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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Aug 5, 2019 - Aug 12, 2019

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The Goal: 40th Anniversary Edition: A Process of Ongoing Improvement cover

1. The Goal: 40th Anniversary Edition: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox, David Whitford

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Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties, 5th Edition cover

2. Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties, 5th Edition

by Joe Celko

The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration cover

3. The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration

by Jack Goldsmith

Burn Math Class: And Reinvent Mathematics for Yourself cover

4. Burn Math Class: And Reinvent Mathematics for Yourself

by Jason Wilkes

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Mastering Regular Expressions, 3rd Edition cover

5. Mastering Regular Expressions, 3rd Edition

by Jeffrey Friedl

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Warren Buffett's 3 Favorite Books: A guide to The Intelligent Investor, Security Analysis, and The Wealth of Nations cover

6. Warren Buffett's 3 Favorite Books: A guide to The Intelligent Investor, Security Analysis, and The Wealth of Nations

by Preston Pysh

Warren Buffett Accounting Book: Reading Financial Statements for Value Investing cover

7. Warren Buffett Accounting Book: Reading Financial Statements for Value Investing

by Preston Pysh, Stig Brodersen

The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution cover

8. The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution

by Gregory Cochran, Henry Harpending

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Remembering the Kanji 1: A Complete Course on How Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing of Japanese Characters cover

9. Remembering the Kanji 1: A Complete Course on How Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing of Japanese Characters

by James W. Heisig

GENKI I: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese cover

10. GENKI I: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese

by 坂野永理, 池田庸子, 大野裕

Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society cover

11. Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society

by Eric A. Posner, Eric Glen Weyl

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Class: A Guide Through the American Status System cover

12. Class: A Guide Through the American Status System

by Paul Fussell

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The Future of Fusion Energy cover

13. The Future of Fusion Energy

by Jason Parisi, Justin Ball

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The Historical Development of Quantum Theory 1-6 cover

14. The Historical Development of Quantum Theory 1-6

by Jagdish Mehra

From X-rays to Quarks: Modern Physicists and Their Discoveries (Dover Classics of Science & Mathematics) cover

15. From X-rays to Quarks: Modern Physicists and Their Discoveries (Dover Classics of Science & Mathematics)

by Emilio Segrè

From Falling Bodies to Radio Waves: Classical Physicists and Their Discoveries cover

16. From Falling Bodies to Radio Waves: Classical Physicists and Their Discoveries

by Emilio G. Segrè

Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton (Cambridge Paperback Library) cover

17. Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton (Cambridge Paperback Library)

by Richard S. Westfall

Subtle is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein cover

18. Subtle is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein

by Abraham Pais

Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World cover

19. Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World

by Abraham Pais

Brain Lock, Twentieth Anniversary Edition: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior cover

20. Brain Lock, Twentieth Anniversary Edition: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior

by Jeffrey M. Schwartz

Principles Of Fusion Energy: An Introduction To Fusion Energy For Students Of Science And Engineering cover

21. Principles Of Fusion Energy: An Introduction To Fusion Energy For Students Of Science And Engineering

by A. A. Harms, Klaus F.. Schoepf, David Ross Kingdon

Initiative: A Proven Method to Bring Your Passions to Life (and Work) cover

22. Initiative: A Proven Method to Bring Your Passions to Life (and Work)

by Joshua Spodek

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Leadership Step by Step: Become the Person Others Follow cover

23. Leadership Step by Step: Become the Person Others Follow

by Joshua Spodek

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Harvest Of Rage: Why Oklahoma City Is Only The Beginning cover

24. Harvest Of Rage: Why Oklahoma City Is Only The Beginning

by Joel Dyer

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

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

by Tom Wright, Bradley Hope

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The Killing Zone, Second Edition: How & Why Pilots Die cover

26. The Killing Zone, Second Edition: How & Why Pilots Die

by Paul A. Craig

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A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World) cover

27. A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)

by Gregory Clark

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Engineering General Intelligence, Part 2: The CogPrime Architecture for Integrative, Embodied AGI (Atlantis Thinking Machines, 6) cover

28. Engineering General Intelligence, Part 2: The CogPrime Architecture for Integrative, Embodied AGI (Atlantis Thinking Machines, 6)

by Ben Goertzel, Cassio Pennachin, Nil Geisweiller

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The Emotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind cover

29. The Emotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind

by Marvin Minsky

Engineering General Intelligence, Part 1 (Atlantis Thinking Machines, 5) cover

30. Engineering General Intelligence, Part 1 (Atlantis Thinking Machines, 5)

by Ben Goertzel, Cassio Pennachin, Nil Geisweiller

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Artificial General Intelligence (Cognitive Technologies) cover

31. Artificial General Intelligence (Cognitive Technologies)

by Ben Goertzel, Cassio Pennachin

How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed cover

32. How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed

by Ray Kurzweil

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How Can the Human Mind Occur in the Physical Universe? (Oxford Series on Cognitive Models and Architectures) cover

33. How Can the Human Mind Occur in the Physical Universe? (Oxford Series on Cognitive Models and Architectures)

by John Robert Anderson

The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World cover

34. The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World

by Pedro Domingos

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The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology cover

35. The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology

by Ray Kurzweil

On Intelligence cover

36. On Intelligence

by Jeff Hawkins, Sandra Blakeslee

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Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era cover

37. Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era

by Tomas De Yriarte, J. B. C. Grainville, Honore F. M. Langle

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