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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Dec 1, 2014 - Dec 8, 2014

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Red Mars (Mars Trilogy) cover

1. Red Mars (Mars Trilogy)

by Kim Stanley Robinson

Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork and the Myth of Total Efficiency cover

2. Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork and the Myth of Total Efficiency

by Tom DeMarco

Object-Oriented Software Engineering: A Use Case Driven Approach cover

3. Object-Oriented Software Engineering: A Use Case Driven Approach

by Ivar Jacobson

Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

4. Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman, Daniel Kahneman

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Endocrinology: Adult and Pediatric, 2-Volume Set cover

5. Endocrinology: Adult and Pediatric, 2-Volume Set

by Leslie J. DeGroot, J. Larry Jameson

How to Prove It: A Structured Approach, 2nd Edition cover

6. How to Prove It: A Structured Approach, 2nd Edition

by Daniel J. Velleman

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The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life Master Any Skill or Challenge by Learning to Love the Process cover

7. The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life Master Any Skill or Challenge by Learning to Love the Process

by Thomas M. Sterner

Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One) cover

8. Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One)

by Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Andre? Nikolaevich Kolmogorov, M. A. Lavrent'ev

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Mathematics for the Million: How to Master the Magic of Numbers cover

9. Mathematics for the Million: How to Master the Magic of Numbers

by Lancelot Hogben

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Higher-Order Perl: Transforming Programs with Programs cover

10. Higher-Order Perl: Transforming Programs with Programs

by Mark Jason Dominus

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Calculus cover

11. The Hitchhiker's Guide to Calculus

by Michael Spivak

Precalculus Mathematics in a Nutshell: Geometry, Algebra, Trigonometry cover

12. Precalculus Mathematics in a Nutshell: Geometry, Algebra, Trigonometry

by George F. Simmons

Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces cover

13. Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces

by Radley Balko

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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition cover

14. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition

by Robert B. Cialdini

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Small and Short-Range Radar Systems (Modern and Practical Approaches to Electrical Engineering) cover

15. Small and Short-Range Radar Systems (Modern and Practical Approaches to Electrical Engineering)

by Jonathan Williams

High Speed Digital Design: A Handbook of Black Magic (Prentice Hall Modern Semiconductor Design) cover

16. High Speed Digital Design: A Handbook of Black Magic (Prentice Hall Modern Semiconductor Design)

by Howard W. Johnson, Martin Graham

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Warthog: Flying the A-10 in the Gulf War cover

17. Warthog: Flying the A-10 in the Gulf War

by William L. Smallwood

Improvised Munitions Handbook cover

18. Improvised Munitions Handbook

by United States. Department of the Army

The ARRL Antenna Book For Radio Communications cover

19. The ARRL Antenna Book For Radio Communications

by American Radio Relay League (ARRL)

College Algebra (Available Titles CengageNOW) cover

20. College Algebra (Available Titles CengageNOW)

by James Stewart

Heard on the Street: Quantitative Questions from Wall Street Job Interviews cover

21. Heard on the Street: Quantitative Questions from Wall Street Job Interviews

by Timothy Falcon Crack

Python for Data Analysis cover

22. Python for Data Analysis

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The Complete Guide to Capital Markets for Quantitative Professionals (McGraw-Hill Library of Investment and Finance) cover

23. The Complete Guide to Capital Markets for Quantitative Professionals (McGraw-Hill Library of Investment and Finance)

by Alex Kuznetsov

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The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers cover

24. The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers

by Robert C. Martin

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Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship cover

25. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

by Hugh Wiley Hitchcock

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Don't Send a Resume: And Other Contrarian Rules to Help Land a Great Job cover

26. Don't Send a Resume: And Other Contrarian Rules to Help Land a Great Job

by Jeffery J Fox

Federal Income Taxation (Concepts and Insights) cover

27. Federal Income Taxation (Concepts and Insights)

by MARVIN A.. ZELENAK CHIRELSTEIN (LAWRENCE.), Lawrence Zelenak

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The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger cover

28. The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger

by Marc Levinson

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Healing Lyme: Natural Healing and Prevention of Lyme Borreliosis and Its Coinfections cover

29. Healing Lyme: Natural Healing and Prevention of Lyme Borreliosis and Its Coinfections

by Stephen Harrod Buhner

Walking Softly in the Wilderness: The Sierra Club Guide to Backpacking (Sierra Club Outdoor Adventure Guide) cover

30. Walking Softly in the Wilderness: The Sierra Club Guide to Backpacking (Sierra Club Outdoor Adventure Guide)

by Hart, John

Death is Wrong cover

31. Death is Wrong

by Gennady Stolyarov II

Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace) – Google's Proven Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence Guide cover

32. Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace) – Google's Proven Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence Guide

by Chade-Meng Tan, Daniel Goleman, Jon Kabat-Zinn

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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto) cover

33. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Love's Executioner: And Other Tales of Psychotherapy cover

34. Love's Executioner: And Other Tales of Psychotherapy

by Irvin D. Yalom

Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength cover

35. Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength

by Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney

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Data Structures With Abstract Data Types and Modula-2 cover

36. Data Structures With Abstract Data Types and Modula-2

by Daniel F. Stubbs

Blackett's War: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare cover

37. Blackett's War: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare

The Elements of Networking Style: And Other Essays & Animadversions on the Art of Intercomputer Networking cover

38. The Elements of Networking Style: And Other Essays & Animadversions on the Art of Intercomputer Networking

by M. A. Padlipsky

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Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need cover

39. Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need

by Blake Snyder

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Symmetry: An Introduction to Group Theory and Its Applications (Dover Books on Physics) cover

40. Symmetry: An Introduction to Group Theory and Its Applications (Dover Books on Physics)

by Roy McWeeny

Symmetry cover

41. Symmetry

by Hermann Weyl

Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series) cover

42. 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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Zero Chance of Passage: The Pioneering Charter School Story cover

43. Zero Chance of Passage: The Pioneering Charter School Story

by Ember Reichgott Junge

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Patterns in Network Architecture: A Return to Fundamentals cover

44. Patterns in Network Architecture: A Return to Fundamentals

by John Day

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Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field: How Two Men Revolutionized Physics cover

45. Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field: How Two Men Revolutionized Physics

by Nancy Forbes

Alan Turing: The Enigma: The Book That Inspired the Film The Imitation Game - Updated Edition cover

46. Alan Turing: The Enigma: The Book That Inspired the Film The Imitation Game - Updated Edition

by Andrew Hodges

Lessons cover

47. Lessons

by An Wang

JavaScript Patterns: Build Better Applications with Coding and Design Patterns cover

48. JavaScript Patterns: Build Better Applications with Coding and Design Patterns

by Stoyan Stefanov

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Professional JavaScript for Web Developers cover

49. Professional JavaScript for Web Developers

by Nicholas C. Zakas

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Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent Is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think cover

50. Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent Is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think

by Bryan Caplan

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Java In A Nutshell, 5th Edition cover

51. Java In A Nutshell, 5th Edition

by David Flanagan

The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload cover

52. The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

by Daniel J. Levitin