Scientists, Doctors and Thinkers

What Do You Care What Other People Think?

“Richard Feynman's books are awesome. Very bright physicist. Must-read!”Mohnish Pabrai

Einstein: His Life and Universe

“Isaacson's biography of Einstein was one Munger recommended for understanding how a genuinely original thinker operates—specifically Einstein's willingness to discard assumptions that everyone else treated as fixed. Munger believed the habit of questioning axioms, not just working within them, was the rarest and most valuable intellectual trait.”Charlie Munger

The Innovators

“Gates reviewed Walter Isaacson's history of computing pioneers on GatesNotes and noted the accuracy of the portraits of people he knew personally. He praised the book's central argument—that collaboration, not lone genius, built the digital age—as a correction to the mythology that surrounds the field.”Bill Gates

Edison

“on perhaps the greatest American builder of all, the builder who brought electricity to us all, Thomas Edison”Marc Andreessen

The Wizard of Menlo Park

“I've recently been reading Randall Stross's marvelous book about Thomas Edison, The Wizard of Menlo Park”Marc Andreessen

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"

“Feynman's memoir is a recurring recommendation from Musk. The book's core argument — that curiosity pursued for its own sake produces better science than status-seeking does — is something Musk has echoed when talking about hiring and how he approaches technical problems he has no formal training in.”Elon Musk

How to Live

“I also recommend Derek's other books (How To Live is especially good).”Andrew Wilkinson

The Road to Character

“It certainly was a stimulating read, and it got me thinking about my own motivations and limitations in new ways.”Bill Gates