袁隆平的雜交水稻實實在在的解決了中華民族的喫飯問題，農民親切的稱他為“米菩薩”。袁隆平已經不再是中國的袁隆平，他*屬於世界，屬於整個人類。袁隆平十幾次赴印度、越南、緬甸、菲律賓、孟加拉國等國指導推廣雜交水稻，為20多個**培訓了300多名技術骨干。
一粒種子改變世界，因為這粒種子承載著人類的夢想，因為夢想的力量使這粒種子在悄無聲息的生根發芽，它以驚人的生命力，奮力破土而出。這粒種子改變了中國，改變了世界，改變了人類。小小的種子迸射出了***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