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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Aug 22, 2011 - Aug 29, 2011

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C: A Reference Manual (5th Edition) cover

1. C: A Reference Manual (5th Edition)

by Samuel P. Harbison, Guy L. Steele

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Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code cover

2. Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code

by Martin Fowler, Kent Beck

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Learning Gap: Why Our Schools Are Failing and What We Can Learn from Japanese and Chinese Education cover

3. Learning Gap: Why Our Schools Are Failing and What We Can Learn from Japanese and Chinese Education

by Harold Stevenson, James W. Stigler

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Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach cover

4. Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach

by Roger S. Pressman

Economyths: Ten Ways Economics Gets It Wrong cover

5. Economyths: Ten Ways Economics Gets It Wrong

by David Orrell

The Method of Coordinates cover

6. The Method of Coordinates

by I.M. Gelfand, E.G. Glagoleva, A.A. Kirilov

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Algebra cover

7. Algebra

by I.M. Gelfand, Alexander Shen

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Trigonometry cover

8. Trigonometry

by I.M. Gelfand, Mark Saul

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Functions and Graphs (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

9. Functions and Graphs (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by I. M. Gelfand, E. G. Glagoleva, E. E. Shnol

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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

10. 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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The Incompleteness Phenomenon cover

11. The Incompleteness Phenomenon

by Martin Goldstern, Haim Judah

100 Plus: How the Coming Age of Longevity Will Change Everything, From Careers and Relationships to Family and Faith cover

12. 100 Plus: How the Coming Age of Longevity Will Change Everything, From Careers and Relationships to Family and Faith

by Sonia Arrison

The Art of Mathematics cover

13. The Art of Mathematics

by Jerry P. King

Introductory Graph Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

14. Introductory Graph Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Gary Chartrand

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Network Science: Theory and Applications cover

15. Network Science: Theory and Applications

by T. G. Lewis

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Introduction to the Theory of Computation cover

16. Introduction to the Theory of Computation

by Michael Sipser

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Introduction to Graph Theory (2nd Edition) cover

17. Introduction to Graph Theory (2nd Edition)

by Douglas Brent West

Programming Collective Intelligence cover

18. Programming Collective Intelligence

by Toby Segaran

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Mathematics for 3D Game Programming and Computer Graphics, Third Edition cover

19. Mathematics for 3D Game Programming and Computer Graphics, Third Edition

by Eric Lengyel

Intensive Science & Virtual Philosophy (Continuum Impacts) cover

20. Intensive Science & Virtual Philosophy (Continuum Impacts)

by Manuel DeLanda

Hilary Mason: An Introduction to Machine Learning with Web Data cover

21. Hilary Mason: An Introduction to Machine Learning with Web Data

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Thinking Clearly: A Guide to Critical Reasoning cover

22. Thinking Clearly: A Guide to Critical Reasoning

by Jill LeBlanc

I Can Read You Like a Book cover

23. I Can Read You Like a Book

by Gregory Hartley, Maryann Karinch

The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom cover

24. The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom

by Jonathan Haidt

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Programming Amazon EC2 cover

25. Programming Amazon EC2

by Jurg Vliet, Flavia Paganelli