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

The Beginning of Infinity

The Beginning of Infinity

David Deutsch

On the Shortness of Life

On the Shortness of Life

Lucius Seneca

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

Amusing Ourselves to Death

Amusing Ourselves to Death

Neil Postman

Stories of Your Life and Others

Stories of Your Life and Others

Ted Chiang

A Pattern Language

A Pattern Language

Christopher Alexander et al.

How Buildings Learn

How Buildings Learn

Stewart Brand

The Inner Game of Tennis

The Inner Game of Tennis

W. Timothy Gallwey

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Harold Abelson

The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future

The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future

Sebastian Mallaby

The Journalist And The Murderer

The Journalist And The Murderer

Janet Malcolm

Business Adventures

Business Adventures

John Brooks

On Intelligence

On Intelligence

Jeff Hawkins

The Old Way

The Old Way

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Dealers of Lightning

Dealers of Lightning

Michael A. Hiltzik

Swimming Across

Swimming Across

Andrew Grove

The Idea Factory

The Idea Factory

Jon Gertner

Midnight's Children

Midnight's Children

Salman Rushdie

Sum

Sum

David Eagleman

The Rise and Fall of American Growth

The Rise and Fall of American Growth

Robert J. Gordon

Stuff Matters

Stuff Matters

Mark Miodownik

Wind, Sand and Stars

Wind, Sand and Stars

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Whole Earth Discipline

Whole Earth Discipline

Stewart Brand

Expert Political Judgment

Expert Political Judgment

Philip E. Tetlock

The Dream Machine

The Dream Machine

M. Mitchell Waldrop

The Art of Doing Science and Engineering

The Art of Doing Science and Engineering

Richard Hamming

The City in History

The City in History

Lewis Mumford

Men, Machines, and Modern Times

Men, Machines, and Modern Times

Elting E. Morison

Quantum Computing Since Democritus

Quantum Computing Since Democritus

Scott Aaronson

The Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics

The Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics

Nicholas J. Higham

A Great Leap Forward

A Great Leap Forward

Alexander J. Field

Plagues and Peoples

Plagues and Peoples

William McNeill

Longitude

Longitude

Dava Sobel

Foucault's Pendulum

Foucault's Pendulum

Umberto Eco

Medieval Technology and Social Change

Medieval Technology and Social Change

Lynn White

The Nature of Mathematical Modeling

The Nature of Mathematical Modeling

Neil Gershenfeld

Age of Ambition

Age of Ambition

Evan Osnos

Nixon Agonistes

Nixon Agonistes

Garry Wills

Where Is My Flying Car?

Where Is My Flying Car?

J. Storrs Hall

The Little Kingdom

The Little Kingdom

Michael Moritz

Genentech

Genentech

Sally Smith Hughes

Masters of Doom

Masters of Doom

David Kushner

Dracula

Dracula

Bram Stoker

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

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

Stephen Webb

Mindstorms

Mindstorms

Seymour A. Papert

Orality and Literacy

Orality and Literacy

Walter J. Ong

How Asia Works

How Asia Works

Joe Studwell

The Man Behind the Microchip

The Man Behind the Microchip

Leslie Berlin

Stubborn Attachments

Stubborn Attachments

Tyler Cowen

Revolution in the Valley

Revolution in the Valley

Andy Hertzfeld

The Educated Mind

The Educated Mind

Kieran Egan

Democracy in America

Democracy in America

Alexis de Tocqueville

Postcards from Tomorrow Square

Postcards from Tomorrow Square

James Fallows

The Scramble for Africa

The Scramble for Africa

Thomas Pakenham

Art of Doing Science and Engineering

Art of Doing Science and Engineering

Richard W. Hamming

Out of Mao's Shadow

Out of Mao's Shadow

Philip P. Pan

The Arabs

The Arabs

Eugene Rogan

The Ocean of Life

The Ocean of Life

Callum Roberts

Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe

Incompleteness

Incompleteness

Rebecca Goldstein

Weather of the San Francisco Bay Region

Weather of the San Francisco Bay Region

Harold Gilliam

Plato at the Googleplex

Plato at the Googleplex

Rebecca Goldstein

Hard Landing

Hard Landing

Thomas Petzinger

Nixonland

Nixonland

Rick Perlstein

Myth of the Machine

Myth of the Machine

Lewis Mumford

Matterhorn

Matterhorn

Karl Marlantes

The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan

The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan

James Morier

In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz

In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz

Michela Wrong

Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming

Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming

Peter Norvig

Anthropic Bias

Anthropic Bias

Nick Bostrom

A Vast Machine

A Vast Machine

Paul N. Edwards

China Airborne

China Airborne

James Fallows

Making Silicon Valley

Making Silicon Valley

Christophe Lecuyer

Asimov's New Guide to Science

Asimov's New Guide to Science

Isaac Asimov

Pacific

Pacific

Simon Winchester

Tuxedo Park

Tuxedo Park

Jennet Cot

The Paris Review Interviews

The Paris Review Interviews

The Paris Review

The Planet Remade

The Planet Remade

Oliver Morton

Toward a Theory of Instruction

Toward a Theory of Instruction

Jerome Bruner

The Big Score

The Big Score

Michael S. Malone

The Hunters

The Hunters

James Salter

The Chip

The Chip

T.R. Reid

Season of the Witch

Season of the Witch

David Talbot

Feynman Lectures on Computation

Feynman Lectures on Computation

Richard P. Feynman

A Course in Mathematical Analysis

A Course in Mathematical Analysis

Douard Goursat

Global Catastrophic Risks

Global Catastrophic Risks

Nick Bostrom

The Cowshed

The Cowshed

Ji Xianlin

I Didn't Do It for You

I Didn't Do It for You

Michela Wrong

Spacetime and Geometry

Spacetime and Geometry

Sean Carroll

The Feminine Mystique

The Feminine Mystique

Betty Friedan

Moral Mazes

Moral Mazes

Robert Jackall

A Decade of Research

A Decade of Research

Giuliana Ed Lavendel

The Long Way

The Long Way

Bernard Moitessier

Freedom's Forge

Freedom's Forge

Arthur Herman

Justice as Fairness

Justice as Fairness

John Rawls

Dancing in the Glory of Monsters

Dancing in the Glory of Monsters

Jason Stearns

Computer Lib

Computer Lib

Ted Nelson

From Counterculture to Cyberculture

From Counterculture to Cyberculture

Fred Turner

River Town

River Town

Peter Hessler

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Science

Science

John Gribbin

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Metamagical Themas

Metamagical Themas

Douglas Hofstadter

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Technics and Civilization

Technics and Civilization

Lewis Mumford

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The Mind–Body Problem

The Mind–Body Problem

Jonathan Westphal

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Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics

Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics

Gerald Jay Sussman

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Mind-Body Problem

Mind-Body Problem

Rebecca Goldstein

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Popper Selections

Popper Selections

Karl Popper

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On Lisp

On Lisp

Paul Graham

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Perspective on McKinsey & Company

Perspective on McKinsey & Company

Marvin Bower

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Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens

Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens

K.C. Cole

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Poor Charlie's Almanack

The Beginning of Infinity

On the Shortness of Life

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