袁隆平的杂交水稻实实在在的解决了中华民族的吃饭问题，农民亲切的称他为“米菩萨”。袁隆平已经不再是中国的袁隆平，他更属于世界，属于整个人类。袁隆平十几次赴印度、越南、缅甸、菲律宾、孟加拉国等国指导推广杂交水稻，为20多个国家培训了300多名技术骨干。

一粒种子改变世界，因为这粒种子承载着人类的梦想，因为梦想的力量使这粒种子在悄无声息的生根发芽，它以惊人的生命力，奋力破土而出。这粒种子改变了中国，改变了世界，改变了人类。小小的种子迸射出了前所未有的能量。

Yuan Longping，the renowned and respected Chinese scientist often taken for a farmer，has found the world a way out of famine．Undeterred by the prevailing ignorance of heterosis in rice and other self-pollinating plants，he has dedicated himself to research into hybrid rice since the 1960s，and his feats have won him the accolade"father ofhybrid rice"and earned him the honor of being made foreign associate of the US National Academy of Sciences．

Why is Yuan so obsessed by hybrid rice research? How did he manage with sueh simple conditions，scarce materials，backward technology and insufficient information? What global impacts will Yuan mad hiS team haye? This book may give the answers。

Chapter One

 Hunger—A Specter Haunting the World

Chapter Two

 Deep in the Xuefeng Mountains—An Agricultural Schoo1

 Teacher Takes on a World．challenging Subiect

Chapter Three

 Determined Pursuit

Chapter Four

 Green LegendFrom Hybrid Rice t0 Super Hybrid Rice

Chapter Five

 Golden Rice Seeds—A Boon to the World