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Is there a social scientific equivalent to what A Brief History of Time is to popular science?

I have some friends who are getting me interested in science writings like Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! and A Brief History of Time. Basically, science writing for the general population. Is there a social scientific equivalent to what these books are? Something I could recommend to a math major to get him interested and to understand the basic principles of social science?
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Despite its many criticisms, *Guns Germs and Steel* and other mass-media publications by Jared Diamond probably fits the criteria. His work is geared more toward the anthropology and human geography side of the social sciences.