Books Recommended by Patrick Collison
Freedom's Forge
Arthur Herman
Source: "About the logistical efforts -- led mostly by high school dropouts and immigrants -- that yielded the Arsenal of Democracy." - Patrick Collison
Reasons and Persons
Derek Parfit
Source: "I don't totally agree, but I think it's a really interesting modern take on moral philosophy." - Patrick Collison
Scientific Freedom
Donald W. Braben
Source: "One of the best [books putting forth different visions for how science can be structured]." - Patrick Collison
A Culture of Growth
Joel Mokyr
Source: "All of [this author’s] work is great, but [this book] in particular really stands out to me." - Patrick Collison
Electronic Payment Systems for E-Commerce
Donal O'Mahony
Source: "Our childhood home in Limerick was previously inhabited by one of the authors of this book." - Patrick Collison
The Book of Dust
Philip Pullman
Source: "Going to own up to being very excited that there's a new Philip Pullman book." - Patrick Collison
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Harold Abelson
Source: "In the aggregate [with other programming books] hugely shaped me." - Patrick Collison
Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming
Peter Norvig
Source: "In the aggregate [with other programming books] hugely shaped me." - Patrick Collison
C Programming Language
Brian W. Kernighan
Source: "In the aggregate [with other programming books] hugely shaped me." - Patrick Collison
Modern Operating Systems
Andrew S Tanenbaum
Source: "In the aggregate [with other programming books] hugely shaped me." - Patrick Collison
Organizing Genius
Warren Bennis
Source: "Talks a bit about this phenomenon of a really productive small group." - Patrick Collison
Perspective on McKinsey
Marvin Bower
Source: "Can’t shake the feeling that a consultant wrote this book." - Patrick Collison
The Inner Game of Tennis
W. Timothy Gallwey
Source: "A really good book that I very highly recommend." - Patrick Collison
Masters of Doom
David Kushner
Source: "One of my favorite books about building software." - Patrick Collison
Business Adventures
John Brooks
Source: Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."
A Course in Mathematical Analysis
Douard Goursat
Source: Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."
On the Shortness of Life
Lucius Seneca
Source: Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Neil Postman
Source: Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."
On Intelligence
Jeff Hawkins
Source: Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."
Matterhorn
Karl Marlantes
Source: Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."
