Best suited for math majors, or people who are really interested in the subject. While he is slightly guilty of modernizing the notation, he is faithful to the original source material as well, and his extensive bibliography is a good jumping off point for further reserach. A history of mathematics , Carl Boyer. Unlike many other introductions, Boyer does not spend all his time on the Greeks and Renaissance Italians, but tries to cover the entire history of mathematics from ancient Egypt to the 20th century. Mathematical thought from ancient to modern times , Morris Kline.
Every chapter contains an excellent bibliography.
Number Words and Number Symbols , Karl Menninger. Arithmetic Capitalism and arithmetic , Frank Swetz. Includes Smith's translation of The Treviso Arithmetic , the first printed mathematics text. A fascinating portrait of mathematics at the beginning of the 16th century. Algebra A history of algebra, from al-Khwarizmi to Emmy Noether , B. L. van der Waerden.