Physics of the Impossible: a scientific exploration into the world of phasers, force fields, teleportation, and time travel by Michio Kaku 2008
Kaku examines the stuff of science fiction – time machines, invisibility cloaks, starships – and uses the laws of physics to judge their feasibility.
The Unfinished Game: Pascal, Fermat, and the seventeenth-century letter that made the world modern by Keith Devlin 2008
A slim, readable account of the birth of probability theory and its wide-reaching impact on modern life.
The Planets by Dava Sobel 2005
Adept at making complex topics easy to grasp, Sobel gracefully explores our solar system, weaving together science, mythology, history, art and music.
The Georgian Star: How William and Caroline Herschel Revolutionized Our Understanding of the Cosmos by Michael Lemonick 2009
After a self-taught astronomer discovered Uranus in 1781, he and his sister were hired by King George as royal scientists, and they made discoveries and established methods still used today.
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