为了使读者对中国园林有进一步的了解，本书从中国园林的类型、造园艺术和园林建筑等方面，结合精美的实景照片与手绘图片，对中国园林进行系统而深入的介绍，希望读者通过本书感受中国园林美之所在的同时，还能够领悟到中国传统文化的博大精深。
YuanLongping,therenownedandrespectedChinesescientistoftentakenforafarmer,hasfoundtheworldawayoutoffamine.Unde-terredbytheprevailingignoranceofheterosisinriceandotherself-pollinatingplants,hehasdedicatedhimselftoresearchintohybridricesincethe1960s,andhisfeatshavewonhimtheaccolade"fatherofhybridrice"andearnedhimthehonorofbeingmadeforeignassociateoftheUSNationalAcademyofSciencesWhyisYuansoobsessedbyhybridriceresearch?Howdidhemanagewithsuchsimpleconditions,scarceaterials,backwardtechnol-ogyandinsufficientinformation?WhatglobalimpactswillYuanandhisteamhave?Thisbookmaygivetheanswers.
Ourbookissuchatool,presentingthemajorpointsofChinesehistoryalongacompletetimeline,withcomparisonsbetweentheconcurrenthistoriesofChinaandtherestoftheworld.Coveringatimespanfrom1,700,000yearsagouptoAD1911,thebookincludesinfluentialhistoricaleventsandfiguresinChinesehistory,arrangedinchronologicalorderwithpictures,illustrations,mapsandcharts.DistinguishingthisbookfromothergeneralintroductorybooksonChinesehistory,itscontentshavebeenarrangedalongatimeline,withthefunctionofquickaccesshighlightedbyitsinnovativelayoutandadetailedindex.
The Chinese nation evolevd between two rivers,the Yellow and Yangtze,basins of wheat and rice,giving Chinese people characterstics of thrift and persistence,sirvival and an innate understanding of the forces of change which e with teh revolving seasons and ever harmonious cycles of naure.
