Isaac Asimov vote a huge amount of popular science book as well. They just have a shorter shelf life.

I enjoyed his “science for the layman” books, a lot more than his sci-fi stuff.

He was really good at explaining very complex stuff, in a simple, approachable manner.

My mother bought me "The Planet that Wasn't" when I was a kid - excellent book that I re-read many times:

This is why I read HN's comments.

I get MANY recommendations for books/movies/shows/topics I knew nothing about etc. here.

Just ordered this book for my 10-year-old grandson.

Maybe I should have mentioned that was about 50 years ago - still a good book though!

	▲	ChrisMarshallNY 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I suspect much of it is still relevant.