A Short Account of the History of Mathematics

I got excited and picked this up when I saw a "history of mathematics" that looked cool and was fairly highly rated. I was completely bewildered when the first lines of the audiobook told me to take a deep breath, get into a comfortable position, and relax. I thought I had accidentally downloaded the wrong book but then he proceeded to start narrating the history of mathematics. That's when I realized that most people use this book to help them fall asleep. It's literally part of Audible's "Bedtime Stories" collection. I just wanted a book on math history! That being said, it's actually a great little book, though far too short. It mentions the three basic eras of mathematics - Greek, Renaissance, and Modern mathematics - but only goes into the Greek era (including the Egyptian and Chinese mathematics of that time period). It goes over the history of early mathematics as well as we know it from artifacts like the Rhind Papyrus, and it has fun historical facts like how the Romans used 12 as a base denominator for fractions, Babylonians used 60 (which we still use when measuring degrees), that some old mathematic symbols were a depiction of feet walking forward for addition or a flight of arrows for subtraction (think on that one a minute o_O), and what branches of mathematics different cultures developed first and why (the Egyptians needing geometry for accurate surveying due to the regular flooding of the Nile, for example). Overall, it was interesting and enjoyable, but I wish it was longer and went into the other eras of mathematics as well as how the science of mathematics evolved through time. Update: Just realized that the Audible version is a mere 30 minutes long, but the original book by W. W. Rouse Ball is 560 pages and apparently goes far more in depth into the history of mathematics. So if you want a little teaser of math history or a book to fall asleep to, this audible "bedtime" version is adequate. But if you actually want to learn about the history of