I just picked up Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers [http://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Birth-Numbers-Jan-Gullberg/dp/039304002X/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1 http://w

I just picked up Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers [http://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Birth-Numbers-Jan-Gullberg/dp/039304002X/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1 http://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Birth-Numbers-Jan-Gullberg...]. I think this was posted in a comment on HN. Its a tome of a book, but from what I have seen so far, it looks really interesting. Definitely not a quick summer read though IMO