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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between May 30, 2016 - Jun 6, 2016

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The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal cover

1. The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal

by M. Mitchell Waldrop
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The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life cover

2. The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life

by Nick Lane
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Using Docker cover

3. Using Docker

by Adrian Mouat
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Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology cover

4. Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology

by Paul T. Nicholson, Ian Shaw
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Specifying Systems: The TLA+ Language and Tools for Hardware and Software Engineers cover

5. Specifying Systems: The TLA+ Language and Tools for Hardware and Software Engineers

by Leslie Lamport
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How to Run Successful Projects III: The Silver Bullet (3rd Edition) cover

6. How to Run Successful Projects III: The Silver Bullet (3rd Edition)

by Fergus O'Connell
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Adaptive Software Development: A Collaborative Approach to Managing Complex Systems cover

7. Adaptive Software Development: A Collaborative Approach to Managing Complex Systems

by Norman L. Kerth
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Spoken Language Processing: A Guide to Theory, Algorithm and System Development cover

8. Spoken Language Processing: A Guide to Theory, Algorithm and System Development

by Xuedong Huang, Alejandro Acero, Hsiao-Wuen Hon
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Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World cover

9. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

by Cal Newport
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The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man cover

10. The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

by John Perkins
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Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition cover

11. Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition

by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
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AWS System Administration cover

12. AWS System Administration

by Mike Ryan, Federico Lucifredi
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Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager cover

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

by Michael Lopp
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers cover

14. The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

by Ben Horowitz
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Alan Turing: The Enigma: The Book That Inspired the Film

15. Alan Turing: The Enigma: The Book That Inspired the Film "The Imitation Game"

by Andrew Hodges
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Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games cover

16. Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games

by Martin Gardner
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Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction cover

17. Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction

by Philip Eyrikson Tetlock, Dan Gardner
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Anarchy, State, and Utopia cover

18. Anarchy, State, and Utopia

by Robert Nozick
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A Theory of Justice cover

19. A Theory of Justice

by John Rawls
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Free to Choose: A Personal Statement cover

20. Free to Choose: A Personal Statement

by Milton Friedman, Rose D. Friedman
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Outliers: The Story of Success cover

21. Outliers: The Story of Success

by Malcolm Gladwell
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The Gene: An Intimate History cover

22. The Gene: An Intimate History

by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer cover

23. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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The Giza Power Plant : Technologies of Ancient Egypt cover

24. The Giza Power Plant : Technologies of Ancient Egypt

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Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond cover

25. Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

by Gene Kranz
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Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

26. Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman
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The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America, Revised and Abridged Edition cover

27. The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America, Revised and Abridged Edition

by Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt
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The Leipzig Connection (Basics in Education) cover

28. The Leipzig Connection (Basics in Education)

by Paolo Lionni, Lance J. Klass
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Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective cover

29. Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective

by Ha-Joon Chang
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Treading on Python Volume 2: Intermediate Python cover

30. Treading on Python Volume 2: Intermediate Python

by Matt Harrison
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The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Finding and Exploiting Security Flaws cover

31. The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Finding and Exploiting Security Flaws

by Dafydd Stuttard, Marcus Pinto
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