{"id":4330,"date":"2024-10-14T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=4330"},"modified":"2025-09-22T22:29:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T14:29:33","slug":"jason_chin_2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2024\/10\/14\/jason_chin_2024\/","title":{"rendered":"See\u00ading the Invis\u00adi\u00adble World: Giv\u00ading Sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic Explo\u00adration Wings of Imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"weibo-tt-article\"><!-- \u6587\u7ae0\u5185\u5bb9 -->\n<figure>\u200b\u200b<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/embedded_1758549588767.jpg\" width=\"421\" height=\"474\"><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">Jason Chin is a renowned Chi\u00adnese-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan illus\u00adtra\u00adtor and author who has gar\u00adnered con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00adable atten\u00adtion in recent years. He is par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly renowned for his non\u00adfic\u00adtion pic\u00adture books with valu\u00adable sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic con\u00adtent. His work, \u201cGrand Canyon,\u201d won the 2018 Calde\u00adcott Sil\u00adver Medal, and his fic\u00adtion\u00adal pic\u00adture book, \u201cWater\u00adcress,\u201d received the 2022 Calde\u00adcott Gold Medal. This lat\u00adest work, \u201cThe Uni\u00adverse in Your Eyes,\u201d explores the micro\u00adscop\u00adic world. With its exquis\u00adite illus\u00adtra\u00adtions and rig\u00ador\u00adous sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic con\u00adtent, it guides read\u00aders from the macro\u00adscop\u00adic per\u00adspec\u00adtive of Earth to the micro\u00adscop\u00adic world of mol\u00ade\u00adcules, cells, and even small\u00ader par\u00adti\u00adcles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u200b<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/embedded_1758549589920.jpg\" width=\"438\" height=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">This book echoes its com\u00adpan\u00adion vol\u00adume, The Uni\u00adverse and I (2020), which focus\u00ades on the vast dimen\u00adsions from Earth to the cos\u00admos. While The Uni\u00adverse in Your Eyes draws read\u00aders\u2019 atten\u00adtion to the invis\u00adi\u00adble, micro\u00adscop\u00adic world, each pre\u00adsent\u00ading both the macro\u00adscop\u00adic and micro\u00adscop\u00adic aspects of the uni\u00adverse, form\u00ading a com\u00adplete cycle of sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic explo\u00adration. This new work, how\u00adev\u00ader, show\u00adcas\u00ades a fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading \u201cinvis\u00adi\u00adble world\u201d with breath\u00adtak\u00ading visu\u00adals, con\u00advey\u00ading awe and inspi\u00adra\u00adtion for the world and life through a unique explo\u00adration method.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/embedded_1758549590728.jpg\" width=\"447\" height=\"184\"><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\"><strong>The Wheel\u00adchair Girl\u2019s Sur\u00adpris\u00ading Dis\u00adcov\u00adery<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">Sim\u00adi\u00adlar to his sig\u00adna\u00adture works like \u201cThe Grand Canyon,\u201d \u201cThrough the Juras\u00adsic For\u00adest,\u201d and \u201cGrav\u00adi\u00adty,\u201d Chen Zhen\u00adpan\u2019s sci\u00adence pic\u00adture books con\u00adsis\u00adtent\u00adly strive to main\u00adtain a nar\u00adra\u00adtive thread, con\u00adnect\u00ading with read\u00aders and draw\u00ading them into the won\u00adders of sci\u00adence through the pow\u00ader of sto\u00adry. The pro\u00adtag\u00ado\u00adnist of \u201cThe Uni\u00adverse in Your Eyes\u201d is a wheel\u00adchair-bound girl who appears to be of Lati\u00adno or oth\u00ader col\u00ador. She and a group of oth\u00ader chil\u00addren are leav\u00ading a desert muse\u00adum. She slides down the wheel\u00adchair aisle alone, and as she pre\u00adpares to lis\u00adten to a lec\u00adture, she encoun\u00adters a star hum\u00adming\u00adbird. Thus begins her mag\u00adi\u00adcal jour\u00adney of dis\u00adcov\u00adery\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/embedded_1758549591962.jpg\" width=\"486\" height=\"242\"><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">Through