In the days when dripping water turned into ice, I suddenly flew from Shanghai to Shenyang and signed books for readers in the North Book Building. In fact, Shenyang is just one stop in my nationwide signing activities. Beijing, Shanghai, Changsha, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Jinan, Xi 'an ... On the occasion of the arrival of the new century, Children's Publishing House invited me to sign and sell books for the new century edition of "100,000 Why". Many readers wonder how Ye Yonglie, a documentary writer, suddenly became the author of "100,000 Why".

Actually, I wrote popular science in my early years, and later I wrote a documentary. Although I have held many signing parties for my new documentary literature, 100,000 Why is an exception: this is not only because 100,000 Why is a set of popular science books, but also because I wrote it forty years ago, and the signing party was held forty years later!

It's a long story 1962 1 month 19. On the second edition of Xinmin Evening News, Shanghai published a report on Behind the Books written by reporter Yong Yi, including this passage:

"The author is proficient in physics, chemistry, astronomy, geography and other professional knowledge, but his writing does not necessarily meet the characteristics of children. The editorial department has repeatedly stated the requirements and assisted the author in many ways. For example, an author in the chemistry department of Peking University, the editorial department sent someone to talk to him and help him revise it. It took months. Later, the author himself wrote more than 100 topics and became the author who wrote the most in this book. "

The author of the Department of Chemistry of Peking University mentioned in the report is the next one. I was a junior in the chemistry department of Peking University. The report mentioned that "the author wrote more than 100 topics by himself" actually refers to the chemistry volume, not the whole book. The first edition of the chemistry volume "100,000 Why" was collected 175 Why. I wrote 163 why.

After writing the chemistry volume, Children's Publishing House invited me to write other volumes. So, I made persistent efforts: I wrote 27 articles for the third volume of Astronomy and Meteorology; He wrote eighty-nine articles for the fourth agricultural volume; He wrote forty-three articles for the fifth volume of the book of physical health.

I am the author who wrote the most in the first edition-the first edition published five volumes of * * * 947 "Why", and I wrote 326, accounting for about one third of the whole book! I am also the youngest author of this book-I was only twenty when I wrote this book and twenty-one when I published it.

At an early age, he was entrusted with an important task by the Children's Publishing House and took the lead in completing "100,000 Why" ...