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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jul 13, 2009 - Jul 20, 2009

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Irrational Exuberance cover

1. Irrational Exuberance

by Robert J. Shiller
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The Subprime Solution: How Today's Global Financial Crisis Happened, and What to Do about It cover

2. The Subprime Solution: How Today's Global Financial Crisis Happened, and What to Do about It

by Robert J. Shiller
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything cover

3. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
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Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press) cover

4. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press)

by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein
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Create Your Own Economy: The Path to Prosperity in a Disordered World cover

5. Create Your Own Economy: The Path to Prosperity in a Disordered World

by Tyler Cowen
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Practical Django Projects (Expert's Voice in Web Development) cover

6. Practical Django Projects (Expert's Voice in Web Development)

by James Bennett
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The Princeton Companion to Mathematics cover

7. The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

by Timothy Gowers, June Barrow-Green, Imre Leader
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The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It cover

8. The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It

by Marcia Angell
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The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe cover

9. The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe

by Roger Penrose
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Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date cover

10. Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date

by Robert X. Cringely
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Stan Veit's History of the Personal Computer cover

11. Stan Veit's History of the Personal Computer

by Stan Veit
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Go To: The Story of the Math Majors, Bridge Players, Engineers, Chess Wizards, Maverick Scientists, and Iconoclasts-- the Programmers Who Created the Software Revolution cover

12. Go To: The Story of the Math Majors, Bridge Players, Engineers, Chess Wizards, Maverick Scientists, and Iconoclasts-- the Programmers Who Created the Software Revolution

by Steve Lohr
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Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy cover

13. Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy

by John DeFrancis
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Unger: Ideogram: Chinese Char CL cover

14. Unger: Ideogram: Chinese Char CL

by J. Marshall Unger
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