Non-fiction: The Age of Wonder, Richard Holmes. Fiction: The Gods Themselves Asimov. These are the book I always recommend to friends and colleagues. There a

Non-fiction: The Age of Wonder, Richard Holmes. Fiction: The Gods Themselves Asimov. These are the book I always recommend to friends and colleagues. There are runners up based on taste, such as Zero to One,The Making of the Atomic Bomb, and Anathema.