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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jul 29, 2019 - Aug 5, 2019

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Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About (Lecture Notes) cover

1. Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About (Lecture Notes)

by Donald Ervin Knuth

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Introduction to Linear Algebra cover

2. Introduction to Linear Algebra

by Gilbert Strang

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The Overstory: A Novel cover

3. The Overstory: A Novel

by Richard Powers

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The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition cover

4. The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition

by Julia Cameron

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

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

by Martin Kleppmann

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There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Her Country's Children cover

6. There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Her Country's Children

by Melissa Fay Greene

Design Rules, Vol. 1: The Power of Modularity cover

7. Design Rules, Vol. 1: The Power of Modularity

by Carliss Young Baldwin, Kim B. Clark

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Learning Processing: A Beginner's Guide to Programming Images, Animation, and Interaction (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics) cover

8. Learning Processing: A Beginner's Guide to Programming Images, Animation, and Interaction (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics)

by Daniel Shiffman

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Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist: Effective Modeling in RDFS and OWL cover

9. Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist: Effective Modeling in RDFS and OWL

by Dean Allemang, James A. Hendler

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Pure Mathematics for Beginners: A Rigorous Introduction to Logic, Set Theory, Abstract Algebra, Number Theory, Real Analysis, Topology, Complex Analysis, and Linear Algebra cover

10. Pure Mathematics for Beginners: A Rigorous Introduction to Logic, Set Theory, Abstract Algebra, Number Theory, Real Analysis, Topology, Complex Analysis, and Linear Algebra

by Steve Warner

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Principles of Mathematical Analysis (International Series in Pure and Applied Mathematics) cover

11. Principles of Mathematical Analysis (International Series in Pure and Applied Mathematics)

by Walter Rudin

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A First Course in Abstract Algebra, 7th Edition cover

12. A First Course in Abstract Algebra, 7th Edition

by John B. Fraleigh

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Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation: The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex cover

13. Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation: The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex

by Olivia Judson

Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation cover

14. Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation

by Edward Chancellor

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The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World, 1700-2000 cover

15. The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World, 1700-2000

by Niall Ferguson

Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises, Seventh Edition cover

16. Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises, Seventh Edition

by Robert Z. Aliber, Charles P. Kindleberger

The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World: 10th Anniversary Edition cover

17. The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World: 10th Anniversary Edition

by Niall Ferguson

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The Rise of Financial Capitalism: International Capital Markets in the Age of Reason (Studies in Monetary and Financial History) cover

18. The Rise of Financial Capitalism: International Capital Markets in the Age of Reason (Studies in Monetary and Financial History)

by Larry Neal

A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World cover

19. A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World

by William J. Bernstein

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Using Docker cover

20. Using Docker

by Adrian Mouat

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1908 Sears, Roebuck Catalogue: A Treasured Replica from the Archives of History cover

21. 1908 Sears, Roebuck Catalogue: A Treasured Replica from the Archives of History

by J. Schroeder

Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms (Audio Engineering Society Presents) cover

22. Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms (Audio Engineering Society Presents)

by Floyd E. Toole

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Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent cover

23. Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

by Harvey Silverglate

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Zoning Rules!: The Economics of Land Use Regulation cover

24. Zoning Rules!: The Economics of Land Use Regulation

by William A. Fischel

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Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach cover

25. Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach

by John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson, Krste Asanović

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Collective Electrodynamics: Quantum Foundations of Electromagnetism cover

26. Collective Electrodynamics: Quantum Foundations of Electromagnetism

by Carver A. Mead

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A Tour of C++ (2nd Edition) (C++ In-Depth Series) cover

27. A Tour of C++ (2nd Edition) (C++ In-Depth Series)

by Bjarne Stroustrup

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The Physics of Christianity cover

28. The Physics of Christianity

by Frank J. Tipler

Night Comes to the Cumberlands: A Biography of a Depressed Area (Classic Reprint) cover

29. Night Comes to the Cumberlands: A Biography of a Depressed Area (Classic Reprint)

by Harry M. Caudill

The CASE FOR MARS cover

30. The CASE FOR MARS

by Robert Zubrin, Richard Wagner

Erebus: The Story of a Ship cover

31. Erebus: The Story of a Ship

by Michael Palin

Finks: How the C.I.A. Tricked the World's Best Writers cover

32. Finks: How the C.I.A. Tricked the World's Best Writers

by Joel Whitney

What is Life?: How Chemistry Becomes Biology (Oxford Landmark Science) cover

33. What is Life?: How Chemistry Becomes Biology (Oxford Landmark Science)

by Addy Pross

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Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust cover

34. Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust

by Immaculée Ilibagiza, Steve Erwin

Developer Hegemony: The Future of Labor cover

35. Developer Hegemony: The Future of Labor

by Erik Dietrich

Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs cover

36. Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs

by Ken Kocienda

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Drone Warrior: An Elite Soldier's Inside Account of the Hunt for America's Most Dangerous Enemies cover

37. Drone Warrior: An Elite Soldier's Inside Account of the Hunt for America's Most Dangerous Enemies

by Brett Velicovich, Christopher S. Stewart

Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth cover

38. Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth

by Adam Frank

18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics cover

39. 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics

by Bruce Goldfarb