My daughter read these last year, about the same time as the Pemrose books.

The Librarian Who Measured the Earth
http://www.amazon.com/Librarian-Who...mp;s=books&qid=1282437872&sr=8-1

History of Counting
http://www.amazon.com/History-Count...mp;ie=UTF8&qid=1282437940&sr=1-1

Mathematicians Are People Too.
http://www.amazon.com/Mathematicians-Are-People-Too-Stories/dp/0866515097/ref=pd_sim_b_1

Last edited by Chrys; 08/21/10 05:48 PM. Reason: adding book titles
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