邹承鲁.生物学走向二十一世纪[J].中国科学院院刊,2001,(1):1-5.

生物学走向二十一世纪

Life Sciences on the boarder of the 21^st Century

邹承鲁
生物物理研究所!北京100101

Institute of Biophysics, CAS, 100101 Beijing

         生物学;回顾;展望

        对生命科学在 2 0世纪的成就和 2 1世纪的发展前景进行了回顾与展望。 2 0世纪的分子水平研究已经使生物学从描述性逐渐发展成为严格的科学。 2 1世纪生命科学的特点将首先是分析与综合的统一 ,分析将密切地与功能研究相结合 ,而综合将越来越多地建立在深入分析的基础上 ;其次是对生命现象更为深入的理解将导致对生命本质的统一认识以致形成在真正意义上的普通生物学 ;最后 ,生命科学的基础研究将对人类生活产生前所未有的巨大影响。

        The achievements of life sciences in the past and its prospects in the coming century has been briefly summarized, The rise of molecular studies has changed life sciences in the past century from a descriptive to an exact science. It is proposed that in the coming century, the outlook of life sciences will be characterized firstly by unification of analytical and comprehensive studies, in the sense that structural analysis will be increasingly unified with functional aspects. Secondly, a deeper penetration of the basic aspects of life will lead to a unified understanding of life across the species resulting eventually to a general biology in the true sense of the word. Lastly, the coming century will also be marked by an unprecedented impact of fundamental studies of life sciences on all aspects of human welfare.