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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jan 1, 2018 - Jan 8, 2018

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The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles cover

1. The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken
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Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams cover

2. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

by Matthew Walker
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The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers cover

3. The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers

by Tom Standage
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Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products cover

4. Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

by Nir Eyal
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Pay without Performance: The Unfulfilled Promise of Executive Compensation cover

5. Pay without Performance: The Unfulfilled Promise of Executive Compensation

by Lucian Bebchuk, Jesse Fried
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Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences cover

6. Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences

by Mary L. Boas
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The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics cover

7. The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics

by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
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Mathematics: The Loss of Certainty (Galaxy Books) cover

8. Mathematics: The Loss of Certainty (Galaxy Books)

by Morris Kline
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Coding the Matrix: Linear Algebra through Applications to Computer Science cover

9. Coding the Matrix: Linear Algebra through Applications to Computer Science

by Philip N. Klein
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Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp cover

10. Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp

by Peter Norvig
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Principles of Mathematical Analysis (International Series in Pure and Applied Mathematics) cover

11. Principles of Mathematical Analysis (International Series in Pure and Applied Mathematics)

by Walter Rudin
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