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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Nov 2, 2009 - Nov 9, 2009

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Algebra cover

1. Algebra

by I.M. Gelfand, Alexander Shen

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The Book of Numbers cover

2. The Book of Numbers

by John H. Conway, Richard Guy

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The Body Fat Solution: Five Principles for Burning Fat, Building Lean Muscles, Ending Emotional Eating, and Maintaining Your Perfect Weight cover

3. The Body Fat Solution: Five Principles for Burning Fat, Building Lean Muscles, Ending Emotional Eating, and Maintaining Your Perfect Weight

by Tom Venuto

Physics for Future Presidents cover

4. Physics for Future Presidents

by Richard Muller

Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship cover

5. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

by Robert C. Martin

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The Evolution of Cooperation: Revised Edition cover

6. The Evolution of Cooperation: Revised Edition

by Robert Axelrod

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Quantum Mechanics: Historical Contingency and the Copenhagen Hegemony (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series) cover

7. Quantum Mechanics: Historical Contingency and the Copenhagen Hegemony (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)

by James T. Cushing

The Einstein Syndrome cover

8. The Einstein Syndrome

by Thomas Sowell

Nemesis: The Death Star cover

9. Nemesis: The Death Star

by Richard Muller

Differentiate or Die: Survival in Our Era of Killer Competition cover

10. Differentiate or Die: Survival in Our Era of Killer Competition

by Jack Trout

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Mad In America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, And The Enduring Mistreatment Of The Mentally Ill cover

11. Mad In America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, And The Enduring Mistreatment Of The Mentally Ill

by Robert Whitaker

Bargaining for Advantage : Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People cover

12. Bargaining for Advantage : Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People

by G. Richard Shell

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Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream cover

13. Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream

by Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Jeff Speck

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English Words from Latin and Greek Elements cover

14. English Words from Latin and Greek Elements

by Donald M. Ayers, R. L. Cherry

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English Vocabulary Elements cover

15. English Vocabulary Elements

by Keith M. Denning, Brett Kessler, William R. Leben

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Reading Rate: A Review of Research and Theory cover

16. Reading Rate: A Review of Research and Theory

by Ronald P. Carver

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Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People 2nd Edition cover

17. Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People 2nd Edition

by G. Richard Shell

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Breakthrough Rapid Reading cover

18. Breakthrough Rapid Reading

by Peter Kump

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Wittgenstein Flies a Kite: A Story of Models of Wings and Models of the World cover

19. Wittgenstein Flies a Kite: A Story of Models of Wings and Models of the World

by Susan G. Sterrett

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Neuro Web Design: What Makes Them Click? cover

20. Neuro Web Design: What Makes Them Click?

by Susan Weinschenk

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The Teacher Unions: How They Sabotage Educational Reform and Why cover

21. The Teacher Unions: How They Sabotage Educational Reform and Why

by Myron Lieberman

Intelligence and How to Get It: Why Schools and Cultures Count cover

22. Intelligence and How to Get It: Why Schools and Cultures Count

by Richard E. Nisbett

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So You Want To Be A Wall Street Programmer? cover

23. So You Want To Be A Wall Street Programmer?

by Andrey Butov

Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government Saving Privacy in the Digital Age cover

24. Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government Saving Privacy in the Digital Age

by Steven Levy

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Relearning to See: Improve Your Eyesight Naturally! cover

25. Relearning to See: Improve Your Eyesight Naturally!

by Thomas R. Quackenbush

Growing a Business cover

26. Growing a Business

by Paul Hawken

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100 Things to Do Before You Die (Plus a Few to Do Afterwards) cover

27. 100 Things to Do Before You Die (Plus a Few to Do Afterwards)

by Valerie Jamieson, Liz Else