Noam: the double helix (new annotated edition).
Noam, you asked for non-fiction history of science, and this is the mother of them. The real story of the discovery of DNA structure, by 2 young researchers, in Cambridge. This is how real science used to bE done before anyone really knew anything and there were huge gaps in our knowledge. I think there is an essay by Aaron Klug in this edition, about the role of Rosalind Franklin.
Yoni: Master and Commander
Well, you knew we would get there eventually if you like this one the box set will have to wait for your birthday! These books kept me mesmerized for a whole year, I could not put them down. I will probably reread them all. They are without a doubt the best historically accurate adventure fiction ever written. I am not the only one who thinks this either, half the most famous current authors think so as well."Patrick O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin series of historical novels has been described as "a masterpiece" (David Mamet, New York Times), "addictively readable" (Patrick T. Reardon, Chicago Tribune), and "the best historical novels ever written" (Richard Snow, New York Times Book Review), which "should have been on those lists of the greatest novels of the 20th century" (George Will)."
