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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Dec 6, 2021 - Dec 13, 2021

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Graphics Gems II cover

1. Graphics Gems II

by James Arvo

Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software cover

2. Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software

by Nadia Eghbal

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Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations cover

3. Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations

by Thomas L. Friedman

Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation cover

4. Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation

by John E. Hopcroft, Rajeev Motwani, Jeffrey D. Ullman

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Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing cover

5. Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing

by Josh Ryan-Collins, Toby Lloyd, Laurie Macfarlane

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The Algorithm Design Manual cover

6. The Algorithm Design Manual

by Steven S Skiena

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Graphics Gems cover

7. Graphics Gems

by Andrew S. Glassner

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Algorithms (4th Edition) cover

8. Algorithms (4th Edition)

by Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne

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Graphics Gems III cover

9. Graphics Gems III

by Kirk, David

Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition cover

10. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition

by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein

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Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence cover

11. Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence

by Alex Roslin

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

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

by Jon Gertner

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The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief cover

13. The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief

by Clair Davies, Amber Davies

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The Classical Trivium: The Place of Thomas Nashe in the Learning of His Time cover

14. The Classical Trivium: The Place of Thomas Nashe in the Learning of His Time

by Marshall McLuhan

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The Elements of Graphing Data cover

15. The Elements of Graphing Data

by William S. Cleveland

Visualizing Data cover

16. Visualizing Data

by William S. Cleveland

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25 Scratch 3 Games for Kids: A Playful Guide to Coding cover

17. 25 Scratch 3 Games for Kids: A Playful Guide to Coding

by Max Wainewright

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Creating Mind: How the Brain Works cover

18. Creating Mind: How the Brain Works

by John E. Dowling

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The New Turing Omnibus cover

19. The New Turing Omnibus

by A. K. Dewdney

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The Society of Mind cover

20. The Society of Mind

by Marvin Minsky

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Competitive Engineering: A Handbook For Systems Engineering, Requirements Engineering, and Software Engineering Using Planguage cover

21. Competitive Engineering: A Handbook For Systems Engineering, Requirements Engineering, and Software Engineering Using Planguage

by Trey Sunderland

OSCON 2015: Video Compilation cover

22. OSCON 2015: Video Compilation

Git Pocket Guide cover

23. Git Pocket Guide

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Algorithms in C++, Parts 1-4: Fundamentals, Data Structure, Sorting, Searching, Third Edition cover

24. Algorithms in C++, Parts 1-4: Fundamentals, Data Structure, Sorting, Searching, Third Edition

by Robert Sedgewick

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Looking Out for #1: How to Get from Where You Are Now to Where You Want to Be in Life cover

25. Looking Out for #1: How to Get from Where You Are Now to Where You Want to Be in Life

by Robert Ringer

Polyamory: Roadmaps for the Clueless & Hopeful cover

26. Polyamory: Roadmaps for the Clueless & Hopeful

by Anthony Ravenscroft

The Emperor of Scent: A True Story of Perfume and Obsession cover

27. The Emperor of Scent: A True Story of Perfume and Obsession

by Chandler Burr

The Book of Risks: Fascinating Facts About the Chances We Take Every Day cover

28. The Book of Risks: Fascinating Facts About the Chances We Take Every Day

by Larry Laudan

Geronimo: My Life (Native American) cover

29. Geronimo: My Life (Native American)

by Geronimo, S. M. Barrett

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

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

by Eric Schlosser

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Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding: A Science Curriculum for K-2 cover

31. Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding: A Science Curriculum for K-2

by Bernard J. Nebel

No bullshit guide to math and physics cover

32. No bullshit guide to math and physics

by Ivan Savov

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No bullshit guide to linear algebra cover

33. No bullshit guide to linear algebra

by Ivan Savov

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Code Complete, 2nd Edition cover

34. Code Complete, 2nd Edition

by Steve McConnell

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Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction cover

35. Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction

by Arvind Narayanan, Joseph Bonneau, Edward Felten, Andrew Miller, Steven Goldfeder