the wheel\u00adchair-bound girl\u2019s grad\u00adual explo\u00adration of the micro\u00adscop\u00adic world, Chen Zhen\u00adpan presents the vast\u00adness of sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic knowl\u00adedge through del\u00adi\u00adcate visu\u00adal lan\u00adguage and emo\u00adtion\u00adal nar\u00adra\u00adtive. The book\u2019s main con\u00adtent revolves around the micro\u00adscop\u00adic world, grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly reveal\u00ading sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic con\u00adcepts from hum\u00adming\u00adbirds and but\u00adter\u00adflies to micro\u00adscop\u00adic par\u00adti\u00adcles invis\u00adi\u00adble to the naked eye, such as cells, atoms, and quarks. Remark\u00adably, the book\u2019s con\u00adtent is not pre\u00adsent\u00aded in a text\u00adbook for\u00admat, but rather, through inter\u00adac\u00adtion with the girl, takes the read\u00ader on a visu\u00adal \u201cjour\u00adney,\u201d grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly allow\u00ading them to per\u00adceive and under\u00adstand these invis\u00adi\u00adble things.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/embedded_1758549593716.jpg\" width=\"506\" height=\"237\"><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">Chen Zhen\u00adpan seems to have a knack for cap\u00adtur\u00ading the curios\u00adi\u00adty of young read\u00aders. Each dou\u00adble-page spread is filled with sur\u00adprise, and each one ends with the cap\u00adtion, \u201cBut, even small\u00ader than this, there are\u2026\u201d How can you resist turn\u00ading to the next page?! Tech\u00adni\u00adcal\u00adly, the book adopts a pro\u00adgres\u00adsive struc\u00adture. Begin\u00adning with the macro\u00adscop\u00adic nat\u00adur\u00adal world, the per\u00adspec\u00adtive grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly zooms out, guid\u00ading read\u00aders into the world of cells, mol\u00ade\u00adcules, atoms, and even sub\u00adatom\u00adic par\u00adti\u00adcles. This nar\u00adra\u00adtive tech\u00adnique, from large to small, not only effec\u00adtive\u00adly show\u00adcas\u00ades the com\u00adplex\u00adi\u00adty of the micro\u00adscop\u00adic world but also, through its lay\u00adered pro\u00adgres\u00adsion, height\u00adens the read\u00ader\u2019s curios\u00adi\u00adty and sparks a desire for deep\u00ader explo\u00adration. The read\u00ader is trans\u00adport\u00aded along with the girl\u2019s eyes, jour\u00adney\u00ading from per\u00adcep\u00adti\u00adble nat\u00adur\u00adal objects to the micro\u00adscop\u00adic mys\u00adter\u00adies hid\u00adden beneath the sur\u00adface of the every\u00adday world, expe\u00adri\u00adenc\u00ading the allure of sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic knowl\u00adedge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">Chen Zhen\u00adpan\u2019s metic\u00adu\u00adlous illus\u00adtra\u00adtion style is ful\u00adly dis\u00adplayed in this book. Using water\u00adcol\u00ador as his pri\u00adma\u00adry medi\u00adum, his soft col\u00adors and del\u00adi\u00adcate brush\u00adstrokes suc\u00adcess\u00adful\u00adly cap\u00adture the detail and beau\u00adty of the micro\u00adscop\u00adic world. The illus\u00adtra\u00adtions in this book are both sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly pre\u00adcise and artis\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtive. In par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar, when depict\u00ading cel\u00adlu\u00adlar struc\u00adture and par\u00adti\u00adcle move\u00adment, Chen Zhen\u00adpan skill\u00adful\u00adly blends sci\u00adence and art, imbu\u00ading these abstract con\u00adcepts with visu\u00adal vital\u00adi\u00adty. Each image is metic\u00adu\u00adlous\u00adly designed to real\u00adis\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly cap\u00adture the com\u00adplex\u00adi\u00adty of the micro\u00adscop\u00adic world while imbu\u00ading it with a poet\u00adic beau\u00adty, allow\u00ading read\u00aders to not only visu\u00adal\u00adly expe\u00adri\u00adence these sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic con\u00adcepts but also expe\u00adri\u00adence a dual visu\u00adal and emo\u00adtion\u00adal impact dur\u00ading the read\u00ading process.