Lower are some titles of historical math books 
(mostly in addition to those from class). 
It seems that the great majority are in campus libraries. 
On the main list I stopped checking after Gigerenzer. 
At the bottom are tips for finding books on campus. 

Also you can search online at the bookstore of the 
MAA (Mathematical Association of America): 
                        
https://www.maa.org/ecomtpro/timssnet/common/tnt_frontpage.cfm
(search history) 



			Some historical math books 


Artmann, Benno. 
Euclid: The Creation of Mathematics.
(NY Springer-Verlag 1999) 
(EPSL QA31.A78 1999)

Berggren, J.L. 
Episoldes in the Mathematics of Medieval Islam. 
(NY: Springer-Verlag, 1986) 
(EPSL QA27.A67 B46 1986)

Crosby, Alfred W. 
The Measure of Reality: Quantification and Western Society,
1250-1600. 
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1997) 
(McKeldin D202.C76 1997)

Eglash, Ron. 
African Fractals: Modern Computing and Indigenous Design. 
(New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press 1999)
(McKeldin GN650.E35 1999) 

Fauvel, John et al. 
Let Newton Be! A new perspective on his life and works. 
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988) 
(EPSL: off-site shelving) 

Gerdes, Paulus. 
Geometry from Africa: Mathematical and Educational Explorations. 
(Washington: MAA, 1999) 

Gigerenzer, Gerd et al. 
The Empire of Chance: How Probability Changed Science and 
Everyday Life. 
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989)
(EPSL and MCKeldin) 

Gillings, Richard J. 
Mathematics in the Time of the Pharaohs. 
(Cambridge: MIT Press, 1972) 

Grabiner, Judith V. 
The Origins of Cauchy's Rigorous Calculus. 
(Cambridge: MIT Press, 1981)

Hessen, B. 
The Social and Economic Roots of Newton's Principia. 
(New York: Howard Fertig, 1971 -- reprint of 1931 original edition)

Li Yan and Du Shiran. 
Chinese Mathmematics: A Concise History.
(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987)

Maor, Eli. 
e: The Story of a Number. 
(Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994)

Porter, Theodore M. 
Trust in Numbers: The Pursuit of Objectivity in 
Science and Public Life. 
(Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995). 

Rabinovitch, Nachum. 
Probability and Statistical Inference in Ancient and 
Medieval Jewish Literature. 
(Toronto: University of Toronto Press) 

Richard, Joan L. 
Mathematical Visions: the Pursuit of Geometery in 
Victorian England. 
(Boston: Academic Press, 1988.) 

Shenitzer, Abe and Stillwell, John editors. 
Mathematical Evolutions. 
MAA Online Bookstore 
https://www.maa.org/ecomtpro/Timssnet/products/TNT_products.cfm

Sobel, Dava. 
Longitude. 
(see www.amazon.com) 

Stein, Sherman. 
Archimedes: What did he do besides cry Eureka? 
(Washington: MAA, 1999) 

Struik, Dirk. 
The Land of Stevin and Huygens. 
(Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing Co., 1981)

Van der Waerden, B.L. 
Geometry and Algebra in Ancient Civilizations. 
(New York: Springer-Verlag, 1983)

I.G. Bashmakova and G.S. Smirnova, 
The beginnings and evolution of algebra 
(Call no. QA 151.B37 2000 at UMCP EPSL) 

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Some titles from the American Mathematical Society: 

Euclid's Phenomena with study 
(spherical astronomy before trigonometry and Ptolemy)

Euler through time, Varadarajan 
QA24.V37 2006 

The Number Pi, 
Pierre Eymend and JeanPierre Laton 

History of Analysis, 
Hans N. Jahnke 
(Call number QA 300.H55 2003) 

History of Analysis 
Stanton and Wells, eds. 
QA21.H58 

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There are several good books of Eli Maor listed in 
the UMCP EPSL, which should be accessible: 

-To infinity and beyond: a cultural history of 
the infinite 

-e: the story of a number 

-Trigonometric delights 

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Finding books in the campus libraries: 
Go to www.lib.umd.edu .
Click to catalog. 
At the top: click to advanced search. 
Now you can search effectively using a couple of 
key words. For example: 
author: maor 
and 
title: number 
gives the right answer immediately. 

With basic search, you can have problems with 
common author names or title words, or not 
writing multiple words in exactly the right 
format.