John Collison Book Recommendations (All-Time)
Book 1 - A Splendid Exchange by William J. Bernstein
John Collison: “Hefty and wandering but consistently interesting.”
Book 2 - Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software by Charles Petzold
John Collison: “An explanation from transistors to the OS of how computers work. I skimmed the chapters for areas I knew, but this filled a few important holes for me.”
Book 3 - The Code of the Woosters by P. G. Wodehouse
John Collison: “The Code of the Woosters by P. G. WodehouseP.G. Wodehouse is one of the English language's funniest writers. This is a good introduction.”
Book 4 - Liftoff by Eric Berger
John Collison: “Doesn't cover Starlink, but I enjoyed @SciGuySpace's new book on the swashbuckling early days of SpaceX”
Book 5 - The Art of Doing Science and Engineering by Richard W. Hamming
John Collison: “Hamming turned his lecture notes into a book, 'The Art of Doing Science and Engineering,' which has been republished by Stripe Press—a young publishing house [...] that brings out interesting left-brained books in beautiful, right-brain-friendly editions"
Book 6 - American Kingpin by Nick Bilton
John Collison: “American Kingpin is an incredible tale. Ross Ulbricht started Silk Road while watching Breaking Bad and became Walter White. He was arrested the day after the season finale. Life imitating art.”
Book 7 - Too Big to Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin
John Collison: “I really liked [this book]."