Apart from the four great inventions, does China still have any contributions that have an impact on the world? Of course the answer is yes – not only yes, but also many contributions. Tu Youyou, China’s first Nobel Prize winner in medicine and a pharmacist, extracted artemisinin, an effective antimalarial component from the artemisia annua, saving the lives of millions of people around the world, especially people in developing countries. The Power of Grass: the Story of Tu Youyou tells readers about Tu youyou’s discovery and successful extraction of artemisinin from a roadside grass – artemisia annua in an anthropomorphic way. It shows the studying spirit of truth seeking and persistence of Chinese scientific researchers. Besides, this book also introduces knowledge related to Chinese herbal medicine, and is an original picture book full of interest and warmth for scientific knowledge propagation.
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