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

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Poor Charlie's Almanack

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Charlie Munger

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On the Shortness of Life

On the Shortness of Life

Lucius Seneca

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The Beginning of Infinity

The Beginning of Infinity

David Deutsch

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A Pattern Language

A Pattern Language

Christopher Alexander et al.

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The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

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Amusing Ourselves to Death

Amusing Ourselves to Death

Neil Postman

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How Buildings Learn

How Buildings Learn

Stewart Brand

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The Inner Game of Tennis

The Inner Game of Tennis

W. Timothy Gallwey

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Stories of Your Life and Others

Stories of Your Life and Others

Ted Chiang

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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Harold Abelson

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The Journalist And The Murderer

The Journalist And The Murderer

Janet Malcolm

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Business Adventures

Business Adventures

John Brooks

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On Intelligence

On Intelligence

Jeff Hawkins

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Midnight's Children

Midnight's Children

Salman Rushdie

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Stuff Matters

Stuff Matters

Mark Miodownik

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Sum

Sum

David Eagleman

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The Idea Factory

The Idea Factory

Jon Gertner

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The Old Way

The Old Way

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

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The Rise and Fall of American Growth

The Rise and Fall of American Growth

Robert J. Gordon

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Whole Earth Discipline

Whole Earth Discipline

Stewart Brand

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Wind, Sand and Stars

Wind, Sand and Stars

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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Swimming Across

Swimming Across

Andrew Grove

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Expert Political Judgment

Expert Political Judgment

Philip E. Tetlock

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How Asia Works

How Asia Works

Joe Studwell

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Longitude

Longitude

Dava Sobel

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Masters of Doom

Masters of Doom

David Kushner

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Medieval Technology and Social Change

Medieval Technology and Social Change

Lynn White

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Plagues and Peoples

Plagues and Peoples

William McNeill

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The City in History

The City in History

Lewis Mumford

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

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

Stephen Webb

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The Man Behind the Microchip

The Man Behind the Microchip

Leslie Berlin

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Age of Ambition

Age of Ambition

Evan Osnos

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Dealers of Lightning

Dealers of Lightning

Michael A. Hiltzik

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Dracula

Dracula

Bram Stoker

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Foucault's Pendulum

Foucault's Pendulum

Umberto Eco

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Mindstorms

Mindstorms

Seymour A. Papert

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Nixon Agonistes

Nixon Agonistes

Garry Wills

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Quantum Computing Since Democritus

Quantum Computing Since Democritus

Scott Aaronson

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Revolution in the Valley

Revolution in the Valley

Andy Hertzfeld

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Stubborn Attachments

Stubborn Attachments

Tyler Cowen

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The Art of Doing Science and Engineering

The Art of Doing Science and Engineering

Richard Hamming

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The Dream Machine

The Dream Machine

M. Mitchell Waldrop

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The Nature of Mathematical Modeling

The Nature of Mathematical Modeling

Neil Gershenfeld

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The Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics

The Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics

Nicholas J. Higham

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The Little Kingdom

The Little Kingdom

Michael Moritz

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A Course in Mathematical Analysis

A Course in Mathematical Analysis

Douard Goursat

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A Decade of Research

A Decade of Research

Giuliana Ed Lavendel

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A Great Leap Forward

A Great Leap Forward

Alexander J. Field

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A Vast Machine

A Vast Machine

Paul N. Edwards

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Anthropic Bias

Anthropic Bias

Nick Bostrom

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Asimov's New Guide to Science

Asimov's New Guide to Science

Isaac Asimov

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China Airborne

China Airborne

James Fallows

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Computer Lib

Computer Lib

Ted Nelson

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Dancing in the Glory of Monsters

Dancing in the Glory of Monsters

Jason Stearns

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Democracy in America

Democracy in America

Alexis de Tocqueville

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Feynman Lectures on Computation

Feynman Lectures on Computation

Richard P. Feynman

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Global Catastrophic Risks

Global Catastrophic Risks

Nick Bostrom

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Hard Landing

Hard Landing

Thomas Petzinger

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I Didn't Do It for You

I Didn't Do It for You

Michela Wrong

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In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz

In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz

Michela Wrong

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Incompleteness

Incompleteness

Rebecca Goldstein

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Justice as Fairness

Justice as Fairness

John Rawls

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Matterhorn

Matterhorn

Karl Marlantes

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Men, Machines, and Modern Times

Men, Machines, and Modern Times

Elting E. Morison

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Metamagical Themas

Metamagical Themas

Douglas Hofstadter

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Mind-Body Problem

Mind-Body Problem

Rebecca Goldstein

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Moral Mazes

Moral Mazes

Robert Jackall

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Myth of the Machine

Myth of the Machine

Lewis Mumford

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Nixonland

Nixonland

Rick Perlstein

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On Lisp

On Lisp

Paul Graham

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Orality and Literacy

Orality and Literacy

Walter J. Ong

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Out of Mao's Shadow

Out of Mao's Shadow

Philip P. Pan

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Pacific

Pacific

Simon Winchester

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Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming

Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming

Peter Norvig

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Plato at the Googleplex

Plato at the Googleplex

Rebecca Goldstein

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Popper Selections

Popper Selections

Karl Popper

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Postcards from Tomorrow Square

Postcards from Tomorrow Square

James Fallows

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River Town

River Town

Peter Hessler

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Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe

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Science

Science

John Gribbin

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Season of the Witch

Season of the Witch

David Talbot

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Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens

Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens

K.C. Cole

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Spacetime and Geometry

Spacetime and Geometry

Sean Carroll

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Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics

Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics

Gerald Jay Sussman

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Technics and Civilization

Technics and Civilization

Lewis Mumford

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The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan

The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan

James Morier

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The Arabs

The Arabs

Eugene Rogan

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The Big Score

The Big Score

Michael S. Malone

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The Chip

The Chip

T.R. Reid

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The Cowshed

The Cowshed

Ji Xianlin

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The Educated Mind

The Educated Mind

Kieran Egan

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The Feminine Mystique

The Feminine Mystique

Betty Friedan

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The Hunters

The Hunters

James Salter

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The Long Way

The Long Way

Bernard Moitessier

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The Mind–Body Problem

The Mind–Body Problem

Jonathan Westphal

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The Ocean of Life

The Ocean of Life

Callum Roberts

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The Paris Review Interviews

The Paris Review Interviews

The Paris Review

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The Planet Remade

The Planet Remade

Oliver Morton

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The Scramble for Africa

The Scramble for Africa

Thomas Pakenham

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Toward a Theory of Instruction

Toward a Theory of Instruction

Jerome Bruner

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Tuxedo Park

Tuxedo Park

Jennet Cot

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Weather of the San Francisco Bay Region

Weather of the San Francisco Bay Region

Harold Gilliam

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Genentech

Genentech

Sally Smith Hughes

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From Counterculture to Cyberculture

From Counterculture to Cyberculture

Fred Turner

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Making Silicon Valley

Making Silicon Valley

Christophe Lecuyer

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Art of Doing Science and Engineering

Art of Doing Science and Engineering

Richard W. Hamming

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Perspective on McKinsey & Company

Perspective on McKinsey & Company

Marvin Bower

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Freedom's Forge

Freedom's Forge

Arthur Herman

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