"Quantum Generations" (Helge Kragh) - This is a history of physics in the 20th century. It covers quite a lot of territory, and attempts to give a little taste of everything. This means there is a lot of material that isn't as interesting as other parts (but everyone should find something interesting).
I particularly liked learning more about some of the personalities behind the discoveries (especially people I didn't know much about like Dirac). Also, I like hearing about what problems people were trying to solve when they made a discovery (like how investigations into blackbody radiation led to quantum physics).
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