To add to the suggestions here, "Number" by Tobias Dantzig is absolutely a wonderful history of mathematics. I mean, shoot, it's actually got a quote from Einstein: "This is beyond doubt the most interesting book on the evolution of mathematics…
真正让我大开眼界的是读了 Tobias Dantzig 的《Number - The Language of Science》。书里把数学作为对观察或推演现象的一层抽象，这种哲学视角的探讨写得相当漂亮。
The true eye-opener for me was reading Number - The Language of Science by Tobias Dantzig. The philosophy part of math as an abstraction layer for what is observed or deducted was a nice touch.
顺着这里的推荐再补充一本，Tobias Dantzig 写的《Number》绝对是一部极棒的数学史。我的天，书上甚至还引了爱因斯坦的一句话：“毫无疑问，这是关于数学演化最引人入胜的一本书…
To add to the suggestions here, "Number" by Tobias Dantzig is absolutely a wonderful history of mathematics. I mean, shoot, it's actually got a quote from Einstein: "This is beyond doubt the most interesting book on the evolution of mathematics…
真正让我大开眼界的是读了 Tobias Dantzig 的《Number - The Language of Science》。书里把数学作为对观察或推演现象的一层抽象，这种哲学视角的探讨写得相当漂亮。
The true eye-opener for me was reading Number - The Language of Science by Tobias Dantzig. The philosophy part of math as an abstraction layer for what is observed or deducted was a nice touch.