Ask HN: Books about people who did hard things

Re:Ask HN: Books about people who did hard things by iforaa on Friday January 10, 2025 @08:28AM (#42655418)

My favorite on this topic is The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power. It’s a deep dive into the emergence and evolution of the oil industry. Technological innovations, financial developments, political shifts and so on.

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Re:Ask HN: Books about people who did hard things by angusb on Friday January 10, 2025 @10:16AM (#42656313)

I've been finding The Prize surprisingly light on technical details - I'm 1/3 of the way through the book and half way through the chronology of the oil industry and it hasn't even mentioned a distillation column. Does it get more technical?

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Re:Ask HN: Books about people who did hard things by oblo_mov on Friday January 10, 2025 @08:29AM (#42655431)

Great call! I went for The New Map but this one is v high up my to read list.

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