Reddit reviews Unknown Quantity: A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra (Mathematics)
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The story of math is the story of science.
What problems do we have? How can we solve them? What can't we solve? What do we need new tools to solve? What can we do with them now?
I would recommend something like John Derbyshire's Unknown Quantity: A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra to get into the story behind algebra in particular.