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by sedachv 4163 days ago
I recently enjoyed Bashmakova and Smirnova's The beginnings and evolution of algebra. It covers the development of algebra from Babylonian math to group theory. One of the valuable things it does is cover the evolution of notation for mathematical problems. Now next time someone complains that "Prefix is hard! Infix is natural!" I can throw this book at them.