I have recently read a few books that give a great introduction to laymen in some areas of specialization. One is CHAOS Making A New Science by James Gleick. Black Holes & Time Warps, Einstein's Outrageous Legacy by Kip s. Thorne. Another is Isaac Asimov's The History of Physics. Finally I also read a few books on economics by Linda Mcquaig. They all dealt with entertaining and interesting explanations of of a complicated subject for laymen. Does anyone know of any other good books like this? That deal with a science or economics from a laymen's perspective? I felt they all were entertaining, interesting, not too dumbed down to make me feel like I was being spoonfed, but not too challenging to make me fall asleep / not understand.

Any other recommendations?