Thank you! I'm always looking for books in this specific sub-genre and have a hard time pinpointing exactly what it is. Something like "nonficiton history of a

Thank you! I'm always looking for books in this specific sub-genre and have a hard time pinpointing exactly what it is. Something like "nonficiton history of a specific scientific or mathematical idea". Another example is "The Code Book" by Simon Singh, which compiles various historical stories related to codes, cyphers, and cryptography.