Help create a JREF recommended science books list?

The following are all science/math books that I've read and enjoyed:

Physics: "Understanding Physics" (Asimov). A fantastic, straigth forward, mostly qualitative explanation of Physics. Originally a three volume set. You can get a used book of all three volumes combined for little money.

Physics: "Six Easy Pieces" and "Six Not So Easy Pieces" (Feynman). These are excepts from Feynman Lectures. The former two are mostly qualitative, while the Feynman Lectures include the quantitative analysis, too.

Quantum Physics: "Second Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Twentieth-Century Physics" (Crease)

Physics: "Black Hole Wars: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics" (Susskind)

Math: "Innumeracy" (Paulos) Math

Science Overview: "A Short History of Nearly Everything" (Bryson)

Physics/Chemistry: "Atom" (Asimov)

Quantum Physics: "In Search of Schroedinger's Cat" (Gribbin)

Physics/Quantum/String Theory: "Elegant Universe"

Any non-fiction by Asimov that I've read have been great. There are compilations of essays that Asimov published in a magazine, in book form:
Asimov on Physics
Asimov on Numbers
Asimov on Chemistry
Asimov on Astronomy
Asimov on Science
 
I dont know if this made the list already, but if you are not up on electrionics try
"there are no electrons: electronics for earthlings" by Kenn Amdahl
ISBN: 0-9627815-9-2
its funny but also help non-electrical people remember the basics. also good for anyone just learning (i read it back in HS and keep it arround just in case i forget how something works)
 
General science:
Martin Gardner "Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science"

Nobody mentioned this, but this is still a great book after 60 years.
 
Zoobiquity: What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, MD, and Kathryn Bowers
 
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