Science Books - For Non Scientists - But Great Reads

Wider Than The Sky by Gerald M. Edleman (brain and consciousness)

The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins (evolution)

Where Mathematics Comes From by George Lakof and Rafael E. Nunez (linguistics and math)

Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman (fictional science, artistic and fascinating)

The Whole Shebang by Timothy Ferris (astronomy)

Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind by David Quammen (animals & habitats)

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) by Richard Feynman (Physics)

Collapse by Jared Diamond (Ecology)

The Botany of Desire: a plant's eye view of the world (Botany)