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Unknown Quantity: A Real and Imaginary History of AlgebraUnknown Quantity: A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra by John Derbyshire
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The Calculus Gallery: Masterpieces from Newton to LebesgueThe Calculus Gallery: Masterpieces from Newton to Lebesgue by William Dunham
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Both history and math
Journey through Genius: The Great Theorems of MathematicsJourney through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics by William Dunham
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e: The Story of a Numbere: The Story of a Number by Eli Maor
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A History of PiA History of Pi by Petr Beckmann
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Ideological
The Mathematical Universe: An Alphabetical Journey Through the Great Proofs, Problems, and PersonalitiesThe Mathematical Universe: An Alphabetical Journey Through the Great Proofs, Problems, and Personalities by William Dunham
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Less proofs than "Journey..."
Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in MathematicsPrime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics by John Derbyshire
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Three Pearls of Number TheoryThree Pearls of Number Theory by A. Y. Khinchin
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Mathematics and its HistoryMathematics and its History by John Stillwell
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Yearning for the Impossible: The Surprising Truths of MathematicsYearning for the Impossible: The Surprising Truths of Mathematics by John Stillwell
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The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved: How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of SymmetryThe Equation That Couldn't Be Solved: How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry by Mario Livio
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Biography of Galois and Abel + cvintic equation
Trigonometric DelightsTrigonometric Delights by Eli Maor
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Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous IdeaZero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea by Charles Seife
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The Language of Mathematics: Making the Invisible VisibleThe Language of Mathematics: Making the Invisible Visible by Keith Devlin
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The Pythagorean Theorem: A 4,000-Year HistoryThe Pythagorean Theorem: A 4,000-Year History by Eli Maor
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Will become a classic
The Number PiThe Number Pi by Pierre Eymard
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One of the thoughest books on the subject, gets to elliptic functions, has exercices
The Fabulous Fibonacci NumbersThe Fabulous Fibonacci Numbers by Alfred S. Posamentier
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Pi - UnleashedPi - Unleashed by Jörg Arndt
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One of the best, comes with a CD detailing the programs used
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum CryptographyThe Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography by Simon Singh
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History of codes
CryptanalysisCryptanalysis by Helen F. Gaines
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first book to have on subject, treats pre-computer codes, many examples
The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the InternetThe Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet by David Kahn
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THE book on the subject (historical); see also first edition, few updates from that
Elementary Cryptanalysis: A Mathematical Approach (Mathematical Association of America Textbooks)Elementary Cryptanalysis: A Mathematical Approach (Mathematical Association of America Textbooks) by Abraham Sinkov
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Elementary, one of the best at that, as is Helen's. No computer codes though
Chances Are: Adventures in ProbabilityChances Are: Adventures in Probability by Michael Kaplan
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Great book on statistics
Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton (Cambridge Paperback Library)Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton (Cambridge Paperback Library) by Richard S. Westfall
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Best biography on Newton
Newton: The Making of GeniusNewton: The Making of Genius by Patricia Fara
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Not really a biography, rather a math history of the time
Number: The Language of Science, The Masterpiece Science EditionNumber: The Language of Science, The Masterpiece Science Edition by Tobias Dantzig
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Filosophical, historical and math; see also previous edition
A History of Greek Mathematics, Vol. 1: From Thales to EuclidA History of Greek Mathematics, Vol. 1: From Thales to Euclid by Sir Thomas Heath
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Excellent book on greeks, volume 1, there's also volume 2.
A History of Greek Mathematics: Volume 1. From Thales to EuclidA History of Greek Mathematics: Volume 1. From Thales to Euclid by Thomas Little Heath
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A History of Greek Mathematics: Volume 2. From Aristarchus to DiophantusA History of Greek Mathematics: Volume 2. From Aristarchus to Diophantus by Thomas Little Heath
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A Concise History of MathematicsA Concise History of Mathematics by Dirk J. Struik
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Pocket size Bible of History of Mathematics
The Origins of Cauchy's Rigorous Calculus (Dover Books on Mathematics)The Origins of Cauchy's Rigorous Calculus (Dover Books on Mathematics) by Judith V. Grabiner
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Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans: A Brief HistoryPythagoras and the Pythagoreans: A Brief History by Charles H. Kahn
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One of the best on Pithagoras
Pythagoras: The MathemagicianPythagoras: The Mathemagician by Karim El-koussa
Well researched
Pascal's Arithmetical Triangle: The Story of a Mathematical Idea (Johns Hopkins Paperback)Pascal's Arithmetical Triangle: The Story of a Mathematical Idea (Johns Hopkins Paperback) by A. W. F. Edwards
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The story of Pascal's triangle