25 books recommended by Elon

[EndtheMadnessNow]

10) Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway

"I recommend people read a book called Merchants of Doubt. All they need to do is create doubt." — Elon Musk




11) Deep Learning by Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio and Aaron Courville

"Written by three experts in the field, Deep Learning is the only comprehensive book on the subject." — Elon Musk




12) Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age by W. Bernard Carlson

"I didn't read actually very many general business books, but I like biographies and autobiographies, I think those are pretty helpful.

I think it's also worth reading books on scientists and engineers. Tesla, obviously." — Elon Musk




13) The Culture Series by Ian Banks

"Reading The Culture series by Banks. Compelling picture of a grand, semi-utopian galactic future. Hopefully not too optimistic about AI." — Elon Musk



SpaceX, the rocketry firm he founded in 2002, owns two ocean-going barges that serve as mobile landing pads for its rockets. One is called Just Read the Instructions, the other is Of Course I Still Love You.

Both are named after sentient spaceships in the "Culture" books, all of which have similarly playful names (one warship, which spends most of its time waiting idly to be called up for action, is called the Killing Time.)


14) The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein

[Elon Musk recommended this book as one of his favorite books about space.]




15) Isaac Asimov Robot Series

"In terms of sci-fi books, I think Isaac Asimov is really great." — Elon Musk




16) The Art of War by Sun Tzu

"I've read this book many times." — Elon Musk




17) Structures by J. E. Gordon

"It is really, really good if you want a primer on structural design." — Elon Musk




18) The Story of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant

"The Story of Civilization. First book is a little dry, but second book, The Life of Greece, is incredible." — Elon Musk




19) The Parasitic Mind by Gad Saad

"Worth reading." — Elon Musk