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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jun 25, 2018 - Jul 2, 2018

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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition cover

1. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition

by Robert B. Cialdini

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Optimal Cupid: Mastering the Hidden Logic of OkCupid cover

2. Optimal Cupid: Mastering the Hidden Logic of OkCupid

by Christopher McKinlay

Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health cover

3. Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health

by Gary Taubes

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Conquering C++ Pointers cover

4. Conquering C++ Pointers

by Robert J. Traister

Deep Learning (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning) cover

5. Deep Learning (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning)

by Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, Aaron Courville

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Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics) cover

6. Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics)

by Christopher M. Bishop

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Pattern Classification (Pt.1) cover

7. Pattern Classification (Pt.1)

by Richard O. Duda, Peter E. Hart, Peter Elliot Hart, David G. Stork

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Flights of Fantasy: Programming 3d Video Games in C++/Book and Disk cover

8. Flights of Fantasy: Programming 3d Video Games in C++/Book and Disk

by Christopher Lampton

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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series) cover

9. A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)

by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein

Software-Defined Radio for Engineers cover

10. Software-Defined Radio for Engineers

by Travis F. Collins, Robin Getz, Di Pu, Alexander M. Wyglinski

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Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet cover

11. Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet

by Andrew Blum

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Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion cover

12. Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion

by Paul Bloom

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Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement cover

13. Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement

by Thomas Szasz

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Zen in the Art of Archery cover

14. Zen in the Art of Archery

by Eugen Herrigel

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How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading cover

15. How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

by Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren

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Specification by Example: How Successful Teams Deliver the Right Software cover

16. Specification by Example: How Successful Teams Deliver the Right Software

by Gojko Adzic

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Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think cover

17. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund

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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined cover

18. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

by Steven Pinker

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Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism cover

19. Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism

by Ha-Joon Chang

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Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment cover

20. Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment

by George Leonard

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An Island to Oneself cover

21. An Island to Oneself

by Tom Neale

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The Open-Focus Brain: Harnessing the Power of Attention to Heal Mind and Body cover

22. The Open-Focus Brain: Harnessing the Power of Attention to Heal Mind and Body

by Les Fehmi, Jim Robbins

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Inside the Windows 95 File System cover

23. Inside the Windows 95 File System

by Stan Mitchell

The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton cover

24. The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton

by Jerome Karabel

The Fallout: How a guilty liberal lost his innocence cover

25. The Fallout: How a guilty liberal lost his innocence

by Andrew Anthony

Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War cover

26. Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War

by Robert Coram

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Friendly Dictators: 36 Of Americas Most Embarrassing Allies/Trading Cards cover

27. Friendly Dictators: 36 Of Americas Most Embarrassing Allies/Trading Cards

by Henryk Sienkiewicz

The Space Elevator: A Revolutionary Earth-to-Space Transportation System cover

28. The Space Elevator: A Revolutionary Earth-to-Space Transportation System

by Bradley C. Edwards, Eric A. Westling

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Computer Science K-12: Imagining the possibilities!: Bringing creative and innovative Computer Science to your school cover

29. Computer Science K-12: Imagining the possibilities!: Bringing creative and innovative Computer Science to your school

by Doug Bergman

Development as Freedom cover

30. Development as Freedom

by Amartya Sen

Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering Beauty cover

31. Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering Beauty

by David Kadavy

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The Sacred Tradition of Yoga: Philosophy, Ethics, and Practices for a Modern Spiritual Life cover

32. The Sacred Tradition of Yoga: Philosophy, Ethics, and Practices for a Modern Spiritual Life

by Dr. Shankaranarayana Jois

Metal Programming Guide: Tutorial and Reference via Swift cover

33. Metal Programming Guide: Tutorial and Reference via Swift

by Janie Clayton

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