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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Mar 12, 2018 - Mar 19, 2018

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Planet of Slums cover

1. Planet of Slums

by Mike Davis

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The Universe in a Nutshell cover

2. The Universe in a Nutshell

by Stephen Hawking

The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives cover

3. The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives

by Jesse Eisinger

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Grassroots for Hire: Public Affairs Consultants in American Democracy (Business and Public Policy) cover

4. Grassroots for Hire: Public Affairs Consultants in American Democracy (Business and Public Policy)

by Edward T. Walker

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Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition (Principles of Neural Science (Kandel)) cover

5. Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition (Principles of Neural Science (Kandel))

by Eric R. Kandel

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Building High Integrity Applications with SPARK cover

6. Building High Integrity Applications with SPARK

by John W. McCormick, Peter C. Chapin

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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition cover

7. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition

by Robert B. Cialdini

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Kalman Filter for Beginners: with MATLAB Examples cover

8. Kalman Filter for Beginners: with MATLAB Examples

by Pʻir-yŏng Kim, Phil Kim

Programming Rust: Fast, Safe Systems Development cover

9. Programming Rust: Fast, Safe Systems Development

by Jim Blandy, Jason Orendorff

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The Rust Programming Language cover

10. The Rust Programming Language

by Steve Klabnik, Carol Nichols

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Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life cover

11. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

by Marshall B. Rosenberg

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The Future Was Here: The Commodore Amiga (Platform Studies) cover

12. The Future Was Here: The Commodore Amiga (Platform Studies)

by Jimmy Maher

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The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition cover

13. The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition

by Donald C. Shoup

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How to Build a Brain: A Neural Architecture for Biological Cognition (Oxford Series on Cognitive Models and Architectures) cover

14. How to Build a Brain: A Neural Architecture for Biological Cognition (Oxford Series on Cognitive Models and Architectures)

by Chris Eliasmith

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The Growth Delusion: Wealth, Poverty, and the Well-Being of Nations cover

15. The Growth Delusion: Wealth, Poverty, and the Well-Being of Nations

by David Pilling

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Affluence Without Abundance: The Disappearing World of the Bushmen cover

16. Affluence Without Abundance: The Disappearing World of the Bushmen

by James Suzman

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Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam (American Empire Project) cover

17. Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam (American Empire Project)

by Nick Turse

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Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue cover

18. Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue

by Ryan Holiday

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Inequality: A Reassessment of the Effect of Family and Schooling in America cover

19. Inequality: A Reassessment of the Effect of Family and Schooling in America

by Christopher Jencks

The Social Atom: Why the Rich Get Richer, Cheaters Get Caught, and Your Neighbor Usually Looks Like You cover

20. The Social Atom: Why the Rich Get Richer, Cheaters Get Caught, and Your Neighbor Usually Looks Like You

by Mark Buchanan

How Music Got Free: A Story of Obsession and Invention cover

21. How Music Got Free: A Story of Obsession and Invention

by Stephen Witt

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The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain cover

22. The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain

by Brock L. Eide M.D., M.A., Fernette F. Eide M.D.

Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts cover

23. Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts

by Annie Duke

The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error' cover

24. The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error'

by Professor Sidney Dekker

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

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

by Stewart Brand

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IBM Redux: Lou Gerstner and the Business Turnaround of the Decade cover

26. IBM Redux: Lou Gerstner and the Business Turnaround of the Decade

by Doug Garr

Giving Up the Gun: Japan's Reversion to the Sword, 1543-1879 cover

27. Giving Up the Gun: Japan's Reversion to the Sword, 1543-1879

by Noel Perrin

Design Paradigms: Case Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering cover

28. Design Paradigms: Case Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering

by Henry Petroski

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The Coming War With Japan cover

29. The Coming War With Japan

by George Friedman, Meredith LeBard

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Quaternions for Computer Graphics cover

30. Quaternions for Computer Graphics

by John Vince

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A Girl and Her Pig: Recipes and Stories cover

31. A Girl and Her Pig: Recipes and Stories

by April Bloomfield

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

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

by Ben Horowitz

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State Secrets: An Insider's Chronicle of the Russian Chemical Weapons Program cover

33. State Secrets: An Insider's Chronicle of the Russian Chemical Weapons Program

by Vil S. Mirzayanov

How to Destroy a Tech Startup in 3 Easy Steps cover

34. How to Destroy a Tech Startup in 3 Easy Steps

by Natalie Sidner, Lawrence Krubner

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Practical UML Statecharts in C/C++: Event-Driven Programming for Embedded Systems cover

35. Practical UML Statecharts in C/C++: Event-Driven Programming for Embedded Systems

by Miro Samek

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A First Course in General Relativity cover

36. A First Course in General Relativity

by Bernard Schutz

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In Search of Stupidity: Over Twenty Years of High Tech Marketing Disasters cover

37. In Search of Stupidity: Over Twenty Years of High Tech Marketing Disasters

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Network Programming with Perl cover

38. Network Programming with Perl

by Lincoln D. Stein

How to Win Friends & Influence People cover

39. How to Win Friends & Influence People

by Dale Carnegie

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Mastering Algorithms with Perl: Practical Programming Through Computer Science cover

40. Mastering Algorithms with Perl: Practical Programming Through Computer Science

by Jon Orwant, Jarkko Hietaniemi, John Macdonald