What's your favorite coffee table book?

Question

Looking for "coffee table books" from which you can learn something by reading just a couple of pages, optionally with some imagery.Something in the lines of: Thing Explainer by Randall Munroe (xkcd), The secret lives of color by Kassia St.Clair.

a3n · Accepted Answer

The Edward Tufte books from his course.https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/courses

ggm · Answer

"the whole earth catalog""the rudiments of wisdom" by Tim Hunkin"A Museum of Early American Tools" by Eric Sloane"Pillar to Post" by Osbert Lancaster"Prehistoric Man" by Zdenek Burian

ncmncm · Answer

Earth From Above and variations are all winners.

What's your favorite coffee table book?

Looking for "coffee table books" from which you can learn something by reading just a couple of pages, optionally with some imagery.
Something in the lines of: Thing Explainer by Randall Munroe (xkcd), The secret lives of color by Kassia St.Clair.

The Edward Tufte books from his course.
https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/courses

"the whole earth catalog"
"the rudiments of wisdom" by Tim Hunkin
"A Museum of Early American Tools" by Eric Sloane
"Pillar to Post" by Osbert Lancaster
"Prehistoric Man" by Zdenek Burian

Earth From Above and variations are all winners.