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/embedded_1758549594958.jpg\" width=\"470\" height=\"217\"><\/figure>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/embedded_1758549596283.jpg\" width=\"470\" height=\"224\"><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">Unlike typ\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00adence pic\u00adture books, Chen Zhen\u00adpan\u2019s paint\u00adings pos\u00adsess a unique nar\u00adra\u00adtive func\u00adtion. Through\u00adout this book, the illus\u00adtra\u00adtions con\u00adstruct a coher\u00adent visu\u00adal nar\u00adra\u00adtive through the per\u00adspec\u00adtive of a girl, mov\u00ading from the macro\u00adscop\u00adic to the micro\u00adscop\u00adic, extend\u00ading to the entire uni\u00adverse, and final\u00adly return\u00ading to the girl\u2019s eyes and her\u00adself, form\u00ading a closed nar\u00adra\u00adtive loop. The girl\u2019s facial expres\u00adsions, hand move\u00adments, and inter\u00adac\u00adtions with nature and sci\u00adence are all del\u00adi\u00adcate\u00adly por\u00adtrayed through the images. This close inte\u00adgra\u00adtion of imagery and sto\u00adry cre\u00adates an immer\u00adsive read\u00ading expe\u00adri\u00adence, as if the read\u00ader has crossed the bar\u00adri\u00ader between the macro\u00adscop\u00adic and micro\u00adscop\u00adic worlds with the girl, expe\u00adri\u00adenc\u00ading the won\u00adders of sci\u00adence first\u00adhand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\"><strong>Unique growth per\u00adspec\u00adtive<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">As a ris\u00ading star of Chi\u00adnese-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan illus\u00adtra\u00adtors abroad, Chen Zhen\u00adpan caught my atten\u00adtion ear\u00adly on, and I lat\u00ader had the great hon\u00ador of trans\u00adlat\u00ading his illus\u00adtra\u00adtions for Water\u00adcress (writ\u00adten by Chen Yuru). In that fic\u00adtion\u00adal pic\u00adture book, he also chose water\u00adcol\u00ador as his medi\u00adum, but exper\u00adi\u00adment\u00aded with the soft brush\u00adstrokes of tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Chi\u00adnese land\u00adscape paint\u00ading, cre\u00adat\u00ading a dream\u00adlike qual\u00adi\u00adty that echoed the sto\u00adry\u2019s deeply rem\u00adi\u00adnis\u00adcent qual\u00adi\u00adty. In this emo\u00adtion\u00adal sto\u00adry span\u00adning cul\u00adtures and gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions, he also revealed the unique anx\u00adi\u00adeties of grow\u00ading up as a descen\u00addant of Chi\u00adnese immi\u00adgrants, and the cre\u00adative process itself was a reflec\u00adtion, explo\u00adration, and self-heal\u00ading.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/embedded_1758549597718.jpg\" width=\"506\" height=\"170\"><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">Chen Zhen\u00adpan was born and raised in the Unit\u00aded States. His father is an immi\u00adgrant from Guang\u00addong, and his moth\u00ader is a British immi\u00adgrant from gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions pri\u00ador. As a child, he expe\u00adri\u00adenced iden\u00adti\u00adty anx\u00adi\u00adety due to his Asian fea\u00adtures. How\u00adev\u00ader, his relaxed fam\u00adi\u00adly upbring\u00ading and his par\u00adents\u2019 mul\u00adti\u00adcul\u00adtur\u00adal edu\u00adca\u00adtion helped him devel\u00adop a diverse per\u00adspec\u00adtive. More impor\u00adtant\u00adly, his fam\u00adi\u00adly enthu\u00adsi\u00adas\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly encour\u00adaged his love of paint\u00ading, which also fos\u00adtered a spe\u00adcial love for out\u00addoor explo\u00adration. He enjoys read\u00ading pop\u00adu\u00adlar sci\u00adence, but his pas\u00adsion for sci\u00adence fic\u00adtion is even greater, with a par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar fond\u00adness for \u201cStar Wars.\u201d These encour\u00adaged child\u00adhood inter\u00adests grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly con\u00adverged to shape him into a unique indi\u00advid\u00adual.