``It would be a pity if the existence of this book should have as
its effect that a real popular history of mathematics in its
cultural diversity would be deemed not viable by publishers.''
Jens Hoyrup reviewing George Gheverghese Joseph's book "The Crest of the Peacock, Non-European
roots of mathematics." I.B. Tauris, London, 1991 (MR 92g:01004).