World of Mathematics: A Small Library of the Literature of Mathematics from A'hmose the Scribe to Albert Einstein, Presented with Commentaries and Notes, in Four Volumes

"A monumental 4-volume reference, 15 years in the making, The World of Mathematics was specially designed to make mathematics more accessible to the inexperienced. It comprises non-technical essays on every aspect of the vast subject, including articles by scores of eminent mathematicians and other thinkers."