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">In his Calde\u00adcott Medal accep\u00adtance speech, he fond\u00adly recalled the influ\u00adence of fel\u00adlow Calde\u00adcott Medal\u00adist and pre\u00adde\u00adces\u00adsor Tri\u00adna Schatt Heiman (1939\u20132004, illus\u00adtra\u00adtor of \u201cThe Knight and the Drag\u00adon\u201d). Tri\u00adna had giv\u00aden a speech at his school, and he was amazed to see that anoth\u00ader \u201cper\u00adson who loved to draw\u201d could achieve such remark\u00adable suc\u00adcess. While in high school, he even made a point to vis\u00adit Tri\u00adna\u2019s home near\u00adby. He could\u00adn\u2019t stop talk\u00ading about his pas\u00adsion for draw\u00ading and sci\u00adence fic\u00adtion, and Tri\u00adna expressed great inter\u00adest, as if to tell the young man, \u201cIt seems we have sim\u00adi\u00adlar inter\u00adests!\u201d Chen Zhen\u00adpan stud\u00adied illus\u00adtra\u00adtion at Syra\u00adcuse Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty and, after grad\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion, stud\u00adied paint\u00ading for a peri\u00adod under Tri\u00adna. While the aver\u00adage read\u00ader might con\u00adsid\u00ader Heiman an illus\u00adtra\u00adtor spe\u00adcial\u00adiz\u00ading in fan\u00adta\u00adsy, Chen Zhen\u00adpan was even more impressed by her abil\u00adi\u00adty to cap\u00adture char\u00adac\u00adter and detail in her fan\u00adta\u00adsy sto\u00adries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">In an inter\u00adview, Chen Zhen\u00adpan also men\u00adtioned anoth\u00ader Chi\u00adnese artist, Yang Zhicheng (1931\u20132023), as one of his most admired pre\u00adde\u00adces\u00adsors. How\u00adev\u00ader, he also admit\u00adted that while he great\u00adly admired Yang, he nev\u00ader under\u00adstood Yang\u2019s work the way he under\u00adstood Tri\u00adna. He sim\u00adply longed to cre\u00adate like Yang, and per\u00adhaps \u201cWater\u00adcress\u201d is, in some ways, a trib\u00adute to that Chi\u00adnese pre\u00adde\u00adces\u00adsor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/embedded_1758549598888.jpg\" width=\"465\" height=\"421\"><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">In gen\u00ader\u00adal, Chen Zhen\u00adpan\u2019s artis\u00adtic approach is more West\u00adern. For exam\u00adple, he must be able to \u201csee\u201d what he depicts. This is why, when he want\u00aded to paint \u201cGrand Canyon,\u201d he had to pack his back\u00adpack and vis\u00adit the Grand Canyon in per\u00adson to sketch it, or at least take enough pho\u00adtos first. For objects he could\u00adn\u2019t see in per\u00adson, such as the wildlife in the Grand Canyon, he also need\u00aded to find sol\u00adid visu\u00adal ref\u00ader\u00adences to con\u00adfi\u00addent\u00adly recre\u00adate them. Although his sto\u00adry\u00adlines can be fan\u00adci\u00adful and imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtive, the ele\u00adments used to restore sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic facts must be \u201cvis\u00adi\u00adble.\u201d This is prob\u00ada\u00adbly the main rea\u00adson why his illus\u00adtra\u00adtions have a unique\u00adly sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic qual\u00adi\u00adty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\"><strong>&nbsp;\u201cSee\u00ading\u201d the invis\u00adi\u00adble world<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">How\u00adev\u00ader, \u201csee\u00ading\u201d the micro\u00adscop\u00adic world, invis\u00adi\u00adble to the naked eye, posed a sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant chal\u00adlenge for Chen Zhen\u00adpan. Ini\u00adtial\u00adly, he planned to write \u201cThe Uni\u00adverse in Your Eyes\u201d along\u00adside \u201cThe Uni\u00adverse and Me,\u201d a com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsive explo\u00adration of the cos\u00admos. How\u00adev\u00ader, as he pro\u00adgressed, he real\u00adized that the micro\u00adscop\u00adic world itself pos\u00adsessed rich con\u00adtent and pro\u00adfound philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal impli\u00adca\u00adtions, and so he decid\u00aded to sep\u00ada\u00adrate the book.