When the Heavens Went on Sale: The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach
By: Ashlee Vance
4.26
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
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1. Burn Book: A Tech Love Story
By: Kara Swisher
3.99
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech… read more
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2. Quantum Supremacy
By: Michio Kaku
3.79
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An exhilarating tour of humanity's next great technological achievement—quantum computing—which may… read more
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3. Elon Musk
By: Walter Isaacson
4.40
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate… read more
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"[Musk] concluded that Trump as president was no different than he was as a candidate. The buffoonery was not just an act. "Trump might be one of the world’s best bullshitters ever," he says. "Like my…"-Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk
4. Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
By: Edmund Conway
4.52
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed… read more
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"You can get anything you want from anywhere in the world at a bargain price, but don't [whatever you do] expect to understand how it was made or how it got to you."-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"Brothers and sisters,’ said the man. ‘I want to tell you this. The greatest thing on earth is to have the love of God in your heart, and the next greatest thing is to have electricity in your house.’…"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"To say that concrete is everywhere is hardly an exaggeration. Despite the fact that we only began mass producing this mixture of sand, aggregates and cement just over a century ago, there are now mor…"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"A few years ago some geologists sifted through the data [and] estimated that the amount of sand, soil and rock we humans mine and quarry and dredge each year is some 24 times greater than the amount …"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
5. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
By: Chris Miller
4.44
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more
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"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
6. A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
By: Kelly Weinersmith
4.06
Format: 448 pages, ebook
Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away—no climate change, no … read more
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"For now, if leaving Earth is humanity leaving the cradle, well, humanity is going straight to its neighbor's basement."-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
"The Moon isn't just sort of a gray Sahara without air. Its surface is made of jagged, electrically charged microscopic glass and stone, which clings to pressure suits and landing vehicles. Nor is Mar…"-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
7. Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall
By: Zeke Faux
4.26
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In 2021 cryptocurrency went mainstream. Giant investment funds were buying it; celebrities like Tom… read more
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8. Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
By: Michael Lewis
3.80
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 best-selling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX’s spectacular col… read more
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9. The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma
By: Mustafa Suleyman
3.86
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
A warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global … read more
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10. The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend
By: Rob Copeland
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The unauthorized, unvarnished story of famed Wall Street hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio. Ray Dalio… read more
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11. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.60
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more
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"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
12. Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks
By: Scott J. Shapiro
3.96
Format: 420 pages, Hardcover
An entertaining account of the philosophy and technology of hacking--and why we all need to underst… read more
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"The problem with solutionism... It assumes that rationality has the tools to solve every problem. ... We think problems are decidable because we only see the decidable ones. We don't see the infinite…"-Scott J. Shapiro, Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks
13. Chaos Kings: How Wall Street Traders Make Billions in the New Age of Crisis
By: Scott Patterson
3.78
Format: 336 pages, ebook
A Wall Street Journal bestseller Written by a veteran Wall Street Journal reporter, this is a fasci… read more
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14. Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX
By: Eric Berger
4.47
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
"This is as important a book on space as has ever been written and it's a riveting page-turner, too… read more
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15. When the Heavens Went on Sale: The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach
By: Ashlee Vance
4.26
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
An Instant New York Times Bestseller A momentous look at the private companies building a revolu… read more
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16. The Deepest Map: The High-Stakes Race to Chart the World's Oceans
By: Laura Trethewey
4.00
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The dramatic and action-packed story of the last mysterious place on earth—the world’s seafloor—and… read more
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17. Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age
By: Lori Garver
3.84
Format: 304 pages, ebook
The inside look at how the battle of the space billionaires began and why it matters, Escaping Grav… read more
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18. The Space Economy: Capitalize on the Greatest Business Opportunity of Our Lifetime
By: Chad Anderson
3.81
Format: None pages, ebook
Climb aboard an astronomical business opportunity before it takes off. The new Space Age has beg… read more
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"In the same way that every company today is a technology company, every company of tomorrow will be a space company."-Chad Anderson, The Space Economy: Capitalize on the Greatest Business Opportunity of Our Lifetime
19. The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI
By: Ray Kurzweil
3.93
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The noted inventor and futurist’s successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explor… read more
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20. Pattern Breakers: Why Some Start-Ups Change the Future
By: Mike Maples Jr
4.02
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
A radical set of new ideas for how entrepreneurs, investors, and corporate leaders can use the patt… read more
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21. On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything
By: Nate Silver
3.84
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our… read more
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