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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Nov 16, 2020 - Nov 23, 2020

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The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation cover

1. The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation

by Jon Gertner
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Future Shock cover

2. Future Shock

by Alvin Toffler
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Beyond the Galaxy: How Humanity Looked Beyond Our Milky Way and Discovered the Entire Universe cover

3. Beyond the Galaxy: How Humanity Looked Beyond Our Milky Way and Discovered the Entire Universe

by Ethan Siegel
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So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love cover

4. So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

by Cal Newport
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Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World cover

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

by Cal Newport
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Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety cover

6. Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

by Eric Schlosser
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The Non-Designer's Design Book (4th Edition) cover

7. The Non-Designer's Design Book (4th Edition)

by Robin Williams
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A Theory of Objects (Monographs in Computer Science) cover

8. A Theory of Objects (Monographs in Computer Science)

by Martin Abadi, Luca Cardelli
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1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created cover

9. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created

by Charles C. Mann
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus cover

10. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

by Charles C. Mann
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Naive Lie Theory (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

11. Naive Lie Theory (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by John Stillwell
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Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump cover

12. Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump

by David Neiwert
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Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems cover

13. Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems

by Martin Kleppmann
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