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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Feb 23, 2009 - Mar 2, 2009

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The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo cover

1. The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo

by Irving Stone
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Selected Papers on Computer Science (Lecture Notes) cover

2. Selected Papers on Computer Science (Lecture Notes)

by Donald E. Knuth
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The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature cover

3. The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature

by Daniel J. Levitin
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The Singing Neanderthals: The Origins of Music, Language, Mind, and Body cover

4. The Singing Neanderthals: The Origins of Music, Language, Mind, and Body

by Steven J. Mithen
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Quality Software Management cover

5. Quality Software Management

by Norman L. Kerth
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On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction cover

6. On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

by William Zinsser
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Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction cover

7. Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction

by Timothy Gowers
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Concepts of Modern Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

8. Concepts of Modern Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Ian Stewart
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Numbers and Geometry (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

9. Numbers and Geometry (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by John Stillwell
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The Pleasures of Counting cover

10. The Pleasures of Counting

by Thomas William Körner
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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most cover

11. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen
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The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It cover

12. The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

by Michael E. Gerber
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Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas cover

13. Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas

by Seymour A. Papert
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Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics cover

14. Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics

by Gerald Jay Sussman, Jack Wisdom, Meinhard Edwin Mayer
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Turtle Geometry: The Computer as a Medium for Exploring Mathematics (Artificial Intelligence) cover

15. Turtle Geometry: The Computer as a Medium for Exploring Mathematics (Artificial Intelligence)

by Harold Abelson, Andrea Disessa
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