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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between May 25, 2020 - Jun 1, 2020

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Computer Professional's Quick Reference cover

1. Computer Professional's Quick Reference

by M. S. Vassiliou, J. A. Orenstein
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The Case for Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility cover

2. The Case for Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility

by Robert Zubrin
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The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life cover

3. The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

by Kevin Simler, Robin Hanson
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The Thinker's Toolkit: 14 Powerful Techniques for Problem Solving cover

4. The Thinker's Toolkit: 14 Powerful Techniques for Problem Solving

by Morgan D. Jones
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Facebook: The Inside Story cover

5. Facebook: The Inside Story

by Steven Levy
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Blindsight cover

6. Blindsight

by Peter Watts
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The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm cover

7. The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm

by Lewis Dartnell
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The Dream Machine cover

8. The Dream Machine

by M. Mitchell Waldrop
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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones cover

9. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

by James Clear
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The Coming War With Japan cover

10. The Coming War With Japan

by George Friedman, Meredith LeBard
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Realms of the Human Unconscious: Observations from LSD Research (Condor Books) cover

11. Realms of the Human Unconscious: Observations from LSD Research (Condor Books)

by Stanislav Grof
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Probability Theory: The Logic of Science cover

12. Probability Theory: The Logic of Science

by E. T. Jaynes
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Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking cover

13. Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking

by Nathan Myhrvold
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Hate Inc.: Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another cover

14. Hate Inc.: Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another

by Matt Taibbi
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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die cover

15. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

by Chip Heath, Dan Heath
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power cover

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

by Shoshana Zuboff
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Us Conductors: A Novel cover

17. Us Conductors: A Novel

by Sean Michaels
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Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software cover

18. Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software

by Steven Johnson
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Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness cover

19. Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness

by Peter Godfrey-Smith
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A Walk Across America cover

20. A Walk Across America

by Peter Jenkins
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Masterminds of Programming: Conversations with the Creators of Major Programming Languages (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly)) cover

21. Masterminds of Programming: Conversations with the Creators of Major Programming Languages (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly))

by Federico Biancuzzi, Chromatic
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What Is Your Dangerous Idea?: Today’s Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable (Edge Question Series) cover

22. What Is Your Dangerous Idea?: Today’s Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable (Edge Question Series)

by John Brockman
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On the Road cover

23. On the Road

by Jack Kerouac
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Assembly Language Master Class (Wrox Press Master Class) cover

24. Assembly Language Master Class (Wrox Press Master Class)

by Igor Chebotko
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Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers cover

25. Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers

by Robert Jackall
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T S Eliot and Prejudice cover

26. T S Eliot and Prejudice

by Christopher Ricks
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The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean cover

27. The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean

by Susan Casey
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The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness cover

28. The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

by Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga
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