Bill Bryson ~ A Short History Of Nearly Everything

[bbrubaker]

Pretty entertaining...not sure how educational...but entertaining.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Short_History_of_Nearly_Everything

[jonsson]

got it likte it good for avarage joes like me

[Blauwefox]

It's a nice book covering a lot of science history, biographies and is written in a light hearted humorous manner.

Also a good book to peek into areas that are not your specialty. My biologist friends enjoys the physics section, and I (physicist) love the biology section.