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Michael Nielsen @michael_nielsen · Jul 14, 2023

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I've read many wonderful biographies, but am realizing that I can't think of similarly good autobiographies. Have you read any that you love?

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Karan Chawla @thekaranchawla · Jul 15, 2023

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Recently read Genghis Khan and the making of the modern world though I won't approach it expecting some grand theory of history with the mongols providing some pivotal trans civilization transformation as I did.

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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

by Jack Weatherford

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Leigh R. Crawford @leighrcrawford · Jul 15, 2023

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Just Kids by Patti Smith is outstanding and is a personal favorite.

Book Jan 19, 2010

Just Kids

by Patti Smith

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Leigh R. Crawford @leighrcrawford · Jul 15, 2023

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Book Jul 1, 2003

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

by Walter Isaacson and Benjamin Franklin

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Leigh R. Crawford @leighrcrawford · Jul 15, 2023

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Book 1967

Augustine of Hippo: A Biography

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Leigh R. Crawford @leighrcrawford · Jul 15, 2023

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Book 1965

The Autobiography Of Malcolm X

by Malcolm X and Alex Haley

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Trevor Blackwell @tlbtlbtlb · Jul 14, 2023

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Book Nov 14, 2019

Will: A Memoir

by Will Self

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Trevor Blackwell @tlbtlbtlb · Jul 14, 2023

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Benvenuto Cellini Clive James (5 books, written as he lived) Robert Graves ("Goodbye to All That") Edward Abbey ("Confessions of a Barbarian" is good. His other books sucked.) Will Self ("Will". Maybe not for everyone.)

Book 1929

Goodbye to All That

by Robert Graves

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Trevor Blackwell @tlbtlbtlb · Jul 14, 2023

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Book Nov 1, 1994

Confessions of a Barbarian: Selections from the Journals of Edward Abbey

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Henry Black 🌴 @HAJBlack · Jul 14, 2023

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Ben Franklin and Charles Darwin’s are actually excellent and I not someone you would think would say that

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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

by Benjamin Franklin

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Henry Black 🌴 @HAJBlack · Jul 14, 2023

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Book 1887

The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, 1809–82

by Charles Darwin

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Dave Rogers 🦅 @d_roge · Jul 14, 2023

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More for computer nerds but I liked Linus Torvalds' "Just for Fun" on how he built the first Linux kernel.

Book 2001

Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary

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Cortex Futura @cortexfutura · Jul 14, 2023

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Read Personal Recollections by Werner von Siemens. He shares the actual formulae he came up with to lay deep sea telegraph cables and how he reasoned about them as well as hilarious stories like this:

Book Jan 1, 1892

Personal Recollections of Werner von Siemens: Translated by W. C. Coupland

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