Chapter One YouthfuI Aspirations
Hard Times
The Two Sides of Hankou
YouthfuI Aspirations
The Choice of Destiny
Chapter Two Yuan Longping's Dream
Lost in the Maze
Yuan Longping's Dream
Goldbach's Conjecture in the Rice Kingdom
Inspiration from Nietzsche
Chapter Three The Man Chasing the Sun
In Search of the Natural Male Sterile Plant
“Food Is More Important Than Satellites．”
Saved from Disaster
Chasing the Sun
Chapter Four The Fifth Great Invention
The Breakthrough
Turning Addition to Multiplication
“Boasting Gets You Nowhere!”
The Last Step
Chapter Five The Second Green Revolution
A Seed That Changed the World
The Second Green Revolution
The “Two Line” Method： Another Chinese Invention
Who Will Feed China?
Challenging the Upper Limit

本书是在中宣部指导下为迎接新中国成立70周年而出版的献礼之作“新时代的中国人”丛书分册之一。本书以报告文学的形式，真实、生动地再现了袁隆平及其团队俯身稻田，泥一身、水一身的平凡科研生活，讲述了中国科学家在杂交水稻领域严谨治学、扎实科研、埋头奉献，以“中国智慧”“中国方案”造福世界的动人故事。