"It presents a sensitive portrait of a great human being. It describes accurately and intelligibly on a nontechnical level the world of mathematical ideas in which Hilbert created his masterpieces. And it illuminates the background of German social history against which the drama of Hilberts life was played. Beyond this, it is a poem in praise of mathematics." -SCIENCE

本书为陈省身先生的作品集。其思想性、历史性都能给作者以启迪。本书内容包括：嘉兴，我的故乡、我最美好的年华是在天津度过的、联大六年、致梅贻琦校长的信、中央研究院三年等等，阅读本书可以让读者体验到作者那个时代的文化气息、了解那段过去的历史……