FWIW, I preferred Gleick's Feynman biography over Chaos, but that's ss much due to the topic as the writing. I've read, I think all of his works and they're al

FWIW, I preferred Gleick's Feynman biography over Chaos, but that's ss much due to the topic as the writing. I've read, I think all of his works and they're all worth a read. I'm glad to see Tim Ferris on the list as well. Both good choices for popular science and how it interacts with the world. Others will mention Sagan, and I recommend the Halley chapter in Comet as he's quite the individual. edit: While they might be old, Asimov or Martin Gardner are also good reads.