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Stanford
Stanford University, one of the largest universities in the US, located near Palo Alto, California.
Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson
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- Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson
- Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike, Phil Knight
Stanford University in California, one of the best-known universities in the United States. Knight earned his MBA there.
- The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative, Florence Williams
Stanford University in California, one of the largest research universities in the United States.
- The Upside of Stress, Kelly McGonigal
A private research university near Palo Alto in Silicon Valley. McGonigal has taught psychology courses here for many years.
- So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love, Cal Newport
Stanford University in California, one of the best-known universities in the United States.
- The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, Michael Lewis
A private university in Palo Alto, on the edge of Silicon Valley.
- Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, Greg McKeown
Stanford Graduate School of Business at Stanford University in California, one of the best-known business schools in the world.
- Be Here Now, Ram Dass
A private research university near San Francisco. Alpert earned his doctorate in psychology there in 1957.
- The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness, Susannah Cahalan
A private university in California where Rosenhan worked and where both experiment participants Cahalan found were students.
- Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions, Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths
Stanford University in California, one of the leading universities in the United States.