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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jan 28, 2019 - Feb 4, 2019

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Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks cover

1. Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks

by Ben Goldacre

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The Entrepreneur's Guide to Business Law, 4th Edition cover

2. The Entrepreneur's Guide to Business Law, 4th Edition

by Constance E. Bagley

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Sex by Numbers (Wellcome) cover

3. Sex by Numbers (Wellcome)

by David Spiegelhalter

An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

4. An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by John Robinson Pierce

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Coding the Matrix: Linear Algebra through Applications to Computer Science cover

5. Coding the Matrix: Linear Algebra through Applications to Computer Science

by Philip N. Klein

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Symbian OS Internals: Real-time Kernel Programming cover

6. Symbian OS Internals: Real-time Kernel Programming

by Jane Sales

Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street cover

7. Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street

by William Poundstone

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Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency cover

8. Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency

by Tom DeMarco

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Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering Beauty cover

9. Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering Beauty

by David Kadavy

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The Fellowship: Gilbert, Bacon, Wren, Newton, and the Story of a Scientific Revolution cover

10. The Fellowship: Gilbert, Bacon, Wren, Newton, and the Story of a Scientific Revolution

by John Gribbin

Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam cover

11. Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam

by Mark Bowden

Cryptoasset Inheritance Planning: A Simple Guide for Owners cover

12. Cryptoasset Inheritance Planning: A Simple Guide for Owners

by Pamela Morgan

Handbook of Neuroevolution Through Erlang cover

13. Handbook of Neuroevolution Through Erlang

by Gene I. Sher

Elegant SciPy: The Art of Scientific Python cover

14. Elegant SciPy: The Art of Scientific Python

by Juan Nunez-Iglesias, StØ`fan van der Walt, Harriet Dashnow

Aztec Philosophy: Understanding a World in Motion cover

15. Aztec Philosophy: Understanding a World in Motion

by James Maffie

Pinch: How the Baby Boomers Took Their Children's Future - And Why They Should Give It Back cover

16. Pinch: How the Baby Boomers Took Their Children's Future - And Why They Should Give It Back

by David Willetts

Mathematical Notation: A Guide for Engineers and Scientists cover

17. Mathematical Notation: A Guide for Engineers and Scientists

by Edward Scheinerman

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The Depression Cure: The 6-Step Program to Beat Depression without Drugs cover

18. The Depression Cure: The 6-Step Program to Beat Depression without Drugs

by Stephen S. Ilardi

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God's Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science cover

19. God's Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science

by James Hannam

Stubborn Attachments: A Vision for a Society of Free, Prosperous, and Responsible Individuals cover

20. Stubborn Attachments: A Vision for a Society of Free, Prosperous, and Responsible Individuals

by Tyler Cowen

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Quantum Computation and Quantum Information: 10th Anniversary Edition cover

21. Quantum Computation and Quantum Information: 10th Anniversary Edition

by Michael A. Nielsen, Isaac L. Chuang

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Guns, Germs & Steel: The Fates of Human Societies cover

22. Guns, Germs & Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared M. Diamond, Professor of Geography Jared Diamond

Acid Alex cover

23. Acid Alex

by Al Lovejoy

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power cover

24. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power

by Shoshana Zuboff

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Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C cover

25. Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C

by Bruce Schneier

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The Buyout of America: How Private Equity Is Destroying Jobs and Killing the American Economy cover

26. The Buyout of America: How Private Equity Is Destroying Jobs and Killing the American Economy

by Josh Kosman