books recommended by Eric Weinstein

Eric Weinstein is an American mathematician and economist. He earned his PhD in mathematical physics from Harvard University in 1992, is a research fellow at the Mathematical Institute of Oxford University, and is a managing director of Thiel Capital in San Francisco.

Eric Weinstein is an American mathematician and economist. He earned his PhD in mathematical physics from Harvard University in 1992, is a research fellow at the Mathematical Institute of Oxford University, and is a managing director of Thiel Capital in San Francisco.

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books recommended by Eric Weinstein

Zero to One

Zero to One

Peter Thiel

The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek

Tim Ferriss

Mindset

Mindset

Carol S. Dweck

12 Rules for Life

12 Rules for Life

Jordan Peterson

The True Believer

The True Believer

Eric Hoffer

The Power of Myth

The Power of Myth

Joseph Campbell

The Coddling of the American Mind

The Coddling of the American Mind

Jonathan Haidt & Greg Lukianoff

The Denial of Death

The Denial of Death

Ernest Becker

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

Oliver Sacks

Einstein's Dreams

Einstein's Dreams

Alan Lightman

Daemon

Daemon

Daniel Suarez

The Epic of Gilgamesh

The Epic of Gilgamesh

Anonymous

Don't Burn This Book

Don't Burn This Book

Dave Rubin

The Physics of Wall Street

The Physics of Wall Street

James Owen Weatherall

Elements of Information Theory

Elements of Information Theory

Thomas M. Cover

A Comprehensive Introduction to Differential Geometry

A Comprehensive Introduction to Differential Geometry

Michael Spivak

Save The Cat!

Save The Cat!

Blake Snyder

Bloodlands

Bloodlands

Timothy Snyder

Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World

Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World

René Girard

The Loom of Language

The Loom of Language

Frederick Bodmer

Selected Stories

Selected Stories

Anton Chekhov

The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money

The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money

John Maynard Keynes

The Phantom Tollbooth

The Phantom Tollbooth

Norton Juster & Jules Feiffer

More Heat than Light

More Heat than Light

Philip Mirowski

Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood

The Brothers Grimm

The End of Gender

The End of Gender

Debra Soh

Teach Yourself Hindi

Teach Yourself Hindi

Rupert Snell

Perfumes

Perfumes

Luca Turin

An Elementary Primer For Gauge Theory

An Elementary Primer For Gauge Theory

K. Moriyasu

Give War a Chance

Give War a Chance

P.J. O'Rourke

The Social Leap

The Social Leap

William von Hippel

The Emperor of Scent

The Emperor of Scent

Chandler Burr

Heraclitean Fire

Heraclitean Fire

Erwin Chargaff

The Penguin Russian Course

The Penguin Russian Course

John L.I. Fennell

Topology and Analysis

Topology and Analysis

B. Booss

How Music Works

How Music Works

David Byrne

A History of Economic Theory

A History of Economic Theory

Jurg Niehans

The Geometric Universe

The Geometric Universe

Stephen A. Huggett

Symmetry

Symmetry

Hermann Weyl

The Ideas of Particle Physics

The Ideas of Particle Physics

James Dodd

Introduction to Econometrics

Introduction to Econometrics

James H. Stock & Mark W. Watson

Not Even Wrong

Not Even Wrong

Peter Woit

The Beat of a Different Drum

The Beat of a Different Drum

Jagdish Mehra

Spoken and Written Hindi

Spoken and Written Hindi

Bal Govind Misra

This Will Change Everything

This Will Change Everything

John Brockman

$A Guide to LATEX$

A Guide to LATEX

Helmut Kopka & Patrick W. Daly

Makam

Makam

Karl L. Signell

The Diary of Anais Nin

The Diary of Anais Nin

Anaïs Nin

The Annotated Alice

The Annotated Alice

Lewis Carroll

Encyclopedia of Cosmology

Encyclopedia of Cosmology

Norriss S. Hetherington

Differential Topology

Differential Topology

Victor W. Guillemin & Alan Pollack

Quantum Field Theory and Topology

Quantum Field Theory and Topology

Albert S. Schwarz

Topics in Advanced Scientific Computation

Topics in Advanced Scientific Computation

Richard E. Crandall

Accounting for Tastes

Accounting for Tastes

Gary S. Becker

36 Lectures in Biology

36 Lectures in Biology

S.E. Luria

Quantum Mechanics

Quantum Mechanics

Leonard Susskind & Art Friedman

Introduction to Linear Algebra

Introduction to Linear Algebra

Gilbert Strang

Grand Unified Theories

Grand Unified Theories

Graham Ross

Supermanifolds

Supermanifolds

Bryce Dewitt

Calculus On Manifolds

Calculus On Manifolds

Michael Spivak

Gravitation

Gravitation

Charles W. Misner

Pattern Classification

Pattern Classification

David G. Stork, Richard O. Duda & Peter E. Hart

Essential Relativity

Essential Relativity

Wolfgang Rindler

The Strangest Man

The Strangest Man

Graham Farmelo

Analysis, Manifolds and Physics, Part 1

Analysis, Manifolds and Physics, Part 1

Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat

A Literary Companion to Science

A Literary Companion to Science

Walter Gratzer

QED and the Men Who Made It

QED and the Men Who Made It

Silvan S. Schweber

General Relativity for Mathematicians

General Relativity for Mathematicians

R.K. Sachs & H. Wu

I Always Look Up the Word Egregious

I Always Look Up the Word Egregious

Maxwell Nurnberg

Modern Geometry ― Methods and Applications

Modern Geometry ― Methods and Applications

B.A. Dubrovin

The Whole Shebang

The Whole Shebang

Timothy Ferris

Ringside

Ringside

Scott Beekman

Father to Son

Father to Son

Harry H. Harrison Jr

The Jazz of Physics

The Jazz of Physics

Stephon Alexander

Age and Guile

Age and Guile

P.J. O'Rourke

Peddling Prosperity

Peddling Prosperity

Paul Krugman

The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time

The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time

Stephen Hawking

The Theoretical Minimum

The Theoretical Minimum

Leonard Susskind

Shelter Island II

Shelter Island II

Roman Jackiw et al.

Basic Algebra I

Basic Algebra I

Nathan Jacobson

Principles of Quantum Mechanics

Principles of Quantum Mechanics

R. Shankar

Colloquial Turkish

Colloquial Turkish

Ad Backus

Eat the Rich

Eat the Rich

P.J. O'Rourke

The Bell Curve

The Bell Curve

Richard J. Herrnstein & Charles Murray

Out of My Later Years

Out of My Later Years

Albert Einstein

Modern Elementary Particle Physics

Modern Elementary Particle Physics

Gordon Kane

Necessary Illusions

Necessary Illusions

Noam Chomsky

100 Great Operas and Their Stories

100 Great Operas and Their Stories

Henry W. Simon

Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales

Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales

The Brothers Grimm

Elements of the Theory of Computation

Elements of the Theory of Computation

Harry R. Lewis & Christos H. Papadimitriou

Differential Forms in Algebraic Topology

Differential Forms in Algebraic Topology

Raoul Bott

Concepts of Particle Physics

Concepts of Particle Physics

Kurt Gottfried

Everyday Indonesian

Everyday Indonesian

Thomas Oey

Lie Algebras In Particle Physics

Lie Algebras In Particle Physics

Howard Georgi

The Greatest Story Ever Told – So Far

The Greatest Story Ever Told – So Far

Lawrence M. Krauss

Introduction to Superstrings

Introduction to Superstrings

Michio Kaku et al.

Encyclopedia of Physics

Encyclopedia of Physics

Rita G. Lerner

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