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Inviting Disaster: Lessons From the Edge of Technology cover

1. Inviting Disaster: Lessons From the Edge of Technology

by James R. Chiles

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A Tour of the Calculus cover

2. A Tour of the Calculus

by David Berlinski

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Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One) cover

3. Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One)

by Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Andre? Nikolaevich Kolmogorov, M. A. Lavrent'ev

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Playing with Infinity: Mathematical Explorations and Excursions cover

4. Playing with Infinity: Mathematical Explorations and Excursions

by R¢zsa Pter

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Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics cover

5. Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics

by Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, Matthew Sands

Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist cover

6. Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist

by Brad Feld, Jason Mendelson

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Who Is Fourier? A Mathematical Adventure 2nd Edition cover

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

by Transnational College of Lex

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Feynman Lectures On Computation (Frontiers in Physics) cover

8. Feynman Lectures On Computation (Frontiers in Physics)

by Richard Phillips Feynman

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Concepts of Modern Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

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

by Ian Stewart

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Mathematical Techniques: An Introduction for the Engineering, Physical, and Mathematical Sciences cover

10. Mathematical Techniques: An Introduction for the Engineering, Physical, and Mathematical Sciences

by Dominic Jordan, Peter Smith

Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

11. Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Richard W. Hamming

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Calculus: An Intuitive and Physical Approach (Second Edition) (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

12. Calculus: An Intuitive and Physical Approach (Second Edition) (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Morris Kline

All of Statistics: A Concise Course in Statistical Inference (Springer Texts in Statistics) cover

13. All of Statistics: A Concise Course in Statistical Inference (Springer Texts in Statistics)

by Larry Wasserman

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Number Theory and Its History (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

14. Number Theory and Its History (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Oystein Ore

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World cover

15. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

by David Epstein

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The Mouse and the Motorcycle cover

16. The Mouse and the Motorcycle

by Beverly Cleary

Byrne. Six Books of Euclid (Bibliotheca Universalis) (Multilingual Edition) cover

17. Byrne. Six Books of Euclid (Bibliotheca Universalis) (Multilingual Edition)

by Oliver Byrne, Werner Oechslin

Algebra: Chapter 0 (Graduate Studies in Mathematics) cover

18. Algebra: Chapter 0 (Graduate Studies in Mathematics)

by Paolo Aluffi

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Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences cover

19. Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences

by Mary L. Boas, Mary Layne Boas

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Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation cover

20. Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation

by Daniel J. Siegel, MD

Database Management Systems, 3rd Edition cover

21. Database Management Systems, 3rd Edition

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Magic Eye: A New Way of Looking at the World cover

22. Magic Eye: A New Way of Looking at the World

by Cheri Smith

Calculus Reordered: A History of the Big Ideas cover

23. Calculus Reordered: A History of the Big Ideas

by David M. Bressoud

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Change Is the Only Constant: The Wisdom of Calculus in a Madcap World cover

24. Change Is the Only Constant: The Wisdom of Calculus in a Madcap World

by Ben Orlin

Magnificent Principia: Exploring Isaac Newton's Masterpiece cover

25. Magnificent Principia: Exploring Isaac Newton's Masterpiece

by Colin Pask

Burn Math Class: And Reinvent Mathematics for Yourself cover

26. Burn Math Class: And Reinvent Mathematics for Yourself

by Jason Wilkes

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Introductory Calculus For Infants cover

27. Introductory Calculus For Infants

by Omi M. Inouye

How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business cover

28. How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business

by Douglas W. Hubbard

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Truth in Translation: Accuracy and Bias in English Translations of the New Testament cover

29. Truth in Translation: Accuracy and Bias in English Translations of the New Testament

by Jason BeDuhn

Borges: Selected Non-Fictions cover

30. Borges: Selected Non-Fictions

by Jorge Luis Borges

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Arithmetic cover

31. Arithmetic

by Paul Lockhart

The Calculus Tutoring Book cover

32. The Calculus Tutoring Book

by Carol Ash, Robert B. Ash

UNIX: A History and a Memoir cover

33. UNIX: A History and a Memoir

by Brian W. Kernighan

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Numbers in the Dark cover

34. Numbers in the Dark

by Italo Calvino

Introduction to Natural Language Processing (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series) cover

35. Introduction to Natural Language Processing (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series)

by Jacob Eisenstein

The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology) cover

36. The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology)

by K. Anders Ericsson, Neil Charness, Paul J. Feltovich, Robert R. Hoffman

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Pillars of Prosperity: Free Markets, Honest Money, Private Property cover

37. Pillars of Prosperity: Free Markets, Honest Money, Private Property

by Ron Paul

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow cover

38. Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

by Yuval Noah Harari

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We have been harmonised cover

39. We have been harmonised

by Kai Strittmatter

Game-Theoretic Foundations for Probability and Finance (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics) cover

40. Game-Theoretic Foundations for Probability and Finance (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics)

by Glenn Shafer, Vladimir Vovk

Satanic Feminism: Lucifer as the Liberator of Woman in Nineteenth-Century Culture (Oxford Studies in Western Esotericism) cover

41. Satanic Feminism: Lucifer as the Liberator of Woman in Nineteenth-Century Culture (Oxford Studies in Western Esotericism)

by Per Faxneld

I Will Teach You To Be Rich cover

42. I Will Teach You To Be Rich

by Ramit Sethi

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Mathematics for the Nonmathematician cover

43. Mathematics for the Nonmathematician

by Morris Kline

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