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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Dec 24, 2018 - Dec 31, 2018

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Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst cover

1. Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

by Robert M. Sapolsky

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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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Logic: Techniques of Formal Reasoning cover

3. Logic: Techniques of Formal Reasoning

by Donald Kalish, Richard Montague, Gary Mar

The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal cover

4. The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal

by M. Mitchell Waldrop

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

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

by Steven Pressfield

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Casting the Net: From ARPANET to INTERNET and Beyond cover

6. Casting the Net: From ARPANET to INTERNET and Beyond

by Peter H. Salus

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The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation cover

7. The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation

by Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston

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Cartoon Animation (Collector's Series) cover

8. Cartoon Animation (Collector's Series)

by Preston Blair

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Fear No Evil cover

9. Fear No Evil

by Natan Sharansky, Anatoly Shcharansky

Molecular Neuropharmacology: A Foundation for Clinical Neuroscience, Third Edition cover

10. Molecular Neuropharmacology: A Foundation for Clinical Neuroscience, Third Edition

by Steven Hyman, Robert Malenka, Eric Nestler

Daily Rituals: How Artists Work cover

11. Daily Rituals: How Artists Work

by Mason Currey

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Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States cover

12. Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

by Bill Bryson

Elementary Basic , as Chronicled by John H. Watson (Learning to Program Your Computer in Basic with Sherlock Holmes) cover

13. Elementary Basic , as Chronicled by John H. Watson (Learning to Program Your Computer in Basic with Sherlock Holmes)

by John H. Watson

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Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet cover

14. Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet

by Katie Hafner, Matthew Lyon

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The Animator's Survival Kit cover

15. The Animator's Survival Kit

by Richard Williams

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Balancing Agility and Discipline: A Guide for the Perplexed cover

16. Balancing Agility and Discipline: A Guide for the Perplexed

by Barry W. Boehm, Richard Turner

Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion cover

17. Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion

by Paul Bloom

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Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America cover

18. Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America

by Beth Macy

Meat: A Benign Extravagance cover

19. Meat: A Benign Extravagance

by Simon Fairlie

Fluent Python cover

20. Fluent Python

by Luciano Ramalho

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life cover

21. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

by Mark Manson

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Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World cover

22. Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World

by Tom Wright, Bradley Hope

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Don't Think Of An Elephant!/ How Democrats And Progressives Can Win: Know Your Values And Frame The Debate: The Essential Guide For Progressives (Paperback + DVD edition) cover

23. Don't Think Of An Elephant!/ How Democrats And Progressives Can Win: Know Your Values And Frame The Debate: The Essential Guide For Progressives (Paperback + DVD edition)

by George Lakoff

A People's History of the United States cover

24. A People's History of the United States

by Howard Zinn

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A Patriot's History® of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror cover

25. A Patriot's History® of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror

by Larry Schweikart, Michael Allen

Making Things Talk: Practical Methods for Connecting Physical Objects cover

26. Making Things Talk: Practical Methods for Connecting Physical Objects

by Tom Igoe

Organizational Culture and Leadership cover

27. Organizational Culture and Leadership

by Edgar H. Schein

37 Things One Architect Knows About IT Transformation: A Chief Architect's Journey cover

28. 37 Things One Architect Knows About IT Transformation: A Chief Architect's Journey

by Gregor Hohpe

Chess and the Art of Enterprise Architecture cover

29. Chess and the Art of Enterprise Architecture

by Gerben Wierda

Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces cover

30. Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces

by Radley Balko

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

31. 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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Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley (As Told by the Hackers, Founders, and Freaks Who Made It Boom) cover

32. Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley (As Told by the Hackers, Founders, and Freaks Who Made It Boom)

by Adam Fisher

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Beyond Weird [Paperback] BALL, PHILIP cover

33. Beyond Weird [Paperback] BALL, PHILIP

by Philip Ball

Through Two Doors at Once: The Elegant Experiment That Captures the Enigma of Our Quantum Reality cover

34. Through Two Doors at Once: The Elegant Experiment That Captures the Enigma of Our Quantum Reality

by Anil Ananthaswamy

The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions cover

35. The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions

by Peter Brannen

Eurozone Dystopia: Groupthink and Denial on a Grand Scale cover

36. Eurozone Dystopia: Groupthink and Denial on a Grand Scale

by William Mitchell

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The Expanse Boxed Set: Leviathan Wakes, Caliban's War and Abaddon's Gate cover

37. The Expanse Boxed Set: Leviathan Wakes, Caliban's War and Abaddon's Gate

by James S. A. Corey

The Sheer Joy of Celestial Mechanics cover

38. The Sheer Joy of Celestial Mechanics

by Nathaniel Grossman

The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care cover

39. The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care

by T. R. Reid

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Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection cover

40. Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection

by John E. Sarno

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Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley cover

41. Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley

by Antonio Garcia Martinez

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Elevation cover

42. Elevation

by Stephen King

Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (3rd Edition) cover

43. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (3rd Edition)

by Stuart Jonathan Russell, Peter Norvig, Ernest Davis

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Deep Learning (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series) cover

44. Deep Learning (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series)

by Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, Aaron Courville

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Deep Learning with Python cover

45. Deep Learning with Python

by Francois Chollet

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The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life cover

46. The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life

by Avinash K. Dixit, Barry J. Nalebuff

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