Books Recommended by Patrick Collison

"Often find myself thinking about or referring people to Fragile by Design from Calomiris and Haber, one of the best books I've read on financial services regulation. Recommended!"

"This book's 200-page prologue, summarizing 12 medical breakthroughs, is excellent: https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Fall-Modern-Medicine-James/dp/0349123756"

"Very highly recommend both of these Thomas Hager books: https://www.amazon.com/Alchemy-Air-Jewish-Scientific-Discovery/dp/0307351793/ https://www.amazon.com/Demon-Under-Microscope-Battlefield-Hospitals/dp/1400082145/ A+."

"Very highly recommend both of these Thomas Hager books: https://www.amazon.com/Alchemy-Air-Jewish-Scientific-Discovery/dp/0307351793/ https://www.amazon.com/Demon-Under-Microscope-Battlefield-Hospitals/dp/1400082145/ A+."

"from https://www.amazon.com/Time-Gifts-Constantinople-Holland-Classics/dp/1590171659 best travel book ever written"

"Yes, exactly! That is a great book."

"Military procurement turns out to yield interesting management reading—scrutinized from multiple perspectives; lots of pathologies to analyze; R&D a major factor. Recommend: - Boyd (Coram) - National Defense (Fallows) - Augustine’s Laws (Augustine)"

"Military procurement turns out to yield interesting management reading—scrutinized from multiple perspectives; lots of pathologies to analyze; R&D a major factor. Recommend: - Boyd (Coram) - National Defense (Fallows) - Augustine’s Laws (Augustine)"

"Military procurement turns out to yield interesting management reading—scrutinized from multiple perspectives; lots of pathologies to analyze; R&D a major factor. Recommend: - Boyd (Coram) - National Defense (Fallows) - Augustine’s Laws (Augustine)"

"The Cowshed, Ji Xianlin's memoir from the Cultural Revolution, is amazing. (Recently published in English.) https://t.co/CCqiozwqUp"

"The Truth in Small Doses is a very good account of the challenges in cancer research, much of which also applies to other parts of biomedical research. (I think I already recommended The Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine; they pair well together.)"

"I really enjoyed this book: https://www.amazon.com/Something-Incredibly-Wonderful-Happens-Oppenheimer/dp/0151008221"

"I enjoyed https://www.amazon.com/Victorian-Pumping-Stations-Shire-Library/dp/1784422681 There are just so many impressive examples. ..."

"Despite being a fan of Mokyr, only now getting to https://www.amazon.com/Enlightened-Economy-Economic-History-1700-1850/dp/0300189516 and it's very good. Sorta related, have also been enjoying https://t.co/h0kDbN68dh. Both do a nice job as biographies of particularly fertile places/times."