TITLE: An attractive introduction to the history of modular forms and its applications
QUESTION [9 upvotes]: I am a graduate student majoring in number theory. Recently I have to give a report to graduate students studying mathematics. I am interested in this field, but I know little about it. Can you give me some advice? Welcome to providing some references! Thanks!

REPLY [2 votes]: Two other references which you may like and which in particular emphasize the historical aspects:

"Elliptic Curves, Function Theory, Geometry , Arithmetic" by Henry McKean and Victor Moll.
"Linear Differential Equations and Group Theory, from Riemann to Poincaré" by Jeremy Grey.