Biology · Insight into the True Meaning of Life

Author: Yan Qingshan
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Dear young friends, the series of books in your hands is specially compiled for you. Upon entering middle school, you will inevitably learn various scientific knowledge in class, understand abstract scientific concepts, and memorize complex mathematical formulas. But do you know how these knowledge were created? Do you understand how these concepts and formulas were invented or discovered? We guess you probably don’t know much about it. As for the mental journey and spiritual state of scientists when struggling with their problems, as well as the surprise and joy they experience when, after being perplexed by the "mountains and waters seem to have no way forward," they suddenly glimpse the beauty of "a village hidden in the bamboo groves," you probably know even less. Therefore, there is an urgent need for a series of books to fill this gap—thus was born the "Science Literacy Series for Middle School Students." In this series, we aim to historically outline the thoughts, joys, and struggles of scientists through a series of small stories, interspersed with some discussions on epistemology and methodology, to achieve an effect of interweaving the real and the imaginary, emotion and reason. We sincerely hope that young friends will not only learn some scientific knowledge from this series but, more importantly, grasp scientific methods and understand the scientific spirit. You must understand that scientific methods are the essence of science, and the scientific spirit is the soul of science. With scientific methods in hand, problems are often solved more effectively; with the scientific spirit in heart, life will also become more meaningful and interesting.
Young friends, you may hold great respect for the great scientist and thinker Albert Einstein. Einstein once defined education in an extremely brilliant way in the words of others: "If a person forgets every single thing they learned in school, then what remains is education." Such "education" is undoubtedly the so-called "quality-oriented education," and the purpose and intention of the "Quality Education Series for Middle School Students" lie precisely here. We believe that as soon as you open the pages and read quietly, you will inevitably be immersed in it, lingering in thought or lost in contemplation.
Young friends, open your hearts and minds, and please listen to the truth of science!