不久前,应中国科学院数学物理学部之邀,为我国的广大青少年写一本有关著名数学家华罗庚的书。在撰写此书的过程中,华罗庚教授那清癯、睿智、善良的面容时常在我的脑海里浮现,多年前采访这位一代数学宗师时的许多往事,历历如在目前。如今,昔人已乘黄鹤去,而他的音容笑貌、他的辉 Not long ago, at the invitation of the Department of Mathematical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, a book about Hua Matang, a famous mathematician, was written for the vast majority of young people in our country. In the process of writing this book, Professor Hua Luogeng’s clear, wise and kind face often appears in my mind. Many of the many stories I interviewed when I was a generation of math masters many years ago are vivid. Today, the elite has been to take the yellow crane, and his voice and smile, his brilliant