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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Apr 9, 2012 - Apr 16, 2012

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The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist cover

1. The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist

by Frederick P. Brooks (Jr.)
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Inviting Disaster: Lessons From the Edge of Technology cover

2. Inviting Disaster: Lessons From the Edge of Technology

by James R. Chiles
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Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives -- How Your Friends' Friends' Friends Affect Everything You Feel, Think, and Do cover

3. Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives -- How Your Friends' Friends' Friends Affect Everything You Feel, Think, and Do

by Nicholas A. Christakis, James H. Fowler
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Algorithms on Strings cover

4. Algorithms on Strings

by Maxime Crochemore, Christophe Hancart, Thierry Lecroq
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Algorithms on Strings, Trees and Sequences: Computer Science and Computational Biology cover

5. Algorithms on Strings, Trees and Sequences: Computer Science and Computational Biology

by Dan Gusfield
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Object-Oriented Programming: An Evolutionary Approach cover

6. Object-Oriented Programming: An Evolutionary Approach

by Brad J. Cox, Andrew J. Novobilski
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Superdistribution: Objects as Property on the Electronic Frontier cover

7. Superdistribution: Objects as Property on the Electronic Frontier

by Brad J. Cox
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A Billion Wicked Thoughts: What the World's Largest Experiment Reveals about Human Desire cover

8. A Billion Wicked Thoughts: What the World's Largest Experiment Reveals about Human Desire

by Ogi Ogas
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The Feynman Lectures on Physics, boxed set: The New Millennium Edition cover

9. The Feynman Lectures on Physics, boxed set: The New Millennium Edition

by Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, Matthew Sands
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Why Businessmen Need Philosophy: The Capitalist's Guide to the Ideas Behind Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged cover

10. Why Businessmen Need Philosophy: The Capitalist's Guide to the Ideas Behind Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged

by Debi Ghate, Richard E. Ralston
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Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

11. Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone cover

12. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

by j.k. rowling
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Ending Aging: The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime cover

13. Ending Aging: The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime

by Aubrey de Grey, Michael Rae
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Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking cover

14. Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking

by Jeff Hertzberg, M.D., Zoë François
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