Science

The Grand Design

Stephen Hawking

In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind

Eric R. Kandel

The Periodic Table

Primo Levi

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality

John Gribbin

The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us

Christopher Chabris

Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman

James Gleick

Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

Daniel C. Dennett

On Intelligence: How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines

Jeff Hawkins

Tesla: Man Out of Time

Margaret Cheney

The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human

V.S. Ramachandran

Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius

Marc J. Seifer

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

Robert M. Sapolsky

Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction

Philip E. Tetlock

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

Malcolm Gladwell

Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

Tim Marshall

Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War

Mary Roach

The Family That Couldn't Sleep: A Medical Mystery

D.T. Max

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman

Richard Feynman

Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-Time

Richard Feynman

How We Decide

Jonah Lehrer

How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics

Michael Pollan

Food Rules: An Eater's Manual

Michael Pollan

Dreams of a Final Theory: The Scientist's Search for the Ultimate Laws of Nature

Steven Weinberg