Elon Musk read these 3 books as a child, they made him into the engineer that he is

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According to his biography penned by Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk would read whenever he got the chance as a child..

With companies like Tesla, SpaceX and X (earlier called Twitter) under his watch, billionaire Elon Musk has much to offer to the world..

More specifically, the books that appealed to Musk as a child were - The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Isaac Asimovs Foundation series and The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy...

The third book that influenced Musk the most, as per Isaacson, is Douglas Adams The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy..

Musk, after reading this book, has been fascinated with the thought.. Science-fiction, thus, took up majority of Musk's time as a child and influenced his ideas about what he wants to do and the companies he wants to build...