From the same person who inspired the movie "Awakenings". True stories of bizarre neurological disorders. Sacks has authored lots of books, including "Uncle Tungsten" with a wealth of information on the elements in the Periodic Table.
Classic book about Dawkins' idea that multicellular adults such as ourselves are mere vehicles for the reproduction of DNA. Beware that Dawkins is brilliant and very witty (a modern-day Oscar Wilde), but also a fundamentalist atheist. You have been warned!