Reddit reviews The Joy of Pi

I can post a few links from some books about numbers. I haven't read a few of them, but the history of some numbers like phi, pi, zero... all of them are fascinating.

• http://www.amazon.com/Joy-Pi-David-Blatner/dp/0802775624
  
  
• http://www.amazon.com/Golden-Ratio-Worlds-Astonishing-Number/dp/0767908163/ref=pd_sim_b_4
  
  
• http://www.amazon.com/Story-Number-Princeton-Science-Library/dp/0691141347/ref=pd_sim_b_2
  
  
• http://www.amazon.com/Imaginary-Tale-Story-square-minus/dp/0691127980/ref=pd_sim_b_1
  
  
• http://www.amazon.com/Zero-Biography-Dangerous-Charles-Seife/dp/0140296476/ref=pd_sim_b_3
  
  
• http://www.amazon.com/History-Pi-Petr-Beckmann/dp/0312381859/ref=pd_sim_b_5
  
  Those six are all the history of the five most important constants in mathematics. If you're looking for the history of some of the most brilliant minds in mathematics, I'm afraid I haven't the resources or expertise to help you out.

A more extensive history: http://www.amazon.com/Joy-Pi-David-Blatner/dp/0802775624/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1394813472&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Joy+of+Pi