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Founder of Terraform Industries and formerly a physicist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory; writes about energy, space and manufacturing.
8 things
Poor Charlie's AlmanackBook Charles T. Munger
Fascinating book, good to have a web browser handy when reading it.
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caseyhandmer.wordpress.com ↗·2024-10-01
The MartianBook Andy Weir
I love this book.
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caseyhandmer.wordpress.com ↗·2020-07-26
The Right Kind of CrazyBook Adam Steltzner
The best book I've read on actual Mars exploration as historically conducted by actual humans, some of whom are colleagues and good friends.
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caseyhandmer.wordpress.com ↗·2020-07-26
A great intro to Mars stuff and the Mars Direct plan.
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caseyhandmer.wordpress.com ↗·2020-07-26
How to Live on MarsBook Robert Zubrin
Very funny, the lowest pain technical(ish) book I've ever read. Accuracy is quite good too.
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caseyhandmer.wordpress.com ↗·2020-07-26
AnathemBook Neal Stephenson
This book divides readers. I love it.
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caseyhandmer.wordpress.com ↗·2020-07-26
The Big UBook Neal Stephenson
NS's first published novel and one of my favorites.
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caseyhandmer.wordpress.com ↗·2020-07-26
The Great Zoo of ChinaBook Matthew Reilly
amazing. Such a fun read. Better than Jurassic Park.
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caseyhandmer.wordpress.com ↗·2020-07-26
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