Cody Hall

This is the first material I’ve read on Oppenheimer, the scientist who led the Los Alamos teams of scientists in developing the atomic bomb. This biography has good ratings on Goodreads, so I thought I’d try it. Oppenheimer was a…complicated human being.

This one was given to me while attending the OneAccord conference in North Carolina in October. So far, it’s excellent. I’ve learned several counter-intuitive ideas so far, like this one: “The donor who just gave is the most likely donor to give again shortly thereafter.”

God gets His work done using the funding of His people. It is a privilege to invite people into His work through giving!

I started this one while driving on the way back from Cedarville University’s fall career fair with a coworker, Mike Tapia. Isaacson is phenomenal here, as always.

This one was given to me by a dear friend — my mother-in-law. I love reading nearly as much as she does. She’s given years of her life to nurturing a love for books in those she loves.

Dorsett here dives into the little-known history of the chaplains who served in the various branches of the US Military in the Second World War. I had no idea the number was so large but, by 1943, the US armed forces had 12,000,000 men and women in their ranks.

I’m trying to knock this one out as it’s been languishing on my reading list. Each time I return I wonder why it’s taken me so long to come back to it. If only I had more free time for reading!

Tony Fadell has a wealth of design experience, having been on the teams that produced the Apple iPod, Apple iPhone, and the Nest thermostat (later acquired by Google).