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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Apr 27, 2009 - May 4, 2009

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Quantum Fields and Strings: A Course for Mathematicians cover

1. Quantum Fields and Strings: A Course for Mathematicians

by Pierre Deligne, Pavel Etingof, Daniel S. Freed, Lisa C. Jeffrey, David Kazhdan, John W. Morgan, David R. Morrison, Edward Witten
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The Curve of Binding Energy: A Journey into the Awesome and Alarming World of Theodore B. Taylor cover

2. The Curve of Binding Energy: A Journey into the Awesome and Alarming World of Theodore B. Taylor

by John McPhee
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Buddhism Plain and Simple cover

3. Buddhism Plain and Simple

by Steve Hagen
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What Intelligence Tests Miss: The Psychology of Rational Thought cover

4. What Intelligence Tests Miss: The Psychology of Rational Thought

by Keith E. Stanovich
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What Is Intelligence?: Beyond the Flynn Effect cover

5. What Is Intelligence?: Beyond the Flynn Effect

by James Robert Flynn
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Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth About Reality cover

6. Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth About Reality

by Brad Warner
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The Zen of Creativity: Cultivating Your Artistic Life cover

7. The Zen of Creativity: Cultivating Your Artistic Life

by John Daido Loori
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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (Shambhala Library) cover

8. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (Shambhala Library)

by Shunryu Suzuki
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Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening cover

9. Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening

by Stephen Batchelor
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Ending the Pursuit of Happiness: A Zen Guide cover

10. Ending the Pursuit of Happiness: A Zen Guide

by Barry Magid
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The Management Myth: Why the Experts Keep Getting it Wrong cover

11. The Management Myth: Why the Experts Keep Getting it Wrong

by Matthew Stewart
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Ask for the Moon and Get it: The Secret of Getting What You Want by Knowing How to Ask cover

12. Ask for the Moon and Get it: The Secret of Getting What You Want by Knowing How to Ask

by Percy Ross, Dick Samson
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I Will Teach You To Be Rich cover

13. I Will Teach You To Be Rich

by Ramit Sethi
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About Religion: Economies of Faith in Virtual Culture (Religion and Postmodernism) cover

14. About Religion: Economies of Faith in Virtual Culture (Religion and Postmodernism)

by Mark C. Taylor
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After God (Religion and Postmodernism) cover

15. After God (Religion and Postmodernism)

by Mark C. Taylor
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Erring: A Postmodern A/theology cover

16. Erring: A Postmodern A/theology

by Mark C. Taylor
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The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education cover

17. The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education

by Grace Llewellyn
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Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing cover

18. Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing

by Jane Margolis, Allan Fisher
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Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition cover

19. Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition

by Marc Reisner
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A Mathematician's Survival Guide: Graduate School and Early Career Development cover

20. A Mathematician's Survival Guide: Graduate School and Early Career Development

by Steven George Krantz
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Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series) cover

21. Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series)

by Liping Ma
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Elementary Mathematics for Teachers cover

22. Elementary Mathematics for Teachers

by Thomas H. Parker, Scott Baldridge
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Vision in Elementary Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

23. Vision in Elementary Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by W. W. Sawyer
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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition cover

24. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition

by Robert B. Cialdini
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The Data Warehouse Toolkit: The Complete Guide to Dimensional Modeling cover

25. The Data Warehouse Toolkit: The Complete Guide to Dimensional Modeling

by Ralph Kimball, Margy Ross
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