“宏观在宇,微观在握。”(叶剑英:《祝科学大会·调寄忆秦娥》)在对生命微观领域的探索层层深入、硕果累累的当代,回顾历史,反思往事,或许不无补益。如果我们将整个生命科学及其发展历史看作一条源远流长、奔腾不息的长河,那么,下面这些时时萦迴于笔者脑际的片言碎语,权且作为在它的岸边拾取的几颗沙粒吧。实验事实与科学想象科学研究必须通过观察和实验搜集事实、 “The macro is in the sky and the micro is in the middle of it.” (Ye Jianying: “I wish the Scientific Assembly and the Memory of Transmitting Qin E”) In the contemporary exploration of the microscopic field of life, the fruitful contemporary review of history and retrospection may or may not be without merit . If we regard the entire history of life science and its development as a long, steady stream, then these are the few words and phrases we lurked in the minds of our readers from time to time, and as a few grains of sand picked up on its shore . Experimental facts and scientific imagination Scientific research must gather facts through observation and experimentation,