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Re:A Mathematician’s Lament (2002) [pdf] by thetwiceler on Friday August 09, 2013 @08:03PM (#6189387)
Yes, a million times! Journey through Genius is an excellent book (I, too, had this book for a History of Math class). It's really appropriate for people of all different levels of mathematical maturity. It's aimed to be read by a pretty much lay audience. But it covers some interesting t material that you're likely not to have seen in an undergraduate curriculum (Heron's formula, cubic/quartic equations, Euler's windmill proof).

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