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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Aug 27, 2012 - Sep 3, 2012

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IQ and Human Intelligence cover

1. IQ and Human Intelligence

by Nicholas Mackintosh

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Are We Getting Smarter?: Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century cover

2. Are We Getting Smarter?: Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century

by James R. Flynn

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The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology) cover

3. The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology)

by Robert J. Sternberg, Scott Barry Kaufman

Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

4. Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

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The Einstein Syndrome: Bright Children Who Talk Late cover

5. The Einstein Syndrome: Bright Children Who Talk Late

by Thomas Sowell

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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The Mathematics of Ciphers: Number Theory and RSA Cryptography cover

7. The Mathematics of Ciphers: Number Theory and RSA Cryptography

by S.C. Coutinho

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution cover

8. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution

by Steven Levy

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The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do To Get More of It cover

9. The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do To Get More of It

by Kelly McGonigal

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Introduction to Spectroscopy cover

10. Introduction to Spectroscopy

by Donald L. Pavia, Gary M. Lampman, George S. Kriz, James A. Vyvyan

Building Scientific Apparatus cover

11. Building Scientific Apparatus

by John H. Moore, Christopher C. Davis, Michael A. Coplan, Sandra C. Greer

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Optics (4th Edition) cover

12. Optics (4th Edition)

by Eugene Hecht

Modern Physics cover

13. Modern Physics

by Kenneth S. Krane

Spectroscopy: The Key to the Stars: Reading the Lines in Stellar Spectra (The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series) cover

14. Spectroscopy: The Key to the Stars: Reading the Lines in Stellar Spectra (The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series)

by Keith Robinson

Geometric, Physical, and Visual Optics, 2e cover

15. Geometric, Physical, and Visual Optics, 2e

by Michael P. Keating

Optical System Design, Second Edition cover

16. Optical System Design, Second Edition

by Robert Fischer

Lauren Ipsum cover

17. Lauren Ipsum

by Carlos Bueno

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Once a Runner: A Novel cover

18. Once a Runner: A Novel

by John L. Parker (Jr.)

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The PayPal Wars: Battles with eBay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth cover

19. The PayPal Wars: Battles with eBay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth

by Eric M. Jackson

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The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains cover

20. The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

by Nicholas Carr

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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

21. 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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Measurement cover

22. Measurement

by Paul Lockhart

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Mathematics and Its History (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

23. Mathematics and Its History (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by John Stillwell

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Calculus Made Easy cover

24. Calculus Made Easy

by Silvanus P. Thompson, Martin Gardner

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Self-Organization in Biological Systems: (Princeton Studies in Complexity) cover

25. Self-Organization in Biological Systems: (Princeton Studies in Complexity)

by Scott Camazine

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Working Effectively with Legacy Code cover

26. Working Effectively with Legacy Code

by Michael C. Feathers

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Born to Run: The Hidden Tribe, the Ultra-Runners, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen cover

27. Born to Run: The Hidden Tribe, the Ultra-Runners, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

by Christopher McDougall

Why Does College Cost So Much? cover

28. Why Does College Cost So Much?

by Robert B. Archibald, David H. Feldman

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Cracking the Coding Interview: 150 Programming Questions and Solutions cover

29. Cracking the Coding Interview: 150 Programming Questions and Solutions

by Gayle Laakmann McDowell

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The Algorithm Design Manual cover

30. The Algorithm Design Manual

by Steven S Skiena

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The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy - What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny cover

31. The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy - What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny

by William Strauss, Neil Howe

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Molecular Dynamics Simulation: Elementary Methods cover

32. Molecular Dynamics Simulation: Elementary Methods

by J. M. Haile

Computer Simulation of Liquids (Oxford Science Publications) cover

33. Computer Simulation of Liquids (Oxford Science Publications)

by M. P. Allen, D. J. Tildesley

The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values cover

34. The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values

by Sam Harris

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Thinking Physics: Understandable Practical Reality cover

35. Thinking Physics: Understandable Practical Reality

by Lewis C. Epstein

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Kinds Of Minds: Toward An Understanding Of Consciousness (Science Masters Series) cover

36. Kinds Of Minds: Toward An Understanding Of Consciousness (Science Masters Series)

by Danile C. Dennett

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The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers (Robert C. Martin Series) cover

37. The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers (Robert C. Martin Series)

by Robert C. Martin

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The Coke Machine: The Dirty Truth Behind the World's Favorite Soft Drink cover

38. The Coke Machine: The Dirty Truth Behind the World's Favorite Soft Drink

by Michael Blanding

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Speciation cover

39. Speciation

by Jerry A. Coyne, H. Allen Orr

Sleepfaring: The Secrets and Science of a Good Night's Sleep cover

40. Sleepfaring: The Secrets and Science of a Good Night's Sleep

by Jim Horne

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Wetware: A Computer in Every Living Cell cover

41. Wetware: A Computer in Every Living Cell

by Dennis Bray

The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company cover

42. The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company

by Steven Gary Blank, Bob Dorf

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Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager cover

43. Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager

by Michael Lopp

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CSS: The Missing Manual (Missing Manuals) cover

44. CSS: The Missing Manual (Missing Manuals)

by David McFarland

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Bootstrap: Lessons Learned Building a Successful Company from Scratch cover

45. Bootstrap: Lessons Learned Building a Successful Company from Scratch

by Kenneth L. Hess

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Make: Electronics (Learning by Discovery) cover

46. Make: Electronics (Learning by Discovery)

by Charles Platt

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Secrets of Power Negotiating: Inside Secrets from a Master Negotiator cover

47. Secrets of Power Negotiating: Inside Secrets from a Master Negotiator

by Roger Dawson

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Hadoop: The Definitive Guide cover

48. Hadoop: The Definitive Guide

by Tom White

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Learn OLE DB Development With Visual C++ 6.0 cover

49. Learn OLE DB Development With Visual C++ 6.0

by Nathan Wallace

The Rails Way cover

50. The Rails Way

by Obie Fernandez

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Build Your Own AJAX Web Applications cover

51. Build Your Own AJAX Web Applications

by Matthew Eernisse

Super Scratch Programming Adventure!: Learn to Program By Making Cool Games cover

52. Super Scratch Programming Adventure!: Learn to Program By Making Cool Games

by LEAD Project

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