Here are some books I have enjoyed tremendously. They all have to do with the development of
revolutionary scientific ideas and the interesting characters
that figured them out.
- Five
Equations That Changed the World: The Power and Poetry of Mathematics,
Michael Guillen
- Parallax:
The Race to measure the Cosmos, Alan Hirshfeld
- Longitude:
The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem
of His Time, Dava Sobel
- Genius:
The Life and Science of Richard Feynman, James Gleick (or anything about Richard Feynman)