Bárány, Imre (2010), «Discrete and convex geometry», στο: Horváth, János, επιμ., A Panorama of Hungarian Mathematics in the Twentieth Century, I, New York: Springer, σελ. 431–441, ISBN9783540307211
Because matroids and oriented matroids are abstractions of other mathematical abstractions, nearly all the relevant books are written for mathematical scientists rather than for the general public. For learning about oriented matroids, a good preparation is to study the textbook on linear optimization by Nering and Tucker, which is infused with oriented-matroid ideas, and then to proceed to Ziegler's lectures on polytopes.
