Which biographies have you enjoyed reading that had somewhat an impact on you? Both westerner & non-westerner biographies are welcome.
Some of the topics I care about: - Philosophy - Entrepreneurship - Technology - Culture - History
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#2The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns Goodwin
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#3I really loved "My wicked, wicked ways" about the live of Errol Flynn.
If even half of it is true, he had enough adventures for a lot of movies. Also such a fun read.
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#4http://meganmarshallauthor.com/books_peabodysisters.shtml - since I live in Boston area, especially interesting to hearabout both how the area has changed culturally and physically, and to learn about people whose homes I have visited on tours of historic homes.
https://www.amazon.com/Autobiography-Yukichi-Fukuzawa/dp/023... - great perspective on a period of massive intellectual/cutural/political change in Japan
https://www.amazon.com/Annie-Besant-Lives-Modern-Women/dp/01... - interesting to see change and continuity in the life of someone extremely capable and influential
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#5Genius by James Gleick is the best biography I've ever read. It's about the life of Richard Feynman.
Gleick's Isaac Newton is also fantastic.
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#6http://meganmarshallauthor.com/books_peabodysisters.shtml - since I live in Boston area, especially interesting to hearabout both how the area has changed culturally and physically, and to learn about people whose homes I have visited on tours of historic homes. https://www.amazon.com/Autobiography-Yukichi-Fukuzawa/dp/023... - great perspective on a period of massive intellectual/cutural/political change in Japan htt…
Any other recommendation of Japan's books in English.
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#7I like biographies by Tracy Kidder:
"A truck full of money" About Paul English the founder of Kyak.com. 'One mans quest to recover from great success"
https://www.sfchronicle.com/books/article/A-Truck-Full-of-Mo...
Another Tracy Kidder biography is "Mountains beyond Moutains" this book traces the life of physician and anthropologist Paul Farmer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountains_Beyond_Mountains
It isn't really a biography, but soul of a new machine is really interesting story about 80s computer companies. He won a pulizer for it.
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#8Any biographical recommendations on Srinivasa Ramanujan?
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#9Anything by Walter Isaacson.
Memoirs of Jacques Casanova
Autobiography of Benvenuto Cillini
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#10A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age.
Walter Isaacson books