8 Books that are the secret to Elon's Success

Since his youth, books have performed an essential role in fueling Musk's ambitions. It's said that he read the complete Encyclopedia Britannica at time nine and would pore through knowledge fiction books for more than 10 time a day.

Listed below are the eight books that are the absolute secret to Elon's Success:

1. "Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down" by J.E. Gordon 

When Musk made the decision he wished to learn rockettechnology, he studied books on astrophysics and executive. While reading advanced text messages on physics may well not be for everybody, this publication offers a lighter undertake the research behind SpaceX.

"It is really, really good if you want a primer on structural design," Musk says in an interview with KCRW.

2. "Benjamin Franklin: An American Life" by Walter Isaacson

Ben Franklin, publisher, inventor, scientist and diplomat, is one of Musk's heroes.

"You can see how [Franklin] was an entrepreneur," Musk says in an interview with Foundation's Kevin Rose. "He was an entrepreneur. He started from nothing. He was just a runaway kid."

3. "Einstein: His Life and Universe" by Walter Isaacson

Musk told Rose he was inspired by the biography of theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, and it's really clear why.

Some of Einstein's most famous quotes, like "The important thing is not to stop questioning," and "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new," speak directly to Musk's vision for his companies.

4. "Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies" by NickBostrom

Though Musk is a futurist and deeply enthusiastic about artificial brains, he has distributed his concerns about potential potential issues and moral concerns from the technology.

Bostrom's book, which deals with the potential challenges presented should computational intelligence surpass human intelligence, is "worth reading" Musk tweeted in 2014.

5. "Merchants of Doubt" by Erik M. Conway and Naomi Oreskes



Musk suggests this debate by two historians who believe scientists with politics and corporate contacts have purposefully muddied the reality around many general public medical issues, like the unwanted effects of smoking. He submitted his suggestion on Tweets in 2013.

6. "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding


This classic book on success, competition and greed remaining its tag on the technology entrepreneur.

"The heroes of the books I read always felt a duty to save the world," he tells the New Yorker.

7. "Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future" by Peter Thiel

The book, predicated on notes from a favorite class Thiel trained at Stanford University or college in 2012, targets the necessity for unique thinking among would-be startup founders. Musk says that his Paypal co-founder's e book provides an interesting exploration of the procedure of building very successful companies.

8. The "Foundation" trilogy by Isaac Asimov

In the 2013 interview while using Guardian, Musk says Asimov's catalogs trained him that "civilizations move around in cycles," a lessons that motivated the businessman to follow his radical ambitions.

"Given that this is the first time in 4.5 billion years where it's been possible for humanity to extend life beyond Earth," he says, "it seems like we'd be wise to act while the window was open and not count on the fact it will be open a long time."