These are three books that I feel that everyone who want to expand their understading of the world we live in should read.
The Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking, This book will explain astrophysics, the theory of relativity, the past, present and the future of the universe in a easily understandable format without MATHS. Quite an accomplishment and a must read if you want to understand physics and through it the great mysteries of the universe without having to go through tons of equations.
Guns, germs and steel by Jared Diamond, This book gives a pretty good anwser to why the world history took the course it did, why civilizations emerged where they did, why Philip II of Spain's representatives took Atahualpa the Inca emperor hostage and not the otherway around, why the decendants of farmers in mesopotamia invented the Helicopter and why the decendants of farmers in Papua New Guinea did not. The anwsers might shock you.
The Ascent of Money by Njall Fergusson, This book tracks the financial history of the world and how financial innovation has improved our lives. All of this is again explained in an audience friendly manner. He explains how banks and credit systems are necessary, how the first stock market in the world was a better investment than the largest silver mine in the world and why the people living in the safest part of the world the most insured.
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