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/embedded_1758549599664.jpg\" width=\"465\" height=\"243\"><\/figure>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/embedded_1758549601154.jpg\" width=\"457\" height=\"209\"><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">In order to accu\u00adrate\u00adly present these com\u00adplex sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic con\u00adcepts, Chen Zhen\u00adpan not only con\u00adsult\u00aded a large amount of sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, but also con\u00adduct\u00aded in-depth dis\u00adcus\u00adsions with sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic experts to ensure the sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic nature and rig\u00ador of the con\u00adtent. For exam\u00adple, he referred to sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic mate\u00adri\u00adals in mul\u00adti\u00adple fields such as mol\u00ade\u00adc\u00adu\u00adlar biol\u00ado\u00adgy and cell biol\u00ado\u00adgy to ensure that the details of cell struc\u00adture, mol\u00ade\u00adc\u00adu\u00adlar oper\u00ada\u00adtion and oth\u00ader details pre\u00adsent\u00aded in the book are accu\u00adrate. In addi\u00adtion, in the process of pre\u00adsent\u00ading the micro\u00adscop\u00adic world, he not only needs to con\u00adsid\u00ader sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic accu\u00adra\u00adcy, but also needs to vivid\u00adly present these bor\u00ading sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic con\u00adcepts to chil\u00addren read\u00aders through art. He said in an inter\u00adview that in the process of cre\u00adat\u00ading this book, \u201cI read a lot of books. But in the process of read\u00ading, I will do a lot of imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion or visu\u00adal\u00adiza\u00adtion. I will visu\u00adal\u00adize what I read in my mind. Some\u00adtimes, I will have some strange asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtions. But you know\u2026 maybe these asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtions are not so strange.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">Chen Zhen\u00adpan\u2019s cre\u00adative process is tru\u00adly metic\u00adu\u00adlous. By artis\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly pre\u00adsent\u00ading micro\u00adscop\u00adic par\u00adti\u00adcles invis\u00adi\u00adble to the naked eye, and lever\u00adag\u00ading the trans\u00adparen\u00adcy and lay\u00ader\u00ading of water\u00adcol\u00ador, he allows read\u00aders to expe\u00adri\u00adence invis\u00adi\u00adble enti\u00adties such as cells, mol\u00ade\u00adcules, and quarks in a more vivid and vivid way. His metic\u00adu\u00adlous\u00adly designed illus\u00adtra\u00adtions depict the tex\u00adture of cell mem\u00adbranes, the arrange\u00adment of DNA helices, and the move\u00adment of quarks, all imbued with artis\u00adtic imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion while retain\u00ading sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic pre\u00adci\u00adsion. The accom\u00adpa\u00adny\u00ading infor\u00adma\u00adtion and ref\u00ader\u00adences are excel\u00adlent sup\u00adple\u00admen\u00adtary learn\u00ading resources in this field. It\u2019s no won\u00adder that sci\u00adence teach\u00aders in Amer\u00adi\u00adcan schools par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly favor Chen Zhen\u00adpan\u2019s books!<\/span><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/embedded_1758549602837.jpg\" width=\"461\" height=\"209\"><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\"><strong>Diver\u00adsi\u00adty and Inclu\u00adsion<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">While Chen Zhen\u00adpan\u2019s sci\u00adence pic\u00adture books are also suit\u00adable for young peo\u00adple or adults inter\u00adest\u00aded in the top\u00adic, he pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly cre\u00adates them for chil\u00addren, so he places spe\u00adcial empha\u00adsis on con\u00advey\u00ading rel\u00ade\u00advant con\u00adcepts. The pro\u00adtag\u00ado\u00adnist in this book is a girl of col\u00ador in a wheel\u00adchair, a set\u00adting that is par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly strik\u00ading. Chen Zhen\u00adpan con\u00adscious\u00adly intro\u00adduces mul\u00adtira\u00adcial and mul\u00adti\u00adcul\u00adtur\u00adal char\u00adac\u00adters in his work, allow\u00ading more read\u00aders to expe\u00adri\u00adence the pow\u00ader of inclu\u00adsion and diver\u00adsi\u00adty. This char\u00adac\u00adter set\u00adting not only adds lay\u00aders to the sto\u00adry but also con\u00adveys an impor\u00adtant mes\u00adsage:<strong>Sci\u00adence belongs to every\u00adone. Regard\u00adless of back\u00adground, race, or phys\u00adi\u00adcal con\u00addi\u00adtion, every\u00adone can dis\u00adcov\u00ader their con\u00adnec\u00adtion with the uni\u00adverse through sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic explo\u00adration.