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"History of New Drugs: From Panacea to the Frontier of Life Sciences" is a popular science book on the history of new drug science. It tells the background of the proliferation of "panacea" in history, the industrial revolution, war and the formation of the world's pharmaceutical industry system. Describes the development process from university to pharmacopoeia, drug regulatory act and the history of alchemy, modern chemistry and drug synthesis. It introduces the progress of vivisection, model organisms and pharmacology, the theory of evolution, the emergence of genes and biological drugs, as well as the theory of etiology, pathogen screening and serum therapy. It tells about bloodletting, blood transfusion, transplantation and new drug design, deadly viruses and the key to the secret of life. Finally, it introduces immunotherapy and cell therapy. The content is very rich and the viewpoints are novel. It clearly states that what drives the discovery of new drugs are theoretical debates, scientific competitions, patent disputes, etc. The whole book not only describes the inspiration and contributions of scientists, but also highlights the mistakes of scientists and shows another side of scientists. The book is easy to understand, has clear layers, and has in-depth analysis. It has strong readability and exploration value for people in the biomedical field and science enthusiasts.

Swift's background is Christian Europe after the Renaissance and Enlightenment. The "Controversy between Ancient and Modern Times" can not only be called a cultural and ideological historical event that is three pillars of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, but can even be called a more iconic cultural event in modern Western times. In other words, it can be said that the dispute between ancient and modern times is the inherent essence of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. It can be said that all of Swift's writings under such a background are inseparable from the essence of the dispute between ancient and modern times. "Gulliver's Travels" can be compared with Plato's "Kingdom", and also echoes More's "Utopia", implying thoughts about a better political system. "The Story of the Cask" presents the religious reform issues in Britain at that time in an allegorical way. "The War of Books" was written by him to take over Temple's participation in the debate between ancient and modern times. This book is the 47th issue of the "Classics and Interpretation Series" in 2017. It takes "Swift and Enlightenment" as the topic. The selected theme articles focus on several of Swift's works, revealing the reflections on enlightenment, rationality, religion, politics, etc. Contained in his works. The articles collected in other permanent columns also have their own highlights.