[Quiet Man Cometh]

Is he not? I've never really thought about it, but from looking at his stuff, I found it to be more politically oriented than either Tyson or Kaku. I like what I've seen of Tyson, but as it was, the book of his that I wanted wasn't in stores yet, and Kaku's book was closer to what I was looking for. They seem to be commentaries and cross comment.

On the topic of general science, my brother (who reads a fair bit of this stuff) strongly recommends "A Brief History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson. I'll get that at some point, or maybe on audiobook, since it's not something I really want to read from cover to cover.