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Reddit mentions of Lost Discoveries: The Ancient Roots of Modern Science--from the Babylonians to the Maya
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| Height | 8.4375 Inches |
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| Release date | October 2003 |
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There's a fascinating book called Lost Discoveries that tells all about the surprising non-European, non-Greek origins of mathematics. EDIT: Corrected link formatting.
History of science books are 80% of what I read, and Bryson's book was great, but many of the books that I'm seeing here are oddly not close to Bryson's in terms of style or content.
Just off the top of my head, The Man Who Loved Only Numbers would probably be an excellent read. It has been awhile, but I remember Lost Discoveries was along a similar vein with a similarly light writing style. How I Killed Pluto is pretty fun as well, although it veers off into personal stuff as well.