Some good inspirational physics/math books for high schoolers include "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" by Richard Feynman, "The Code Book" by Simon Singh, "The Elegant Universe" by Brian Greene, "The Joy of x" by Steven Strogatz, and "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking.
Recommended inspirational physics/math books for graduate students include "Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur" by Tom Lancaster and Stephen J. Blundell, "The Road to Reality" by Roger Penrose, "The Fabric of the Cosmos" by Brian Greene, "The Feynman Lectures on Physics" by Richard Feynman, and "Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers" by Jan Gullberg.
Yes, there are some inspirational physics/math books that are suitable for both high schoolers and graduate students. These include "The Universe in a Nutshell" by Stephen Hawking, "Black Holes and Time Warps" by Kip Thorne, "The Hidden Reality" by Brian Greene, "The Mathematical Universe" by Max Tegmark, and "The Quantum Universe" by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw.
No, there are also many inspirational physics/math books that focus on practical applications and real-world examples. Some examples include "The Physics of Everyday Phenomena" by W. Thomas Griffith and Juliet Brosing, "The Code Book" by Simon Singh, "A Beautiful Mind" by Sylvia Nasar, "The Man Who Loved Only Numbers" by Paul Hoffman, and "The Paradox of Choice" by Barry Schwartz.
Yes, there are many inspirational physics/math books written by female authors. Some examples include "A Mind for Numbers" by Barbara Oakley, "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly, "The Glass Universe" by Dava Sobel, "The Calculus of Friendship" by Steven Strogatz, and "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot.