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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between May 14, 2018 - May 21, 2018

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The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage cover

1. The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage

by Cliff Stoll

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Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age cover

2. Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age

by Michael A. Hiltzik

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Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon cover

3. Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon

by Kim Zetter

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Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight cover

4. Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight

by M.E. Thomas

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Introduction to Graph Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

5. Introduction to Graph Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Richard J. Trudeau

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Thinking in Promises: Designing Systems for Cooperation cover

6. Thinking in Promises: Designing Systems for Cooperation

by Mark Burgess

Promise Theory: Principles and Applications (Volume 1) cover

7. Promise Theory: Principles and Applications (Volume 1)

by Jan A. Bergstra, Mark Burgess

ESV Gospel Transformation Bible (Black) cover

8. ESV Gospel Transformation Bible (Black)

by Crossway Bibles

The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe cover

9. The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe

by Roger Penrose

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Ship of Theseus cover

10. Ship of Theseus

by J. J. Abrams, Doug Dorst

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The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan cover

11. The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan

by Robert Kanigel

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Linear Algebra Done Right (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

12. Linear Algebra Done Right (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by Sheldon Jay Axler

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Introduction to Electrodynamics cover

13. Introduction to Electrodynamics

by David J. Griffiths

The Ultimate History of Video Games: From Pong to Pokemon--The Story Behind the Craze That Touched Our Lives and Changed the World cover

14. The Ultimate History of Video Games: From Pong to Pokemon--The Story Behind the Craze That Touched Our Lives and Changed the World

by Steven L. Kent

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Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems cover

15. Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems

by Martin Kleppmann

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From Bauhaus to Our House cover

16. From Bauhaus to Our House

by Tom Wolfe

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Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation cover

17. Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation

by Blake J. Harris

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Countdown to Mathematics Vol 1 (v. 1) cover

18. Countdown to Mathematics Vol 1 (v. 1)

by Lynne Graham, David Sargent

The Measure of All Things: The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World cover

19. The Measure of All Things: The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World

by Ken Alder

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Book of Proof cover

20. Book of Proof

by Richard H. Hammack

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Conceptual Physics: A High School Physics Program cover

21. Conceptual Physics: A High School Physics Program

by Paul G. Hewitt

Statistics, 4th Edition cover

22. Statistics, 4th Edition

by David Freedman

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What the World Needs Now: A Resource Book for Daydreamers, Frustrated Inventors, Cranks, Efficiency Experts, Utopians, Gadgeteers, Tinkerers and Just about Everybody Else (Third Edition) cover

23. What the World Needs Now: A Resource Book for Daydreamers, Frustrated Inventors, Cranks, Efficiency Experts, Utopians, Gadgeteers, Tinkerers and Just about Everybody Else (Third Edition)

by Steven M. Johnson

Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration cover

24. Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

by Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace

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Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It cover

25. Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It

by Gary Taubes

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We Are in a Book! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) cover

26. We Are in a Book! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)

by Mo Willems

The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales cover

27. The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales

by Brothers Grimm

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America cover

28. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

by Barbara Ehrenreich

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Renormalization Methods: A Guide For Beginners cover

29. Renormalization Methods: A Guide For Beginners

by William David McComb

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GAUGE FIELDS, KNOTS AND GRAVITY (Series on Knots and Everything) cover

30. GAUGE FIELDS, KNOTS AND GRAVITY (Series on Knots and Everything)

by John C. Baez, Javier P. Muniain

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The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric cover

31. The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric

by Sister Miriam Joseph

Valley of the Gods: A Silicon Valley Story cover

32. Valley of the Gods: A Silicon Valley Story

by Alexandra Wolfe

DAEMON cover

33. DAEMON

by Daniel Suarez

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The Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money cover

34. The Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money

by Bryan Caplan

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Drug Wars: How Big Pharma Raises Prices and Keeps Generics off the Market cover

35. Drug Wars: How Big Pharma Raises Prices and Keeps Generics off the Market

by Robin Feldman, Evan Frondorf

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Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt cover

36. Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt

by Michael Lewis

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks cover

37. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot

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The Science of Programming (Monographs in Computer Science) cover

38. The Science of Programming (Monographs in Computer Science)

by David Gries

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Tolkien cover

39. Tolkien

by Raymond Edwards

The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science cover

40. The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science

by Culadasa (John Yates Ph D ), Matthew Immergut, Jeremy Graves

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The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life when Robots Rule the Earth cover

41. The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life when Robots Rule the Earth

by Robin Hanson

Doing Data Science cover

42. Doing Data Science

by Cathy O'Neil, Rachel Schutt

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The Little Schemer - 4th Edition cover

43. The Little Schemer - 4th Edition

by Daniel P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen

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The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us To Choose Between Privacy And Freedom? cover

44. The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us To Choose Between Privacy And Freedom?

by David Brin

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