I agree. It is my personal list, and I make no claims that the list is suitable to other people, let alone to a wider audience. However, I believe that not all

I agree. It is my personal list, and I make no claims that the list is suitable to other people, let alone to a wider audience. However, I believe that not all of these books are for the hardcore mathematician / scientist. For example, I think everyone would benefit from reading Fudenberg & Tirole's book on Game Theory, which allows one to understand strategic interactions (which are abundant in Economics and Public and Foreign Policy, for instance). Moreover, the Simplex algorithm is used by many people who don't know how the algorithm works or why. A couple of chapters of Convex Optimization would be educational.