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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jul 15, 2019 - Jul 22, 2019

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The Toaster Project: Or a Heroic Attempt to Build a Simple Electric Appliance from Scratch cover

1. The Toaster Project: Or a Heroic Attempt to Build a Simple Electric Appliance from Scratch

by Thomas Thwaites

The Knowledge: How to Rebuild our World from Scratch cover

2. The Knowledge: How to Rebuild our World from Scratch

by Lewis Dartnell

Six Thinking Hats cover

3. Six Thinking Hats

by Edward de Bono, Feng yang

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Ignition!: An informal history of liquid rocket propellants cover

4. Ignition!: An informal history of liquid rocket propellants

by John Drury Clark

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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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Foundation Mathematics cover

6. Foundation Mathematics

by K. A. Stroud, Dexter J. Booth

Engineering Mathematics cover

7. Engineering Mathematics

by K. A. Stroud, Dexter J. Booth

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Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth cover

8. Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

by Andrew Smith

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Leviathan Wakes cover

9. Leviathan Wakes

by James S.A. Corey

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

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

by M. Mitchell Waldrop

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Deep Learning with Python cover

11. Deep Learning with Python

by Francois Chollet

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The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos cover

12. The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos

by Deborah Heiligman

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Mathematical Techniques cover

13. Mathematical Techniques

by D. W. Jordan

Concepts of Modern Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

14. Concepts of Modern Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Ian Stewart

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The Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics cover

15. The Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics

by Nicholas J. Higham, Mark R. Dennis, Paul Glendinning, Paul A. Martin, Fadil Santosa, Jared Tanner

Who Is Fourier? A Mathematical Adventure 2nd Edition cover

16. Who Is Fourier? A Mathematical Adventure 2nd Edition

by Transnational College of Lex

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Functions and Graphs (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

17. Functions and Graphs (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by I. M. Gelfand, E. G. Glagoleva, E. E. Shnol

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The Princeton Companion to Mathematics cover

18. The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

by Timothy Gowers, June Barrow-Green, Imre Leader

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On Solitude (Penguin Great Ideas) cover

19. On Solitude (Penguin Great Ideas)

by Michel de Montaigne

Unnatural Causes cover

20. Unnatural Causes

by Richard Shepherd

Measure What Matters: OKRs: The Simple Idea that Drives 10x Growth cover

21. Measure What Matters: OKRs: The Simple Idea that Drives 10x Growth

by John Doerr

The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution cover

22. The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

by Walter Isaacson

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Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know? - New Edition cover

23. Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know? - New Edition

by Philip E. Tetlock

The Wright Brothers cover

24. The Wright Brothers

by David McCullough

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

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

by Katie Hafner, Matthew Lyon

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Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Plum Island Germ Laboratory cover

26. Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Plum Island Germ Laboratory

by Michael C. Carroll

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Time Management for System Administrators cover

27. Time Management for System Administrators

by Tom Limoncelli

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Human Universals cover

28. Human Universals

by Donald Brown

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So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love cover

29. So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

by Cal Newport

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