Elon Musk

As a kid in South Africa, Musk was regularly beaten by bullies; he once was in the hospital for a week after a beating. But the physical scars were minor compared to the emotional ones inflicted by his father, an engineer, rogue, and charismatic fantasist. Musk developed into a man-child, with an ex...

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Main Author: Isaacson, Walter (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Muse of fire
  • Adventures
  • A mind of his own: Pretoria, the 1970s
  • Life with father: Pretoria, the 1980s
  • The seeker: Pretoria, the 1980s
  • Escape velocity: Leaving South Africa, 1989
  • Canada: 1989
  • Queen's: Kingston, Ontario, 1990-1991
  • Penn: Philadelphia, 1992-1994
  • Go west: Silicon Valley, 1994-1995
  • Zip2: Palo Alto, 1995-1999
  • Justine: Palo Alto, the 1990s
  • X.com: Palo Alto 1999-2000
  • The coup: PayPal, September 2000
  • Mars: SpaceX, 2001
  • Rocket man: SpaceX, 2002
  • Fathers and sons: Los Angeles, 2002
  • Revving up: SpaceX, 2002
  • Musk's rules for rocket-building: SpaceX, 2002-2003
  • Mr. Musk goes to Washington: SpaceX, 2002-2003
  • Founders: Tesla, 2003-2004
  • The roadster: Tesla, 2004-2006
  • Kwaj: SpaceX, 2005-2006
  • Two strikes: Kwaj, 2006-2007
  • The SWAT team: Tesla, 2006-2008
  • Taking the wheel: Tesla, 2007-2008
  • Divorce: 2008
  • Talulah: 2008
  • Strike three: Kwaj, August 3, 2008
  • On the brink: Tesla and SpaceX, 2008
  • The fourth launch: Kwaj, August-September 2008
  • Saving Tesla: December 2008
  • The Model S: Tesla, 2009
  • Private space: SpaceX, 2009-2010
  • Falcon 9 liftoff: Cape Canaveral, 2010
  • Marrying Talulah: September 2010
  • Manufacturing: Tesla, 2010-2013
  • Musk and Bezos: SpaceX, 2013-2014
  • The falcon hears the falconer: SpaceX, 2014-2015
  • The Talulah roller coaster: 2012-2015
  • Artificial intelligence: OpenAI, 2012-2015
  • The launch of autopilot: Tesla, 2014-2016
  • Solar: Tesla energy, 2004-2016
  • The boring company: 2016
  • Rocky relationships: 2016-2017
  • Descent into the dark: 2017
  • Fremont factory hell: Tesla, 2018
  • Open-loop warning: 2018
  • Fallout: 2018
  • Grimes: 2018
  • Shanghai: Tesla, 2015-2019
  • Cybertruck: Tesla, 2018-2019
  • Starlink: SpaceX, 2015-2018
  • Starship: SpaceX, 2018-2019
  • Autonomy day: Tesla, April 2019
  • Giga Texas: Tesla, 2020-2021
  • Family life: 2020
  • Full throttle: SpaceX, 2020
  • Bezos vs. Musk, round 2: SpaceX, 2021
  • Starship surge: SpaceX, July 2021
  • Solar surge: summer 2021
  • Nights out: summer, 2021
  • Inspiration4: SpaceX, September 2021
  • Raptor shake-up: SpaceX, 2021
  • Optimus is born: Tesla, August 2021
  • Neuralink: 2017-2020
  • Vision only: Tesla, January 2021
  • Money: 2021-2022
  • Father of the year: 2021
  • Politics: 2020-2022
  • Ukraine: 2022
  • Bill Gates: 2022
  • Active investor: Twitter, January-April 2022
  • "I made an offer": Twitter, April 2022
  • Hot and cold: Twitter, April-June 2022
  • Fathers day: June 2022
  • Starbase shake-up: SpaceX, 2022
  • Optiumus Prime: Tesla, 2021-2022
  • Uncertainty: Twitter, July-September 2022
  • Optimus unveiled: Tesla, September, 2022
  • Robotaxi: Tesla, 2022
  • "Let that sink in": Twitter, October 26-27, 2022
  • The takeover: Twitter, Thursday, October 27, 2022
  • The three musketeers: Twitter, October 26-30, 2022
  • Content moderation: Twitter, October 27-30, 2022
  • Halloween: Twitter, October 2022
  • Blue checks: Twitter, November 2-10, 2022
  • All in: Twitter, November 10-18, 2022
  • Hardcore: Twitter, November 18-30, 2022
  • Miracles: Neuralink, November 2022
  • The Twitter files: Twitter, December 2022
  • Rabbit holes: Twitter, December 2022
  • Christmas capers: December 2022
  • AI for cars: Tesla, 2022-2023
  • AI for humans: X.AI, 2023
  • The starship launch: SpaceX, April 2023.