Whatever your field of expertise, are there any popular science books you'd recommend that do a good job of presenting it to the public?

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Whatever your field of expertise, are there any popular science books you'd recommend that do a good job of presenting it to the public? - Lemmy.World

I’ve been hoodwinked too many times by well-reviewed pop-sci books which I later discovered to be hated by the actual scientists who do the work. Quantum Supremacy by Michio Kaku was the final straw 😆 Cheers!

I’m a senior computer programmer/developer, so I have to say: not what I know about.

Two books I found really useful at the time:

The Little LISPer by Daniel P Friedman

Applied Cryptography by Bruce Schneier

Both are rather niche, but helped me understand general computing and design concepts.