehistoryalongacompletetimeline,withcomparisonsbetweentheconcurrenthistoriesofChinaandtherestoftheworld.Coveringatimespanfrom1,700,000yearsagouptoAD1911,thebookincludesinfluentialhistoricaleventsandfiguresinChinesehistory,arrangedinchronologicalorderwithpictures,illustrations,mapsandcharts.DistinguishingthisbookfromothergeneralintroductorybooksonChinesehistory,itscontentshavebeenarrangedalongatimeline,withthefunctionofquickaccesshighlightedbyitsinnovativelayoutandadetailedindex.
YuanLongping,therenownedandrespectedChinesescientistoftentakenforafarmer,hasfoundtheworldawayoutoffamine.Unde-terredbytheprevailingignoranceofheterosisinriceandotherself-pollinatingplants,hehasdedicatedhimselftoresearchintohybridricesincethe1960s,andhisfeatshavewonhimtheaccolade"fatherofhybridrice"andearnedhimthehonorofbeingmadeforeignassociateoftheUSNationalAcademyofSciencesWhyisYuansoobsessedbyhybridriceresearch?Howdidhemanagewithsuchsimpleconditions,scarceaterials,backwardtechnol-ogyandinsufficientinformation?WhatglobalimpactswillYuanandhisteamhave?Thisbookmaygivetheanswers.
