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An instant WSJ bestseller, Loonshots has been translated into 18 languages; selected as a best business book of the year by Bloomberg, the Financial Times, Forbes, the Washington Post, and others; and recommended by Bill Gates, Daniel Kahneman, Malcolm Gladwell, Tim Ferriss, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, and more. In Bloomberg’s annual survey of CEOs and entrepreneurs, Loonshots was #1 most recommended book of the year.
“This book has everything: new ideas, bold insights, entertaining history and convincing analysis. Not to be missed by anyone who wants to understand how ideas change the world.”
-Daniel Kahneman, winner of the Nobel Prize, author of Thinking, Fast and Slow
If The Da Vinci Code and Freakonomics had a child together, it would be called Loonshots.”
-Senator Bob Kerrey, former Navy SEAL, recipient of the Medal of Honor
“A groundbreaking book that spans industries and time”
-Newsweek
“A wonderful book that explores the beauty, quirkiness and complexity of ideas ... you need to read this book.”
-Siddhartha Mukherjee, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, author of The Emperor of All Maladies