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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Oct 5, 2020 - Oct 12, 2020

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Formula 1 Technology (Premiere Series Books) cover

1. Formula 1 Technology (Premiere Series Books)

by Peter Wright, Tony Matthews
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The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies - New Edition cover

2. The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies - New Edition

by Bryan Caplan
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Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design (Robert C. Martin Series) cover

3. Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design (Robert C. Martin Series)

by Robert C. Martin
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A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution cover

4. A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution

by Jennifer A. Doudna, Samuel H. Sternberg
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The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World cover

5. The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World

by Simon Winchester
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Silence: Lectures and Writings, 50th Anniversary Edition cover

6. Silence: Lectures and Writings, 50th Anniversary Edition

by John Cage
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Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas cover

7. Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas

by Seymour A. Papert
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A Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to America's Age of Entitlement, Revised Edition cover

8. A Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to America's Age of Entitlement, Revised Edition

by Larry Schweikart, Michael Allen
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A People's History of the United States cover

9. A People's History of the United States

by Howard Zinn
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100 Facts About Pandas cover

10. 100 Facts About Pandas

by David O'Doherty, Claudia O'Doherty, Mike Ahern
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Flow: The Classic Work on How to Achieve Happiness, with a new Introduction by the author cover

11. Flow: The Classic Work on How to Achieve Happiness, with a new Introduction by the author

by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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Soccernomics (2018 World Cup Edition): Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey -- and Even Iraq -- ... the Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport cover

12. Soccernomics (2018 World Cup Edition): Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey -- and Even Iraq -- ... the Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport

by Simon Kuper, Stefan Szymanski
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Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk cover

13. Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk

by Peter L. Bernstein
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The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure cover

14. The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

by Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt
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Wrong: Why experts* keep failing us--and how to know when not to trust them *Scientists, finance wizards, doctors, relationship gurus, celebrity CEOs, ... consultants, health officials and more cover

15. Wrong: Why experts* keep failing us--and how to know when not to trust them *Scientists, finance wizards, doctors, relationship gurus, celebrity CEOs, ... consultants, health officials and more

by David H. Freedman
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The Fifth Discipline [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2006] Peter M. Senge cover

16. The Fifth Discipline [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2006] Peter M. Senge

by Peter M. Senge
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Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World cover

17. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

by Cal Newport
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Gods in Color: Polychromy in the Ancient World cover

18. Gods in Color: Polychromy in the Ancient World

by Vinzenz Brinkmann, Renée Dreyfus, Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann
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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) cover

19. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)

by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman
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