The provided text is a detailed overview of the "Graduate Texts in Mathematics" series, published by Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. The series includes a wide range of advanced mathematical texts, covering various fields such as set theory, complex variables, functional analysis, algebraic geometry, and more. Each entry in the series is briefly described, with titles, authors, and editions listed. Additionally, the text includes the prefaces to the second and first editions of "Categories for the Working Mathematician" by Saunders Mac Lane. The second edition adds two new chapters on symmetric monoidal categories and 2-categories, while the first edition provides an introduction to category theory, covering fundamental concepts such as categories, functors, natural transformations, adjunctions, limits, monads, monoids, and abelian categories. The prefaces also reflect on the rapid development of category theory and the author's contributions to the field, along with acknowledgments to colleagues and institutions that supported his work.The provided text is a detailed overview of the "Graduate Texts in Mathematics" series, published by Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. The series includes a wide range of advanced mathematical texts, covering various fields such as set theory, complex variables, functional analysis, algebraic geometry, and more. Each entry in the series is briefly described, with titles, authors, and editions listed. Additionally, the text includes the prefaces to the second and first editions of "Categories for the Working Mathematician" by Saunders Mac Lane. The second edition adds two new chapters on symmetric monoidal categories and 2-categories, while the first edition provides an introduction to category theory, covering fundamental concepts such as categories, functors, natural transformations, adjunctions, limits, monads, monoids, and abelian categories. The prefaces also reflect on the rapid development of category theory and the author's contributions to the field, along with acknowledgments to colleagues and institutions that supported his work.