Non-rigorous (maybe a good pop-math) book about real analysis?

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I am reading a real analysis book at the moment, but I feel the lack of something I believe that could be a good feature: Historical remarks about the concepts and also some chat about how those concepts are interconnected. I'm self-studying and most of the time I don't have someone to talk about those concepts - I would like to read some insights about the introduced concepts.

The only book I know that is similar to what I'm look is Analysis by Its history. Are there more books such as this one?

I'm reading Derbyshire's Unknown Quantity - for example. It would be nice to have a resource that talks about the concepts in analysis such as this book. I'm not looking specifically for a textbook on real analysis, it could be a non-serious book to be read together with a textbook. It's nice to have an idea of how the things are interconnected without spending hours trying to grasp the precise meaning of the concept.

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The Calculus Gallery by Dunham is great.

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There was another user who posted a nice suggeston:

But he erased his answer for unknown reasons. I've reposted so others can see the suggestion. I've also discovered some other books which are nice examples similar to what I was looking for:

It discusses the historical motivation of calculus and the rising of analysis. Another really nice book is:

It is a perfect introduction to analysis, full of historical remarks and motivation for the topics given in the book. A really astounding book!