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Books recommended by Patrick Collison

Patrick Collison recommends 110 books, among them Popper Selections, Postcards from Tomorrow Square and Quantum Computing Since Democritus.

Popper Selections

Karl Popper

Philosophy

Postcards from Tomorrow Square

James Fallows

Economics & politics

Quantum Computing Since Democritus

Scott Aaronson

Technology

Revolution in the Valley

Andy Hertzfeld

History

River Town

Peter Hessler

Biography & memoir

Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe

Fiction

Science

John Gribbin

Science & nature

Season of the Witch

David Talbot

Economics & politics

Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens

K.C. Cole

Biography & memoir

Spacetime and Geometry

Sean Carroll

Science & nature

Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics

Gerald Jay Sussman

Technology

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Harold Abelson

Technology

Stubborn Attachments

Tyler Cowen

Technology

Stuff Matters

Mark Miodownik

Science & nature

Sum

David Eagleman

Philosophy

Swimming Across

Andrew Grove

Biography & memoir

Technics and Civilization

Lewis Mumford

Technology

The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan

James Morier

Fiction

The Arabs

Eugene Rogan

Spirituality & religion

The Art of Doing Science and Engineering

Richard Hamming

Philosophy

The Big Score

Michael S. Malone

Technology

The Chip

T.R. Reid

Technology

The City in History

Lewis Mumford

History

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

Fiction

The Cowshed

Ji Xianlin

History

The Dream Machine

M. Mitchell Waldrop

Technology

The Educated Mind

Kieran Egan

Psychology

The Feminine Mystique

Betty Friedan

Nonfiction

The Hunters

James Salter

Fiction

The Idea Factory

Jon Gertner

History