"Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers". If you've ever read "Code" by Charles Petzold, it's as illuminating as that was. Also a little bit tragic, makes you

"Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers". If you've ever read "Code" by Charles Petzold, it's as illuminating as that was. Also a little bit tragic, makes you realize there is a lot of fun and beauty and even social history in math. I didn't realize there is also a lot of complaints in how math is taught, and that the arithmetic we all learn is considered the most boring part.