There are plenty of science books which can change your world…I’s in the eye of the beholder.
A Brilliant List of Science Books for People Who Want Their Minds blown
http://io9.com/5859727/a-brilliant-list-of-science-books-for-people-who-want-their-minds-blown
Here is another list of some books which are worth checking out if only because there is so much going on in the outer fringes of Physics.
Five Books on Relativity and Cosmology
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2011/07/20/five-books-on-relativity-and-cosmology
Finally, here are some books related more to sentience and cognition…as well as how this relates to linguistics which I have checked out over the years…
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
http://www.amazon.com/G%C3%B6del-Escher-Bach-Eternal-Golden/dp/0394756827/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1322927740&sr=8-2
Metamagical Themas: Questing For the Essence of Mind and Pattern
http://www.amazon.com/Metamagical-Themas-Questing-Essence-Pattern/dp/0465045669/ref=pd_sim_b_2
The Mind’s I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self & Soul
http://www.amazon.com/Minds-Fantasies-Reflections-Self-Soul/dp/0465030912/ref=pd_sim_b_2
Consciousness Explained
http://www.amazon.com/Consciousness-Explained-Daniel-C-Dennett/dp/0316180661/ref=pd_sim_b_4
Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
http://www.amazon.com/Through-Language-Glass-Different-Languages/dp/0312610491/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1322928099&sr=1-8
Le Ton Beau De Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language
http://www.amazon.com/Ton-Beau-Marot-Praise-Language/dp/0465086454/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323019156&sr=1-4
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
http://www.amazon.com/Origin-Consciousness-Breakdown-Bicameral-Mind/dp/0618057072/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323018920&sr=8-1