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/embedded_1758549604410.jpg\" width=\"377\" height=\"476\"><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">The sto\u00adry\u2019s set\u00adting in a desert envi\u00adron\u00adment is also a remark\u00adable choice. Deserts are often asso\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded with des\u00ado\u00adla\u00adtion, but in the book, this envi\u00adron\u00adment con\u00adtrasts sharply with the rich\u00adness and diver\u00adsi\u00adty of the micro\u00adscop\u00adic world. Through this con\u00adtrast, Chen Zhen\u00adpan skill\u00adful\u00adly demon\u00adstrates that even in seem\u00ading\u00adly ordi\u00adnary places, a mys\u00adte\u00adri\u00adous and vast world of sci\u00adence awaits explo\u00adration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\"><strong>Sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic explo\u00adration and fan\u00adta\u00adsy go hand in hand<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">As an accom\u00adplished Chi\u00adnese-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, Chen Zhen\u00adpan\u2019s own per\u00adson\u00adal jour\u00adney and cre\u00adative expe\u00adri\u00adences offer pow\u00ader\u00adful insights. Per\u00adhaps the most valu\u00adable les\u00adson is the con\u00adnec\u00adtion between sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic explo\u00adration and fan\u00adta\u00adsy. While sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic explo\u00adration requires rig\u00ador\u00adous think\u00ading, it also requires a rich imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion. Through his work, Chen Zhen\u00adpan demon\u00adstrates the pow\u00ader of com\u00adbin\u00ading sci\u00adence and fan\u00adta\u00adsy. His upbring\u00ading teach\u00ades us that sci\u00adence is not nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly ster\u00adile, but rather filled with end\u00adless pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties and bound\u00adless beau\u00adty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u201cThe Uni\u00adverse in Your Eyes\u201d demon\u00adstrates this through beau\u00adti\u00adful images and rig\u00ador\u00adous sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic knowl\u00adedge:<strong>We can \u201csee\u201d (dis\u00adcov\u00ader) the invis\u00adi\u00adble world through sci\u00adence, but this is insep\u00ada\u00adra\u00adble from the sup\u00adport of curios\u00adi\u00adty and imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion.<\/strong>Such works give chil\u00addren wings to explore sci\u00adence, encour\u00adag\u00ading them to find a bal\u00adance between ratio\u00adnal\u00adi\u00adty and sen\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty, to use sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic tools to under\u00adstand the world, and to use the pow\u00ader of imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion to explore the unknown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">Argen\u00adtine Primera Divisi\u00f3n writ\u00adten on Octo\u00adber 14, 2024 in Bei\u00adjing<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/embedded_1758549605466.jpg\" width=\"472\" height=\"208\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/article>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200b\u200b \u9648\u632f\u76fc\uff08Jason Chin\uff09\u662f\u8fd1\u5e74\u6765\u9887\u53d7\u77a9\u76ee\u7684\u7f8e\u56fd\u77e5\u540d\u534e\u88d4\u63d2\u753b\u5bb6\u3001\u4f5c\u5bb6\uff0c\u5c24\u4ee5\u521b\u4f5c\u79d1\u666e\u542b\u91d1\u91cf\u5f88\u9ad8\u7684\u975e\u865a\u6784 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4321,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4,12],"tags":[8,5,6],"class_list":["post-4330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-review","category-story-of-story-tellers","category-ajia-review","tag-8","tag-5","tag-6"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/embedded_1758549594958.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4330"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4378,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4330\/revisions\/4378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}