books recommended by Patrick Collison

Patrick Collison is an Irish billionaire entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of Stripe, which he started with his younger brother, John, in 2010. He won the 41st Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in 2005 at the age of sixteen. Collison lives in San Francisco, California.

Patrick Collison is an Irish billionaire entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of Stripe, which he started with his younger brother, John, in 2010. He won the 41st Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in 2005 at the age of sixteen. Collison lives in San Francisco, California.

books recommended by Patrick Collison

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Charlie Munger

On the Shortness of Life

On the Shortness of Life

Lucius Seneca

The Beginning of Infinity

The Beginning of Infinity

David Deutsch

A Pattern Language

A Pattern Language

Christopher Alexander et al.

Amusing Ourselves to Death

Amusing Ourselves to Death

Neil Postman

How Buildings Learn

How Buildings Learn

Stewart Brand

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

The Inner Game of Tennis

The Inner Game of Tennis

W. Timothy Gallwey

Stories of Your Life and Others

Stories of Your Life and Others

Ted Chiang

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Harold Abelson

The Journalist And The Murderer

The Journalist And The Murderer

Janet Malcolm

Business Adventures

Business Adventures

John Brooks

On Intelligence

On Intelligence

Jeff Hawkins

Midnight's Children

Midnight's Children

Salman Rushdie

Stuff Matters

Stuff Matters

Mark Miodownik

Sum

Sum

David Eagleman

The Idea Factory

The Idea Factory

Jon Gertner

The Old Way

The Old Way

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

The Rise and Fall of American Growth

The Rise and Fall of American Growth

Robert J. Gordon

Whole Earth Discipline

Whole Earth Discipline

Stewart Brand

Wind, Sand and Stars

Wind, Sand and Stars

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Swimming Across

Swimming Across

Andrew Grove

Expert Political Judgment

Expert Political Judgment

Philip E. Tetlock

How Asia Works

How Asia Works

Joe Studwell

If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... Where is Everybody?

If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... Where is Everybody?

Stephen Webb

Longitude

Longitude

Dava Sobel

Masters of Doom

Masters of Doom

David Kushner

Medieval Technology and Social Change

Medieval Technology and Social Change

Lynn White

Plagues and Peoples

Plagues and Peoples

William McNeill

The City in History

The City in History

Lewis Mumford

The Man Behind the Microchip

The Man Behind the Microchip

Leslie Berlin

Age of Ambition

Age of Ambition

Evan Osnos

Dealers of Lightning

Dealers of Lightning

Michael A. Hiltzik

Dracula

Dracula

Bram Stoker

Foucault's Pendulum

Foucault's Pendulum

Umberto Eco

Mindstorms

Mindstorms

Seymour A. Papert

Nixon Agonistes

Nixon Agonistes

Garry Wills

Quantum Computing Since Democritus

Quantum Computing Since Democritus

Scott Aaronson

Revolution in the Valley

Revolution in the Valley

Andy Hertzfeld

Stubborn Attachments

Stubborn Attachments

Tyler Cowen

The Art of Doing Science and Engineering

The Art of Doing Science and Engineering

Richard Hamming

The Dream Machine

The Dream Machine

M. Mitchell Waldrop

The Little Kingdom

The Little Kingdom

Michael Moritz

The Nature of Mathematical Modeling

The Nature of Mathematical Modeling

Neil Gershenfeld

The Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics

The Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics

Nicholas J. Higham

A Course in Mathematical Analysis

A Course in Mathematical Analysis

Douard Goursat

A Decade of Research

A Decade of Research

Giuliana Ed Lavendel

A Great Leap Forward

A Great Leap Forward

Alexander J. Field

A Vast Machine

A Vast Machine

Paul N. Edwards

Anthropic Bias

Anthropic Bias

Nick Bostrom

Asimov's New Guide to Science

Asimov's New Guide to Science

Isaac Asimov

China Airborne

China Airborne

James Fallows

Computer Lib

Computer Lib

Ted Nelson

Dancing in the Glory of Monsters

Dancing in the Glory of Monsters

Jason Stearns

Democracy in America

Democracy in America

Alexis de Tocqueville

Feynman Lectures on Computation

Feynman Lectures on Computation

Richard P. Feynman

Global Catastrophic Risks

Global Catastrophic Risks

Nick Bostrom

Hard Landing

Hard Landing

Thomas Petzinger

I Didn't Do It for You

I Didn't Do It for You

Michela Wrong

In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz

In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz

Michela Wrong

Incompleteness

Incompleteness

Rebecca Goldstein

Justice as Fairness

Justice as Fairness

John Rawls

Matterhorn

Matterhorn

Karl Marlantes

Men, Machines, and Modern Times

Men, Machines, and Modern Times

Elting E. Morison

Metamagical Themas

Metamagical Themas

Douglas Hofstadter

Mind-Body Problem

Mind-Body Problem

Rebecca Goldstein

Moral Mazes

Moral Mazes

Robert Jackall

Myth of the Machine

Myth of the Machine

Lewis Mumford

Nixonland

Nixonland

Rick Perlstein

On Lisp

On Lisp

Paul Graham

Orality and Literacy

Orality and Literacy

Walter J. Ong

Out of Mao's Shadow

Out of Mao's Shadow

Philip P. Pan

Pacific

Pacific

Simon Winchester

Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming

Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming

Peter Norvig

Plato at the Googleplex

Plato at the Googleplex

Rebecca Goldstein

Popper Selections

Popper Selections

Karl Popper

Postcards from Tomorrow Square

Postcards from Tomorrow Square

James Fallows

River Town

River Town

Peter Hessler

Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe

Science

Science

John Gribbin

Season of the Witch

Season of the Witch

David Talbot

Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens

Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens

K.C. Cole

Spacetime and Geometry

Spacetime and Geometry

Sean Carroll

Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics

Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics

Gerald Jay Sussman

Technics and Civilization

Technics and Civilization

Lewis Mumford

The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan

The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan

James Morier

The Arabs

The Arabs

Eugene Rogan

The Big Score

The Big Score

Michael S. Malone

The Chip

The Chip

T.R. Reid

The Cowshed

The Cowshed

Ji Xianlin

The Educated Mind

The Educated Mind

Kieran Egan

The Feminine Mystique

The Feminine Mystique

Betty Friedan

The Hunters

The Hunters

James Salter

The Long Way

The Long Way

Bernard Moitessier

The Mind–Body Problem

The Mind–Body Problem

Jonathan Westphal

The Ocean of Life

The Ocean of Life

Callum Roberts

The Paris Review Interviews

The Paris Review Interviews

The Paris Review

The Planet Remade

The Planet Remade

Oliver Morton

The Scramble for Africa

The Scramble for Africa

Thomas Pakenham

Toward a Theory of Instruction

Toward a Theory of Instruction

Jerome Bruner

Tuxedo Park

Tuxedo Park

Jennet Cot

Weather of the San Francisco Bay Region

Weather of the San Francisco Bay Region

Harold Gilliam

Genentech

Genentech

Sally Smith Hughes

From Counterculture to Cyberculture

From Counterculture to Cyberculture

Fred Turner

Making Silicon Valley

Making Silicon Valley

Christophe Lecuyer

Art of Doing Science and Engineering

Art of Doing Science and Engineering

Richard W. Hamming

Perspective on McKinsey & Company

Perspective on McKinsey & Company

Marvin Bower

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