A decent book about the history of mankind's conception of infinity. Does it make math exciting? No. But it does make it at least interesting ;)
http://www.amazon.com/Infinity-Quest-Think-/dp/0786712856/sr=1-1/qid=1156881821/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-2499795-5378369?ie=UTF8&s=books
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