Not a biography but I like Einstein's book "Evolution of physics". It is supposed to be popular scifi book, and covers same topics as high school physics for layman. But, it is still good to hear his perspective: https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Physics-Albert-Einstein/dp/...

I haven't read that particular book. I pointed out Feynman's magnets because they were a bit of a recurring joke on reddit (I refuse to use the word meme) and found ironic redditors fell in the same trap.

On a margin note, the best book I've read about explaining modern physics to the layman is this: http://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Physics-Albert-Einstein/dp/0...