由于一位资深学者的倡议，近年来我一直心存一念，想搞一本世界重大科学发现图片集，为此也作了一些资料搜集工作。拟想中的这本图集应包括半个世纪以来人类在外层空间探索，以及对从分子、原子直至夸克的微观世界探索过程中的一系列里程碑式重大发现的珍贵照片和相应的文字说 Due to the initiative of a senior scholar, in recent years I have kept my mind thinking about making a collection of major scientific discoveries in the world and have also done some research on this issue. This atlases to be envisioned should include half a century of precious photographs of humankind’s exploration in outer space and a series of landmark discoveries in the exploration of the microcosm from molecules and atoms up to quarks and corresponding textual statements