Some of the books on the list are detailed examinations of the history of particular math advances. I haven't read the Princeton Companion, but if it's less tha

Some of the books on the list are detailed examinations of the history of particular math advances. I haven't read the Princeton Companion, but if it's less than 10,000 pages, I don't imagine you will get those in detail. Others, like the Gardiner and Graham-Diaconis books, are applications of math ideas to, typically, odd topics. Like an example, but with more focus.