中文摘要：

李文林的《数学史概论》（第2版）彰显了人类数学文明的最亮丽篇章，其主要特色为：选材精练，准确概括了数学科学的发展史；厚今薄古，充分论述了近现代数学的演进和变革；深中肯綮，深刻挖掘了数学大家的思想精髓所在。该书材料组织灵活、可读性强，现已成为目前国内高校最通用的数学史教材，对数学史的普及和研究起到了重要的推动作用。

英文摘要：

A History of Mathematics written by Li Wenlin is a brilliant work of human civilization. Its main characteristics may be summarized as follows. It selects succinct materials to describe the developing history of mathematics in precise terms. It fully discusses the evolution of modem mathematics. It expounds in depth the quintessence of the mathematical thought of great mathemati- cians. Being ingeniously organized and highly readable, it has now become the most commonly used teaching material in Chinese colleges and universities. This work of Li plays a very signficant role in pushing forward the research and popularization of the history of mathematics.