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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Dec 26, 2016 - Jan 2, 2017

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All the Mathematics You Missed: But Need to Know for Graduate School cover

1. All the Mathematics You Missed: But Need to Know for Graduate School

by Thomas A. Garrity

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Build Your Own Transistor Radios: A Hobbyist's Guide to High-Performance and Low-Powered Radio Circuits cover

2. Build Your Own Transistor Radios: A Hobbyist's Guide to High-Performance and Low-Powered Radio Circuits

by Ronald Quan

Electronic Principles with Simulation CD cover

3. Electronic Principles with Simulation CD

by Albert Paul Malvino, David J. Bates

Practical Electronics for Inventors, Third Edition cover

4. Practical Electronics for Inventors, Third Edition

by Paul Scherz, Simon Monk

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A Geometry of Music: Harmony and Counterpoint in the Extended Common Practice (Oxford Studies in Music Theory) cover

5. A Geometry of Music: Harmony and Counterpoint in the Extended Common Practice (Oxford Studies in Music Theory)

by Dmitri Tymoczko

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SPIN Selling cover

6. SPIN Selling

by Neil Rackham

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The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation cover

7. The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation

by Matthew Dixon, Brent Adamson

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Learning the Art of Electronics: A Hands-On Lab Course cover

8. Learning the Art of Electronics: A Hands-On Lab Course

by Thomas C. Hayes, Paul Horowitz

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Digital Design and Computer Architecture, Second Edition cover

9. Digital Design and Computer Architecture, Second Edition

by David Money Harris, Sarah L. Harris

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Modern Operating Systems (4th Edition) cover

10. Modern Operating Systems (4th Edition)

by Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Herbert Bos

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Graphics and Visualization: Principles & Algorithms cover

11. Graphics and Visualization: Principles & Algorithms

by T. Theoharis, Georgios Papaioannou, Nikolaos Platis, Nicholas M. Patrikalakis

Purely Functional Data Structures cover

12. Purely Functional Data Structures

by Chris Okasaki

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Electronic Components: A Complete Reference for Project Builders cover

13. Electronic Components: A Complete Reference for Project Builders

by Delton T. Horn

How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built cover

14. How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built

by Stewart Brand

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The Wealth of Humans: Work, Power, and Status in the Twenty-first Century cover

15. The Wealth of Humans: Work, Power, and Status in the Twenty-first Century

by Ryan Avent

Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent cover

16. Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

by Harvey Silverglate

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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto) cover

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

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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C++ Today cover

18. C++ Today

PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance cover

19. PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance

by Gregory Smith

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Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software cover

20. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

by Charles Petzold

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Learning OpenCV 3 cover

21. Learning OpenCV 3

by Adrian Kaehler, Gary R. Bradski

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Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup cover

22. Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup

by Rob Walling

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Capital in the Twenty-First Century cover

23. Capital in the Twenty-First Century

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A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II cover

24. A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II

by Gerhard L. Weinberg

The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age cover

25. The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age

by James Dale Davidson, William Rees-Mogg, Lord William Rees-Mogg

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

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

by Marc Levinson

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Dark Side of the Moon: The Magnificent Madness of the American Lunar Quest cover

27. Dark Side of the Moon: The Magnificent Madness of the American Lunar Quest

by Gerard Degroot

Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging cover

28. Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging

by Sebastian Junger

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Programming and Metaprogramming in the Human Biocomputer: Theory and Experiments cover

29. Programming and Metaprogramming in the Human Biocomputer: Theory and Experiments

by Dr John C Lilly

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Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning cover

30. Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel

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The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy cover

31. The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy

by Stanisław Lem

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The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life cover

32. The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life

by Timothy Ferriss

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Flying Saucers : A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies cover

33. Flying Saucers : A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies

by C. G. Jung

Doodles, Dances & Ditties: A Trauma-informed Somatosensory Handbook cover

34. Doodles, Dances & Ditties: A Trauma-informed Somatosensory Handbook

by Mollie Hiebert, Jennifer Platt, Kendra Schpok, Jessica Whitesel

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma cover

35. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

by Bessel A. Van der Kolk

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The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn’t What It Used to Be cover

36. The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn’t What It Used to Be

by Moisés Naím

Pit Bull: The Battle over an American Icon cover

37. Pit Bull: The Battle over an American Icon

by Bronwen Dickey