The Brain Box series.

So for Christmas last year I got these two box sets from the Oxford Uni press, ones called 'The Brain Box' and the other is 'The Thought Box'. Each contains five of the Oxford Press' best sellers from the 'Very Short Introduction' series.

'The Brain Box' contains 'Short Introduction[s] To...
Evolution, Cosmology, Quantum Theory, Consciousness and Intelligence"
Consciousness is my favourite and within 144 pages (with pictures) there is enough information, perfectly delivered to give anyone a broad understanding of the fundamentals.
'The Though Box' is a lot