General Science

• One Two Three . . . Infinity : Facts and Speculations of Science

–George Gamow ISBN 0486256642

• The Evolution of Cooperation

–Robert Axelrod ISBN 0465021212

• The Selfish Gene

–Richard Dawkins ISBN 0192860925

• The Constants of Nature : The Numbers That Encode the Deepest Secrets of the Universe

–John Barrow ISBN 1400032253

Mind-boggling.

• Surely You’re Joking, Mr.Feynman! : Adventures of a Curious Character

–Richard P. Feynman, Ralph Leighton ISBN 009917331X

• The Computational Beauty of Nature: Computer Explorations of Fractals, Chaos, Complex Systems, and Adaptation

–Gary William Flake ISBN 0262561271

• Chaos: Making a New Science

–James Gleick ISBN 0140092501

• Fermat’s Enigma : The Epic Quest to Solve the World’s Greatest Mathematical Problem

–Simon Singh ISBN 0385493622

An enchanting account of the challenge, and Andrew Wiles’ hardwork

• The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

–Simon Singh ISBN 0385495323

Another absorbing book by Simon Singh. A good history of crypto.

• The Golden Ratio : The Story of PHI, the World’s Most Astonishing Number

–Mario Livio ISBN 0767908163

• Nature’s Numbers: The Unreal Reality of Mathematics

–Ian Stewart ISBN 0465072747

• Flatterland: Like Flatland, Only More So

–Ian Stewart ISBN 073820675X

A very well written book that explores various aspects of geometry

• What is Life? : With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches

–Erwin Schrodinger ISBN 0521427088

• Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means

–Albert-Laszlo Barabasi ISBN 0452284392

Barabasi is already getting to be a legend. This book is a landmark one, for those interested in the study of networks

• FLATLAND — A Romance of Many Dimesions

–Edwin Abbott Abbott ISBN 0691025258

The prequel to Flatterland.