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Two Millennia of Mathematics: From Archimedes to Gauss

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You might think this is a history of math book but it isn't, it's a math book where the 5 topics are subjects the author likes and he motivates the math via some history. You can "look inside" to see the topics, but what I believe to be the most important thing in a review of a math book is "who is this appropriate for ?". The answer in this case is a person with a math background like you would receive in a physics, chemistry, or engineering undergrad degree or a math major undergrad student. You will not be able to follow it without a certain mathematical maturity. I loved it because I'm a mathematician with an interest in these subjects which I have seen before. A more advanced book along the same lines is "Pi and the AGM". People looking for interesting math not requiring as much math background might like "Prime Obsession" or "The Golden Ratio".