Books like Asimov's biographical encyclopedia of science and technology by Isaac Asimov

Bill Bryson turns the universe into a conversational guide, tracing science from the Big Bang through evolution, geology, chemistry, astronomy, and particle physics with humor and clarity.

Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography chronicles his rise from a self‑taught youth to a celebrated printer, inventor, diplomat, and statesman, offering insight into his life and the early United States.

Carl Sagan’s Cosmos traces the history of science and the universe’s evolution, from ancient philosophers to modern discoveries, and explores the quest to understand life beyond Earth.

Collection of short essays dealing with various aspects of science fiction. Many of the essays are (slightly edited versions of) editorials from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. My Own View Extraordinary Voyages The Name of Our Field The Universe of Science Fiction Adventure! Hints By No Means Vulgar Learning Device It's a Funny Thing The Mosaic and the Plate Glass The Scientist As Villain The Vocabulary of Science Fiction Try to Write! How Easy to See the Future! The Dreams of Science Fiction The Prescientific Universe Science Fiction and Society Science Fiction, 1938 How Science Fiction Came to Be Big Business The Boom in Science Fiction Golden Age Ahead Beyond Our Brain The Myth of the Machine Science Fiction from the Soviet Union More Science Fiction from the Soviet Union The First Science Fiction Novel The First Science Fiction Writer The Hole in the Middle The Science Fiction Breakthrough Big, Big, Big The Campbell Touch Reminiscences of Peg Horace The Second Nova Ray Bradbury Arthur C. Clarke The Dean of Science Fiction The Brotherhood of Science Fiction Our Conventions The Hugo Anniversaries The Letter Column The Articles of Science Fiction Rejection Slips What Makes Good Science Fiction? 1984 The Ring of Evil The Answer to Star Wars? Speculative Fiction The Reluctant Critic There's Nothing Like a Good Foundation The Wendell Urth Series Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Hollywood and I The Prolific Writer

A lively, illustrated survey of key scientists from Archimedes to Goddard, showing how their breakthroughs shaped modern life.

Isaac Asimov’s collection of essays traces the major technological revolutions—Transportation, Atomic, Energy, Electronics, Computer, Communications, Space, and more—and explores their impact on society and humanity.