April:
Noam- why e=mc2 and does anybody care
Brian Cox
This guy is great, he frequently does a BBC radio show and is hilarious, and he works at CERN. Which in itself is rather remarkable. This is a great book which I honk that you will really enjoy.

Yoni: the hare with amber eyes
I first heard this guy, who is a famous potter, as a podcast from Jewish book week. This is his family story, partly about the very rich Jews of Vienna, partly about the holocaust but it is really a great story.