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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Apr 17, 2017 - Apr 24, 2017

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Book of Proof cover

1. Book of Proof

by Richard H. Hammack

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

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

by George F. Simmons

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Calculus Made Easy cover

3. Calculus Made Easy

by Silvanus P. Thompson, Martin Gardner

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Short Calculus: The Original Edition of “A First Course in Calculus” (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

4. Short Calculus: The Original Edition of “A First Course in Calculus” (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by Serge Lang

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The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy cover

5. The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy

by Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko

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What Is Your One Sentence?: How to Be Heard in the Age of Short Attention Spans cover

6. What Is Your One Sentence?: How to Be Heard in the Age of Short Attention Spans

by Mimi Goss

Escape from Fire Island!: A Date With Destiny Adventure Quirk Books cover

7. Escape from Fire Island!: A Date With Destiny Adventure Quirk Books

by James H. English

The Great Game of Business, Expanded and Updated: The Only Sensible Way to Run a Company cover

8. The Great Game of Business, Expanded and Updated: The Only Sensible Way to Run a Company

by Jack Stack, Bo Burlingham

Artificial Life: A Report from the Frontier Where Computers Meet Biology cover

9. Artificial Life: A Report from the Frontier Where Computers Meet Biology

by Steven Levy

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Predator At The Chessboard: A Field Guide To Chess Tactics (Book I) cover

10. Predator At The Chessboard: A Field Guide To Chess Tactics (Book I)

by Ward Farnsworth

4. IP Address Space and AS Numbers cover

11. 4. IP Address Space and AS Numbers

by Iljitsch van Beijnum

Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning cover

12. Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

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

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The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you cover

13. The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

by Rob Fitzpatrick

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Desert Solitaire cover

14. Desert Solitaire

by Edward Abbey

Thirty-three Miniatures: Mathematical and Algorithmic Applications of Linear Algebra (Student Mathematical Library) cover

15. Thirty-three Miniatures: Mathematical and Algorithmic Applications of Linear Algebra (Student Mathematical Library)

by Jiří Matoušek

The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives cover

16. The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives

by Leonard Mlodinow

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The Making of Dune cover

17. The Making of Dune

by Ed Naha

Atlas Shrugged cover

18. Atlas Shrugged

by Ayn Rand

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The Fountainhead cover

19. The Fountainhead

by Ayn Rand

The Virtue of Selfishness: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition cover

20. The Virtue of Selfishness: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition

by Ayn Rand

Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy cover

21. Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

by Cathy O'Neil

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The Filter Bubble: How the New Personalized Web Is Changing What We Read and How We Think cover

22. The Filter Bubble: How the New Personalized Web Is Changing What We Read and How We Think

by Eli Pariser

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Coronel Lagrimas (Spanish Edition) (Narrativas Hispanicas) cover

23. Coronel Lagrimas (Spanish Edition) (Narrativas Hispanicas)

by Carlos Fonseca

Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent (Encounter Broadsides) cover

24. Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent (Encounter Broadsides)

by Harvey A. Silverglate

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C All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies cover

25. C All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies

by Dan Gookin

Abolishing Performance Appraisals: Why They Backfire and What to Do Instead cover

26. Abolishing Performance Appraisals: Why They Backfire and What to Do Instead

by Tom Coens, Mary Jenkins

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The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles cover

27. The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

by Steven Pressfield

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The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone cover

28. The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone

by Steven A. Sloman, Philip Fernbach

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Smart and SeXy: The Evolutionary Origins and Biological Underpinnings of Cognitive Differences between the Sexes cover

29. Smart and SeXy: The Evolutionary Origins and Biological Underpinnings of Cognitive Differences between the Sexes

by Roderick Kaine

The C Programming Language cover

30. The C Programming Language

by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie

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