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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Aug 6, 2012 - Aug 13, 2012

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A kick in the seat of the pants: Using your explorer, artist, judge, & warrior to be more creative cover

1. A kick in the seat of the pants: Using your explorer, artist, judge, & warrior to be more creative

by Roger Von Oech
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Designing with the Mind in Mind: Simple Guide to Understanding User Interface Design Rules cover

2. Designing with the Mind in Mind: Simple Guide to Understanding User Interface Design Rules

by Johnson, Jeff Ph. D.
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Visual Thinking for Design (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive Technologies) cover

3. Visual Thinking for Design (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive Technologies)

by Colin Ware
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The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom cover

4. The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom

by James W. Stigler, James Hiebert
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The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness, and Obsession cover

5. The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness, and Obsession

by David Grann
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Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It cover

6. Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It

by Gary Taubes
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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition cover

7. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition

by Robert B. Cialdini
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Delay- and Disruption-Tolerant Networking cover

8. Delay- and Disruption-Tolerant Networking

by Stephen Farrell, Vinny Cahill
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Infrastructure: The Book of Everything for the Industrial Landscape cover

9. Infrastructure: The Book of Everything for the Industrial Landscape

by Brian Hayes
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The Works: Anatomy of a City cover

10. The Works: Anatomy of a City

by Kate Ascher
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The Radioactive Boy Scout: The True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear Reactor cover

11. The Radioactive Boy Scout: The True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear Reactor

by Ken Silverstein
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Mars: Uncovering the Secrets of the Red Planet cover

12. Mars: Uncovering the Secrets of the Red Planet

by Paul Raeburn
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Synthetic Biology - A Primer cover

13. Synthetic Biology - A Primer

by Huimin Zhao (Professor), An-Ping Zeng
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F'd Companies: Spectacular Dot-com Flameouts cover

14. F'd Companies: Spectacular Dot-com Flameouts

by Philip J. Kaplan
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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us cover

15. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

by Daniel H. Pink
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Beginning iOS 5 Development: Exploring the iOS SDK cover

16. Beginning iOS 5 Development: Exploring the iOS SDK

by David Mark, Jack Nutting, Jeff LaMarche
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36 Lectures in Biology cover

17. 36 Lectures in Biology

by Salvador Edward Luria
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Biology Is Technology: The Promise, Peril, and New Business of Engineering Life cover

18. Biology Is Technology: The Promise, Peril, and New Business of Engineering Life

by Robert H. Carlson
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Make: Electronics (Learning by Discovery) cover

19. Make: Electronics (Learning by Discovery)

by Charles Platt
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Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications Seventh Edition cover

20. Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications Seventh Edition

by Kenneth Rosen
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