Amazon.com: The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory: Books: Brian Greene
It's been a while since I've read that book, but it was really enjoyable. I was just reading some sci-fi thread and thought about it. Figured I would point it out if some people are interested in the way physics work. I have no way of judging how accurate or inaccurate the book may be but it was definitely enjoyable and can be read without any real knowledge of physics. When he starts talking about eleven-dimensional space-time it hurts my fuckin brain, but whatever it was interesting anyhow.
One thing I took away from the book was just how utterly brilliant some people are to come up with that shit.