What books got you curious and inspired about fields other than CS?

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For example, in my case I got interested in:

- Design when I read “The Design of Everyday Things” and “Design for the Real World”

- Cognitive psychology when I read “Thinking Fast and Slow”

- Computers & Education when I read “Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas”

Would love to know about the books that got you inspired and curious about other fields :)

After reading Walter Issacson's Einstein biography, I read Six Easy Pieces, which is were taken from 6 of Richard Feynman's lectures. The intended audience is for Freshmen Physics students. Having never taken any Physics courses in college, I've only read a few books on the subject. I was pleasantly surprised at how Feynman made the material so understandable. Now I'm very interested in Physics.

I stumbled upon a hobby electronics book back as a teenager and actually debated going to school and doing EE back then. Ultimately software won out, I suppose because it was so much accessible to me back then.

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