Physics for Poets by Bob March. I’ve taken this course by the author. Outstanding book, and Professor March is a really pleasant, genial fellow.
Let me know what you think of it, okay? 
If you want a laugh, try “Physics is Constipated” by Milton W. Monson. An unintentionally hiliarious book (written in all caps, no less) by a nutjob who thinks that all the mainstream physicts are WRONG!
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It is that, but that’s not what the OP is looking for. Walker never intended his book to teach physics even to the students it was aimed at – It was supposed to provoke thought and challenge expectations. As originally issues, the book didn’t have “Answers”. That was put in later , I suspect at the publisher’s request. Walker wanted the students to look up the original articles he cites (or just to think about it – at least one entry has no citations). The answers he does give are extremely brief and not terribly satisfying. Which, I think, is what Walker wanted.
But as an introductory text or an “all-round physics book”, The Flying Circus of Physics would be a frustrating experience.
The Music of the Spheres by Guy Murchie.
I have to strongly disagree with this. While very basics of mechanics and energy can be understood with minimal math–basically, a bit of applied geometry–an amount of knowledge significant enough to really understand and interpret new physical phenomena requires a conceptual understanding of applied mathematics including trigonometry, differential and integral calculus, wave and frequency analysis, differential equations, statistics, and vector analysis. I’m not talking about even doing problems, but just understanding why phenomena works the way it is. You’re not going to get past Ampere’s law in electrodynamics without calculus, and you can’t really get into any kind of understanding of complex mechanics without dealing with gyroscopic effects, which are definitely non-intuitive; you have to be able to read through the equations in order to understand the phenomena.
Now, if what the o.p. wants is just to have a list of factoids about physics, then pretty much any pop science book will do (as long as the factual matter is actually true), but this won’t give a grounding to understand phenomena from first principles. To do that, you really need to be able understand the math that describes the concepts. This is especially true with a field like electrodynamics or general relativity, where normal intuition flies out the window, and in order to really understand the behavior you have to build a new intuitive sense.
OTOH, having a mathematical understanding of quantum mechanics, while helpful in doing actual problems, isn’t critical to understanding the concepts since even the people who are trained to do the calculations have no sense for why they work, just that they do. That makes QM a nice fodder for pop science books because it is just as wild and wacky to physicists as it is to the general public.
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Yes, the “fancier” the physics, the fancier your mad math skills needs to be.
But there is a big middle area between really light NO math pop science and nobel prize winning physics.
My integrations skills suck big time these days. They were never very good to start with. Much past F=x and I’ll be stuggling to work the problem. But I DO understand what integrating means. And its not that hard IMO for other folks as well to get that part. You explain something by using integration and just tell me what the resulting math function is and it will get me a long way.
I’m going to take it down quite a few levels below most of the works being discussed in this thread. But based on what you wrote in the OP, these two just might be right up your alley. The first is a general science book that contains copious sections on physics. The second I’d classify as a general-knowledge book that takes on several fundamental concepts of physics and offers about as simple of explanations as possible. I’m going to be lazy, and just give Amazon links and the first comments on each.
A bit off-topic, but you really, really need to read his autobiographies too. He’s hilarious, and he led a very interesting life.
Yes. Yes. YES!
There is virtually NO math in those. Honest!
It been a theorectical bummer of mine that he wasnt someone I ever knew. Just seems like a neat guy with a great attitude that would very fun and pleasant to be around.
In the back half of one of his books, his role in the Space Shuttle Challenger investigation is quite interesting as well.
You can probably get those books in paperback on ebay for a pittance.
He probably would have been a killer doper
I loved Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s Death by Black Hole. Hilarious, readable, and informative
I’ll third the Feynman autobiographies.
I do not think that Hawking’s books for the general public are worth the paper they are printed on.
If you are reading a science book for the general public and you feel confused or stupid, you are reading the wrong book. Put that book down and get a better book. Many people who read Hawking’s books thought they weren’t smart enough to understand Hawking’s ideas. No, Hawking just did not explain them clearly. Other authors have.
Speaking of whom, I like George Gamow’s books. The contents are somewhat dated now, but he covers the basics nicely. He wrote well for the general public, IMO. He has fun with his books, and it shows. When he wrote Thirty Years that Shook Physics, I’m pretty sure he knew all the people he wrote about personally. On the other hand, I read his books after I’d taken some physics courses, so take my opinion with a pinch or so of salt. For some reason I did not enjoy the updated Mr. Tompkins book as much as the original (updated by another author, as Gamow had passed away).
I got through Feynmann’s book, Six Easy Pieces. It was a bit light on, but was reasonably digestible. A couple of the chapters were a bit toooo general, more of a commentary on how physics relates to other disciplines, but it was just so refreshing to read a physics book written by an author who has at least a reasonable understanding of the audience’s knowledge and abilities.
After careful consideration, I have now purchased Thinking Physics by L.C. Epstein. I based this choice on the glowing Amazon reviews, after user_hostile brought it to my attention. Can’t wait for it to arrive!
Well, straggler, I was @ Border’s the other day and saw a copy of it. Now issued as a 3rd addition, this one has a little commentary by Epstein in the back. Manage to dig up my old copy and look at it every few weeks when I’m looking for puzzles to solve. Let me know what you think.
Asimov’s Understanding Physics is out of print, but you can get inexpensive used copies. http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0880292512/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used
Plus, your local big bookstore might have copies in the bargains section.
It’s a good text, but it only goes up to lasers, so you’ll have to look elsewhere for more up-to-date information.