Neil deGrasse Tyson Recommended Books

"A great introduction to the use of statistics, and a great refresher for anyone who’s already well versed in it." - Bill Gates

Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.

Paul Graham used this book as an example that one scientist's "take" can be very convincing.

Darren Aronofsky mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"[Changed] science and [reached] the public." - Matt Ridley

"I have never forgotten the combined shock and thrill of making my way through this in my 20s." - Alan Kay

One of Sam Altman's answers to "What are some of the best books you recommend for a young startup founder?"

"Adam Smith FTW obv." - Elon Musk

Naval Ravikant's answer to "any good book about economy for a beginner?"

"[One] of the most important books I’ve read." - Nick Szabo

On the "Top 100 Books Referenced by Noam Chomsky" list.

Brandon Stanton mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"[The author]'s magnum opus." - Bill Gurley

Peter Thiel says The New Testament has influenced him more than The Old Testament.

On the "favorite books" section of Barack Obama's Facebook profile.

Wim Hof's answer to "What do you give to people as gifts?"

"The first book that I found a lot of truth in it, and then I was able to share that with people." - Laird Hamilton

"Everybody, of course, should be familiar with [this book], which is a way of being taught through both parables and tales of people and their values." - Walter Isaacson

"One thing that really has stuck with me is that [this book] talks about that you should be grateful all the time." - A.J. Jacobs

Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 23

"Served me well. [...] Advocates keeping one’s cool at all times." - Marc Benioff

"After meeting Mark Zuckerberg, [Evan Spiegel] immediately bought every [Snapchat] employee a copy of 'The Art Of War'." - Business Insider

"Another [book] I have to mention." - Dave Camarillo

Ryan Petersen mentioned this book on Twitter.

"It became [Travis Kalanick's bible]." - Mike Isaac

Stewart Brand recommended this book on his "Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization" blog post.

Ryan Holiday recommended this book on his blog.

"A fascinating study and still wholly relevant." - Eric Ripert

Fred Wilson recommended this book on his blog.

"Methods still valuable and can be used for good." - Garry Tan

Ryan Shea recommended this book on his website.

"Effective condemnation of modem civilization, written in an ironic vein." - Mahatma Gandhi

Mark Twain recommended this book in a letter.

"I was 11 when I read it and it encouraged me to believe the world was large, fascinating, and with incredibly interesting creatures in it!" - Alice Walker

"One of the books I would like to take with me to Purgatory." - Winston Churchill

"Taylor Swift's 'Delicate' video is full of parallels to [this book]." - Korey Lane

"Melinda and I really like [this book]. When we were first dating, she had a green light that she would turn on when her office was empty and it made sense for me to come over." - Bill Gates

"I’ve read [this book] at different points in my life." - Daniel Pink

On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.

"I'm a sucker for efficiency. This book gets so much out of what is, ultimately, a rather slim story. I adore it." - Ta-Nehisi Coates

"[The author] found he'd taken on all the great American themes, from the original 'dream' itself to the corresponding loss of innocence." - Christopher Hitchens

"[This] book is ?" - Elon Musk