Researcher and science writer; co-founder and editor at Works in Progress, formerly Our World in Data, and author of the Scientific Discovery newsletter.
loved
This amazing book traces the development of genetic engineering, and how Herbert Boyer and Robert Swanson turned the science into a commercial product by developing recombinant insulin.
Year-end post whose 'Reading recommendations' section lists her favourite reads of the year on the history of science and medicine.
Co-founder of Stripe. Publishes the contents of his bookshelf, marking the standouts.
loved
Genentech: The Beginnings of Biotech -- the definitive history of Genentech.
His “Silicon Valley Canon & History” page, introduced as “my favorite books and articles about the history of computing and Silicon Valley”; posted after a question from Tanner Greer in August 2024.
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The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.
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What counts as old depends on the thing. A laptop praised four years ago has been replaced twice; a book loved twenty years ago is probably still loved. The shading is gone after about:
Hardware, services4 years
Software5 years
Podcasts, courses, other8 years
Books25 years
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