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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Mar 23, 2020 - Mar 30, 2020

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Real-Time Collision Detection (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive 3-D Technology) cover

1. Real-Time Collision Detection (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive 3-D Technology)

by Christer Ericson
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Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World cover

2. Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World

by Rutger Bregman
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The Rosie Project: A Novel cover

3. The Rosie Project: A Novel

by Graeme C. Simsion
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The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics cover

4. The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics

by Leonard Susskind, George Hrabovsky
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The Once and Future World: Nature As It Was, As It Is, As It Could Be cover

5. The Once and Future World: Nature As It Was, As It Is, As It Could Be

by James Bernard MacKinnon
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PC Interrupts : A Programmer's Reference to BIOS, DOS, and Third-Party Calls cover

6. PC Interrupts : A Programmer's Reference to BIOS, DOS, and Third-Party Calls

by Ralf Brown, James Kyle, Jim Kyle
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Life in the Soviet Union: A Report Card on Socialism cover

7. Life in the Soviet Union: A Report Card on Socialism

by Svetozar Pejovich
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The Design and Evolution of C++ cover

8. The Design and Evolution of C++

by Bjarne Stroustrup
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The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization cover

9. The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization

by Peter M. Senge
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Programming Pearls (2nd Edition) cover

10. Programming Pearls (2nd Edition)

by Jon Louis Bentley
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Fatal Defect: Chasing Killer Computer Bugs cover

11. Fatal Defect: Chasing Killer Computer Bugs

by Ivars Peterson
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Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: On the Origin, Management, and Prevention of Cancer cover

12. Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: On the Origin, Management, and Prevention of Cancer

by Thomas Seyfried
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The Brain Makers cover

13. The Brain Makers

by Harvey P. Newquist
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Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker cover

14. Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker

by Kevin Mitnick
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Strategic Computing: DARPA and the Quest for Machine Intelligence, 1983-1993 (History of Computing) cover

15. Strategic Computing: DARPA and the Quest for Machine Intelligence, 1983-1993 (History of Computing)

by Alex Roland, Philip Shiman
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Ceo: Building a $400 Million Company from the Ground Up cover

16. Ceo: Building a $400 Million Company from the Ground Up

by Sandra L. Kurtzig, Thomas Trebitsch Parker
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The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language cover

17. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language

by Rodney D. Huddleston, Geoffrey K. Pullum
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Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley (As Told by the Hackers, Founders, and Freaks Who Made It Boom) cover

18. Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley (As Told by the Hackers, Founders, and Freaks Who Made It Boom)

by Adam Fisher
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Working Effectively with Legacy Code cover

19. Working Effectively with Legacy Code

by Michael C. Feathers
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Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor cover

20. Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor

by Seth A. Klarman
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The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science for Greater Mindfulness cover

21. The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science for Greater Mindfulness

by John Yates, Matthew Immergut, Jeremy Graves
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Renegades of the Empire: How Three Software Warriors Started a Revolution Behind the Walls of Fortress Microsoft cover

22. Renegades of the Empire: How Three Software Warriors Started a Revolution Behind the Walls of Fortress Microsoft

by Michael Drummond
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The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error' cover

23. The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error'

by Professor Sidney Dekker
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The Economist Guide To Financial Markets cover

24. The Economist Guide To Financial Markets

by Marc Levinson
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Real Analysis: A Long-Form Mathematics Textbook (The Long-Form Math Textbook Series) cover

25. Real Analysis: A Long-Form Mathematics Textbook (The Long-Form Math Textbook Series)

by Jay Cummings
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Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning [Two Volumes in One] cover

26. Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning [Two Volumes in One]

by George Polya
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The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change cover

27. The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change

by Camille Fournier
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Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win cover

28. Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

by Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
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Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World cover

29. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

by David Epstein
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